How the Inventor of the Rubik’s Cube Cracked His Own Code
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- čas přidán 9. 10. 2017
- Since the 1980s, the Rubik’s Cube has captivated the minds of puzzle solvers around the globe. But how did one of the world’s most addictive and prolific puzzles come to be? It all began in the beautiful city of Budapest, in the beautiful mind of Ernő Rubik, a design and architecture lecturer looking for a tactile way to teach his students about three-dimensional space. But the story’s real “twist” came when the creator had to engineer a solution to his self-made conundrum. Think you have what it takes to crack the code? Take it up with the master himself.
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What if Erno Rubik watched this video and the video said "but you didn't invent it"
RakiArtsFX he would say then who invented it???
i was gonna say that too
🤔
Lol
RakiArtsFX 600th lik
So... how did he crack it?
Isn't it obivious? WITH A HAMMER MY FRIEND XD! jk
asddap with a 1 month spare time
LOOOL
Another misleading title...
he solved it in 3 months...
1:31 did it seriously just do a U3 instead of a U'
Edit:this does not deserve 314 likes
Please don't show off your epic knowledge to the Rubik's Cube lmao
*It's 2020 I wrote this comment in like 2018, and I realize I am kinda an idiot 😎
@@GryzexBeats nope it's common sense 3 moves are slower than 1 move
@@luvw.6038 Well, they probably didn't notice it. It doesn't need to be perfect.
random bozo
I agree. But they probably just did it for aesthetic purposes.
@@-jadepink-500 Lol
“But you didn’t invent the Rubik’s cube.”
*Erno is watching this*
Well i dont get thag
😂😂😂
The real comment go just 90 likes while the cheated got in k's
his original name is "Ernő" not "Erno" but nevermind
Stolen
As a speed cuber, figuring out what seems like obvious things on a cube is actually pretty difficult. It’s hard to imagine what he had to go through.
LOL, autocorrect changed cuber to Uber. :P
Dinorami lol
Did you see that U3
Dinorami Upload your fastest time i would watch it
Yep... 6 years I believe. 6 years of solving your own creation...
Mr Rubik you created the puzzle I play with today, thank you. You are a genius 🙂
All these americans sayin how shit hungary is and stuff and you see that rubik’s cube was created by a hungarian man. And btw we also fight together in afghanistan. (There are hungarian troops out there)
@@Zonie Erno Rubik is Hungarian.
Az a Hungarian, I can say that his name in Hungarian is not the way yoi say it in english. You can get a hungarian text-to-speech propram and type in Ernő.
No he big brain
@@Zonie Rubik Ernő Magyar. Ernő Rubic is from Hungary
He is still alive?!?!
Is he still alive?
Yeah
I'm still alive
GLaDOS how are the new test chambers going
@@birdsnestisstupid great there going great **explosion** umm I need to check on that
0:46 I thought he said “Gucci Gang.” Lol
Lil Pump: GUCCI GANG? DID SOMEONE JUST CALLED ME?
People like you must be protected at all cost.
lmao
Same!!
ESKETIT!
I don't know why I assumed this was invented much earlier
Mandela *Ęffêçţ*
@@LiamLovejoy《\|/》/-\ /|\ @/ƏŁÄ ÄFFƏÇŤ
@@Glennxs uhhh mandarin orange??? lol
@@MundaneMinutes haha lol
Me too...Damn, it's weird to think like that.
1:31 was that a 3U... bruh
U3
Rekt
Kounter 😂 yeah
Kounter a
Whats that?
As a speedcuber and rubik's cube lover, I can confirm this man is the last hope for entertainment without a device. Hats off to Erno Rubik for creating the best toy of all time!
Fr
And does this vid tell us HOW he solved his cube? U just said it took a month and then gained publicity in 1980. U didn't even say the most important part of the vid
Because "clickbait".
@@Soldier4USA2005 i hate you you dont look at facts
Calitree Sweet Ummm. What???
