I've been playing with the cube for days now and I can easily solve one face, on my own. I understand how the pieces interact for those moves. I've spent time going through websites and tried watching a youtube tutorial but my attention span was too short. I even looked into seeing if I could hire someone to teach me (the ones I've found on line basically send a youtube video). I've been asking around and figure I must be able to find someone in person - I do work with several hundred engineers. One of them is bound to be a cube master.
And then I took a break. And apparently that's all that was needed. I now consider myself half way there. I can officially solve a rubiks cube! I just finished and am so excited. Now, I'm not quite there because I finally found a website that did a great job of mapping out the various algorithims you face as you move through the steps of solving the puzzle. Here's the link in case you're interested. Next, all I have to do is understand the moves so I can do it without my crib sheet. It's kind of like when I started knitting. I remember the first project I was learning - a sock with a 2x2 rib and I hadn't learned how to read stitches yet, so I was so focused as I knit so as not to loose my position. The person who was teaching me, on the second lesson, taught be how to read knit and purl stitches. And from there I was freed and not chained to the instructions as much. Sounds similar, right? I should be a rubik's master in no time. My goal is to solve a cube on my own, preferably within 10-15 minutes. I think I should be able to achieve this by years end! Yay!
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