Talk:Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube in popular culture was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 24 August 2023 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Rubik's Cube. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2023
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The current world record of 3.13 is held by the USA's Max Park, who got the record on June 11 of 2023. The world record has changed a lot since the first record of 22.95 in 1982. The technology has also changed the original Rubik's Cube was made of hard to turn plastic and you could try to make it faster by putting chemicals that will temporarily allow it to turn faster by melting the plastic. Nowadays we have cubes that turn smoothly on their own and even have magnets in them. Who knows what innovation they will make next. D2-0n31 (talk) 16:27, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Elli (talk | contribs) 16:40, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2023
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change blindfolded wr to 12.10 by Charlie Eggins Xxezrabxxx (talk) 03:46, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2023
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I wish to add the text "(Bűvös kocka)" Next to when Wikipedia says: originally called Magic Cube. Ex. It was originally called the Magic Cube (Bűvös kocka) HowBoutThatBoys (talk) 13:42, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
- Not done: no reason given for the proposed change. M.Bitton (talk) 14:12, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
- The implied reason is obviously that "Bűvös kocka" means "magic cube" in Hungarian. And that probably that this is what some early releases were branded as in Hungary. However, this is the English Wikipedia, and that statement probably referred to what it was called in English speaking countries. Therefore the Hungarian translation is probably not needed. Dhrm77 (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
(off-topic comment removed) Noahthegreat1234 (talk) 16:47, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
New top ten 3x3 singles 1 Max Park 3.13 United States Pride in Long Beach 2023 2 Luke Garrett 3.44 United States Flag City Summer 2023 3 Yusheng Du (杜宇生) 3.47 China Wuhu Open 2018 4 Tymon Kolasiński 3.78 Poland Great Lakes Championship 2023 5 Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) 3.83 China IUKL SOR 2023 6 Jode Brewster 3.88 Australia Tassie Summer 2023 7 Asher Kim-Magierek 3.89 United States Rose City 2022 8 Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) 4.01 China Vietnam Championship 2023 9 Natthaphat Mahtani (ณัฐภัทร จี มาทานี) 4.02 Thailand Bangkok Cube Day Winter 2024 10 Max Siauw 4.03 United States BC Cubing Springback A 2022
editTheres a new top ten 3x3 single Natthaphat Mahtani (ณัฐภัทร จี มาทานี) 4.02 At Thailand Bangkok Cube Day Winter 2024 is now 9th Noahthegreat1234 (talk) 17:27, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2024
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Under the subsection "Speedcubing methods", there is an error in the sentence: "There are a total of 120 algorithms for Fridrich's method, however they are not all required to used the..." (Change 'used' to 'use') 71.162.254.231 (talk) 14:16, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Done Thanks! NotAGenious (talk) 14:59, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2024
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Change the incorrect spelling of the word "practice" in the sentence "Many speedcubers continue to practise it and similar puzzles" in the paragraph just before the history section of the article. Collectioncard (talk) 07:53, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: The page includes the Use British English template. In British English practise is the verb form of practice, so the spelling is correct. Jamedeus (talk) 08:03, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2024
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I'd like to change "As of March 2021, over 450 million cubes had been sold worldwide." to "As of January 2024, about 500 million cubes have been sold worldwide."
