Many people wonder about the history of the Rubik's cube. We all know how the Rubik's Cube was made as an experiment by a Hungarian architecture professor, but what no one gets into is the original method for solving the cube, and how it has evolved since then. Before Erno Rubik patented the cube as a toy in 1974, he first had to figure out how to solve it himself. It'd be kind of a dick move to just put it out there not even knowing if it could be solved. So, he worked at it for a month. He originally thought that he could just randomly turn it until he solved it. This was back when quintillion wasn't even a number, so that failed. He then figured out how to solve the corners first, and then figured out how to solve it completely! So, it's safe to say that the first method was corners first. This is also the method that Minh Thai used to win the first World Championships in 1982 (He solved a Rubik's brand Cube in 22 seconds using a corners first method, which is nothing short of a monumental achievement). The next method was the Petrus method, which was also used at the World Championships, but only got him 4th place. Then came the big dog. Jessica Fridrich with CFOP. This was, is, and probably always will be, the absolute best method for solving the Rubik's Cube quickly. With this, times went from sub-20 to sub-10 to sub-7. And that's where we find ourselves today. That's it for today, Cube On!
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