1974 vs 2024 Rubik’s Cube: What’s Changed in 50 Years?

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  • @CubeHead
    @CubeHead  2 місяці тому +129

    Never thought a Rubik's cube would make me emotional 🥲
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    • @hscubingxd
      @hscubingxd 2 місяці тому +1

      cubehead are you gonna make a full euros vlog

    • @DaCuberGuy
      @DaCuberGuy 2 місяці тому

      Gimme a yoo cube my tornado v3 is kinda broken

    • @yeaaa4504
      @yeaaa4504 2 місяці тому

      🥲🥲🥲

    • @CubePerfect1
      @CubePerfect1 2 місяці тому

      Cubehead you are my favorite cubing channel 🔥 Great vid 😎

    • @Remi-SeabstienLosier
      @Remi-SeabstienLosier 2 місяці тому +1

      Bro was going to open an original 1980 rubik's cube whit a chesse knife... This sentence feels so wrong

  • @MasterofTheDucks
    @MasterofTheDucks 2 місяці тому +642

    The reason the ad says 'more than 3 billion' was because it was thought that most people wouldn't even be able to comprehend how big 43 quintillion is or even know what a quintillion is.

    • @alexandratapiafabara2470
      @alexandratapiafabara2470 2 місяці тому +16

      it makes sense

    • @freez.mp4
      @freez.mp4 2 місяці тому +34

      i think it would be good if they put the actual number with all the digits bc everyone would understand how big that is

    • @alexandratapiafabara2470
      @alexandratapiafabara2470 2 місяці тому +10

      @@freez.mp4 it makes sense too! XD

    • @WYATTTHEBLAH
      @WYATTTHEBLAH 2 місяці тому +6

      i literally came to the comment section to say this exact thing but you beat me to it lol

    • @AdamPalmer-nl3zz
      @AdamPalmer-nl3zz 2 місяці тому

      Ha

  • @AveryHyena
    @AveryHyena 2 місяці тому +212

    It says 3 billion and not 43 quintillion because the average person sees "43 quintillion" and goes "what does that mean", but when they see "3 billion" they say "wow that's a large number"

    • @Craft2guardian
      @Craft2guardian 2 місяці тому +3

      why not 43 trillion. Everyone knows what a trilion is right?

    • @marcoarmandoarcega4648
      @marcoarmandoarcega4648 2 місяці тому +6

      @@Craft2guardianthat was back in the day before people could comprehend those numbers.

    • @Craft2guardian
      @Craft2guardian 2 місяці тому +2

      @@marcoarmandoarcega4648 But still trillion would be better and im pretty sure they would still go wow thats so big I can't understand

    • @osham_
      @osham_ 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Craft2guardian Many people didn't know what's trillion either

    • @voidarkyt
      @voidarkyt 2 місяці тому

      @@Craft2guardian the question is why not 43 billion? or 99 billion? or 9 billion? the biggest number people those days could comprehend?

  • @NCmountainview
    @NCmountainview Місяць тому +26

    The old cube definitely comes apart without breaking it. The only way I ever solved one in the eighties was snapping it apart and putting it back together piece by piece in the correct format. Nice video, this just oddly popped into my feed, and I give it a like.

    • @heartofthematterlanguage
      @heartofthematterlanguage 18 днів тому +1

      @@NCmountainview It did come apart, but if you took it apart too many times it got so loose that it might fall apart.
      I knew someone whose cube fell apart in his hands in the middle of a city-wide competition.

  • @bertsy
    @bertsy 2 місяці тому +133

    At least now I know I can defeat CubeHead in a cubing battle as long as he uses a 44-year-old Rubik's cube.

  • @ClemDroning.31
    @ClemDroning.31 2 місяці тому +39

    Now that we know that cubehead took 1 minute to solve it, solving it in 55 seconds at the time seems a lot more impressive

  • @creativesparks2164
    @creativesparks2164 Місяць тому +17

    7:10 this hurt me too! BUT!! Honestly you’re the best person to do it because you’re opening ONE expensive cube so millions can experience it as well.

