The 2x2 stumped me at first, so I learned it with a tutorial. But then I forgot how to do it because I barely practiced, until I realized it's just a 3x3 with only the corners, and I could use the same corner switching algorithm I'd known for ages. You do need new algorithms if you want to speed solve it, but otherwise it's just a 3x3 with fewer steps.
What you said lol. I'd been cubing 3x3 for a bit already when I got my first 2x2 and I'd already watched a vid on a 2x2 before so like 5 minutes after taking it out of the box I got a 12 second solve...which sounds super slow but I was ever so slightly proud of myself haha
nah. just cut the 1x1 and make 4 small pieces just like the 2x2, after you’ve done it add the things just like what are inside rubik cubes how they are attached after that, there now it’s not hard anymore
fabio touch / 4x4 checkerboard cube is pretty easy if you use a different method. all you have to do is make all centers and edges one color so you have a 3x3, then if you group the colors again so top black, bottom white, and middle divided in two, there's a fairly intuitive algorithm which basically results in a 2x2 with one color on each half. from there the solve is trivial
For me, it's the pyramorphix. I thought it was just a easier version of the pyraminx and got absolutely destroyed when it started shapeshifting. I solved it once I don't dare to mess with it again
Your description of my 2×2 experience was precise. I don't know how to solve a 3×3, so I thought a 2×2 would be more accessible. It is a lot simpler than the 3×3, but you still need to learn techniques. I use the simple method, rather than learning all the algorythms, so haven't solved it in less than about 15 seconds.
I learned 3x3 first which makes solving a 2x2 a breeze. a 2x2 is solved the same way as a 3x3 except without the 2nd layer and edge pieces. just corners
i actually did the 2x2 pretty quickly, just by solving it like I would a 3x3 but just corners. Now my best time on it is about 3 seconds, and I average 8 seconds! very fun
for me the 2x2 was super easy, the same as a 3x3, only with less things to do, but when I let my friends try to solve it they couldn't, even knowing how to solve the 3x3 and even the 5x5
Well, for me I never had difficulty on solving 2x2 since 10 cuz I started solving 3x3 first then I went advancing and solving 4x4 already then 2x2 and it was no sweat and I didn't even use at least one algorithm on tutorials (a tip use the beginner's method in 3x3 to solve 2x2)
The ghost cube was mine. I knew it was a 3x3 shape mod, but I ran into a major issue I'd never seen before. That being the fact that my top center had to be oriented a certain way. It frustrated me so much. I eventually figured it out, and haven't touched it since.
I’m surprised 2x2 was on here. I learned corners first for orientation and permutation when I first started solving so I didn’t have any trouble with it at all.
great job timmy i love your videos and your art i taught myself how to solve the rubix cube it took me two years to learn how to solve the rubix cube keep it up
You might not have known this, but solving a 2x2 is easy if you can solve the 3x3. Just think of it as the edges and centers and solved. The first step is hard, but a corner is always solved. Just find any white corner and where the white is facing, that is the white side.
I actually have some puzzles that I wish I could do they're the 4x4, 3x3, skewb, 2x2, 3x3 octagonal barrel cube, the megamix, and a lot more cause I'm new to this puzzle thing and is now collecting puzzles like these.
For the 5x5 pyraminx all u have to do is centres first then edges then the middle edge pieces then solve like a jings pyraminx then put the last pieces in the correct place
Actually 2x2 is the simplest cuz it is just a 3x3 with the edges removed. So you're supposed to pretty much pair the white side along with its other sides correctly to form half of the cube and then use the technique at the part where you fix the last layer corners in the 3x3. Ez. But still this is just a basic method!
The Zetaminx will most likely take over an hour to solve so I recommend streaming your full solve so you can get “help” from the chat and when you need a break you can try taking to the live chat
Mine is the FanXin Orange 3x3 Shape Mod... The fact that it is nearly a perfect sphere that is only differentiated by textures makes it so difficult to solve. I can solve all the other fruits, but the Orange Mod is just sitting on my shelf forever unsolved and it hurts...
I have many 3x3 cubes but not able to slove them. I understand the 2x2 it looked so easy but when I scrambled it , it was a disater I could not slove it.
I tried to solve a 2x2 by intuition and I could relate. After that didn’t work I looked at a guide that made solving a 2x2 about as long as solving a 3x3. It took me way, way to long to realise they were just describing the algorithms I already used to solve a 3x3.
Oh that 4 x 4 Rubik’s cube looks easy enough because that method is twisted rings or maybe it called differently but easy to solve like a 3x3 mirror cube even tho it took 3 minutes to solve
