Since Diwali I have been trying to solve this so called Rubik's Cube.
Its end of December now. Almost 2 months i have spent on this useless cube. According to a survey, 70% of the people THINK better when they are sitting on a toilet seat.
I am one of the 70 % people :-) I had the Rubik's Cube placed in by Bathroom. Every morning I used to try solving it. For the first few days I was struggling to complete the first layer itself ! I searched for algorithms on the Internet to solve this wonderful puzzle. I got some useful hints, some moves which can be played blindly, some easy movements of cubes etc. Within a month, I could solve the first 2 layers.
Now it was a piece of cake for me to solve the first two layers. The last part was the hardest one. Every morning I used to try solving it, but every attempt went in vain. So one day, I got a print out of the algorithm, and studied it. (Of course while sitting on the toilet seat). Now I got an idea of what are the steps I need to follow in order to complete the cube, Everyday I came very close to solving it, but every move i played further would shuffle the solved layers. I was irritated by this. One night I was again in the bathroom, and I decided to solve even if it takes me the whole night. I started all over again, followed each and every step given in the print, and after 30 mins, I came out the bathroom with the cube perfectly solved. It was a golden moment. Even my room mate was confused as to why was I smiling the whole night. I told him about my achievement. He was not Impressed, but I bet if you get addicted to this cube and after 2 months of effort you are finally able to solve it, You will be happier than me !!! Now I can solve the cube in less than 10 mins. The next challenge is to finish it within 5 mins. Hope I succeed in it.
4th Jan 2007
Just a small Update : My record for completing a shuffled Cube is 2 Mins, 58 secs.
Time tracker : Timex Ironman :-)
Venue : Bathroom
Time : 8:14 am
Its end of December now. Almost 2 months i have spent on this useless cube. According to a survey, 70% of the people THINK better when they are sitting on a toilet seat.
I am one of the 70 % people :-) I had the Rubik's Cube placed in by Bathroom. Every morning I used to try solving it. For the first few days I was struggling to complete the first layer itself ! I searched for algorithms on the Internet to solve this wonderful puzzle. I got some useful hints, some moves which can be played blindly, some easy movements of cubes etc. Within a month, I could solve the first 2 layers.
Now it was a piece of cake for me to solve the first two layers. The last part was the hardest one. Every morning I used to try solving it, but every attempt went in vain. So one day, I got a print out of the algorithm, and studied it. (Of course while sitting on the toilet seat). Now I got an idea of what are the steps I need to follow in order to complete the cube, Everyday I came very close to solving it, but every move i played further would shuffle the solved layers. I was irritated by this. One night I was again in the bathroom, and I decided to solve even if it takes me the whole night. I started all over again, followed each and every step given in the print, and after 30 mins, I came out the bathroom with the cube perfectly solved. It was a golden moment. Even my room mate was confused as to why was I smiling the whole night. I told him about my achievement. He was not Impressed, but I bet if you get addicted to this cube and after 2 months of effort you are finally able to solve it, You will be happier than me !!! Now I can solve the cube in less than 10 mins. The next challenge is to finish it within 5 mins. Hope I succeed in it.
4th Jan 2007
Just a small Update : My record for completing a shuffled Cube is 2 Mins, 58 secs.
Time tracker : Timex Ironman :-)
Venue : Bathroom
Time : 8:14 am
1 comment:
I hope your boss is not reading it, else he might replace your workplace chair with a toilet seat... :D.. Sorry for the bad joke..
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