  • @curiousNic
    @curiousNic 2 місяці тому +129

    No surprise that they nailed the terrible turning after decades of experience. I wonder what hints they send the people back who askeld for help. Hopefully they were better than their calculations.

    • @mihagomiunik2758
      @mihagomiunik2758 2 місяці тому

      Dang, they got DESTROYED

    • @StragglerTx
      @StragglerTx Місяць тому +3

      @@curiousNic I remember the first Rubik's cube and the saying was you had to break it in

    • @peterkirschner7585
      @peterkirschner7585 Місяць тому

      @@StragglerTx Breaking apart and "grease" the gliding surfaces with a soap did help as well to get better rotation.

    • @tenzaemtade6146
      @tenzaemtade6146 16 днів тому

      No need for the salty comment over a cube

  • @ChewbaccaCuber
    @ChewbaccaCuber 2 місяці тому +155

    Was it just me or were you guys scared that he would throw the 80’s cube at the wall?!
    Great video btw, I really love these kind of CubeHead videos

  • @maxim7685
    @maxim7685 2 місяці тому +19

    Hey milan! I wanted to thank you again for having the opportunity to meet you at Euros! I was the one with the custom cubehead-necklace you signed. It really means a lot to me! Hoping to see you again at some competition!

  • @vector6765
    @vector6765 2 місяці тому +26

    Ernő would have done the same. (I also) The Cube was made to solve it, not to look at it.
    You honor the cube and not the Packaging and thats cool. yo man. ^^
    Greetings from Hungary.

  • @Cuber_Safi
    @Cuber_Safi 2 місяці тому +31

    5:18 lets get him to 50k likes cuberss

  • @brundle_fly_3895
    @brundle_fly_3895 2 місяці тому +46

    The poor seller when you said you would open it 😭

  • @CoachTabe
    @CoachTabe 2 місяці тому +20

    The Deluxe version is fun - tiles instead of stickers. I still have mine from back in 1982!

  • @richl8438
    @richl8438 2 місяці тому +31

    The packaging is missing the sticker on the top. It was a gold sticker that had "Ideal" printed on it.

  • @kyuubed
    @kyuubed 2 місяці тому +32

    Mad respect, bro opened a 40 year old cube just for a video 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ZagnutBar
    @ZagnutBar Місяць тому +9

    I'm 50 now and owned an original Rubik's when i was a kid in the 80s.
    I recently bought one for my daughter, having never touched one since the 80s.
    I was surprised by how lightweight and "cheap" it felt because the turning motion was so loose in comparison to what i remembered.
    Obviously in the 80s it was just a toy. It wasn't designed for competitive speed cubing, and that's certainly not what i used it for as a kid.
    I really miss the stiff turns, it made the puzzle feel more substantial. The modern one just feels so flimsy by comparison.
    Oh and i definitely "solved" my cube in the 80s by popping out the pieces. I can't vouch for the strength of 45 year old plastic but it can definitely be done.

    •  Місяць тому

      Cheaper build quality? (((WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED)))

    • @michelleb7399
      @michelleb7399 Місяць тому +1

      Yep, that was the only way I could solve it, too. I thought I was pretty clever in that my friends “solved” it by removing the stickers. The bad thing about popping out the pieces is that after a few times of doing that the pieces would become so loose they would pop off on their own.

    • @zeniktorres4320
      @zeniktorres4320 26 днів тому

      My 1980 cube disintegrated when I picked it up last year. I use vasoline to lubricate it back then, and over the years plastic did not like it.

  • @WrainTravels
    @WrainTravels Місяць тому +8

    Opening old sealed items is one of my favorite things. like this thing waited years and years and years to finally realize its intended purpose.

