only the top 9 and the left 9 move, all those other ones are already solved

YouTube short videos are as bad if not worse than TikTok for fake news, lies and rip offs.

Pretty obvious it's a scam. Given 11 pieces never move, they must already be in the correct position and orientation at the start.

RunningMan:Pretty obvious it's a scam. Given 11 pieces never move, they must already be in the correct position and orientation at the start.

My exact thought. But I like to 'prove' things wrong, not having easy access to one I thought I would ask here.

Theory is often proven wrong in practicality!

i believe the video is what one would call "click bait"

Geektastic: I’ve never solved one in my life other than by dismantling it and assembling it solved!

Geektastic: I’ve never solved one in my life other than by dismantling it and assembling it solved!

There are guides that teach you how to solve it, and its easier than you think and more importantly, it is super satisfying when you solve your first one!

I think I learned a few years ago when I was home sick one day, but I did the same and used a Youtube video to learn.  I think a good video is by JPerm and takes you through the beginner's method.  I never bothered to learn any of the more advanced algorithms as I can't be bothered committing to memorising anything more than the beginner stuff.  Plus I can't be bothered putting in more work to get the solve time down.

I keep a cube on my desk at work or workstation at home, mainly just to occasionally do something different also have some finger dexterity exercises after using the mouse/keyboard too much.

But if you are going to learn, I would probably suggest not getting the Rubik's version of the cube as they're quite hard to use. Go for a speedcube, maybe one with magnets as these tend to turn smoother as well as aligning nicer due to the magnets.  But they can be pretty cheap, around $15 or so, and again there are some purchasing guides online as well (I think JPerm does some).

Yann

I saw that video pop up somewhere yesterday. I picked up my cube and tried about two moves before realising there is no way it can happen (as mentioned above, some pieces never move).

Fastest I have done mine is about two minutes - I haven't learnt any of the algorithms for doing it any faster.

In my defence, I got one in the craze when I was a child at school in about 1980.

You Tube was akin to Star Trek phasers...!