Rubik's 360 Madness | News, reviews and videos » howto http://www.360mad.com Going mad about Rubik's 360 - son of Rubik's Cube. Simple to understand, only 1 solution, hellish to solve. Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:49:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How to solve the Rubik 360 http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/how-to-solve-the-rubik-360/ http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/how-to-solve-the-rubik-360/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:07:16 +0000 gallox http://www.360mad.com/?p=105 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Here is a short video that I spotted on youtube today on how to solve the Rubik 360. I think its from the people that posted the CBC hands on Rubik 360 video earlier this week.

This is way funnier though. It shows a technique for solving the Rubik 360 know as “luck” rather then “skill”.

I’ll probably be proven wrong on this one and this guy replicates his technique and perfects it until he is world champion speed 360′ing (hmmm does not work as well as “speedcubing“).

It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to solve it by just shaking and shaking. The inner sphere is weighted with the exit hole at the top, so you need to get it spinning in order for the coloured balls to work their way out. Check the video after the break.

Update 12 Feb:

cbc posted a better video which actually shows some more details.

Here is the earlier one.

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]]> http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/how-to-solve-the-rubik-360/feed/ 1 Best Rubik’s 360 video sofar full 5min http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/best-rubiks-360-video-sofar-full-5min/ http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/best-rubiks-360-video-sofar-full-5min/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:45:51 +0000 gallox http://www.360mad.com/?p=103 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Just spotted this on you tube. Its the best Rubik’s 360 video by a mile. A full 5m of close up action showing all facets of the 360. Unfortunately no spoken words, just some song.

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]]> http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/best-rubiks-360-video-sofar-full-5min/feed/ 1 How to play the Rubik 360 http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/how-to-play-the-rubik-360/ http://www.360mad.com/2009/02/how-to-play-the-rubik-360/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:23:50 +0000 gallox http://www.360mad.com/?p=27 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A quick update. Here is a great extract from the Telegraph on how the Rubik 360 works:

Source: Telepgraph

Source: Telepgraph

The first review

The telepgraph also posted a new article with the first review of the Rubik 360. Here are some of the key points from the article:

  • Who played with it: Dan Harris, 24, from Gorleston, Norfolk, Two-time British Cube-solving champion.
  • It could be a major success, and has many similarities to the Cube.
  • You hold it in your hand and the hand movements required to get the ball moving into the right spheres are similar.
  • Suitable for pretty much all ages.
  • Only one single possible solution exists, like with the Cube.
  • It requires an enormous amount of patience.
  • It is doesn’t break easily.
  • You have to work out how to get the remaining balls into the slots without tipping out the ones you have already got in and the secret lies in the weight and balance.
  • It took Dan two days to solve the 360 the first time, a couple of hours the second time and now I could do it in a few minutes.
  • It is very addictive and engaging.
360 vs Cube

360 vs Cube

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