Rubik's cube instructional speech
In 1974, a twenty-nine year old Hungarian named Erno Rubik was trying to solve a structural design problem. He was working on a model that would help him explain a three-dimensional geometric when he finally ended up creating the famous, colorful cubical form we know as a Rubik’s cube!
However, Rubik did not give the cube his name—he called it the “Magic Cube.” It was renamed the Rubik's Cube by the Ideal Toy Corporation in 1980.
Little did Rubik know that his cube would become a sensation around the world with the first world championship held in his native, Budapest, in 1982, with a sixteen year old Vietnamese girl winning the competition, unscrambling the Cube in 22.95 seconds.
Solving a Rubik’s Cube requires some study and decision-making. There are a variety of methods used to solve a Rubik’s Cube, but the most popular and the most effective is called the Fridrich method.
In the next few minutes, I would like to share with you how to solve the Rubik’s Cube.
As I said before, there are many different algorithms and ways to solve a Rubik’s cube. But the one that I have found to be easiest to understand was the Fridrich Method. Now today, I’m only going to explain how to solve one face of the cube due to the limited amount of time.
Start with solving the cross. I like to start with the color white, so I will describe the steps according to starting with the white cross. Each side of the cube has a different color center. The center color determines the color of the side. I chose to start with the white center piece on the bottom and the opposite side yellow piece on the top, simply because that’s the way I learned.
1. Look around the cube for white edge pieces, not corner pieces but pieces that outline the cross shape. Move the pieces to the top of the cube around the yellow piece.
• Each white piece of the cross will have a color adjacent to it.
2. You want to match up the, say white blue piece to the blue center piece and the white red piece
However, Rubik did not give the cube his name—he called it the “Magic Cube.” It was renamed the Rubik's Cube by the Ideal Toy Corporation in 1980.
Little did Rubik know that his cube would become a sensation around the world with the first world championship held in his native, Budapest, in 1982, with a sixteen year old Vietnamese girl winning the competition, unscrambling the Cube in 22.95 seconds.
Solving a Rubik’s Cube requires some study and decision-making. There are a variety of methods used to solve a Rubik’s Cube, but the most popular and the most effective is called the Fridrich method.
In the next few minutes, I would like to share with you how to solve the Rubik’s Cube.
As I said before, there are many different algorithms and ways to solve a Rubik’s cube. But the one that I have found to be easiest to understand was the Fridrich Method. Now today, I’m only going to explain how to solve one face of the cube due to the limited amount of time.
Start with solving the cross. I like to start with the color white, so I will describe the steps according to starting with the white cross. Each side of the cube has a different color center. The center color determines the color of the side. I chose to start with the white center piece on the bottom and the opposite side yellow piece on the top, simply because that’s the way I learned.
1. Look around the cube for white edge pieces, not corner pieces but pieces that outline the cross shape. Move the pieces to the top of the cube around the yellow piece.
• Each white piece of the cross will have a color adjacent to it.
2. You want to match up the, say white blue piece to the blue center piece and the white red piece