Soldier4USA2005 Damn watch the video
By turning the cube
I want to thank you for Mr. Rubik, even though he is not that famous, he made a lot of contribution in this generation. I'm a cuber and i really appreciates his idea of making the cube. May God give him more knowledge and health.
Cup Noodles I hope so too
Cup Noodles god isnt real xdxdxd
+GABRIEL03698 well your parents are not real xdxdxd
Cup Noodles agree with you. 🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️
hmmm... I also live in Budapest. onder if I saw him before just not noticed.
He is a real legend. I salute you, Mr. Erno Rubik
SkyCowz04 *Ernő but i know u have english keyboard im just fix it.
actually, it's "Ernő"
i am hungarian but yeah.
I salute him too.
Me too
I solved the 1x1 cube. Erno will be proud with me.
Omg how? I can't do it, it's too hard. Teach me, please!
@@mostlywholesome It is not easy at all. Practice for 8-10 years.
Lmao
@@superior_spider-man actually, it takes 50 to 100 years to solve
someones gonna be r/wooshed so ill just help
dude the 1x1 is so easy its already solved
I took 3 days.
nice, took me a week.
Tony Fisher hi nice to see you here tony lol
Takes me 42 quintillion moves
Nice. Took me 10 seconds
FaZe Jaiden tony did not use a tutorial tho
he made his own method a few days after the cube was released
That quote at the end was very inspirational and just what I needed to hear today!
Same 😁
What a weeb
Nyoob what a weeb
Yeah same
Depends on you is also my all time favorite quote
It is so good old man
뭐?
Samtell 뭐
어
Pight_ Gaming eh
Alkri kim lol
Thank you, Erno for your wonderful creation... I am new to the world of Rubik's cube solving but it has quickly grown to become one of my favourite things to do, to calm my mind...
As a Hungarian it is so awsome to see that something from our Humble little country became this big and popular :)
ok
Ok but where is my cheese sandwich
"My house in Budapest my hidden treasure chests golden grand piano my beautiful Castillo"
MYZTIC GAMING Nice reference 8)
MYZTIC GAMING do you know the name of his song? i've been looking for it for ages
I like cake Budapest by George Ezra
It's really interesting that he lists really valuable things, and a house in Budapest is in that same list. Really makes me like to live in this Country. ^^
if you want to be happy, do yourself a favor and search "Budapest - George Ezra - Fingerstyle Guitar Interpretation". just do it
Good video! Definitely interesting to watch this being a cuber myself.
FastCubeMaster me as well
Same
LOL I swear every video I watch you have already watched and your comment is usually top
fuck cubers
same
*If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.*
__Erno Rubick
this is why you should be both
Umm its supposed to be "Erno Rubik"and not "Erno Rubick"as far as I'm aware
@@Notathreelettername they weren't determined enough to check how his name is spelt
@@NoName-eq9md bro I said that a year ago I don't even remember commenting that lol
*Erno Rubik
*there are 43 quintillion combinations on a rubik's cube*
It's not hard to solve!!
You just lessen(hope this word exists) the combinations buy solving the first 2 layers very easily. And then you juat got to learn some algorithms. It very easy to learn. And its worth it.
for you
@@Heypeeps10092 no you didn't
@@EmilParkour i actually did, got the time to prove it in my time log.
I'm sorry if I sound like i'm lying or bragging 😣😓
There's about actually 43.25 QT scrambles
Last time I was this early. Great Big Story did not exist to bring us such Great Big Stories.
I've never understand the ' i was early' jokes
Yeah lemme get my magic stick , and when i say bum bum chum chum i will know what it means! Thanks!
It's RichieD -
His words are so inspiring at the end, “there’s always a solution, there’s always a way to find something new and different”
“If today is not a good day, it doesn’t mean tomorrow cannot be better”
Having a very hard day today so that helped.
I had a mental breakdown in school yesterday
It was great
@@electrocuti yeah me to, i just lost my rabbits, and my teacher started to talk about rigor mortis. That was great too, he got really angry at me, because he said that his students were not allowed to "disturbe the lesson"
Is there any cubers watching this or is it just me?
yee
Ree
just you
Don’t forget me!
