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Junior Member
Registered: 07-26-07
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it is a myth that no matter how messed up a rubiks cube is. it can always be solved in 27 moves or less.

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can any rubiks cube be solved in 27 moves or less?

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Registered: 07-21-07
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their are strict rules to govern the rubiks cube, and the last moves usually take the most so, nope it takes alot more prolly at least a hundred moves for a properly randomized cube
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Registered: 06-21-07
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Are you a rubik's cube pro?
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Registered: 05-14-06
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Yes it has been mathematically proven that from any configuration that the cube can be solved in 27 moves.

theTroll
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Registered: 01-01-06
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A buddy of mine did it in front of me in two and a half minutes.He said that was slow.
(way to much time on his hands)
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Registered: 07-26-07
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im not a pro. but i know how to do one. and it takes me atleast a hundred moves. but the person that taught me told me about this
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Registered: 07-27-07
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In school a kid was given a rubix's cube the was randomized by myself. I didnt know the kid. He did the rukix cube in 10 seconds and 5 steps!
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Registered: 09-25-06
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Yes, but no conventional method (and therefore human) can do it. It would take the calculation speed of a computer.
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Registered: 07-23-07
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Yes, a rubix cube can always be solved in 27 moves or less. After "27 moves worth of randomization", any new "randomization changes" would basically cancel out a previous one. the Rubix cube can only be altered so far. Do you think there is a possible configuration that would require 100 or 1,000,000 moves to solve? Impossible.
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Registered: 05-31-07
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the maximum minimum of moves on a rubik's cube is 27 meaning from the most disorganized configuration it can be solved in 27 moves many random orders would already be in some stage already below the most disorganzed state so doing a rubik's cube in 1 move is possible
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Registered: 08-01-07
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No. I don't have the attention span to even start it.
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Registered: 01-06-07
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There's this guy at my sisters school who is really good at these things. I saw him once. He had this hopelessly randomized cube in his hands that looked like it would need some sort of supercomputor to solve it. Solved it in less than 30 seconds without even looking.
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Registered: 11-10-07
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fastest time for a rubik's cube to be solved is 12.11 seconds (officially) http://www.henage.net/dan/cube/caltechspring.htm.

http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2007/08/21/computer-...d-in-under-26-moves/

link to a site that says a computer can solve a rubik's cube in 26 moves or less.

now that needs investigating to verify the claim!
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Registered: 11-11-07
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I have seen the rubik's cube champion salve the puzzle behind his back in something like 2 minutes on tv. Not to say it was only 27 moves but there is obviosly a set mathmatical equation that needs to be learned.
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Registered: 08-25-07
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the 27 moves came from a computer.
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Registered: 05-31-08
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apparently it can be solved in an avrge of 50-60 moves using the fridrich method... applying some addvance method like the extended cross, multiloting, etc. it can be dropped down dramatically there was a record for fmc(fewest move competition) i think it was 27 moves and computers can solve it in 30 moves or less it is because computers use no algorithm but it uses its artificial mind and in that a computer uses a god algorithm a algorithm that is the shortest way to solve the cube every on of the trillions of combination has its own god algorithm,. search me on youtube my username is 52762
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Registered: 05-29-08
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mitch diba taga don bosco mandaluyong ka??? kilala kita eh....
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Registered: 05-31-08
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who are you?? how'd you know i'm from don bosco mandaluyong... and pls refrain from talking our language here cuz we don't know if its alright to
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Registered: 05-31-08
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i'm putting a wild guess... your francis roxas... i think
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Registered: 11-16-07
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actually... Any rubik's cube can be solved with 22 moves minimum. It works with any of the 4.5 quintillion possible combinations for a rubik's cube.
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