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As an amateur speedcuber, I am impressed. Currently I probably use around 100 moves, but my technique is obviously flawed.
by arnorhs 16y ago
As an amateur speedcuber, I am impressed. Currently I probably use around 100 moves, but my technique is obviously flawed.
- Murkin 16y agoNow you have conclusive proof that you are, indeed, not God.
- scorpion032 16y agoHe took 5 times the number of steps taken by God. So I propose, a new metric, god index, as the inverse of the number of times of the steps he takes, to the one god would. His godly index: 20%
- greyman 16y agoI am curious, what is so appealing about the speedcubing hobby? Doesn't it become boring and repetitive after some time?
- rimantas 16y agoBeating the record (your own or other's) I guess. Canabalt is even more boring and repetitive, but still addictive.
- mvarner 16y agoA good friend of mine hangs out with the 7x7 cube champion of the United States. He plays with various different kinds of Rubik's cubes, and from what I gather cubing can also get rather addicting.
- teller 16y agoMany speedcubers hit a plateau after a number of years and get bored, true, but it's a deep subject. Every solve is different and there is endless opprotunity for optimization and improvisation. And the physical dexterity aspect just adds to the fun. It would get boring only if you never improved or learned anything new. Definitely more satisfying than Sudoku or Solitaire.
- brent 16y agoIf you find Sudoku boring you just need to add more constraints. For example, try solving one by considering some ordering on the entries (say, Left-to-Right then Top-to-Bottom) and only allow yourself to fill in entries in that order... then time yourself!
- Locke1689 16y agoSudoku is very boring. If I wanted to spend my time solving small value NP-complete problems I might as well go out and solve TSPs over and over again.
- 5teev 16y agoI saw a guy solving a cube with only one hand, thus freeing the other hand to do the same thing, more or less.
- arnorhs 16y agoIt's the perfect thing to do while you're watching videos or listening to podcasts. I can't really watch anything or listen to a podcast at the same time that I'm coding. But there is still stuff I really want to watch. This week in startups and some Mixergy shows etc. But only sitting there watching videos can be very boring, so it's good to have something to do with your hands. Also. There are so many formulas, techniques, etc. You gradually gain a greater understanding of how the cube works, etc. I recommend it. Great hobby. But don't be one of those losers that tries to impress a whole party by solving one, it's really lame to cubists.
- AndrewWarner 16y agoI always wonder what people do while listening to my interviews. Cool.
- arnorhs 16y agoyes, and they are awesome, Andrew. Keep up the good work!
- scorpion032 16y agoSo, your godly index is 0.2 :) PS: Same here.