No, stop trying to be unique
This thing took me 2 years to solve it. Someone makes it in 8 seconds(
YoMan world record is 4.96 second
The world record is 4,73 seconds. By Feliks Zemdegs
Hermann Mauring Current WR single is 4.69 by Patrick Ponce.
But I hope Feliks breaks that ASAP! lol.
Current official World Record is held by a lad from Australia named Feliks Zemdegs, 4.73 seconds. I have to mention that the last world record holder was Matts Valk with 4.74 seconds. But an unofficial world record that was recorded on camera was around 3 seconds.
Without him, i would not survive my exams as my parents took my phone away and rubiks cube help me out and now i am able to solve many differant type of cube from 2x2 to 7x7😊😊😊
Didn’t even answer the question 🤦♂️
Marcus Brown yes he does listen to the video
@@collateral4101 no he doesn't
One punch Man he does
@@collateral4101 no
One punch Man yes
It's not april yet I was fooled by this video. You did a great job with the heading.
I never understood how people invent algorithms to solve puzzles. I mean learning how to solve puzzles is difficult enough but inventing the algorithms? Man, it's like Issac Newton inventing calculus while many students today are still struggling with it.
RookieN08 well it's not really like inventing the _tools_ for algorithms. Basically algorithms are basically the same, what do 54÷2 63÷3 have in common? They're both division problems despite having different numbers, algorithm, algorithm isn't literally inventing something that noone could've thought of but there's a billion ways of algorithm they just find one.
It’s basically just understanding how the prices move with each turn.
Algorithms are based on commutators, which are based on math.
Actually, with some basic group theory, you can intuitively create your own algorithms to solve the Rubik's Cube. Look up some videos on Commutators and Conjugates to get more information if you are interested, but just about every algorithm imaginable takes the form of (Z)XYX'Y'(Z'). (The Z and Z' isn't used in every case but you will see it occasionally, depending on the circumstances.) Basically, each of those parts are different short sequences of moves that can be done intuitively with relative ease, and then the ' denotes the inverse of those algorithms, allowing you to 'undo' most of the changes that those algorithms make to parts of the cube that you don't want to disturb. It's very interesting stuff, so I would recommend looking up more info on it if you are curious.
RookieN08 once you learn an algorithm you eventually work out how it works and you can sometimes create your own
Wow! Being sub-20 at solving the cube, I'm impressed they got Erno to talk at all, being the secluded person he is. This was a brilliant video. Thanks, Great Big Story!
When they finished filming... Rumour has it.. he pressed his index fingers to both his lips and the directors and went shhhhhhhh and then lead them out of his house..
Then the infamous phrase was uttered...
Do you think Rubik's is a game son?
.....
This cube inspired me to learn more about it and it helped me focus in studying. The quote he said at the end touched me and help me alot. Thank you Eron Rubik
A thousand salute to you man
You will always be remembered even if our next generation leaves the Earth
Thank you Erno for following your creativity! The Rubik's Cube is such a joy!
1:31
that U turn tho...
wouldve been alot quicker if you
just did a U prime..
true
ikr
JH Piano exactly its cringy
I cracked the cube on my own at the age of 13 in 1980. I’ve kept one around the house ever since and regularly solve it just to keep my method fresh. I have recently started looking at how others do it and I realised that my method is different to anyone else I have seem doing it online. I use a corners first approach but with a series of additional moves I figured out on my own which overcome different barriers.
Thank You for this! I'm proud to be hungarian, as Rubik Ernő is. Sok sikert mindenkinek a kirakásához!:-)
"If today, everything isn't good that doesn't mean tomorrow can't be better depends on you" what a great quote
(2:29)
So...this video actually did not show or explain "How the Inventor of the Rubik's Cube Cracked His Own Code." It's really too bad you can't block certain channels from your suggestions on youtube. . . :(
well you can now
CROSS
@@Lhaj3 that wasn't the point, he wanted to see the method that he used before cfop was invented
Great respect and thanks to the inventor who made my life more interesting with his invention!!!🤗🤗🤗
Mr. Rubik's invention changed the lives of many; biggest respect 🙏
And in 2017 our best invention is the freakin fidget spinner
What did the world Become
Wildlife Planet tbh it was for people with stress problems or adhd/autism
*become
It was made around 1997 -2003 so you are wrong
cancer,cancer,cancer!
