Gone to eternal sleep Dear Mummy (81) ❤️ 26 Feb 2023
Was fortunate to be
with Mom this vacation after the covid times…was at her happiest moments
spending time with her grandchildren…All the love, fights, memories will always
be there…until we meet again on the other shore…sleep peacefully Dear Mummy ❤️
Little
David finally solved the Rubik’s Cube on his own. It took him almost two months to learn it by watching tutorial videos of two You Tubers Bright Side and Ethan
Garvey. He tried to learn from other You Tube channels too but it was a little
difficult for him to understand. He learnt the first two layers from Bright
Side’s video but the last layer felt very complicated for him. So that’s how he
came across Ethan’s video which explained how to solve the Rubik’s Cube last
layer and it was very easy for him to understand. He solved it just few minutes
after 12am on New Year’s Day 2022. We were waiting to wish everyone Happy New
Year and as the waiting time was pretty long, he decided to keep going with the
Cube and continued it even after the New Year greetings. And within 5 days he also
taught his elder brother Daniel and now they both solve the Rubik’s Cube. And
they were both very very happy. And to celebrate the special occasion we
ordered Pizza, chicken goujons and chips. Yummy!
Here is Little David (8) solving the Rubik’s Cube:
Here,
David Jacob Sumod solves the Rubik’s Cube and the background music is
Megalovonia which he played on the keyboard.
Little David with Rubik's Cube
First time
In
my life, this is the first time I have seen someone solve it whether its my
family or friends. I have few friends who love the Rubik’s Cube but haven’t yet
solved it though. There may be few of my friends who can solve it but none that
I am aware of though. One of my best friend’s kid is a champion at solving the
cube and he is the only one in my circle who I have seen solving the cube. I
have played with the cube in my childhood but never came close to solving even
one side of it. So that is why this is a happy moment for us. Rubik’s Cube is
fun and there are different ways to solve it. You can follow the instructions
or watch tutorial videos. But be patient and keep trying and you can finally
solve it.
About
Rubik’s Cube
The Rubik’s Cube was invented by a Hungarian
SculptorErnő
Rubik in 1974. He was also a Professor of Architecture and made a deal with the
company Toy Corp to sell the toy puzzle. Originally called Magic Cube, the 3-D
combination puzzle became so popular that it also won the German Game of the
Year Special Award for Best Puzzle in 1980 and also similar Best Toy awards in
US, UK and France. It was such a craze in the 1980s that not only did almost
every household owned a Rubik’s Cube but it was also a stressbuster for so many
people working in offices and other institutions. It is estimated that in the
early 1980s the worldwide sales of Rubik’s Cube was around 200 million. The
Guinness Book of World Records held a speedcubing championship in Munich,
Germany in 1981 and reports about the cube craze in New Scientist, Scientific
American and Washington Post print medias only helped in accelerating its
popularity. ABC Television even developed a cartoon show called Rubik, the
Amazing Cube.
Rubik’s
Cube Different Versions
Over
the years different versions of the cube had been released. The original
Rubik’s Cube was a classic which had six faces covered by nine stickers of
solid colours each with Orange, Green, Yellow, White, Red and Blue. Later, the
stickers were replaced by plastic panels in the same colour format. Cubes of
other companies made similar to Rubik’s Cube have also added more faces,
dimensions and colours adding to the variety of cubes in the market. The common
cubes are the Pocket or Mini Cube (2x2x2), the Original or Standard (3x3x3),
Rubik’s Revenge or Master (4x4x4) and the Professor’s Cube (5x5x5). Other
variations include 15x15x15, the Over The Top cube (17x17x17), a 22x22x22
working design and even a 33x33x33. The mechanical cube variants include Twist
Puzzles, Rubik’s Magic, and 360. The Twisty cube versions are made in different
geometric shapes like the shape changing Rubik’s Snake, Square One, Octahedron
(Skewb Diamond), Tetrahedron (Pyraminx), Icosahedron (Dogic) and Dodecahedron
(Megaminx).
The
electronics versions are Rubik’s Revolution and Rubik’s TouchCube (revealed on
15 February 2009 at the American International Toy Fair in New York) with
touch, slide, hints, lights and self-solving features.
The First official Rubik’s Cube World
Championship was held in Budapest, Hungary in June 1982. The international
governing body of Rubik’s Cube, World Cube Association, resumed the tournament
in Toronto with 83 participants in 2003 (2003 World Rubik’s Games Championship)
organising worldwide competitions since then.
Rubik's Cube Cartoon ABC TV
Rubik
the Amazing Cube Cartoon
A cartoon show based on Rubik’ Cube, ‘Rubik, the
Amazing Cube’, was developed by ABC Television in September 1983. I remember
watching it as a kid while I was studying in Indian School Bahrain. Channel 55
was the national channel, but I think I saw it in Saudi Arabia Aramco Channel 3
or Qatar Channel 33. Anyway, it was a popular animated series and aired reruns
upto 1985. The show, directed by Rudy Larriva, John Kimball and Norm McCabe had
13 half an hour episodes each and was about a magic Rubik’s Cube that had
special powers including flying and could only come alive when he was solved by
his friends so they could escape from an evil magician.
Best-selling
Toy Puzzle Book
In
the US, in 1981, the top 3 books out of the top ten best-selling books were on
how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. The Simple Solution to Rubik’s Cube by James G.
Nourse was the no.1 best-selling book in 1981 selling over 6 million copies.
Besides these, You Can Do the Cube by Patrick Bossert in 1981 and Notes on
Rubik’s “Magic Cube” in 1980 are few of the other notable prints in the early
80s.
World’s Best Selling Puzzle Game Toy
The
Rubik’s Cube was exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1981 and
a 6 foot Cube was displayed at the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee in
1982.
I solved the Rubik's Cube
Also,
Google has released the Chrome Cube Lab interactive website where customised
versions of Rubik’s Cube can be created and uploaded. This is in association
with Ernő Rubik.
The
company for Rubik’s Cube is Rubik's Brand Ltd (Spin Master). It is the world’s
best selling toy, puzzle toy and puzzle game with sales of over 350 million
cubes as of January 2009.
YouTube channel link of Bright Side: https://www.youtube.com/c/BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL/videos
YouTube channel link of Ethan Garvey: https://www.youtube.com/c/EthanGarvey/videos
Source for information on Rubik's Cube: Rubik’s Cube, Rubik, the Amazing Cube
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