Source: https://fortune.com/europe/2024/01/14/rubiks-cube-erno-rubik-spin-master-50-years-speed-cubing-games-gen-z/ paragraph 2, "...selling roughly 500 million units as it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year..." Squarular (talk) 21:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
- Done Thank you! Irltoad (talk) 22:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Replacing dead link to Rubik���s Cube Google Doodle
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In the “External links” section, the link to the Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle is broken. (Google has removed it from their Doodle archive without explanation.) The dead link appears on this line: "Rubik's Cube". [Doodle]. Retrieved 19 May 2014. (Working model)
I would like to replace the dead link in that line with the following link instead: Rubik’s Cube
That linked article describes some of the origins of the Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle as well as Chrome Cube Lab, both of which are no longer accessible. (Full disclosure: that is my article and I’m the creator of the guts of the Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle, ie the “working model” as it were. I’m attempting to preserve the memory of that very public work now that it’s 10 years on and the pieces are rapidly vanishing.) StewartSmith-Wiki (talk) 11:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- That doodle has been archived at the Internet Archive here: https://web.archive.org/web/20140523015504/https://www.google.com/doodles/rubiks-cube Dhrm77 (talk) 12:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Dhrm77 The pre-interaction animated GIF has been archived by the Way Back Machine, yes. But the actual Doodle has not been archived. Nor has Chrome Cube Lab. So those actual artifacts have been lost to time. My hope is that by pointing to the long form article, at least the story of those things can be preserved / shared. StewartSmith-Wiki (talk) 15:54, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: Conflict of interest. ⸺(Random)staplers 18:00, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Rubik's Cube in popular culture
editFor those of us who are looking for the "Rubik's Cube in popular culture" page, that was recently deleted, on the premise that it would be merged into this page, yet very little of it was merged into this article. Thankfully, it has been preserved at the wayback machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20230501142649/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube_in_popular_culture Dhrm77 (talk) 12:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
Damaged references
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This edit damaged several references, including the ones that are currently [12] (completely destroying needed bibliographic information), [53] (removing the author), [54] (completely destroyed), [55] (mostly destroyed), and [80] (removing the author). Could someone please repair the damage? (Simply replacing the "improved" references with what was there before would do the trick.) 100.36.106.199 (talk) 13:37, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not done for now: It appears to have replaced the citations with the proper citation templates, simply replacing them wouldn't fix the references, what specifically would you like me to add to the templates? Geardona (talk to me?) 00:33, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Geardona: No, in all cases it removed the content from the citations: for example, in the first one, it replaced this bibliographic content
- Marshall, Ray. Squaring up to the Rubchallenge. icNewcastle. Retrieved 15 August 2005.
- with this garbage
- "Chronicle Live: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity gossip". nechronicle. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- The former has a dead link in it, but it includes a URL at which relevant content once appeared, along with other useful bibliographic information that would allow a person to track down the original. The latter is utterly useless (it does not have and never has had any content related to this article, nor any information about where to find such content). For more information on this problem, see this. The edit should just be reverted; if you want to also add citation templates (or other appropriate templates like deadlink), too, please be my guest. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 01:42, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Geardona: No, in all cases it removed the content from the citations: for example, in the first one, it replaced this bibliographic content
- Can’t revert it as it’s way too old, I’ll run a citation fixer on it, see what I can get… Geardona (talk to me?) 02:15, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Geardona: I doubt a citation fixer will help, given the nature of the damage. If it were not semi-protected, I would have copy-pasted the content from the old version to replace what’s there now in all five cases. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 11:57, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yep, I would do the same if this revision was not 2 years old and had a major re-write in between it. I’ll copy and paste those references. (No luck on the citation expander) Geardona (talk to me?) 12:35, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Geardona: Here is the text of those references, pre-destruction, whose content should be restored:
- Marshall, Ray. Squaring up to the Rubchallenge. icNewcastle. Retrieved 15 August 2005.
- Martin Schönert "Analyzing Rubik's Cube with GAP": the permutation group of Rubik's Cube is examined with GAP computer algebra system
- Counting the Permutations of the Rubik's Cube, Scott Vaughen. Professor of Mathematics. Miami Dade College.
- Scientific American, p28, vol 246, 1982 retrieved online 29 January 2009.
- Philip Marshall (2005), The Ultimate Solution to Rubik's Cube.
- 100.36.106.199 (talk) 11:59, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Geardona: I doubt a citation fixer will help, given the nature of the damage. If it were not semi-protected, I would have copy-pasted the content from the old version to replace what’s there now in all five cases. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 11:57, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Done Geardona (talk to me?) 15:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, looks good! 100.36.106.199 (talk) 01:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 16 August 2024
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Change the outdated 3x3 single rankings to the current ones. (They're outdated) DJpro39 (talk) 10:17, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Charliehdb (talk) 11:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
highest order twisty puzzle record
editAs of 2017, Grégoire Pfennig has the guinness world record for the highest order twisty puzzle Halqrius (talk) 03:22, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2024
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Add link for Max Park (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Park) in Top 10 solvers by single solve (in Competitions and records) 175.136.252.185 (talk) 02:15, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
- Easy enough. Done. --FeldBum (talk) FeldBum (talk) 22:19, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2024 (2)
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Change the 3x3 Blindfolded Mean World Record from 14.15 by Tommy Cherry at the Rubik's WCA World Championship to 14.05 by Tommy Cherry at the Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 175.136.252.185 (talk) 02:20, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
- Do you happen to have a source for this? If not, I can try looking for one --FeldBum (talk) 21:01, 19 September 2024 (UTC)