    • @waltascher
      @waltascher Місяць тому +1

      @@WrainTravels I collect Clue merchandise and I open everything. That’s what it’s for.

  • @MartynRice1
    @MartynRice1 2 місяці тому +10

    I have one of the 1980s cubes, it belonged to my Mum, who could solve it in 3 minutes (mostly intuitive, corners first method). She also had the OG 4x4 and Rubik's Ball

  • @vahithaibrahim3537
    @vahithaibrahim3537 12 днів тому +10

    Cubehead why didn't u upload any more vids

  • @SBCuber64
    @SBCuber64 2 місяці тому +21

    Thanks for putting it out there that white was next to yellow, which put blue next to green, on the original Rubik’s cube. I have one, but no one ever believes me. They just think mine is a cheap knockoff from back in the day.

    • @PuggyXD
      @PuggyXD 2 місяці тому

      @@SBCuber64 Yea any true cuber would know that white is next to yellow, they just aren’t invested enough to know

    • @YavorM-Yash
      @YavorM-Yash Місяць тому

      Well not exactly. I have one and the colour scheme is as of the 50 anniversary one. The label says it's produced in 1981.

    • @SBCuber64
      @SBCuber64 Місяць тому

      In Cubehead’s video at 1:14 you can see that white is next to yellow on that old cube he bought.

  • @jamesbond_007
    @jamesbond_007 Місяць тому +16

    I solved the cube without tutorials, right around new years 1980 (actually, over night during winter break). We had had a cube at my house for a few years (maybe ~1978), and I'd given it a few half-hearted tries, but nothing serious). Then one night, I set myself a goal of solving the cube, spent all night looking for patterns and gradually solving it, and by the next morning I had done an initial solution. No tutorials, not membership of the old MIT cublovers mailing list, nothing like that.

    • @zeniktorres4320
      @zeniktorres4320 26 днів тому +2

      That's amazing. I only managed to do two sides in 1980, and I was chuffed with that. Now I can only do one side ;(

    • @fuzzmuff63
      @fuzzmuff63 23 дні тому +1

      Overnight, blimey! Took me months, but yes, no guide necessary.

    • @jamesbond_007
      @jamesbond_007 23 дні тому +1

      @@fuzzmuff63 I just watched for patterns and systematically applied them. Mind you, I did not come up with all the algorithms that people eventually developed for solving it; and some of my move sequences were not optimal, but they worked, and could guarantee solution within about 3 minutes.

  • @Bl0ckyB0i0
    @Bl0ckyB0i0 2 місяці тому +31

    5:16 GET THIS MAN 50K LIKES, WE DRAINING HIS BANK ACCOUNT WITH THIS ONE 🗣🔥🔥🔥

  • @JXPplayzYT
    @JXPplayzYT 2 місяці тому +18

    We need to get this man to 2 million subs he deserves it :D

  • @RubeDude
    @RubeDude 2 місяці тому +9

    Exactly 12 years ago today max park went to his first ever compaction. This also just so happed to be the exact day that I was born! Happy birthday to me 🎉🎉🎉l

    • @Vladii-zn8kd
      @Vladii-zn8kd 2 місяці тому +3

      Happy birthday 🎉

    • @RubeDude
      @RubeDude 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Vladii-zn8kd thanks!

  • @ramonconloscubosderubik.7601
    @ramonconloscubosderubik.7601 2 місяці тому +5

    I have a 20-30 year old Rubik's cube that was a gift from my uncle . When I first tried to solve it , it turned TERRIBLE! But with time it started to turn better . So now I can solve it in about 1 minute (I average 15 seconds) . Also a year ago my friend gave me his Rubik's cube (for me to solve it) and it was literally a ROCK ! Every turn required an ENORMOUS effort and I always thought it was just going to break ! And after 20 minutes of finger workout I finally managed to solve it ! That was the worst cube my hands have ever touched!

