Comments on: QWERTY Rubik's Cube http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/qwerty-rubiks-cube.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jacob Ewing http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/qwerty-rubiks-cube.html#comment-1652941 Jacob Ewing Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212201#comment-1652941 If you switch it to a Dvorak layout, the strain on your hands will be reduced and your solving time will improve considerably. If you switch it to a Dvorak layout, the strain on your hands will be reduced and your solving time will improve considerably.

]]> By: Dv Revolutionary http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/qwerty-rubiks-cube.html#comment-1652938 Dv Revolutionary Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212201#comment-1652938 You mean solve the cube, have the centers in their respective faces but the centers are rotated wrong? Yes that's possible. That is the challenge of picture cubes. In this case a center key could be in the proper face but after a good scramble and solve wind up rotated by 0, 90, 180, or 270. The outer edges and corner cubies, if they are solved they are rotated correctly. They are all "keyed" against at least one other face. You mean solve the cube, have the centers in their respective faces but the centers are rotated wrong? Yes that’s possible. That is the challenge of picture cubes. In this case a center key could be in the proper face but after a good scramble and solve wind up rotated by 0, 90, 180, or 270.

The outer edges and corner cubies, if they are solved they are rotated correctly. They are all “keyed” against at least one other face.

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/qwerty-rubiks-cube.html#comment-1652715 L_Mariachi Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212201#comment-1652715 Is it possible to solve a Rubik's Cube facewise while getting the orientation wrong? Is it possible to solve a Rubik’s Cube facewise while getting the orientation wrong?

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/qwerty-rubiks-cube.html#comment-1652676 Donald Petersen Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212201#comment-1652676 I'm not particularly fascinated (I lost interest in Rubik's Cubes sometime in seventh grade), but I am mildly surprised that someone hadn't done this before in the past 32 years or so. I’m not particularly fascinated (I lost interest in Rubik’s Cubes sometime in seventh grade), but I am mildly surprised that someone hadn’t done this before in the past 32 years or so.

]]> By: Logolepsy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/qwerty-rubiks-cube.html#comment-1652673 Logolepsy Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212201#comment-1652673 1) "The order is the same than a QWERTY keyboard but in the spanish language"... Not really, the Ñ is normally next to the L (where the semicolon is on standard layout) and the P is next to the O (exactly like the standard layout). So, next to the M, you will find the comma and the period like in on the standard layout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Spanish 2) This has been done before, at least 10 years ago. http://twistypuzzles.com/cgi-bin/puzzle.cgi?pkey=917 1) “The order is the same than a QWERTY keyboard but in the spanish language”… Not really, the Ñ is normally next to the L (where the semicolon is on standard layout) and the P is next to the O (exactly like the standard layout). So, next to the M, you will find the comma and the period like in on the standard layout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Spanish
2) This has been done before, at least 10 years ago. http://twistypuzzles.com/cgi-bin/puzzle.cgi?pkey=917

]]> By: Joel Finkle http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/qwerty-rubiks-cube.html#comment-1652646 Joel Finkle Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212201#comment-1652646 that's slightly tougher than standard, as the orientation of the center cubie is obvious, whereas you can have a rotated center "red" and not tell the difference. that’s slightly tougher than standard, as the orientation of the center cubie is obvious, whereas you can have a rotated center “red” and not tell the difference.

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