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Pete the Geek
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Post subject: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:52 pm |
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:04 pm Location: Sioux Lookout, Canada
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We had a scheduled emergency power outage in my community a few days ago. My battery-backup kept the Internet going for a couple of hours. After that, I decided to move into a room with a bit of natural light and solve cuboids. I solved the cuboids in the order shown in the picture, from left to right:
MF8/TomZ 3x4x5 Calvin/TomZ 4x4x6 Ayi 4x4x5 C4U 3x3x4 LanLan 3x3x2 C4U 3x3x5
I chose cuboids because I know the algorithms quite well and would not have to look at notes on my iPad. That and they are fun. The power came back on as I was looking for my C4U 3x3x7 to solve.
What puzzles would you like to solve if the power went out for a few hours?
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katsmom
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:28 am |
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Joined: Sun Apr 16, 2000 3:17 pm Location: Hong Kong
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GuiltyBystander
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 10:09 am |
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Joined: Wed May 13, 2009 4:58 pm Location: Vancouver, Washington
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Mirror cube because you can do it with zero light. It's quite fun.
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bmenrigh
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 11:10 am |
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Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:54 pm Location: San Jose, California
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I'd go for an unstickered Megatwist for the same reason as the Mirror Blocks. The shapeshifting doesn't need any lights. Another fun challenge would be to unjumble a Helicopter Cube in the dark.
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eye2eye
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 12:17 pm |
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Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:46 pm Location: Littleton CO
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If you want to impress people, Rubik’s Icon Cube. It can be hard to differentiate colors in proper light, the dark would be a nightmare.
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Tony Fisher
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 9:03 pm |
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Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm
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Hunter Palshook
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:58 pm |
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Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:33 am Location: Hiram, Ohio
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Tony Fisher wrote: Golden Cube of course. BTW I have never heard (read) the term "power outage" before. We would say "power cut". Ah if only I could get a white golden cube for a small sum  ...and I quite enjoy learning about cultural differences even with something as small as dialect
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Aether13
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:55 pm |
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I think it would depend on the day haha, right know though, I would say my 2x2-8x8 puzzles, and then the Minx family.
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David Chua
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Post subject: Re: Puzzles for a Power Outage Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:07 am |
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Joined: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:00 pm Location: Sydney, Australia
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Peter's Black Hole! 
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Tony Fisher wrote: Gus wrote: I've finished stickering my Camouflage Cube: But anyone can see it a mile away with those colours!
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