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jumper 05-30-2011 12:17 PM
Hey :)
 
So yeah, I may or may not end up posting here often, but I may as well introduce myself.

In a (very small) nutshell:
- I live in Nottingham, but study Maths at the University of Bath
- ... well, I finish tomorrow, when my last exam is
- Obviously I like Oddworld stuff
- I used to hold a world record

So, yeah, hey :)

Gwan-Thwei 05-30-2011 04:07 PM
Welcome to OWF. Don't feed the trolls.


YES YES I know I'm one to talk, but I just don't want him to go through my learning experience.

STM 05-30-2011 04:12 PM
Nottingham aye. Meet Maxine, the forum gimp.

Oh yeh hi!

MeechMunchie 05-31-2011 07:46 AM
Howdy. What record was it?

Alcar 05-31-2011 08:18 AM
Everyone has already summed up what I would ask / suggest:
  1. Stay away from Max
  2. What was the world record?

Alcar...

MA 05-31-2011 09:38 AM
i reckon it was longest time sat in a bathtub full of beans.

Dynamithix 05-31-2011 01:11 PM
Hello.

Mr. Bungle 05-31-2011 02:05 PM
sup

Nate 05-31-2011 11:23 PM
Did you build a robot that could solve a Rubik's cube in 18.2 seconds? If yes, it was a couple of my mates who whooped your arse.

jumper 06-01-2011 01:24 AM
... actually, my world record was for the Rubik's cube o_O

T-nex 06-01-2011 01:51 AM
How long time did you hold the record... when?

Oh and what kind of record?

JennyGenesis 06-01-2011 02:05 AM
I think Rubiks Cube world records are a load of nonsense. I think it all boils down to how particular the puzzle is messed up.

Crashpunk 06-01-2011 02:07 AM
I live in Nottingham too :D

Hey and welcome!

Nate 06-01-2011 03:24 AM
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I think Rubiks Cube world records are a load of nonsense. I think it all boils down to how particular the puzzle is messed up.
Apparently it's a mathematical fact that any arrangement of the cube can be solved in only 21 moves. The skill is knowing the ideal set of moves.


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... actually, my world record was for the Rubik's cube o_O
In which case, you must really hate Feliks Zemdegs.

jumper 06-01-2011 07:14 AM
It wasn't actually the Rubik's cube world record, but a different puzzle. And of course I don't hate Feliks :p

Anyway, Rubik's cube records aren't a load of nonsense. Yeah, some scrambles are easier than others, but fast cubers can solve any scramble quickly.

For what it's worth, the upper bound for number of turns needed to solve any scramble has been proven to be 20.

And videos, because I can (although I don't know how to embed):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLWlepD6krU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZNQg53PcSE

Wings of Fire 06-01-2011 09:31 AM
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I think Rubiks Cube world records are a load of nonsense. I think it all boils down to how particular the puzzle is messed up.
You do know that you could apply that logic to any thing ever

...and it would still be as bullshit.

enchilado 06-01-2011 01:47 PM
How is a particular scramble chosen when someone attempts to beat the world record? I mean, what if I got one that was a single move from completion?

jumper 06-02-2011 12:34 AM
Everyone in a round gets the same five scrambles. The scrambles are generated by a computer, so in theory, any position can be chosen. However, the probability of any solve being less than say, 15 moves from being solved, is very small, and the probability of a single move is essentially impossible.