MetaFilter posts tagged with rubik

Rubik cubes and classic album covers by the Beatles and the Clash.

maudlin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:41 -0800

It's Seurat by me. Iconic album covers by the Beatles and the Clash. Mixed media (a metric buttload of Rubik's cubes shown in Dailymotion video). (via)

Nerd trifecta

grouse — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:42:49 -0800

A robot made out of Lego bricks that solves a Rubik's cube. Video of the robot in action. Includes full blueprints for building and source code.

Twisty megapost

Wolfdog — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:28:57 -0800

Walter Randelshofer's Pretty Patterns collection (for Rubik's cubes up to 5x5x5) is one of the nicest twisty puzzle sites going. It's based on his CubeTwister software, which you can download (including a lovely OS X standalone). If you really want a treasure trove of twisty polyhedra, check out gelatinBrain's enormous collection of java applets (which unfortunately don't do so well on macs). Are those things even physically possible? Really? Mini bonus: Randelshofer also hosts an archive of fondly-remembered Amiga animations.

Online Virtual Rubik's Cube.

Effigy2000 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:12:45 -0800

Bored? Here's an online virtual Rubiks cube for you to play with. Stumped? Here's a step by step guide to solving the damn thing. And here's two more, previously.

Rubik's Cube Cracked Down to 26 Moves

McLir — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:34:27 -0800

Rubik's Cube Cracked Down to 26 Moves "They think they can use their brute-force search method [PDF] on all of the configurations that require 26 steps to find a quicker way to solve them. Even if they manage this feat, however, it will probably leave room for improvement. Most researchers believe that just 20 steps are enough to solve any Rubik's Cube, but no one has proved it yet." [Previously. See recent post on checkers.]

Sunday fun

nickyskye — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:35:26 -0800

Sunday sillibiz: Snackimals, really fancy fashions for dogs, RubikCubism, hairstyle names from 1970s Ebony ad, burquas for men, fetish dollies [nsfw], Art Car Museum, the hideaway cosy, baby tiger cub sleeps and plays. [via]

Rubik Music Machine

signal — Mon, 15 May 2006 21:34:24 -0800

The Rubik's Cube was of course primarily intended as a live music-making instrument. The whole 'solving it' craze was missing the point.

Rubik's solver

caddis — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:02:29 -0800

Solve your Rubik's cube online. Are you lacking a Lego cube solver [discussed here]? No problem. This site will tell you the exact moves for solving the cube. Of course it will also teach you how to do it on your own.

Rubik's Rubicon

wibbler — Sun, 28 Sep 2003 04:06:00 -0800

I'm starting to think I was only one to ever buy a Rubik's Clock. The hours I spent trying to work it out, the effort I put in, whilst all along there's a simple solution to the infernal thing. While we're on Rubik's games, this man with an audiacious mullet has lots of tips on solving them, and another man can solve the Rubik's Cube in 16 seconds (.mpg file). Impressive, although his social life must have suffered...