lundi 29 septembre 2014

The Rubik's Cube is not old-fashioned!







Hi guys,

No time to waste today, the situation is critical. Last week I was asking some close relatives about what they thought about the Rubik's Cube. And the results of this improvised survey were revolting. According to almost 90% of the people, the Rubik's Cube is outdated, and knowing how to solve one is pointless. Some of them even say that this hobby is ridiculous. I couldn't overlook this. I had to react. Therefore I decided to write an article, in which I will explain why these baseless criticisms are making me mad, and try to convince you guys that the Rubik's Cube is both a wonderful discipline and also an instructive pastime. 

So, as I said before, a large majority of my relatives expressed their opposition to the Rubik's Cube, and even described it with the unpleasant adjectives that I listed above. But why? Why on earth would people hate the Rubik's Cube so much? This is no nuclear weapon, no disease, or no abhorred politician. This is just a game! Admittedly, a game which requires concentration, memory, and lucidity. So it may not be meant for anybody. Fine, but it is still a funny and entertaining game!
Yet, most of them had never even touched a Cube in all their lives beforehand. Therefore, I would say to them not to judge a book by its cover. Usually, I'm not very affected by what people think, but I totally freak out when people judge something that I personally like, without knowing anything about it. 


So, in order to make you guys like the Rubik's cube as much as I do, I will try to tell you what I find so exciting and interesting about it, and what it could bring you if you decided to try it.
  •   You won't bore in the train or the plane anymore! Your Cube is your friend for life, and you can bring him wherever you want. 
  • The learning part is the most difficult, but also the more exciting! Trying to solve a Rubik's Cube, improving and improving, until you finally reach it... This has no price.
  • Learning is relatively fast: If you don't know at all how to solve a Cube, it will take you 5 min to integrate the basic moves, and then 30 min maximum to solve it with a tutorial. 
  • Once you know how to solve it, it feels so good to make it turn without looking at it, knowing that you can redo it later. At this point you will really feel clever!
  • Having a collection of Rubik's Cubes at home is very decorative, and full of colors! Moreover, there are plenty of types of Cubes - some of them aren't even cubical anymore, but dodecahedron, spheres, or pyramids - it will beautify and customize your room!
A beautiful collection of Rubik's Cubes

  • The Rubik's Cube is a great exercise to improve your motor abilities. It improves the coordination between your brain and your hand, and also the coordination between your fingers. When I started cubing, I could do 1 or 2 moves/sec, and now I am able to do at least 10 moves/sec! This improvement will make your girlfriend happy, for sure!                                 All joking aside, this hobby can also improve your physical and mental abilities, which is great!
  • Rubik's Cube is a mental sport, but also an art. Watching a professional cuber turning and solving his Cube with lightening speed is a visual delight. And it is also very motivating, because every cuber can one day do the same!

I hope I have convinced you guys, and that I have managed to get these disgusting prejudices out of your head. Anyway, I have to tell you that before really trying it, I was not very excited about all this Rubik's Cube stuff. But trust me, once you have started, it is impossible to stop until you get a very interesting level! This little thing is very addictive.

That's it for today's article guys, don't forget to subscribe, and to give your opinion in the comment section below! I'm really interested in reading your comments, so that I can either improve my articles, or keep it that way!
See you soon for next week's article, bye!

P.S: Next week I will do my best to really start talking about the Cube's resolution. I had in mind to start this week with the functioning and the basic moves, but it couldn't fit with the imposed subject. So guys you'll have to be patient, and I will write an article about it as soon as possible!


 See something special about this work of art? Yes, it is all made of Rubik's Cubes!


lundi 22 septembre 2014

Presentation of the blog



 Hi guys, and welcome to my brand new blog, dedicated to the Rubik's cube!

 

 

Even if you're not really into it, I'm pretty sure that you all have already been both fascinated and disoriented by this wonderful puzzle. And also that you are secretly jealous of all the show-offs who like to solve it in front of you. Those people who are constantly annoying you by saying that it is easy, and that you should be ashamed of not knowing how to do it. But now it's time to switch sides, and to impress your friends! I'm Thibault Kremer, and I can solve a 3x3x3 cube it in less than 30 seconds - which may be impressive for you, but not such a great time in the world of "speedcubing" -, and if you take the time to read my articles and watch my videos, I'm sure that in a few weeks you will be a great cuber, and that all your friends will be begging you to teach them how you do it so well!

To talk a little about me, I've been a lot into cubing since last year. A friend of mine had shown me that he could solve it in less than a minute, and I was so impressed that immediately, I took my old puzzle out of the closet and I worked hard in order to beat him one day. Now I average 35 seconds a solve for the 3x3x3, with a personal best of 27, and I'm constantly improving my times, which is very motivating! My main purposes are to reach 15 seconds a solve, and to participate in the world championship one day. Actually I probably could, because the times required to qualify are not extremely low, but I would be ridiculously slow compared to others... My dreams may seem laughable, but I really assign importance to the Rubik's cube and everything that gravitate around it. But that does not neither mean that I'm crazy, nor an addict. :-)

In this blog I will try to affect a large majority of you. For those who don't really know what this machine is, I will explain the functioning of the cube, the main challenges that it offers, and the basic moves that cubers use. For those who are interested, but never managed to get a Rubik's Cube solved - and putting the stickers at the right place does not count -, I will do my best to allow you to solve it to the end, by writing some simple tutorials, or filming myself explaining how to do it. And for those who already know how to solve it - and I know some of you are - I will do some tutorials explaining advanced methods, to make you able to solve it faster. 

If you are interested in it, I will also write some articles about the other types of cubes (The 2x2x2, the 4x4x4, the Megaminx, wich are some very interesting cubes), please let me know in the comment section below! Also, I would be glad to see your comments, critics, and your expectations concerning future articles!

See you soon guys!