Rubik's Cube, Doin' The Retro Thing
I have been fighting a cold this week (note to self, flu shot next year) so I decided to solve my Rubik's Cube. I have not messed around with the Cube in about a year or so. I enjoy solving the Rubik's Cube, mainly because I did not accomplish the feat during the hayday of the Rubik's Cube. During the early 1990's I took another look at the Cube and finally figured out out to solve it. With the help of some tips I found online at the time. The main thing to remember is the Cube is solved in layers, not by color. I use a top down approach. The Cube is solved with quarter and half turns.
Before
I can now usually solve the Rubik's Cube in one evening, sometimes faster than other times. I actually have a few cubes floating around the house. Many of you noticed my son giving his Rubik's Cube a turn in the Photo Gallery. I love watching the look on his face as he turns the Cube, you can see the gears churning.
Despite being a tad groggy last night I remembered my turn sequences and solved the Cube in a rather short time.
After
I guess my interest in the Rubik's Cube grew as I always felt defeated by it. Being someone that never liked being beat by anything I set a goal of solving the Cube. I think I will pickup a Rubik's Revenge, which is a 4x4x4 puzzle.
Another interesting thing about the Rubik's Cube is that there was a period in the 1990's where a lot of kids did not even know what a Rubik's Cube was, the Cube disappeared from the mainstream for a brief period of time. Then in the late 1990's seemed to again make a comeback. I liked the part in the movie, The Wedding Singer where the guy tosses the Rubik's Cube and exclaims, "No one is ever going to solve that thing".