    • @TheWhomper_67
      @TheWhomper_67 2 місяці тому

      Cool story but chill with the double spaces
      It actually hurts to read💀

  • @rikp
    @rikp Місяць тому +3

    My fastest time on my original 1980 Ideal cube was 1'11". We raced at school (nerds!!!). Somehow I still have that cube and its plastic case. The top square indent has a silver "Ideal" sticker on it, which is missing from yours. The little booklet is long gone, though. The cube did get looser with use and now feels like it wants to fall apart if I try to use it. It will stay on display.

  • @Savqu
    @Savqu 2 місяці тому +6

    Tbf I expected you to try to beat that 55 seconds record from og info card on that original 44 year old cube

  • @Ezmoney201
    @Ezmoney201 7 днів тому +3

    Yoooo cube head love the video man,also I just got the yo cube deluxe 2 and I got my pb on it it’s such a good cube thank you have a nice day

    • @B.h.o.l.e.
      @B.h.o.l.e. 2 дні тому

      Cubehead hearted it!
      That means he is alive!

  • @chrishihi8389
    @chrishihi8389 2 місяці тому +4

    Hi CubeHead, I have a rare Hungry magic cube produced between late 1978 and early 1980 in the original Hungarian paper box "Büvös Kocka" produced by Politoys (whis is the renamed original "Politechnika" name). The rarest thing is that this first version has not only the white and yellow sides, but also the red and orange neighboring sides.

    • @sherwood5103
      @sherwood5103 Місяць тому

      I have one too. It says Trial on the box. I think it's before they've been mass produced.

  • @minecraftjens14
    @minecraftjens14 2 місяці тому +44

    every cuber died inside when he saw him open it 💀

  • @thenebbish7709
    @thenebbish7709 2 місяці тому +9

    Not sure if anyone else knows this, but pencil lead was the first "lube", you took it apart and rubbed the pencil lead on every flat surface

  • @piershanson1784
    @piershanson1784 2 місяці тому +3

    This was your opportunity to show your blockbuild petrus skills which might have made the difference in breaking that 55 second world record

  • @pacerdawn5512
    @pacerdawn5512 2 місяці тому +7

    I had one as a kid and I can tell you that the original Rubik's Cube did not have a guide. You had to purchase a book if you wanted the solution. I did (and I think I still have it somewhere). I memorized that thing and I could solve the cube in about a minute or so. People were impressed. Ah, those were the days...

    • @rockjano
      @rockjano 18 днів тому

      Yes same story here... in Hungary.... where it was invented....

  • @mensaswede4028
    @mensaswede4028 Місяць тому +3

    Back in 2003, this was the best speed cube that was allowed in competition. The rules were that it had to be a Rubik’s brand cube, and you couldn’t do anything to the cube other than lube it and sand off some internal burrs. Oh how things have changed since then.

    • @mlee6050
      @mlee6050 Місяць тому

      @@mensaswede4028 that's why I hope there is multiple records as my view of a true rubik cube record is what you said, using ones called speed cube or so I view as unofficial records

    • @mensaswede4028
      @mensaswede4028 Місяць тому

      @@mlee6050 It’s just a different puzzle with a modern speed cube. Modern cubes allow you to perform finger tricks that were utterly impossible even with the best competition cube from 2003. I learned to speed cube back then and competed in the world championships in 2003 and 2005. The finger tricks I learned were the ones that could be done with 2003 competition cubes.
      Fast forward to 2024, and of course I can now go and purchase a GAN 14 Maglev Pro (or whatever cube suits your style). But what can I do with it? Well, I can do the same slow finger tricks that I learned in 2003. Obviously, I could learn all the new much faster finger tricks that work on modern speed cubes, but that would essentially require me to relearn speed-cubing from scratch again. I just don’t have the inclination to do that.
      These changes are no one’s fault, and I don’t begrudge the new improved speed cubes. But it’s a different puzzle today than it was in the past.

