RARE 1980 Rubik’s Cube Unboxing (and breaking 😲)

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[@ricklynch]

I still have my original Rubik's Cube from back in 1980-81. I was ten! Yes I could solve it back then, albeit much slower. 👍

[@nascara5cupseriesa5cubing18]

Fun fact: Tingman was born in 1985 So he is nearly as old as the brand itself. people are thinking, HOW?! Well, If you have watched tingman’s Brisbane Autumn Part 2 comp vlog where he answered questions, he said he as 37, Meaning he is 38 this year and 2023-38 = 1985 Edit: Tingman maybe hinting a BREAK from shorts😂😂😂😂😂

[@harryforbes2492]

Casual stalking 😂

[@nascara5cupseriesa5cubing18]

@@harryforbes2492 wait what?😂😂😂 it was just math💀

[@clarewillison9379]

Meaning I learnt how to solve (and still possess) a crunchily slow off-brand Rubik’s cube about four years before Tingman was a twinkle in his mother’s eye. Now I feel so, so old. 😅

[@nascara5cupseriesa5cubing18]

@@clarewillison9379😂

[@Real_N_Perm]

sssniperwolf

[@lisaneedham4302]

Tingman, the 2nd Master of Cube-Breaking (#1 being Cubehead of course)

[@Gamer-sm5el]

It is crazy how far the cube has come It’s also crazy that a cube that feels like it has super glue in it costs more than the GAN 14

[@inseminggd9435]

the less something exists, the more value it has, although i kinda get your point

[@geoffins]

Loved learning more about the history of the cube! Wish I could have gone back in time and bought a box of the originals from the 80s. Turned out to be a very special toy!

[@JasperKloek]

Tingman: How do you do that in 22 seconds!? Me: Don't forget that the cubes used in the 1982 comp were very well lubed. I think they'd been broken in as well.

[@MaddietheWindy]

Good point!

[@StevenWintringham]

Competitors at world's 1982 were forced to use brand new cubes provided by the organizers to compete

[@JasperKloek]

@@StevenWintringhamBut they'd been carefully lubed with (I think) vaseline

[@selianboy8508]

@@JasperKloek yup... Vaseline was the way to go back then! (for the cube I am talking about!)

[@nicathenoob19]

@@JasperKloek I doubt they were

[@edwardtien0530]

Hi Tingman, I was just wondering what your main cubes are. Hope you have another great year of solving cubes.

[@inseminggd9435]

hes a gan fanboy so he probably mains a gan 12-14 and a gan skewb he mained the gan 251m (he possibly switched to a newer gan tho) he was maining the xman bell v1 pyra before he probably mains the mgc sq1 cause thats the only competitive one (lmao) he said he liked the gan mega in a review and thats about as far as i know

[@edwardtien0530]

Thank you🎉

[@JasperKloek]

The first comp in this century was in 2001 in the Netherlands. This wasn't governed by WCA, which was only founded in 2003.

[@Opulent_Vision1]

This was awesome to see! So close to 1M!!!

[@Your_average_kirby_fan]

So in some countries it is still called the magic cube, in Brazil its a lot more common to see people saying "cubo magico" (magic cube) instead of "cubo de Rubik" (Rubiks cube)

[@sophiaswassermann4859]

"Rubik's Cube" is kinda Weird, Magic Cube is much better and cool, also in china they call it "Mofang", of Magic Cube/Square.

[@happybirthdaytonoone]

​@@sophiaswassermann4859mofang??? Sounds like... MOJANG!?!??11!1

[@OzymandiasFamilyFun]

Somewhere in a box are the cubes I had when I was a child. And I'm over 50. If I find them, then I'll definitely make a video.

