He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It

Re:He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It by floatingleaf on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:16AM (#24502598)

The competitions should be for minimal no of steps/moves. Not the time taken.

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Re:He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It by cupofinsane on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:58AM (#24502791)

There are 'fewest moves' competition as well

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Re:He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It by jayflux on Thursday September 17, 2020 @08:12AM (#24503620)

It’s already like that to be fair, people get faster by getting from A to B in fewer moves. The two go hand in hand, it’s like speedrunning.

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Re:He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It by ansible on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:34AM (#24502959)

It is almost the same thing. Less moves means less time to solve. I'm amazed by the performance of robots and people these days at this task.

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Re:He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It by srtjstjsj on Thursday September 17, 2020 @10:26AM (#24505015)

It's not. There's a factor of over 100 between fastest solves and novice solves with a guide.

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Re:He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It by ansible on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:02PM (#24509273)

We're talking about competition.

Here is a previous world record solve from 2016, in about 31 moves over 4.73 seconds:

You don't just pick that up from a book.

Optimal number of moves is 20, so ~30 is pretty good.

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