  • @Officiallace415
    @Officiallace415 2 місяці тому +6

    5:51 I think they used to solve it with a book guide sold seperately

    • @HoratioChinn
      @HoratioChinn Місяць тому +1

      When it was first released I bought a book that showed you different moves. I couldn't afford a real Rubiks cube so had to get a cheaper knockoff one which had even stickier rotation than the original.

    • @fredbear3915
      @fredbear3915 Місяць тому

      The book was a typed-up booklet by David Singmaster, called "Notes on the Rubik's Magic Cube"
      I've still got my copy.

  • @thenebbish7709
    @thenebbish7709 2 місяці тому +41

    I am 57. I do not recall a sticker in the center of the case. And as a collector, what you did broke my heart

    • @YavorM-Yash
      @YavorM-Yash Місяць тому

      @@thenebbish7709 there's a sticker with ARXON logo on it. I am holding the original cube produced in Hungary 44 years ago, that was sold back then in my country.

    • @morticia981
      @morticia981 Місяць тому +2

      @@thenebbish7709 That tearing sound was my Gen X soul being rendered in two.

    • @g4bbe26
      @g4bbe26 Місяць тому +2

      As a non collector this almost make me have an heart attack

    • @allaboutroofing2
      @allaboutroofing2 Місяць тому +1

      I could care less. 😂

    • @CallyWasHereOfficial
      @CallyWasHereOfficial Місяць тому +3

      @@allaboutroofing2that means you do care (at least a little)

  • @regitmeisner3546
    @regitmeisner3546 Місяць тому +2

    My friend and I solved it without any tutorial, we were in grade 7(56 yrs old now)...we went through 3 scribblers and an entire summer on it!... later a tutorial book came out and we went into the bookstore,compared our scribblings and they pretty much matched!, .. spent hundreds of hours on it that summer lol...

  • @StretfordBear
    @StretfordBear 2 місяці тому +4

    Did i really just hear Milan say he DOESN'T want to damage the cube? What reality is this?

  • @EtherealProject3D
    @EtherealProject3D 2 місяці тому +2

    My first one was the OG color scheme. Vaseline was the lube of choice before we figured out that it eats the old plastic. It eventually became un usable and I had to get a new one and the new color scheme was a shock.

  • @willycuber
    @willycuber 2 місяці тому +5

    Yoo im the guy who Interviewed you at Euros 😊

  • @FrancoGrimoldi
    @FrancoGrimoldi 2 місяці тому +2

    Not only there are way more than 3 billion possibilities, the are quite more than "just one" solution, accounting for all the center pieces rotations.

  • @smallpuppydoggo6263
    @smallpuppydoggo6263 2 місяці тому +3

    ngl i never new that the Rubik's cube had the white and yellow there, they stay true to the sh**y turning though, any way love your videos cube head you are my favorite youtuber keep up the amazing work

  • @The_Original_Rtxyz
    @The_Original_Rtxyz Місяць тому +1

    I just realized all of the gan flagships have had a different case design. The 11 is the only one with two parts that open up, the 12 is the only one with a clear case, 13 is the only magnetic case, and the 14 is the only one with a secret compartment

  • @thecianinator
    @thecianinator 2 місяці тому +3

    I'm pretty sure the colors were arranged randomly for the first few years that Rubik's cubes were sold.

  • @solver5k
    @solver5k 2 місяці тому +2

    Ah, this takes me back to the early 1980's!!! My PB on the original cube back then was 52 seconds. :)

  • @marriedjuly7
    @marriedjuly7 2 місяці тому +4

    2:37 my left ear loved this part

  • @Luke-x5b
    @Luke-x5b Місяць тому +1

    Congrats on 300 vids man! Keep up the good work

  • @itubeutubewealltube1
    @itubeutubewealltube1 Місяць тому +16

    recycling wasnt a thing in the 70's??? Dude, thats when the recycling movement happened... It was huge... A surcharge was put on all glass bottles and the only way to get your money back was bringing them back to the store.