[@solver5k]

I love this blast from the past! But M slices didn't exist on Rubik's brand, nor did any other fancy fingertricks, lol! :)

[@MauriceCalis]

That was my very first cube in the same year (I think). I was 10 and learned to solve from the book that came with it. I could never get sub 1min, because it would fly apart and there was NO LUBE back then. Not that it mattered, because the cube was awful. After a year or so, I quit trying and lost my obsession until late in the 90's, which lasted for a little bit. 2013 was the year I discovered speed cubing (thank you CrazyBadCuber!), and got myself the DaYan ZhanChi plus a 2x2 and 4x4. Starting 2021, I've accumulated maybe 100 cubes (tried around 20 different 3x3's). Now I solve something everyday (main is the YS3 and Tornado V3).

[@rDcUbInG]

anyone else love when tingman uploads? :D

[@Imbored2k24]

wow very old cube. can we plz pray for connor johnson who got an ocr 1.02 pyra single today at nz nats but it was an apparent mis-scramble and we need to wait to hear from the delegates to see if this solve will be disqualified. LETS GO CONNOR!!

[@makermelissa]

When they said over 3 Billion combinations, they weren’t wrong…

[@LDK132]

wow this old rubik's cube is really cool

[@Luminousandgraceful]

2:21 Fun fact: In Brazil we still call the Rubik's cube "magic cube"

[@Mjsgd1]

Your almost at 1 million subscribers tingman!!

[@CanadaPlayz48]

"I'm not stalling for time or anything, I'm not nervous" *proceeds to drop a rubils cube competition stat*

[@michael_soria]

Did you ever put a solve for the triple 3x3 v1 cube. The on you tried to complete in 15 minutes. I stuck on the middle cube. Finished the out side cubes. Would love your help. Thanks for the great videos.

[@vVearon]

YOU COULD OF BOUGHT A QUATER OF A GAN CUBE WITH THAT $30 (or like 6 moyu cubes)

[@Crimsxn_K1ra]

even if the color arrangement looks different, the algorithms can still be executed properly as long as you have a good understanding of the colors in the center pieces along with it's opposite sides. i borrowed my friend's knockoff rubik's cube which is so hard to turn and has different color arrangements but i managed to solve it due to my understanding of the colors.

[@FostCubes]

You are so close to 1 million tingman Nice video ur so awesome

[@giuzp95]

9:39 I'm interested in the music used lol

[@harryforbes2492]

Tingman for 1mil!!!!!!

[@HkLearnsAI]

His one cube would be ten times better than mine😂

[@Wertycloud77_YT]

Nice video 👍

[@Alex_192.]

You are so close to 1 million!

[@callko1234]

i want 2-3 video's per week your video's are so fun i love it

[@jordanmtrisfant6284]

I love your vids so much

[@saccuber2998]

I actually found one of these at a retro games store a few years ago. For some reason, I still haven't opened me. I guess I don't "feel worthy" of it yet.

[@jessenievera3768]

My 1981 Ideal Rubik's cube (still sealed) has Red-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-White variation. Not the Yellow-White, Blue-Green as shown in your video. This later became the standard configuration in modern cubes.

[@mewtu5817]

Nice video 😀

[@PPixelGamerr]

Happy 2024 tingman!

[@howanghorusma5246]

Is that the break of 87!?!?

[@Jenzhel_gaming122-lv7hl]

Imagine the difference in speed when compared all the Rubik's toys💀

[@donkeycuber]

I did the same with an original Square-1 and it felt SO crazy. 😂

[@laurenwilliams2138]

There's one more thing we are about to break. 1Mil Subs. Great job.

[@NSpk60]

We need the 1980 Rubik's Cube vs a GAN Smart Cube

[@NividPianoLessons]

I did a triple x-cross and the last pair's corner was already solved. My OLL was a Fat Sune and the PLL was a G perm(the worst pll)

[@MI_Jadecraft]

Wowzers

[@SP_Cubing]

It’s funny that tingman acts like we don’t know that corner cutting is

[@forestpuffin]

Do you have a link for the 3D printed cube stands? In the video you say "link is in the description", but I don't see it.

