[PenultimateManStanding]

Augie Fash Is Pretty Fast I didn't know this was possible! Wow! I could never get a yo-yo to come back up to my hand when I tried it. There is such a range of human talents. Some are great at acrobatics and diving. I was good at swimming and ping pong but couldn't get into skateboards or surfing. Some are born with musical talent. The list goes on and on. But this kid obviously has some kind of combination dexterity, spatial imagination and topological/mathematical talents that's one of the best in the world.

[roccman]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', 'S')weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[PenultimateManStanding]

btw, this is the kind of talent that leads to the famous Gordian Knot. This kid could no doubt tie a knot to baffle anyone. Alexander the Great had his answer, he chopped it with a sword. Brute strength wins in the end was the message. And a will to kill. Though Alex did have a sense of cunning.

[strider3700]

Thats amazing. I'm not half bad with a Yo-yo but I didn't even know that was possible.

[PenultimateManStanding]

I expressed the same sentiments, strider. I could hardly believe it when I saw it. That kid is amazing.

[roccman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', 'S')weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '
')I solved the rubiks cube a few times - and was good a Merlin, but you're right...this kid is one in a billion.

[roccman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '
')I solved the rubiks cube a few times - and was good a Merlin, but you're right...this kid is one in a billion.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '
')I solved the rubiks cube a few times - and was good a Merlin, but you're right...this kid is one in a billion.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', '
')I read the book first so I never did really solve the cube. I then screwed around with it going for speed. Getting under a couple minutes was tough.

[strider3700]

I wasn't aware there was a specific book on solving the cube

I solved it after speaking with one of my math profs that collected them and was laying out a paper on various algorithms to solve them. Yes she did group theory.

I never took much group theory. I figured it out by thinking about it and testing a few theories. I figured those guys that race at it are following an algorithm. I just build and break sides as needed.

[PenultimateManStanding]

yes there was a book you could buy that laid out all the algorithms. if your math prof showed you these algorithms on paper then that's about the same as reading the books. one does have to put some thinking into learning/memorizing the methods though. I recall thinking about them as I went to sleep and woke up still thinking about them. As I mentioned, these methods can be calculated using group theory (which I did take an introductory course on), they can be learned or they can be discovered by trial and error. The latter would no doubt take a long time and be very difficult even for a genius who was without any training.

[jasonraymondson]

Well no offense to anyone, but I have been able to solve the cube since I was 5 years old. I didn't study any of that crap. I can still to this take take any cube and solve it in less that 3 minutes

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'W')ell no offense to anyone, but I have been able to solve the cube since I was 5 years old. I didn't study any of that crap. I can still to this take take any cube and solve it in less that 3 minutes

[jasonraymondson]

Still doesn't compare to those guys who can solve it in 45 seconds. My hands just can't move that bloody fast

[PenultimateManStanding]

well I'll be darned. a prodigy! some of those last moves are pretty complicated. so you didn't study any of that stuff and no one showed you how it works, just figured out all by your 5 year old self. wow!

[lys3rg0]

In highschool I could do the cube in prolly 90 secs with the top to bottom method. I didn't bother to try the other, faster methods because i only had a crappy cube built in ukraine I figure with some practice, a better algorithm and an expensive cube, i could be down to 30-35 seconds for the 3x3x3 cube.

As for the yoyo kid, that video is at double speed at least. That's still good skill, but not very impressive. But this one is:

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[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lys3rg0', 'I')n highschool I could do the cube in prolly 90 secs with the top to bottom method.

[lys3rg0]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'j')ust out of curiosity, did you figure out those last more complex moves on your own without any assistance of any kind?