Why is the Rubik's Cube so Hard?!?!!

[@ENKOYT]

Well, even if you found the paper, you would need some serious Jenga skills to get it out.

[@sericopie]

What if it's on the top?

[@solitaire2681]

lol

[@rohunter88]

So True.

[@zombiefire4290]

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[@ItsSoooooFluffy]

Shyanne Leach No.

[@AwesomeMattification]

This is a kind of combo of Vsauce and Vi Hart. I like it.

[@origamer4564]

Nice I love vsause

[@rylie7080]

Matthew Pinnock, TheOdd1sOut brought me to Vi Hart

[@zamakanth]

Yeah

[@lumpyoctopus865]

That made me laugh

[@weezy6585]

So, Ive done some maths... 0.1mm x 4.3 Quintilion = 4.3e+18mm. 4.3e+18mm = *4.3 trillion km (≈ 2.67 trillion mi)* *This is the total height of the paper stack.* Of course Planetary orbits are not perfect circles, there are times when Earth and Pluto are closer to each other than others. So, Ive calculated the maximum distance and minimum distance, and how many trips it'll take. *_Maximum distance = 7.5 billion km (≈ 4.67 billion mi)_* 4.3 trillion / 7.5 billion = *573 1/3 half-trips (Up, **_but not including_** back).* So, about *286 2/3 full trips (up **_and_** back)* *_Minimum distance = 4.28 billion km (≈ 2.66 billion mi)_* 4.3 trillion / 4.28 billion ≈ *1004 half-trips (Up, **_but not including_** back).* So, about *502 full trips (up **_and_** back)* This is still unfathomably large. To put this in perspective, lets take the closest distance and see how long it would take someone going at the fastest speed ever achieved by a man-made object in history, The Apollo 10 Lunar Module, which reached 39,897 kilometers per hour (24,791 miles per hour), to make the trips. 4.28 billion / 39,897 ≈ *107276 Hours* 107276 / 24 ≈ *4470 Days* 4470 / 7 ≈ *639 Weeks* 639 /52 ≈ *12 Years* That's all well and good, but this is only for one half trip. Let's find out how many total years it would take for _all_ the trips. 1004 half trips x 12 years/trip = *_12,048 Years_* *_All because an architect was fiddling with wooden blocks and rubber bands, and ended up making a 1980's craze, and a mathematical oddity._* *_Erno Rubik, everyone ;)_*

[@JD-ee4df]

Check the description

[@weezy6585]

He only calculated how many stacks of paper it'd take. I was elaborating by calculating for both Pluto's closest approach, an furthest distance from Earth, instead of its average distance from the sun, and adding in the amount of time it would take.

[@JD-ee4df]

+Weezy_Corpse I was just saying because it would have saved some time :)

[@justatryharder8370]

2+2 is 4 , -1 = 3 QUICK MATHS

[@NoctalL]

impressive!

[@Babyboss65]

The cube you drew at 0:40 is impossible. It has two yellow-blue edges.

[@sadimkminecraftandmontages2257]

and the yellow orange blue corner has the wrong color scheme, and it has a red and orange corner

[@avananana]

Not every single cube follows the exact same color scheme. I've seen a few cubes, mostly custom built though, that have Red and orange beside each other.

[@Babyboss65]

Actually the red and blue center are swapped. The orange yellow and blue corner would have to be between yellow, blue and red, because it wouldn't fit on the other side of blue.

[@sadimkminecraftandmontages2257]

red had to be opposite of orange because of the yellow orange blue corner and where it needs to be placed and the red and blue centers arent swapped...

[@Babyboss65]

They are swapped. If you put the yellow-blue-orange corner that blue and yellow match, the orange piece would be on the red side. That is impossible.

[@river8875]

the rubiks cube is hard because it is made of plastic

[@AlmondishTofu]

Blank Cuber good one

[@Salmanul_]

Blank Cuber lol

[@leroythegiant_8503]

Blank Cuber da dun chee!!

[@Wavy667_]

Fight me my one is made out of metal.

[@dathuynh7415]

Technically correct is the best type of correct

[@tedsterhardy5353]

Wow I am proud that I can solve a Rubik's cube in 20 seconds

[@4N9vxO3WnK]

Well done

[@valkswatgaming5827]

Mine sub is 29

[@wacknesium]

non-cuber

[@knifelords9071]

My best is 15.8 seconds tbh, And my avg is 19.8 seconds.

[@slyr-mf3ot]

I can solve a 2x2 in 12 seconds

[@yoavshati]

if you made a turn every second, you will need more time than the universe exists to make every position (that's a long time)

[@gijstimmer299]

20x43quintillion are you sure?

