Rubik - The Miraculous Cube
We have seen this cute tiny cube in toy shop. We have brought this cube out of curiosity and all of us are attracted by its simple appearance and color . In fact, it is one of the interesting hobbies among youngsters.
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Most of us have tried to solve the cube, but at the
end we get frustrated and become unsuccessful. But why people love it and why
it is a miraculous cube !!!!!!!!.
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Here is the answer, initially it has the name magic cube, but later it is called as speed cube and Puzzle cube. It was the Hungarian Puzzler’s creator Erno
Rubik, Professor of Architecture
well known for invention of mechanical puzzles invented this cube.
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| Erno Rubik |
But then he struggled nearly a month to solve this
cube. In 1980, this cube made its first international appearance in toy fair
across the world. In order to honor the inventor, the name was changed as Rubik’s
cube, from then it became popular among the toy world. In 1981, this cube has
won the UK Toy of the Year and best game of the year award.
It is a mind game, anyone be it at any age can solve this
easily. But one must know the logic behind it. It has a simple code word such
as front F, Right R, Up U, Left L and Down D. The rotation of clockwise
directions is FRULD and the anticlockwise direction is F’R’U’L’D’. Though there
are several methods available to solve the cube, the logic behind is simple and
same. CFOP (Cross, First layer, Orientation and Permutation) is one of the
Friedrich popular methods to solve this cube. Those who love puzzle solving
will find it interesting and challenging.
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| How to solve |
Step 1: In Top or first layer make white cross (C)
Step 2: Solve white corners
in First layer (F)
Step 3: Solve the middle
layer by orienting (O) the yellow in
edges
Step 4: Solve
the final or bottom layer by permuting (P)
yellow cross and
to corners, finally
Step 5:
Position the yellow edges
Increases
spatial intelligence
Promotes problem solving skills
Enhances Logical thinking, Memory power and Critical
thinking.
Develops
intellectual skills and
Prevents joint
degeneration at older age
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1.
2x2: It
is the pocket cube or mini cube with just two layers. It looks simple but there
are more than 3.6 million possible combinations, available to solve. Can you
imagine!!!!!!!!
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3x3: This is the
original classic Rubik’s cube. It has 6 faces, 6 colors with 9 cubes on each side white, red, blue, orange, green and yellow. Later the cubes have been updated
with slight changes in color.
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4x4 and 5x5: The 4x4 cube
is called as Master’s cube. This cube has 24 centers, 24 edges and 8 corners.
It was created by Sebesteny Peter. The
5x5 cube is called as Professor’s cube and was invented by UdoKrell. These cubes consist of both fixed and movable
centerpieces.
6x6 and 7x7: This cube was invented by Panagiotis Verdes. The only way to solve this puzzle is to first identify correct positions of all the colors and then applying the 3x3 cube algorithm.
Apart from this, there are 8x8 till 13x13 cubes available in the market but are considered to be more complex cubes.
Mirror cube: As the name specifies, this cube is colorless. Each cube has different sizes that form different structures. The challenge here is that you have to solve the correct size and not the color.
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Pyraminx is one
of the second largest selling |
Junior Pyraminx or Pyramorphix: It looks exactly Pyraminx, but the specialty of the puzzle is the four corners of the cube is reshaped into pyramids and the other four reshaped into triangles.
8. Master morphix: It is the modification of 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube and more complex variant of Pyramorphix which is tetrahedral in shape. It has 4 corner pieces, 4 face centers, 6 edges and 12 non center pieces
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9.
Skewb: This cube was
invented by Tony Durham. It looks like Rubik’s cube but differs in the
construction. This is the modification of Pyraminx and it has 8 corners and 6
square center pieces. The axes of rotation in this cube is slight different ie, rotation is through corners of the cube and
not on the center of the faces.
10. Megaminx: It is made up of dodecahedron which has 12 faces, 20 corner pieces and 30 edges. The challenge here is that you have to scramble the colors and arrange it to one color per face
There are lots and lots of
cube available today such as Soma cube, Axis cube, Square one cube, Windmill
cube, Clock cube, Gear cube, Poly cube and the list goes on…but the seed is
Rubik Cube.
To identify best puzzle
solver number of competitions has been conducted worldwide every year by (WCA)
Fastest Rubik Cube solver: Yusheng Du, is the fastest cube solver to solve the cube in 3.47sec and it is the current record.
Youngest
Rubik Cube solver: Niah Sanjith three-year-old from Alappuzha is the youngest cuber in the world
to solve three types
of Rubik's cube puzzles.
World
Guniness Record: Baby Sarah six-year girl, from
Chennai set a Guinness World Record by solving Rubik's cube puzzle blindfolded
in just 2 minutes.
There are many achievers across the world and the list continues
Some requires one week practice and some one month that depends upon one's interest and training.
WE all know that hobby is the best stress buster, but I say cube is the best hobby. Solving the cube can you become smarter, the answer is
