Puzzles in public

reeeech · **Joined:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:19 pm

Video of a skydiving solve

http://www.uniquedaily.com/freefall-speedcubin/

GuiltyBystander · **Posted:** Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:48 am

http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestor ... ussia.html

Someone made a rubik's cube computer case mod. Be sure to click forward in the slide show to see it turning.

Skarabajo · **Joined:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:58 pm

Hello TwistyPuzzles,

The big winner of the Googley Art Wall Contest is the Taipei office with their 850-Rubik's-cubes-mosaic.

Enjoy,

Skarabajo.

quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

In the show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 11 around 23 minutes in, Simon Stiles appears to be playing with a Rubik's Snake in the background. There are several shots of other characters with him in the background and out of focus but clearly taking interest in a blue and white strangely shaped object which seems to be a Snake.

eye2eye · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:43 pm

In the vlogbrothers newest video there are 4 rubiks cubes, a mirror blocks, a vcube 7, a 5x5, a gigaminx

Steveo · **Joined:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:37 pm **Location:** Canada

On CTV National there was a short special on cube art, which my Grandpa called me to tell me about just before it came on :lol:

Here's a link- http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20 ... rt-100825/

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I just found this.

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Alex

SHomer9 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:13 pm

Ast night on the new episode of Psych, I saw a Brainstring.

DLitwin · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:06 pm

A faster mindstorms solver:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaRcWB3j ... e=youtu.be

Dave

monker59 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:31 pm

DLitwin wrote:

A faster mindstorms solver:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaRcWB3j ... e=youtu.be

I wish that there was a tutorial somewhere on how to build something like that.

quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

Although it is a bit buggy/tricky to get right, the Tilted Twister features step-by-step instructions and software to make your own from a MindStorms NXT kit. I was able to make my own (with limited success though; it had problems with recognizing the colors)

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:23 pm

That's what German news think, how the current opposition align their political direction

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quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

The Canadian (mainly scientific and intellectual) talk show Daily Planet had a segment on speedcubing a night or 2 ago featuring (the only one that I recognized) Eric Limeback and 2 others. I only wished that they would have talked a little bit more about the different types of puzzles because I think that Rubik's Cubes are one of the few forces that can actually blow Jay Ingram's mind (he's the very intelligent host of Daily Planet, and he wrote a mind-blowing book about consciousness)

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

A couple of days ago my mum told me that a guy with a Rubik's cube on Daybreak; it was Dan Sheppard and he did a solve on the show.

Alex

quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

There was a commercial for a yogurt crushable cup that featured a guy holding a Rubik's Cube, but he crushes it and it explodes. The idea is that once you learn to crush with this yogurt crush cup you won't stop

quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

Double post: Rubix Cube. we can forgive him/her because the error was due to space

Steveo · **Joined:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:37 pm **Location:** Canada

By introducing a friend to the cube, I've started a pandemic in her school (Glenlawn collegiate, for Quicksolver :wink:

)
They are even having a competition as part of spirit week!

olz · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:20 am

Found in todays SvD

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Volitar Prime · **Posted:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:00 am

The October 17 episode of Dexter had a Brainstring sitting on a coffee table. It looked out of place as it was with a scattering of infant toys.

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

I was just watching Hustle and Danny was trying to solve a Rubik's Cube.

Alex

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:26 am

Look what I found at the Slovenian Cuber's page:
( http://www.rubik.si/klub/ )

It looks someone has a great talent for Potoshop or some other graphic design program.

TomZ · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:12 am

I just saw this advertisement for that new browser Rockmelt. And guess what, in the beginning there's a Gigaminx and Rubik's Cube on his desk, and at 1:20, he even mentions one of his friends is a Rubik's Cube champion.

Chino · **Posted:** Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:35 am

An announcement of a telephone company in Spain, the hands are of the 3x3 rubik's national champion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_48WZFp2Tc

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

On the First Direct advert there is a keychain cube.

The other day there was a (terrible) magician on Daybreak who did that trick where you throw a cube in the air and then catch it solved (so obvious :roll:

).

Alex

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:22 pm

On Sky News

I'm in the background!!! This was at the UK Open 2010 last weekend.

PS: This is my 2000th post!

katsmom · **Posted:** Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:01 pm

I love the look on that ladies face at the end! Than just about sums it up doesn't it. :lol:

Nace112 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:25 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do40-WPSbzA
looks like a v-cube 5 on jake's desk in the beginning.(the left desk)

DLitwin · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:50 am

The Machinist (Christian Bale) at 55:25
Not only a cube in the drawer, but it looks like it might be a Deluxe...

Dave

cubeguy314 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:06 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ONzipTbx34

nuff said

Zan1619 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:33 am

office depot commercials:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... ,r:21,s:28
sorry about the size of the link

ulmboy556 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:46 pm **Location:** PA, USA

I don't know if you'd call it public, but this was on the "featured" page of The Very Demotivational page.

is this one of Dave's pictures?

DLitwin · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:23 pm

ulmboy556 wrote:

I don't know if you'd call it public, but this was on the "featured" page of The Very Demotivational page.

is this one of Dave's pictures?