    • @solidpixel
      @solidpixel Місяць тому +3

      Thank you! And in our town like many others Reynolds Aluminum had a tractor-trailer we used to take trash bags full of aluminum cans to and get money for them. Dad stored them in the shed until we had enough bags to fill the bed of his pick-up truck.

  • @yokawabillyj6498
    @yokawabillyj6498 2 місяці тому +2

    Top of the original case from 1980 had a “IDEAL” logo sticker with gold background and black logo. Mine still has the sticker. It is my first cube I brought in the early 80s which I still breakout and solve from time to time.

  • @sofiavalcacer
    @sofiavalcacer 2 місяці тому +6

    3:48 PABLOOOO I MISSED YOU ❤❤

  • @Jostrks
    @Jostrks 2 місяці тому +2

    Fantastic job, as always my man doesn’t disappoint me

  • @CuberGen
    @CuberGen 2 місяці тому +3

    Yooooo Nice video 😃 i enjoyed it

  • @Fishthatsing18
    @Fishthatsing18 Місяць тому +1

    Your the one who made me obsessed with cubes

  • @elianamiele
    @elianamiele 2 місяці тому +3

    Dont u just love cubehead. I mean bro got the yoo and bamm u already got a favorite youtuber. 16s and 50 views already❤❤❤
    (Cubehead pls comment🙏🙏🙏) I liked. Plus no suprize amazing editing and camera and video quality.

  • @LeoMarcel-gf6hv
    @LeoMarcel-gf6hv 22 дні тому +2

    fun fact:
    4:30 in german, the rubics cube is called "das Zauber Würfel" which is translated into "the magic cube"

  • @marcelborkowski4192
    @marcelborkowski4192 2 місяці тому +18

    0:26 how did you get into my attic

  • @Godmil
    @Godmil 2 місяці тому +1

    My wrists are sore just watching you turn that cube.

  • @OfficialDDelete
    @OfficialDDelete 2 місяці тому +2

    I actually used to have the 1980's rubiks cube it was my dads they threw it away 3 years ago😢😅

  • @SamuelLandveld
    @SamuelLandveld 2 місяці тому +1

    thts honestly cube-tastic, happy Cube-day rubiks cube!!

  • @Hi_Cube
    @Hi_Cube 2 місяці тому +3

    What Happens If You Make a Custom Setup Of That Cube???
    Like Adding Maglev, Core Magnets And Corner Edge Magnets

    • @StormDiper
      @StormDiper 2 місяці тому

      W video idea

    • @Yurmm_
      @Yurmm_ 2 місяці тому

      Z3Cubing probably gonna do that in a few months

  • @CCCuber-fast
    @CCCuber-fast 2 місяці тому +2

    I thought you would do a "Throw It at the wall" test

  • @hscubingxd
    @hscubingxd 2 місяці тому +9

    cubehead are you gonna make a full euros vlog

    • @CubeHead
      @CubeHead  2 місяці тому +4

      Jep going to edit that this week!

    • @hscubingxd
      @hscubingxd 2 місяці тому +3

      i was one of the guys to review your 4x4

  • @Bobakitto1
    @Bobakitto1 2 місяці тому +2

    2:36 my left ear is enjoying this

  • @JUSTTymekCubes
    @JUSTTymekCubes 8 днів тому +5

    is bro still alive?

  • @LordCuber71312
    @LordCuber71312 2 місяці тому +1

    I love how he said ikea knife when it was Damascus steel with a beautiful wood handle

  • @ColeGamerIguess
    @ColeGamerIguess 2 місяці тому +2

    Keep making good content cubehead ur one of the best if not the best cubing youtuber.