[@civices7636]

i really really want to see, how Feliks Zemdegs, Max, Matty, Tymon, Yiheng, Mats Valk, and other speedcube in WCA solve 3x3 cube with this rubiks.. Yes, OLD RUBIK'S

[@selianboy8508]

You just need the same lube I used in 1981 when I got just about the luckiest solve of 32 sec! I was given an RC in, I think, 1979 for Christmas but it was likely 1980 in reality... I still have it somewhere about as I don't think that I ever threw it away - most of its stickers came off so I painted them on instead! I worked out how to do it myself, and by the end of 1981 I was usually under 1 mins! Hmmm... to think that I have been cubing some 5 years longer than you have been alive! And a shout out for my great nephew who is now subbing 15 sec and consistently under 20! Well done Neil D! oh... the lube was of course... Vaseline!

[@Tingman]

If only I'd known, I would've doused this thing in vaseline haha! Very cool.

[@selianboy8508]

@@Tingman It will make the cube much much quieter too! You make great and entertaining videos... and a fantastic Dad too for the Tingkids! Well done.

[@mielemanos]

that's sick

[@CaitlynWilson1413]

I actually have one of these and I bought it at a store for 35.

[@curiousNic]

3 billion or 43 quintillion, that's an easy mistake to make. I guess math worked a bit differently in the 80s. And I love that I "occasionally" use air quotes shirt. PS: You missed putting the link to Owens very cool cube stands in the description.

[@kevinkewbs]

use double sided for the sticker

[@efussballer]

Hi tingman what 2x2 and 3x3 do you prefer

[@Kxll_Edits]

He can solve the 1980 cube faster then me solving 2 cubes💀

[@charanchamp2ndchannel265]

TINGMAN Can you tell how to solve a cube BLINDFOLDED in the next vid

[@JNC_Cubing]

What do you think is better the rs3m v5 or the guhong pro?

[@andrewdunbar828]

Where are you getting them from? The US? I got mine in 1980 (maybe 1981?) in Australia and it came in a clear plastic cylinder. It didn't have "original" written on the package and it definitely didn't include a solution. A few people published books with solutions shortly after and I learned from one of those.

[@AdrianCubes]

Ting man where are you going to do other cube battle royal this is How cubers fight

[@DCCUBZ]

You wanted this in your gifts for cyberspace video!!!!

[@Corals_Cubes]

HOW THE HELL AM I THIS EARLY TO A VID?!!?!?! I MEAN 20 MINS AFTER POST also, tingman love your vids! Ive Got One Of Your Signed Cube Covers! Huh? I Swear I just Heard Something Up There. * Sigh. * Am I Already Going Crazy?

[@clammyK]

niceeeee i wat a rubiks brand now lo

[@vincentbangert6619]

I think their old style was to have complimentary colors opposite.

[@LTCubing901]

Hi tingman ! Im a very big fan from hungary, and my question is you can go to hungary for a puzzle shop named "rkocka" and buy something?

[@jesseplays7895]

I’m such a big fan I have tingboy mat

[@CubingEmperor313]

❤Ming almost a mil!

[@lidog_does_cool_stuff]

And nice vid

[@Elukito1]

JUST 2K. you can get that golden play button someday

[@Leonardo-cw1dd]

i own one myself. broke a corner piece by accident and was able to fix it. i was lucky

[@mel16156166]

Do a tutorial for 3x3 and 4x4 and 2x2

[@Hillyboy125]

Can you combine all your comp videos into one for new years? 😊

[@Tingman]

Oh wow that’s a crazy idea! I sort of like it but it’s pretty crazy 😆

[@Hillyboy125]

@@Tingman if it’s too crazy maybe just 2022/23

[@Hillyboy125]

@@Tingmanalso you are so close to 1 mil subs congrats for when you hit it 🎉

[@user-uq9nu4ib8d]

I beat the 1982 world record with my record solve (22:something seconds) but I checked and it’s a few milliseconds less

[@quasigeek5923]

Do you have images/scans of the instruction booklet. The one that has sort of levels. Solve one side, you are good (or some sort of title), Solve 2 sides, you are very good (or some other title) solve for all corners your are a Master, and solve the whole cube, you are a Cubist. Also as a note, if I remember well, at the time, knockoff cubes had a different color scheme to bypass copyrights the Ideal had at the time.