And in 2017 4 year olds are twerking.
This is hardly how he cracked it, more like how his cube cracked everyone else
2:28 legendary quote from Erno Rubik
Thank you, for creating Rubik's cube!
1:30 - U3
ActuallyFlight'sChannel Feelsbadman
I hate U3s just do a U’
Ikr
Trigereddeddsdd
Bongo Flight he could just do a U’
You didn’t explain how he cracked his own code
0:55
go to 1:00 and listen...
ikr
Loved that reminder .. ❤❤ "never give up." - Erno Rubik
I wonder how the first guy’s reaction when hesolved the Rubik’s cube
Probably Is ThAT A tEN By TeN???
@@backedge5548 no! its an 100 cube!
I was suprised to see an interview of him. I thought Ernö Rubik doesnt give interviews.
Aleksi Nuutila I thought he was dead.
Aleksi Nuutila Pfff i thought I he dieded
he is dead haha
Dont be so condescending. You all know what I was talking about. He didnt like giving interviews when he WAS ALIVE, since he wanted privacy.
Aleksi Nuutila you did use the word “doesn’t”
Not “didn’t”
You should’ve also clarified that he was dead.
Anyone else here annoyed that they didn't answer the question posed by the title. In fact the video literally had nothing to do with the title, besides from the topic of the Rubik's cube. I literally only came here because I was actually interested how the first Rubik's cube was cracked, but the video had literally nothing to do with that.
There is other videos that do explain how he did it
I love how they show and explain the things they invented.
His smile at 2:14 is so beautiful. ♥
Railism 24*7 ❤
I don't care about humans ....
Wait why am I here ?
1:31 yeah we could solve it with a U' but let's do a U3 instead!!
Was just about to comment that!
Lol
That what I thought and it really annoys me lol
Turn it topwise... *topwise!*
(From The Simpsons.)
Fun fact. The Encyclopedia Britannica actually had the instructions for solving a Rubik's Cube printed in it. So that's how you would figured out how to solve your cube before the internet. You'd look it up in an encyclopedia.
Feliks Zemdegs, Max Park, and a lot of other speed cubers are legends because of you!
Thank you Erno Rubik for your cube.. I can solve your puzzle in less than one minute .. But I STILL do a 3x3 Rubik cube.. Once
Every morning before I leave the house and once every night before I go to bed.
Just to help keep my mind sharp and focused.
On Christmas I'm celebrating my Rubik's Cube 6th Birthday being unsolved 🎉
Fifa xD It is actually pretty easy to solve a Rubik’s cube just look it up on CZcams
Lolollol
Happy birthday to your unsolved Rubik's cube!
My unsolved cube will turn 8
😂
FINALLY PEOPLE SAY RUBIK RATHER THAN RUBIX
chris godliker they rubik as in rubik's cube, some just dont know it
@@mattsmith1039 rubix is th way you say it be cause there is an ('s)
His last name is Rubik not rubix.
People say rubik's cube as its his cube.
In Hungarian (the creator was hungarian) it doesn't indicate that it's his cube. So the actual way to say it is Rubik cube
He is the real legend! it took me one month to learn to solve this with help of my friend who is a speedcuber, and by watching dozens of videos!
And then there is Hermitcraft, who builds giant Rubix Cubes in Minecraft
I hate Minecraft tho
@@Zonie Ernő is a nice guy Bruh moment
Rubik's*
Got baited by the title. Feels bad.
People are saying to take the stickers off but what about just disassembling the cube, it's faster than taking the stickers off
unless you are that person who doesn't know about cubing so you can't disassemble one....
Dan101 well if you knew about cubing you could just solve it yourself 😂.