  • @CosmicGoose
    @CosmicGoose 25 днів тому +4

    when is bro going to post

  • @supersayainasriel6745
    @supersayainasriel6745 2 місяці тому +1

    Shout out to anyone just listening with one earbud hearing nothing as a cube ominously solves it self only to be followed by "I wonder how they got that number" gotta love binaural audio errors

  • @unapersonanormal001
    @unapersonanormal001 2 місяці тому +4

    11:22 😂

  • @cuberaccoon
    @cuberaccoon 2 місяці тому +1

    Maybe the number of combinations refers to the number of all combinations divided by the ones that are just rotations and color-replacements of each other?

  • @cube4ever-h8f
    @cube4ever-h8f 8 днів тому +3

    Pls make a new vid🥹

  • @Grafzaaiers
    @Grafzaaiers 20 днів тому

    It's still crazy to me how people find this enjoyable for more than once.

  • @milfinu
    @milfinu 14 днів тому +3

    5:22 Absolutely NOT I would NOT sponsor or give you money for this, all you'll do is open it and trash the original box, just for You tube video

    • @Doomguy1377
      @Doomguy1377 13 днів тому

      @@milfinu #savethebox 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

    • @DuD_08
      @DuD_08 6 днів тому

      It's a toy, not one of a kind, not first edition, I don't think you should hate on him that much for such a little thing

    • @TTVgreatstarfish
      @TTVgreatstarfish 23 години тому

      GET OUT

    • @Doomguy1377
      @Doomguy1377 23 години тому

      @@DuD_08 it’s something they don’t make anymore, which already makes it special enough

  • @DrumWild
    @DrumWild 18 днів тому

    Got the original in 1980 when I was 16. We got the algorithms from TV Guide.
    I had the best time in school, at 22.23 seconds.
    We would take them apart and put a big glob of Vaseline in the center and rotate it around. We took it apart by getting the rows crooked and forcing it until an edge piece just popped out.
    Remove stickers that covered the screws and adjust the tension so it would move properly.

  • @RemyMS
    @RemyMS 2 місяці тому +1

    I also have the first original sold cube, I got lucky that the parents of my mother bought it for her at the time!
    The color scheme was different at the time than now.

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Місяць тому

      Yes, blue opposite white as the "top" and "bottom". But the red, yellow, orange and green around the sides can be in different order on different cubes.

  • @mattbowd
    @mattbowd 28 днів тому +1

    Gen-X here - all toys had instruction leaflets and in the days before the internet, email etc - it was really common to use letters to communicate like they said. Everything took a lot longer!

  • @Chopper069
    @Chopper069 2 місяці тому +1

    i can solve 2 fast 3x3s when Cubehead solves one old cube

  • @m.cigledy6769
    @m.cigledy6769 Місяць тому

    Those original colors really hit me right in the nostalgia. I got one for Christmas back in grade school.

  • @leothegoldy319
    @leothegoldy319 2 місяці тому +1

    12:01,We need a Guinness world record of the worst tps in speedcubing🤣🤣❤️

  • @eldonstrackeii7892
    @eldonstrackeii7892 Місяць тому +1

    I took them apart all the time back in the early 80's. In fact, that was how I solved it first time :-)

  • @evencoyot5515
    @evencoyot5515 2 місяці тому +1

    I was scared that you will throw it at the wall when you said "you know what" you are not that mad yet😂

  • @aaronjerichoguarin8250
    @aaronjerichoguarin8250 2 місяці тому +1

    imagine opening the 44 yrs sealed rubiks cube

  • @theewarbon7109
    @theewarbon7109 Місяць тому +1

    I like the fact that it's challenging to solve and has confusing colors, I'm getting one 🤩

  • @nascardrawings7700
    @nascardrawings7700 11 днів тому

    A lot of people look back at Minh Thai’s 22.95 world record back in 1982 and say that it’s slow. You have to remember that this was the technology of puzzles that was available, never mind the magnets, dual adjustment and maglev. He solved it in 22.95 seconds with no real corner cutting, no rounded pieces, and even no tension adjustments. CFOP wasn’t even popularized in 1982. Jessica Fridrich posted CFOP in the 1995. To say the least, Minh Thai’s record is seriously under appreciated and overlooked.