[@quasigeek5923]

I forgot, my original Rubik's Cube had a different color scheme. blue opposite white, green opposite yellow, and orange opposite red. The same as the 2x2 Rubik's Ice Cube (transparent 2x2x2 cube)

[@eanapark2757]

i love cube

[@arisandra]

Oldest Rubik's cube unboxed by oldest cuber Sorry uncle :P ❤

[@Tingman]

Rude but true

[@selianboy8508]

@@Tingman you look too young to be into your 64th year... and I doubt even I am the oldest cuber in the world! 😂😉

[@blitzencubing]

wheres the cube stands?

[@jasonandhugo-cl8wb]

Wow 18 seconds

[@1jaybug]

"over three billion combination, just one solution" i thought it had more than one solution?

[@mute_ed984]

I guess that’s why they switched to that tube shape packaging a bit later. Have some vintage Rubiks Cubes myself. The vintage 2x2 took me by surprise. It truly is 3x3 little brother. Little in the sense of you get your baby brother when you are about 5 years old already. Also got my hands on a soviet era 3x3 cube sold in hungary back then. It’s a bit smaller too - about the size of modern days YJ Mini 3x3. But the turning was really good right out of the box. Actually it was just a bandolier. A bit of Liqui Moly Silicone spray and some time turning it in all directions improved the situation even a bit more. Still some force required when turning but it won’t break your fingers anymore. It is not as smooth as the Gan/Rubiks Co-op cube but close enough.

[@otwplayz]

not a bad solve for the modern day one

[@aythaan8273]

Dear, Tingman, is it okay if you visit Singapore for the Feb 2nd Rubik's cube comp? I'm a big fan and I would like to meet you in person. PS, it's my first comp. Sincerely, Aythaan

[@Tingman]

Hi Aythaan, thanks for your comment! I won't be able to attend that competition unfortunately but I hope that it's a good event for you! All the best! Tingman.

[@FarmandSMC]

All the cubes used in the first championship were lubed with Vaseline. That must be the only reason you didn’t break the record ;)

[@gmoney1065]

How did you get an original with that color scheme. I thought that white and blue were always opposites on the originals. Every one I had as a kid was always white/blue, orange/red, green/yellow.

[@BhartiLoyiNyorak-fo4zi]

I am your biggest fan

[@user-zv9fb6dv3c]

I love Rubiks cube

[@smilecuberepeat]

I wonder if the guys Tingman got cubes from saw this video, and realised the mistake he has made. just Kidding, great video Tingman!

[@techvoyagers]

I have one too, bro 😅!

[@edualini]

Épic Rubik 😎😎

[@TonixCube]

I will ask Guus what version was used, for sure it was not the US version you showed which is not the best quality, most likely it was the Rubik Studio Hungary version, they where must better

[@hopeandtruth6108]

I got a sub 1 minute solve on the original rubik's brand cube.

[@flippingtacogc]

are you doing a christmas vid

[@Cafienatedman]

My original Rubiks cube from 1980 has the colors blue & white opposite each other 🤷‍♂️

[@anthonyvideos9905]

omg

[@ryanwang6296]

I just got a mgc 5 by 5

[@ElDitso]

There’s no videos where you pointed lol

[@amonynous9041]

3 billion vs 43 quintillion, just a minor miscalculation or 3,000,000,000 vs 43,000,000,000,000,000,000

[@U_Perm]

There's Sticky Ricky in the background :)

[@dumb_cuber1]

WR

[@Kxll_Edits]

Wait isn’t yellow supposed to be next to white back then? Or idk

[@Zam305]

Wow

[@j.b.xpdesigns]

8:10 just put super glue hehe

[@user-et4ti6hm2d]

これが「ルービックキューブ」

[@user-fp9ez7jx1u]

What cube do you mane