I did that with my first rubik's cube😂😂 man my friends were impressed when I showed them in the evening and all solved
When u learn the algorithms and certain situations of the cube, it feels less of puzzle and it feels more of a toy. And me solving it for the first time felt amazing
Yeah
awesome speak from a true genius. glad to know he still walks the Earth with us.
once, someone told me they could only solve five sides of the Rubik's cube... xD
Non cubers am I right?
non cubers :/
Have yall never seen magic tricks that toss the cube up and solve it?
Lol
That was a good one
LOL. Even if it you disassembled the cube and assembled it in a wrong way, it'd be impossible to solve only 5 faces! If you solve 3 faces in a correctly assembled cube, the cube's solved. And if you reassembled it incorrectly, you could solve at most 4 faces.
“I have a friend that can solve it in 3 seconds”
*INSERT MORE CUBING MEMES*
Woah is that a 10x10?
I just peel off the stickers
GamersMark3 the record is 4.59........
I got a friend that almost solve the Rubiks cube. He solved 5 sides but couldn't solve the last one
WOAH, IS THAT A FOUR CUBE??!!
My technique: solve the Rubik’s cube
My dads: HULK SMASH!!!
Wow I learned how to solve the rubix cube yesterday from a video, and now I have 43 quintillion videos about the rubix cube in my recommendations 😂
Lol
Peter Marais rubik’s*
Thank you so much Erno for inventing a cube I learned a lot from cubing
Love this man, he helped me get so many friends because of my cubing talents
I'm to shy to say I'm a cuber
The Rubiks Cube helped me recover from a nasty head injury. I take one everywhere I go. Now my 2 year old Son has his vey own little cube and can solve it if I mix it up in a basic way. A brilliant invention.
“With hundreds of competitions each year.”
2020: HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
It's actually funny how this cube taught me not to give up
Back when I was a kid my mom got me a cube and after trying and failing for around 30 minutes I got impatient so I removed the stickers and then placed them in the right order. I remember my parents being so proud and shocked because I solved the cube so fast. They were so proud that they would even brag about how smart I was to people on phone and other people when they visited the house.
Why didn't you tell them you weren't that smart?
@@Simon-oy7kf I did tell them... around 10 years later.
Here in 2022 the new editions of the cube no longer have paper stickers glue to the cube so that kind of cheating trick can not be done anymore !!!
For me as a Rubik's Cube Fan this guy us a 'Legend'
Thank you for making the Rubik's Cube. I always loved messing with them since I was a kid still do.
The animation at 1:30 amuses me why not just turn it counterclockwise once?
Filling time
1:33 U3.....bruh
Wow more mighty inspirational than expected!
"If today is not good it doesn't mean tomorrow cant be better", amazing words there.
0:12 imagine if Erno Rubik was watching this
lol.
Oof
"if today is not everything is good, it doesnt mean tomorrow cannot be better"
i love that
Thank you from the bottom of my heart Dr Rubik.
Thank you Mr. Rubik for this aaaaaamazing invention !!!!
imagine being a speedcuber and going back in time before the rubiks cube being invented
I would draw squares and color them
This is so inspiring.
I'll never be faster (or slower) than about one minute. But I would love to take a time machine back to when Ernő had just found his first solution, and solve the cube over and over again for his entertainment and wonder.
Try under a minute on an actual Rubik’s brand cube 😂
2:18 "theres always a solution"
Corner Twist, Taking Apart and Peeling Off The Stickers: "am I a joke to you?"
Checkerboard Cubing bro if there’s a corner twist just twist another corner, if an even number of corners have been twisted, it’s possible
I've met the guy on the Hungarian Word Championship in 2007. :)
His smile is just.... beauty
0:12 should said "the man,the myth,the legend, Scott Sterling!!!!!!"
Erno was once the World Récord Holder
The starting layers takes time, the rest is algorithms
1:31 cubers hate this part.
He should have done a U' and not a U3
ikr
Would've been funny if he did a u7 or u11
Everybody gangster until Erno Rubik does a U4
As a cuber, I appreciate his effort of making the Rubik’s cube
Thank you for making one