Sweet! No, that isn't my picture, that is me in the background taking a picture of my own. I believe that one was taken by either Aleh or Jason? I don't recall.

Dave

ulmboy556 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:46 pm **Location:** PA, USA

DLitwin wrote:

ulmboy556 wrote:

I don't know if you'd call it public, but this was on the "featured" page of The Very Demotivational page.

is this one of Dave's pictures?

Sweet! No, that isn't my picture, that is me in the background taking a picture of my own. I believe that one was taken by either Aleh or Jason? I don't recall.

Dave

ohh, was this the "gathering of the minx's" meet up?

DLitwin · **Posted:** Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:02 am

ulmboy556 wrote:

ohh, was this the "gathering of the minx's" meet up?

Indeed, you may have interest in the 'Minx family reunion thread. It may have been my camera taking the pictures. The first picture is taken by me from my angle, but I must have handed the camera over the table for the others.

Dave

Skarabajo · **Joined:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:58 pm

A lot of the props used on the set of The IT Crowd were submitted or suggested by fans of the show; clearly twisty puzzle enthusiasts. On different episodes, one can spot a Rubik's Cube, a Rubik's Clock, a V-Cube 7 and a Rubik's Cube poster. The poster says "A puzzle consisting of a cube of six colours. The aim is to swivel the squares until each face of the cube shows one colour only!"

Skarabajo.

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

On the Centrum Advance ad in the UK, a 3x3x3 cube is used to show what Centrum can do.

Clever you, clever Centrum.

Alex

Jesse Werner · **Posted:** Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:23 am

Sorry I don't have a picture, but in the new movie Tron: Legacy, you can see a rubik's cube on the one of Sam's shelves when he is still young

Tron and Rubik's cubes in one place!

christian b · **Joined:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:03 pm

In The Office trivia application for the iphone:

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

Guess what I found here? :lol:

Scale of the universe

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

NType3 wrote:

Guess what I found here? :lol:

Scale of the universe

Can you spot the 1-color dogic?

Adman234 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:58 am

Sorry for the HUGE bump, but i thought this was interesting :wink:

My hobbies are very diverse. They are:

-Cubing/Modding
-Shooting/Hunting
-High School Wrestling (Varsity)
-Video Games
-Lockpicking (As a hobby, not a criminal act)

Number 1 and 3 are probably the most different. Bringing only a 5x5 to wrestling camp blew their minds! :lol:

Not a very stereotypical thing for a wrestler, cubing.

But I wanted to bring this to your attention:

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This combines hobbies 1 and 2, cubing and shooting. In my guns and ammo magazine, this is an advertisement for a flashlight meant for home defense that caught my eye.

It is a flowchart showing what happens if you use a "Surefire Tactical light" rather than a "competitors"

It reads "You fumble with the complex comtrols and accidedentally activate the low-output setting" for the competitor and then shows an arrow leading to death, because you get shot by the intruder apparently because your flashlight is too complex :roll:

And under this caption is a picture of a 3x3 rubiks cube!!! They are trying to say that other flashlights are complex to use. Personnaly I think they should have showed a picture of a void petaminx or a hexaminx or a choposaurus but thats just me :wink:

Monopoly · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:23 pm

I'd noticed a few Office Depot adds a while back, that used a Rubik's cube in its conclusion. I'd forgotten about them until now when I went to their website and saw the Cube by their logo: here.
I wonder why they adopted it? It's been that way for a few months now, I saw those commercials before the Holidays (I think).

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

Note "Smarter"

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

At the begining of Tron Legacy a rubik's cube is on the shelf.

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Georges · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:33 am

The site http://enfancejeunesse.lu/ has recently revamped its look, they are using a stylised Rubik's Cube as a logo.

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Together with their New Year's wishes came a mini 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube.

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The packaging said "for adults".

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This cube is interesting insofar as it is only the second one I know of that exists as an advertiser in Luxembourg. This one is even Rubik's branded and sponsored by the Luxembourg Government.

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The first one was an advertiser for a tyre repair shop. It is from 1982 and the cubes they used were Taiwan clones.
http://www.helm.lu/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6765

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

In the new film 'Let Me In', Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is playing with a Rubik's Cube outside in the snow when young vampire girl Abby (Chloe Moretz from the brilliant Kick-Ass movie) joins him.

Georges · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:03 am

In 2007 a Hut Contest was held in Luxembourg.
There was an entry beyond competition: A Rubik's Cube Hut!
The hut will be demolished this year for safety reasons.

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APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

I'm not really sure if this is the best place to post this, but I just came across this video of a magic trick involving the Rubik's Cube (not just the one where you throw it in the air to solve it :wink:

). WARNING: his patter is absolutely horrible to hear if you've ever solved a cube. :shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0DObH0YY0

Alex

JLO · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:44 pm

"This is like mixing up a Rubik's Cube."
Really?

Sharon · **Joined:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:25 pm **Location:** Israel

a new commercial for a Square gum in Israel - http://www.trand.co.il/index.php?option ... eo_id=7059

some kind of a hybridization between a Rubik's cube and a gum.

Sharon

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