#rubik's cube

[found-in-retro-game-mags]

Quote from Shigeru Miyamoto. (Electronic Gaming Monthly #183, Oct. 2004)

[one-time-i-dreamt]

There was a new TikTok prank trend where TikTokers would go to the beach, find sunbathing men, lay out a humongous sheet of newspaper over their upper bodies and then drop a Rubik's cube-sized rock on their balls while they were disoriented by the sheet.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Citroën Ami 50 Anni Rubik's, 2024. A one -off version of the electric microcar that celebrates 50 years of the Rubik's cube

[relevant-wikipedia-articles]

ie at what point do you think "okay now you're just making big cubes for the sake of making big cubes"

Reference photos under the cut

Only the cubes 6x6-15x15 because photo limit)

[zal-cryptid]

Maddie and Dr. Ernst at the beach

Commission for Yan

[catfindr]

[hungry-skeleton]

Bop-it and Rubiks (they hate eachother 💚)

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[dabiconcordia]

“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

[ajlombardiart]

Day 25 of Inktober 2024 Monster Edition. Pinhead #classic #monsterart #monster #ClassicMovies #classicmonsters #famousmonsters #inktober #vintagehorror #pinhead #hellraiser #rubikscube

[cathoderaykobold]

I figured out you can make a Rubik's cube in Create. The trick is to use radial chassis and not glue.

Sorry about the awful camera work. You can't really get a good view of this thing while using it and the 20 trains behind it aren't helping my framerate.

Before you ask, no. I can't solve it without a pickaxe.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I had to solve a 4x4 Rubik's cube-esque puzzle or my mom would die. At some point she could tell I wasn't going to be able to do it and gave me the last watermelon on earth and we both cried.

[leloupdebout]

[omg-i-think-i-like-you]

Everyone was slowly gathering at the Wheeler's basement. Mike suggested they have their D&D sessions there during the summer. Even though Steve's house was practically empty, Mike insisted they do it at his place because 'he has too many things he needs for playing and can't carry them all to Steve's house', and Steve didn't have the energy to argue with him and kinda liked being at the warm Wheeler's house more than at his own, so the Wheeler's basement it was.

Steve and Robin went downstairs after saying a polite hello to Mrs Wheeler and getting a warm, freshly baked cookie made by Holly, and found Eddie, Mike and Dustin already setting up boards, notes and mini figures on the table. They entered the basement, greeted by the boys and placed themselves on the couch, immediately sinking into their usual cuddly position and joining the light conversation the boys were having.

Jonathan, Will and El arrived shortly after, accompanied by Nancy and a tray of cold lemonade and cookies. Will joined the table and Nancy and Jonathan sat next to the two-headed person that Steve and Robin were. Lucas, Erica and Max burst into the basement door after a few minutes with Lucas apologizing for being late and Erica blaming it all on him, while Max rolled her eyes and sat on the floor, her back leaning on Steve's legs, El came to sit right next to her.

The Party started the game and Max and El moved to Nancy and Jonathan's side of the couch as they started talking, and Steve and Robin were left in their own world. Robin was dozing off on Steve's chest, and he scanned the room with his eyes, smiling to himself as he saw the kids mesmerized by Eddie's storytelling. He then noticed a Rubik's cube on the desk next to him, and reached out, stretching a bit to get it. It was scrambled and he moved Robin a little bit so he can hold it better. He moved it around, inspecting it and then started solving it, Robin woke up from her nap to the soft clicking sounds and looked up, smiling. The cube was solved after less than a minute, and Steve handed it to Robin to scramble. She sat up, stretched and took it, scrambling it in concentration, trying to make it as difficult to solve as she can, and gave it back to Steve, who solved it again, even faster this time. She giggled and scrambled it again, and Steve solved it again. They kept going like that, sometimes Steve scrambling it for Robin and then guiding her through solving it herself. They didn't notice the curious looks of their friends, who stopped talking and playing and laughing and just stared at them.

"Steve, is that a Rubik's cube?" Max finally asked and Steve looked up from the cube, and down at her.

"Yeah," he smiled, "found it here."

"And you know how to solve it?" Nancy asked, surprised.

"Um, yes? I just did like, fifteen times," his smile turned into a more bitter one, not liking the surprise in her voice.

"But how? I mean, I never taught you." Dustin said, and Steve huffed. This fucking kid.

"No, you didn't." He was clenching his jaw now. Is it that hard to believe he can solve a fucking Rubik's cube?

"So who taught you?" Lucas asked now, raising an eyebrow, "Probably Robin, right?"

Robin rolled her eyes, "you guys are the worst. I didn't teach him, he taught me. You want to tell me no one noticed the cube on the front desk at Family Video? it's Steve's, he brought it on our second or third shift, he plays with it constantly, helps him concentrate or something. He showed me how to solve it, and he kind of still has to because I never remember." She finished and crossed her arms, pouting.

Steve sat there, silent, cube unsolved in his hands. He looked at it and slowly moved its parts, solving it step by step, feeling everyone's eyes on him. When he was down he sat back, placed it on the desk and crossed his hands too, still not talking.

"So you learned it all by yourself?" El smiled at him from her place on the floor and he smiled right back at her, something inside him melting.

"Yes, I did," he said quietly and her eyes were still asking, so he continued, "My grandma got me one for Christmas when I was twelve. It sat in my room for a couple of years, didn't really care about it, but one day, I think I was fourteen or fifteen, I picked it up and started playing with it while studying. In the beginning it was just to have something to do with my hands, but at some point I thought it could be nice if I could actually solve it, so I tried. It took some time, and a few different books from the library, but eventually I was able to solve it really fast. I never really stopped since then." He ended with a smile on his face, and scanned the room again, El's smile was wide, and so was Robin's. The boys looked at him in disbelief, not sure how they never noticed that about him before and Eddie, Eddie was in awe. The look on his face was a mixture of adoration and surprise, but a good kind of surprise. He looked at Steve with big brown eyes and a teasing smile tingling his lips, and then stood up, marched towards the table and grabbed the cube.

"Teach me." He declared, handing the cube to Steve. Steve looked up at him, taking the cube from his hands.

"It's already solved," Steve smiled and Eddie rolled his eyes and flicked him on the shoulder. He took the cube and scrambled it aggressively, and then gave it back to Steve, and sat on the floor.

"Please?" he looked at Steve up with doe eyes and butterflies flew through Steve's entire body.

"Okay." He said quietly, and showed Eddie how the parts move, how the colours work and the simplest steps to solving it as a beginner. The kids protested loudly that Eddie left them in the middle of the most important part of the campaign, but Eddie didn't even hear them. He was hypnotized by Steve's soft voice, by the way his eyes moved back and forth from his face to the cube, by his hair falling on his forehead as he looked down, and by him mindlessly fixing it every few seconds. He was frozen when Steve's fingers touched his hands, walking him through the steps again, and almost dropped the cube when Steve let go of it, and let him try the first step on his own. They were lost in their bubble and forgot where they even were, and when Eddie successfully solved it for the first time, Steve clapped and laughed and Eddie hugged him. Steve hugged him back, releasing a sigh, knowing that no matter what others say or think, Eddie will always value him. Eddie will always make him feel worthy and strong and smart, and will always appreciate him for his good parts, even the ones he doesn't appreciate in himself.

[scooby-doo-exploration]

napazs-blog - Rubik's cube

[scavengedluxury]

Rubik’s Cube World Championship, Budapest, June 5, 1982. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.