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Diamondeye
PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:28 pm 
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20 moves is evidently all it takes to solve the puzzle no matter where it starts.

I never solved mine when I was a kid. I had no idea this was still going on.

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My work likes to give out swag at the tradeshows we attend. A few years back we had custom Rubik's cubes made with our logos on them (Rubik's will customize anything for you).

Since I work with a lot of nerdy guys, a lot of them know the whole mathematical formula to solve it super-fast. So I purposefully leave mine in a chaotic, unsolved state sitting out on my desk. I call it my "OCD Tester."

It's trapped many a victim.

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Numbuk wrote:
My work likes to give out swag at the tradeshows we attend. A few years back we had custom Rubik's cubes made with our logos on them (Rubik's will customize anything for you).

Since I work with a lot of nerdy guys, a lot of them know the whole mathematical formula to solve it super-fast. So I purposefully leave mine in a chaotic, unsolved state sitting out on my desk. I call it my "OCD Tester."

It's trapped many a victim.


You fiend. I have fallen victim to this many times. I wonder if I was being tested.

I must have nerdly OCD.

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Answer to the thread title: Sledgehammer

Broom, dustpan and waste can usage follow.

I spent way too many hours perfecting my solution to the cube, then finding a quicker one written shortly thereafter.

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Numbuk wrote:
My work likes to give out swag at the tradeshows we attend. A few years back we had custom Rubik's cubes made with our logos on them (Rubik's will customize anything for you).

Since I work with a lot of nerdy guys, a lot of them know the whole mathematical formula to solve it super-fast. So I purposefully leave mine in a chaotic, unsolved state sitting out on my desk. I call it my "OCD Tester."

It's trapped many a victim.


The best is to solve it, peel off two stickers, switch them, and then mess it up.

It will drive them insane.
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Micheal wrote:
Answer to the thread title: Sledgehammer

Broom, dustpan and waste can usage follow.

I spent way too many hours perfecting my solution to the cube, then finding a quicker one written shortly thereafter.


It's like picking a lock vs busting down the door to gain entry.
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Arathain Kelvar wrote:
Numbuk wrote:
My work likes to give out swag at the tradeshows we attend. A few years back we had custom Rubik's cubes made with our logos on them (Rubik's will customize anything for you).

Since I work with a lot of nerdy guys, a lot of them know the whole mathematical formula to solve it super-fast. So I purposefully leave mine in a chaotic, unsolved state sitting out on my desk. I call it my "OCD Tester."

It's trapped many a victim.


The best is to solve it, peel off two stickers, switch them, and then mess it up.

It will drive them insane.


My trig teacher in high school had a messed up Rubik's Cube on her desk. I tried to solve it and it wouldn't work. I don't know if she messed up the order on purpose like you suggested or if a previous class member did. I ended up taking the cube apart and putting it back together properly.

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