[@wowhellothere7861]

+Yoav Shati Um that's definitely not accurate.

[@wowhellothere7861]

+Yoav Shati Um that's definitely not accurate. Edit: I was wrong i did my research and 1 quintillion seconds is twice the age of the universe.

[@yoavshati]

You should check before claiming that I'm wrong

[@yoavshati]

Quintillion is a very big number 1000000000000000000

[@TheAmazingShindig]

That is certainly a lot of possible positions, but I think the difficulty of the puzzle actually has a lot more to do with the fact that you have to move a whole layer of pieces at a time. If you could somehow move only the pieces you wanted to, the puzzle would be easy. For instance, allowing the player to take the puzzle apart and reassemble it actually increases the amount of possible positions, but makes the puzzle trivial to solve. I loved the video by the way. Awesome illustrations!

[@sabbateus]

What if there was wind?

[@DeathProductions200]

Well lets restart the stack again :D

[@aperson4032]

What if it's VERY heavy paper?

[@DeathProductions200]

A Person Then you're screwed

[@jordanmazzola1851]

Sorry to tell you, theres no wind in space

[@atmunn1]

Ijordan Mc Solar wind maybe?

[@Statsy10]

I've actually given up trying to solve the Rubik's Cube. Instead I am now devoting my time to stacking a pile of papers 43 quintillion sheets high. I've got several boxes of paper and a pretty tall ladder. Haven't watched the whole video yet, but I assume this will get me through a sizeable portion of the project. Can't wait to finish watching the second half of this video to get some good news on the expectations for completion of this project!

[@MinecrafterRedstoner]

It's so hard because it's made out of plastic you silly...

[@humanbeing1649]

Lol!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂

[@pedroduarte4273]

Mick Vaillancourt XD

[@CyanSoCalico]

+Minecrafter Redstoner (mimick25987) XD XD Very *punny*...

[@pyelias5238]

FavorateGamingPeople NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

[@legendcubing]

+Minecrafter Redstoner (mimick25987) At first i didn't get but now i do

[@redkb]

@MLSxEazoon Very true. In fact there are 2,048 solved positions. However those positions are not counted in the 4.3x10^19. If you count each center's orientation separately then there would be 8.9×10^22 positions.

[@Rzkytron]

This video is an offense to go green attempts

[@lancemape5002]

Rzkytron WHY?

[@akashramola1639]

Lance Mape cuz to have that many paper that can reach pluto u need to cut really a pretty good amount of trees and make that much paper

[@ultron6051]

how the Rubik's Cube so hard Kenneth:Explain's how many scrambles does the Rubik's Cube have by a long method of explaining it

[@MatoeT]

do that.. but with a 16 by 16

[@Widerbeats]

oh no.. 1000 x 1000

[@MrTom0nine]

+Nyaoet doesn't exist bud

[@Toby-lc5ze]

+Nyaoet you mean 5^777777777777 by 5^777777777777

[@Babyboss65]

+SSgSS Cuber Yes, it exists in a simulator, but not in real life. You messed up with 17x17x17.

[@deltainfinium869]

Nah, a computerized 1000 x 1000 x 1000

[@warpromo6636]

2:51 Is it me, or him coloring with red is super satisfying

[@LindaLawton]

That's a lot of trees

[@_lca_music]

did anyone else thought this video was about why does rubik's (the brand) cube are so hard to turn?

[@brostepisthebest]

sorry i can't decipher your grammar.

[@yeoldpepsi]

brostepisthebest "Did anyone else thing the title meant: "Why is the original Rubik's cube so hard to turn?"?

[@_lca_music]

it's not that, the cubes from rubik are simply stiff and lack of corner cutting

[@ejbyron352]

Vilgoth Lalc i bought a rubiks brand rubiks cube and i used some petroleum jelly and that work for a while but it started to get stiff again so i removed the petroleum jelly and sanded it a little and it works fine...it's even better than my Dayan 5 ZhanChi.

[@_lca_music]

EJ Byron Have you ever tried with moyu or a dayan? Trust me, they are waaaay better. The Rubik's one is ok, but for speedsolving those brands I mentioned are the ones to use (there are way more btw)

[@ROBLOXSteampunkNoob]

"I found a crane." Seems legit.

[@kamalnath4606]

Yeah it's not like him going to pluto and coming back seem less legitimate, right.

[@redkb]

Positions reached only through disassembling are not counted in the 43 quintillion. 43 quintillion only includes 1 solved position and only positions that are reached through legal turns of the cube. If you wanted to take into account the orientation of the centers or the different orbits of pieces the number would be higher.

[@Kummahndough]

I'd expect anyone who makes a list of permutations would make the simplest or most basic permutation first. So I'm guessing it's near the beginning.

