4 x 4 Rubik Cube Magic - 772
4 x 4 RUBIK MAGIC
The 4 x 4 Rubik Cube which I had bought at the Nilgiris Mall at Vadapalani just before leaving for Canada purely as an afterthought came in very handy to pass the time .
Time was a commodity which I had in plenty after dropping off my Grandkid at the Preschool .
4 x 4 proved to be even tougher than the 3 x 3 and that too many times over , as this now involved putting the 96 Peices in their correct Six Colour location as against the previous 54 Peices .
Hours of going into various online Tutorials in English Hindi and Tamil did add to more Confusion than help .
Reduction Method and Row by Row Methods cited in the Tutorial as two different ways to solve the Cube were of hardly any help , the Tutorial in Tamil by SATHIYA though was a huge help . God Bless Her .
Even as I was getting to know the hang of the thing ; the cube in hand accidently had an untimely fall and lay shattered on the Floor .
Sensing my interest , my DIL got me a new one from Amazon which thankfully got delivered the very next day .
It has taken me a whole of 2 Weeks to Solve the Cube .
It is a sure way to keep your Mind and Hand Occupied which in a way is a big help to avoid many age related Medical Issues .
I would strongly recommend the Seniors to give it a try ,
RUBIK MAGIC
Freezing Temperatures in the Minus Forty Degrees range makes staying enclosed in the Warmth of your homes almost mandatory . This is more so if you are past your prime and into your SEVENTIES .
This is when I came across a RUBIK CUBE left untouched by my Grandkids over a length of time .
I have never been a great fan of solving the Cube in the past during my more active years . One reason for the same was that try as hard as I might , I could never get past assembling the White in a haphazard collection at the top row . S Seeing the successful ones making the moves at a frenzied pace and my own ability at matching their pace was another reason .
The Cube in hand at present was no different . I decided to take Speed out of the equation and after a lot of struggle could get the top face correct with all the corresponding Colours below at their rightful places . This got me interested and got me into viewing the Tutorial Videos into solving the WHOLE CUBE.
Getting the First and Second Layer correctly done after a few days of struggle was a big boost which got me really interested in going further . Solving the bottom layer was more interesting and was more difficult as it involved making use of Four Algorithms . This was never an easy task . Watching the various Videos in Hindi , English or Tamil had its own complications . The English ones refered to Face Clockwise as F and Anti Clockwise as F' . Figuring out L' for Left down was a big problem as it depended on the face you were looking at when you are seated in the front . Making out the B and B' for the BACK is even more difficult.
Tamil Videos were the most helpful as they simply mentioned it as Left Up or Face Clockwise or Anti Clockwise. Getting everything correct took almost a Week before I could Successfully Solve the Cube .
Fully solved Rubik Cube
Top Two Rows Solved
First Row Solved
Solving the Rubik Cube is sure to get one addicted till the Whole Cube is Solved .
I am sure there would be ONE such Cube which was playfully used by your Children or Grandchildren gathering dust in some corner of your House . Please do find the time to search for it and try Solving the Cube . It is sure to keep you usefully and mentally occupied for a while .
All the best . Please do contact me if you need information regarding the Tamil / English Video Tutorials if needed .
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