Speedsolving the Cube: Easy-to-Follow, Step-by-Step Instructions for Many Popular 3-D Puzzles |  | Author: Dan Harris
Creator: Robert Steimle
Publisher: Sterling
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1402753136
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.74
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Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
They call it âspeedcubingââa mind-bending blur of quick twists and turns that solves Rubikâs Cube in times that have been clocked at less than 20 seconds! Today, thanks to the 2003 revival of the Rubikâs World Championships, speedcubing is spreading like wildfire. Here, complete with detailed illustrations and basic as well as advanced solving techniques, is the ultimate speedcuberâs guide. It not only gives the solution to the familiar 3x3x3 cube (which has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000âthatâs 43 quintillionâpossible positions), but also the 2x2x2, 4x4x4, and staggeringly difficult 5x5x5 puzzles. With millions of cubes out there and countless would-be champions looking for tips to improve their times, this is the definitive manual for this unique sport. |
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 Very good guide November 15, 2009
ss3growntrunks
It include very good tips, and it is a very nice looking book. It has nice feeling pages, and they are in color with very detailed steps and explanations of possible scenarios.
Best way to learn to solve the 3x3x3, 4x4x4, and 5x5x5 rubik's cubes.
for serious geeks only October 5, 2009
Nim Sudo
If you're not content to merely solve rubik's cube, and want to learn to solve it as fast as possible, then this book is packed with the information you need. it is not really aimed at beginners. It does include a "beginner's solution" early on, but this serves primarily as a starting point for explaining the advanced techniques that follow. The idea here is that the beginner's solution allows you to solve the cube with a minimum of memorization in about seven steps; then by memorizing many more cases presented in successive chapters, you can condense these to about four steps.
There are many variants of the algorithms presented in this book, and some of the variants may work better for you. You can find lists of algorithms on the internet and select what works best for you. Everybody has their own favorites (and the algorithms presented on the author's website are sometimes different than those in the book!).
The book doesn't include everything I would like to see, but it does contain a ton of information which can get you a long way.
What the book does include:
Complete presentation of the CFOP method for solving the cube, plus some expert refinements thereof.
Detailed explanation of how to solve the first two layers, including various advanced tricks to speed it up.
Methods for solving cubes of other sizes (2x2x2, 4x4x4, 5x5x5).
What the book does not really cover:
How the algorithms for solving the last layer work, and how to discover your own (which for me is the really fun part)
Practical tips (eg how to lubricate the cube, where to put your hands, how a competition works)
There are some errors, but there is a helpful list of errata on the author's webite.
Very Good Cube Solutions August 8, 2009
M. Thomas Boquet (Long Beach, CA USA)
This book is really cool if you wanna know more about the cube, there are some history, facts and different solutions from beginners and then more and more advanced. Very good start point for speed cubing
 pretty good book, a few errors in the 5x5x5 section July 7, 2009
Joseph (U.S.A)
This book was very good and helped me to solve the 3x3x3 and 4x4x4 Rubik's Cubes, but when I was solving the 5x5x5 the Algorithm on page 125, Table 8.3 was incorrect. Also table 8.11 on page 132 had errors.
quite a few errors in this otherwise very good book June 1, 2009
Der Doktor (Münster, Westfalen)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the book a lot - it shows me how to solve all the cubes.
But it has quite a number of errors which are irritating. Fortunately the author has put up a correction-list at
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I have troubles with the algorithm on page 132, 8.11. Am i just doing it wrong all the time - or is this another error in the book?
Well, all in all I can still recommend the book to anyone who likes the cubes!
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