[@Babyboss65]

You made a big mistake: When Kenneth reached Pluto, he was hungry, but he was still alive. That means that he doesn't draw the pieces of paper during the journey, he drew it before the journey began, so now it could be anywhere.

[@groszak1]

That would be equivalent to solving an easy scramble.

[@evanfosdick7560]

I saw this video a long time ago, and solving the Rubiks cube is super easy... Get one, play around with it, learn some algorithms and eventually you'll solve it. And then after solving it 400 times its super fricking easy! I love rubiks cubes and I love this guy.

[@mdgz7112]

More important, how much time would it take to draw all the permutations... Let's assume that you can draw a permutation in an average time of 45 seconds, then it would take 61.718 trillion years to draw each one of the permutations... more time than the age of the universe

[@ericle8744]

Well, it's six times longer bcuz it's six drawings for six faces on each paper.

[@tigertech8865]

Eric Le He is most likely assuming that you are drawing all six faces in 45 seconds

[@mdgz7112]

45 seconds was my average for drawing an unfolded version of a cube and labeling each cubie of all six faces with y o b w r g

[@WesakuAuxilisea]

but what if the entire population of earth were drawing pictures

[@siddhantthakur305]

Wes H You cannot make every single person draw different permutations of a rubik's cube. At lease 2 ppl will end up drawing exactly the same permutation.... LOL!! :D XD

[@redkb]

Here's how: 8 corners with 8 positions: 8! 8 corners have 3 orientations: 3^8. 12 edges positions: 12! 12 edges have 2 orientations:2^12. That gives: 8! * 3^8 * 12! * 2^12. That's how many positions total, but it's less when you only count positions you can reach from turning.The last corner and edge's orientation depend on the others, so it's only 3^7 and 2^11. Also you need to divide by 2 because of even/odd permutations between corners and edges. That gives: (8! * 3^7 * 12! * 2^11 )/ 2

[@carlosdealcantara_]

Hey Kenneth. I liked the video, but I think it could be "why is it so hard to solve it RANDOMLY", because the Rubik's Cube actually is considerably easy if you have a good tutorial. I'm saying that this would prevent from discouraging some people to learn how to solve it. Regards.

[@brostepisthebest]

how do you learn how to solve it?

[@TheAwesomeJocke]

brostepisthebest Google.

[@amaterasu3237]

It's only hard if you make it that way. Nothing's hard if you're having fun!

[@jacobmesser8284]

True

[@TheCDM1971]

Nice approach to explaining the mathematics behind the cube. Informative and entertaining.

[@Knux576]

This proves how awesome the human brain is.

[@SpydersByte]

the fact that we're able to solve it? Isn't that kinda obvious?

[@RandomGuyVideos]

A rubiks cube isn't hard to solve... It's hard to think of the algorithms.. But still, not that impressive.

[@icecreamdrought]

SpydersByte easy to solve, hard to find a solution for.

[@redkb]

The 43 quintillion positions I talk about only include positions reached through legal turns of the cube. Otherwise there would be 12 times the number of positions which is about 5.2x10^20.

[@FardeenJahoar]

Felix zemdegs has some mad jenga skills m8

[@Ginkabr]

+SuperWaffles Good joke m8

[@audigamerkingofthieves3588]

you mean feliks

[@chriscollins7255]

It all makes sense now. Genuinely made me think DEEP. I like the perspective. Thanks redkb

[@collin5366]

At that moment he realized he drew a couple million of the same permutations and has to go through and find them

[@electrosquirrel]

That was a really clever and interesting way to put it. Thanks for putting a smile on my face.

[@abdullahmansoor1]

I found the solved picture! It's 48 miles after Jupiter

[@TheFireyCanadian]

Abdullah Mansoor NICE JOB bad job

[@BalloonShot]

Abdullah Mansoor Sure. 48 miles after Jupiter. Now all I need to know is which of the 728 stacks it's in, as well as how to get it out of the stack when I find it.

[@prestonio]

No, 45,000 Miles.

[@mayoi_nui]

Abdullah Mansoor It's 48 miles after, stack 103

[@camdenjohnson3295]

Abdullah Mansoor no 48 million

[@antoniomora902]

Actually, this is a great way to explain it. Awesome video!

[@redbrandonk]

I think you just blew Ella's mind.

[@redkb]

+redbrandonk Mission Accomplished!

[@redkb]

@lastochka101 They are correct. Visit the Rubik's Cube article on Wikipedia. There is great info there on how to find the number of permutations of a Rubik's Cube.

