Recently, I have awoken my passion for solving the Rubik’s Cube. This is something that I enjoyed as a kid (but never solved) and then started doing after I came back from my mission in 1997. I always wondered why knowing how to cube didn’t get me more chicks. If I was a chick I would certainly want someone who could solve the cube in under a minute :-).

In any case, I’ve found a pretty cool application called JNetCube. It will time your attempts and keep a running average. The “official” way to do a 10-cube average is to solve 12 cubes, and then drop the fastest and slowest times and average the other 10. When I started out a few days ago, my best average was 1 minute 26 seconds. I’ve since dropped that to 1:19.00. Here’s the details

—– JNetCube Best Average for Thu Feb 02 12:33:29 EST 2006 —–

Average: 1:19.00

Fastest Time: 1:06.33
Slowest Time: 1:33.52
Standard Deviation: 07.13

Individual Times:
1) 1:25.42 B F U D R L2 B’ D B2 D B F’ U’ L U R F B2 R U L2 F2 R2 B’ U2
2) 1:14.42 B’ D2 U B’ F’ R L’ D B’ U’ D L2 U’ B2 R’ U2 R’ F2 D’ R D’ R L U2 R2
3) 1:27.08 U D L2 D’ U’ B’ L2 B2 F’ R’ D2 R2 L2 B D’ F’ R2 D2 U2 B’ F2 R2 U’ D2 B’
4) 1:12.31 D’ B’ D2 U’ B’ D U B D’ R’ U’ B2 F R B F D2 U2 B’ L B’ L2 D2 F’ R2
5) (1:06.33) U’ R L2 F’ D R F D2 R’ F2 L’ F’ R U’ L’ F’ B2 D U F L’ F’ B’ L2 D’
6) 1:20.98 D2 B’ L2 U L R B2 L’ F2 D2 R’ D2 F’ D F’ L’ U2 D L2 B2 L R’ F R2 F’
7) 1:06.67 D’ B2 L R2 F’ U R2 U’ R’ F2 B R B F L B F D’ R B2 R D2 F B D2
8) (1:33.52) R2 U’ L2 R’ U2 B’ U2 L U’ R B’ L2 R2 B2 U2 R’ U’ D2 B D R’ B’ L’ D’ F’
9) 1:19.45 D U2 F’ B2 D2 B R2 F U’ D L U2 D B R F L’ B2 U L2 F’ L D’ R’ U’
10) 1:27.30 F’ L’ B2 U’ B’ R’ B2 U B’ U2 L F’ L’ D’ U’ R2 F2 B R’ D’ U’ R F R2 U’
11) 1:12.78 F2 D R L F’ D L’ D’ L’ D’ F’ R’ L2 U’ B R2 B’ U2 F2 R2 F R L U D2
12) 1:23.58 F L’ D2 U2 F2 L2 R’ F’ L2 B2 D2 U F R’ F L’ B’ F’ U F2 L R’ U’ B2 U2

You can see too it also keeps the scrambles. So my 1:06.33 time is my best individual time so far, so if you think you want a piece of me (and if you’re any good, you can clearly beat me), you just scramble it as indicated and you can see the same cube I did.