  • @RobloxYoutuberEdits
    @RobloxYoutuberEdits Місяць тому

    Hey Cubehead,I lost interest in cubing 8 months ago and got dragged into more of my school stuff.I randomly found your channel again and now I'm in a new account.I'm back to cubing now and i just bought a new cube,Thanks

  • @roynijssen7813
    @roynijssen7813 2 місяці тому +1

    We need the wall test to be completely sure how it performs.

  • @GlitchyGreninja76
    @GlitchyGreninja76 Місяць тому

    Congrats on your 300th vid :)

  • @szymi_yt3752
    @szymi_yt3752 12 днів тому +2

    We need a comeback

  • @SwagaGamerz
    @SwagaGamerz 2 місяці тому +1

    you are the best yo2uber i have subscribed u from my 5 devices

  • @Its_um_ray
    @Its_um_ray 2 місяці тому +1

    Never thought this guy wouldn’t throw these cubes.

  • @typo0746
    @typo0746 2 місяці тому +1

    "More than 3 billion combinations". Well they're not wrong.

  • @generalleoff
    @generalleoff Місяць тому +2

    it's a toy, not a collectors item. Toys are no fun in the box. Glad you opened it.

    • @fredbear3915
      @fredbear3915 Місяць тому

      Its not a toy, its only SOLD as a toy. Its a teaching aid designed to give students spatial awareness. Thats What Rubik always told us in interviews he gave back in the 1970s

  • @tonycannon1968
    @tonycannon1968 2 місяці тому +1

    The recess on the top used to have a sticker with the Ideal company logo on it
    As for the plastic yellowing, I seem to recall the plastic on mine being a little off coloured anyway, but not too bad.
    I still have my 1980 cube, but not in the box.

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Місяць тому

      re 1980 cube: can you verify that the white and blue faces are opposite each other?
      At some point they changed the arrangement and nobody seems to remember the original.

    • @tonycannon1968
      @tonycannon1968 Місяць тому +1

      @@JohnDlugosz mine isn't, was a UK version. Red/orange, blue/green, white/yellow on mine

  • @muskratdove
    @muskratdove 28 днів тому

    This video made me dig out a Rubic's Cube that my father gave me back in the early 1980s, but it is a "Wonderful Puzzler", in a cardboard box, not a case, an inexpensive knock-off of Rubik's cube dating from 1981! I will have to watch a video to learn how to solve!

  • @suchaythecuber.cubediction
    @suchaythecuber.cubediction 2 місяці тому +1

    Hey sir! I think it's your birthday today if so happy birthday. I love your content and whenever I wanted to start cubing again , you post very exiting content

    • @SBCuber64
      @SBCuber64 2 місяці тому

      @cubehead Is today really your birthday? Tried to look it up online, but can’t seem to find it…

  • @tunneloflight
    @tunneloflight 24 дні тому

    There were a number of books on solving them. They explained the set and group theory involved. They went so far as to solve not just the simple solid color cubes, but also the rarer cubes with pictures on each face. Solving it to get all of the pictures correct is harder. Then there were dozens of other "cubes". 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ... element sides. Balls, tetrahedrons and other polyhedrons. Rubiks rings, and more.

  • @chrays_pro
    @chrays_pro 2 місяці тому +1

    That cube so old, that even plastic of the box, that wanna be transparent, become yellow

  • @SamuelLandveld
    @SamuelLandveld 2 місяці тому +1

    tbh cubehead,idk why your vid are so good,but i rly do enjoy it,Am i the only one?lol

  • @Remi-SeabstienLosier
    @Remi-SeabstienLosier 2 місяці тому +1

    Bro was about to open an original 1980 rubik's cube whit a chesse knife... This sentence feels so wrong