Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kaz Kylheku <221-501-9011@kylheku.com> Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,comp.programming,alt.mythology Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Rubik Cube Followup-To: comp.programming Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 01:36:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 29 Message-ID: <20161207172958.735@kylheku.com> References: <87ede84c-c196-4e44-956f-7e1729be4963@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: OGJi3KNpFOhM58UHZwXj0w.user.gioia.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com alt.conspiracy:284979 comp.programming:7083 alt.mythology:1031 On 2016-12-08, K Wills (Shill #3) wrote: > On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 20:32:05 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" > wrote: > >>On 7/12/2016 5:47 PM, K Wills (Shill #3) wrote: >>> Math can be used. And it would likely make it even easier than >>> the way I do it. >> > > .... >>> Try it and find out. >>> The way I always did it was to keep randomly moving sides until I >>> saw a pattern. Then I would solve for the pattern. I would never have >>> won a speed contest, but I was always able to solve one. >> >>I do NOT have a good mathematics brain. My maths. skill is limited to >>Form 5 in Hong Kong (pre-1997 HKCEE). :) > > I am better than average in math, but there are MANY who can, and > do, surpass me. This is why I would look for a pattern in the cube and > use it to solve it. It is easy to solve the cube in a mechanical way, "layer by layer", according to a memorized algorithm that has to deal with a relatively small number of cases; not overwhelming the average intellect in any way. Under this approach, it can be tedious to begin completely from the beginning, assembling a face. It is smarter to look for the most complete face, and possibly work the cube randomly to obtain a better one by chance.