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The Science Behind Solving A Rubik's Cube

on July 21, 2021

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What have I learnt about myself during this project?

I've found that I am bad at sticking to deadlines... etc

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Ask leading questions which engage (How many sales of Rubik's cubes, How many combinations, How many moves can a cubes be solved in?) https://cube20.org/ Ways to do better (types of research, not just stick to deadlines) How many moves can a Rubik's cube be solved in? Well what do I mean by that? From any position at all, a Rubik's cube can be solved in... 100 moves or less? maybe 80? It's actually only 20. Some enthusiasts computed this number known as "God's Number" - this is the minimum amount of moves required to solve a Rubik's cube from any arbitrary position (this was proven after years of research from programmers, mathematicians and university students working together from around the world and is considered to be mathematically correct by speedcubers). But what do I mean by 'speedcubers'? Before I talk about my abilities going into this or my goals, I want to contextualise how big 1 second is. It took over 4 years from the first offi...

Rules of a fair test

A fair test would involve: Competition solves would involve: In competitions, solvers are presented with a table which has on it a Stackmat and a Mat (which are both shown below); These are used to time the attempt accurately. The Rubik's cube in which the solver hands in to use will be under a cube cover to conceal the scramble until it is inspection time. The surface also must be flat and level. All of these are highly regulated in official competitions, along with many more rules to do with (for example): what counts as solved, how your puzzle looks, consent to compete and even clothing of the competitors . The

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