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I started at the beginning 81 or 82. Sent away for the official Ideal Toys bought a few books too. I had both the ideal and the more popular top, middle bottom
by Projectiboga 2y ago
I started at the beginning 81 or 82. Sent away for the official Ideal Toys bought a few books too. I had both the ideal and the more popular top, middle bottom solution. I figured out how to reverse the corner flip move and w that one hack I can still do under a minute. The ideal is simple. Top minus one edge, bottom corners place, orient bottom corners. Fill the bottom and top edges, then the middle. Very few paterns. Yes not to most step efficient but way less to memorize. I figured out early to leave to speed cubing to the nerds. Being able to solve under a minute is enough to put you near the top of any social group. https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/The_Ideal_Solution https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/The_Ideal_Soluti...
- dunham 2y agoI learned the top / middle / bottom from a book in elementary school in the early 80's. I did it for a talent show and kids accused me of watching the guy mix it up and memorizing the moves (that would have been more impressive than simply solving it). Later in college, having forgotten everything. I worked out the solution myself after a hint from a prof (that it's essentially conjugations of group elements). Years later, I again developed a solution, but this time I do edges first, with permutations that mess up the corners and then the corners. I mainly mixed it up to do something unique.