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The staff just put them back on the rack at the lowest position but there’s plenty of floor space around the racks without leaning them against the wall.
They’re OK to pick up when they’re on the floor, the end where they attach to the rack gives you something to grab.
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I bought one ages ago and started learning it on my own. i got to … nowhere. from the video you posted I learned the second layer this week. I now manage to get to the yellow cross. I still need to peek to put the corners into their respective positions and I keep failing at repositioning them as the last step. Friend showed me how to do it yesterday and I just cannot do it on my own 
All the kids I know can do it. How can I not? 
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DId it first time round when everyone at school had them (early 80s), long since forgotten how…
Did you know the Rubik’s Cube gained a special award (“Best Solitaire Game”) at the second ever Spiel des Jahres in 1980?
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The last step is the part where you just have to trust the process and be accurate with the “algorithms”. Remember to turn the bottom rather than rotate the cube to get so the corners oriented without messing up everything else that’s already solved
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I may have trust issues
@RogerBW i knew about the special award yes 
we had one back then. my current one is a bit more modern and easier to move the pieces.
I got lucky in my previous attempt where I only had two corners left at the end and could follow an example solve for just that scenario. Whoever thought of this? I feel I should be much better at this. But…
I really want to understand … and I think I understand the previous steps now but that last one is really beyond comprehension.
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Keep at it.
When I started, it took me probably 3 hours to finish the cube with the beginner method (and I believe starting over a couple of times because I would mess up somewhere in the middle or last layers and be unable to recover).
I kept at it and was able to solve in about 15 minutes. I thought to myself, “well, I’ll never get it in under 5 minutes”. But I just kept practicing, but not setting expectations for myself. I know some people thrive when they set strict goals; I think I’m the opposite. I just kept at it, trying to get a little more practiced each time.
After posting above, I switched entirely to the CFOP method and focused on “intuitive F2L”. At first, I thought it would take me months to learn intuitive F2L, but it was more like 2 weeks.
I haven’t timed myself solving in over a month. Instead, I bought a 5x5 and also a “Megaminx”. I solve the 3x3, the 5x5, and the megaminx at least once a day so that I don’t forget anything. But at the moment, I don’t have any goals other than to just enjoy the puzzle.
Well, I think I want to buy a 9x9 next. And also a “Gigaminx”.
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I have in my personal vault of meaningless pride that I solved the cube on my own. It would have been around 2000 before speed cubes and videos and all that.
I now have a speed cube because it’s a delight to manipulate, but I stick to the algorithms that I worked out on my own. I’ve evolved a bit, insofar as I’ve figured out better ways to implement the various tools I worked out.
Never timed. It feels like 3, maybe 4 minutes.
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I did and now I can do the beginner method. I had missed a thing kn the final step where you rotate to the next corner …
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I just had an epiphany - given the cube, I’d rather have 4 minutes of relaxation than 2 minutes of stress. That crystallized why I’ve never tried to time or optimize.
If I need a bit more brain tickle I’ll make an X or + on each side, rather than driving for speed.
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Just something to keep my hand+brain coordination busy. Like a somewhat advanced fidget toy.
It’s not helping me sleep better though 
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That seems to be Simon Tatham’s portable puzzle collection, for me, or at least specific puzzles therein (“map” and “signpost” especially). There are various stand-alone versions for phones etc.
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I just discovered someone at my company named Leeroy Jenkins and I really want to ask him if he knows the meme.
Sure he’s never been asked that before.
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Is he young enough to have been named after the meme?
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It also could be he is Leeroy Jenkins.
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11 May 2005, got popular in August 2006. I’ve never seen it spelled that way except in the context of the meme, but that may be my lack of exposure to the name.
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As I recall, the video was a skit and the name a pseudonym.
I’m glad to know there’s a real Leeroy Jenkins out there.
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They made it home!
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Played D&D last night and three people rolled “00 0” on a d100. THREE. I have never seen even one before.
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Amazing! If they were rolled back-to-back that’s literally a one in a million chance, isn’t it? Could it have been a slightly dodgy dice set - did all three people use the same set of dice?
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