[@lmaobluu]

THEN THE WIND BLOWS ALL THE PAPERS DOWN xD

[@OkanZagorAkkoyun]

In space

[@madferret2045]

+Okan Zagor “MutatedRedstone” Akkoyun It could blow out the base and it would fall down, drowning humanity in blood from all the papercuts

[@lmaobluu]

+GamerGab007 xD

[@unitheverse5581]

there is no wind in space

[@madferret2045]

TheGamingDragon GT But there is on earth. Blow the base and it all goes down.

[@vXerxes]

Thanks for making it sound harder!!

[@astralll5823]

But that one piece of paper can easily be found with algorithms

[@medgazzeh9884]

Or just draw it in the last paper :) .

[@josephgravley3603]

The point is, the number's so big that you can't brute force the solution.

[@jime6688]

This is great. Thanks for posting. I no longer feel bad about not being a speed cuber(best time is 2 minutes). I'm just happy I can solve it based on this info.

[@lordjd2473]

I think your did a good job on the Video!

[@TheBohrokMan]

What do you mean? The impossible solutions were accounted for. The total combinations with the impossible positions included is: 8! * 12! * 2^12 * 3^8, which is about 5.19 x 10^20. That number is then divided by 2 * 2 * 3 for the impossible solutions, which results in the final number of 43 Quintillion (4.3 x 10^19).

[@sadiabilal4740]

We r going to a trip in r favorite rocket ship

[@madferret2045]

soomin tru da kubes, lil' rubikz

[@connorj7851]

You ruined it

[@triple_gem_shining]

sail me through the sky little einstiens

[@adelineinactivity]

LOL

[@fahkrudin98]

@@triple_gem_shining Climb aboard, get ready to explore

[@Cerise4697]

This is a really well-made, endearing video, haha. I love all your Rubik's videos!

[@gamejunk2707]

1:38 Do you live in Denmark?

[@simse.]

Yeah do you redkb

[@orb3058]

GameJunk I

[@MoBaK]

@@orb3058 hi brada (:

[@didimajeed]

GameJunk i do

[@jadesmith2799]

I actually don't make any videos but, wow that was REALLY cool! Please never stop making videos! I will die! Thanx for reading my comment (if u did).

[@Toby-lc5ze]

How did you destroy the top of your house?

[@legohead23432]

this isn't real dumbo.

[@Grottsa]

+Toby Yang I'm more curious to know how he could stack the papers in space without the floating around

[@jonatanskott]

+Grottsa glue?

[@sp-k]

HE WENT OUTSIDE OK

[@Toby-lc5ze]

+Sparsh Kumar he DREW the hole on the piece of paper

[@unhingedandunfiltered]

That was super cool it sounded like a book try being an author!

[@sidanderson4771]

What if there was a gust of wind

[@Proximian]

This video is correct. It's hard to imagine that the cube has this many possibilities but it's true. The point is this. Learning to solve the cube is a great brain exercise in memorization and it will test your patience. Claiming that you can solve the cube means that you can repeat it successfully. How much time it takes is not so important. Someone who solves it by accident or chance would probably never do so again unless they actually learned algorithms to solve it consistently.

[@dhruvchawla5476]

And then you look at a ghost cube.Rip

[@Mxb_Psycho]

Thank you Kenneth I gave up on learning the cube and after I watched this I made sure I learnt it now I average early 20s with a pb of 14.96 thank you so much

[@lmlgamingvideos488]

and then a wind blew his stack...

[@AndreiTache]

This is so epic dude! DO NOT STOP MAKE VIDEOS!

[@EstCrossings]

but the real question is how much do all those papers weigh

[@keppycs]

less than ur mom sorry ^_^

[@EstCrossings]

a single sheet of paper weighs 4.5 grams so if i multiply that by 43 quintillion i get 194634014735204352000 grans which is about 214 trillion tons.

[@cameronjohnston7092]

I'm not sure but you would have to include the weight of killing everyone on earth because you had to cut down all the trees

[@adelineinactivity]

there might be enough trees if all of the planets were just forest land and the sun

[@1avbar362]

2,162,600,163,724,492,800 Grams.

[@redkb]

Actually, those are not counted in the 4.3×10^19. If you counted center orientation then there would be 8.9×10^22 different positions.

[@imyourvillainpilotcave5167]

who finds a crane free to use

[@viizionzstamina3224]

He does

[@NovemberDistrict]

he obviously has enough paper for it

[@imyourvillainpilotcave5167]

+Wolf Gang lol

[@TheBushfish]

+Pilotcave why do you assume it was free?

[@imyourvillainpilotcave5167]

+Russ Walsh he said he found one so i was guessing he found it out of nowhere

[@NoahTheAmazing9]

Reminds me of a Vihart video, or maybe ASAP science. Nicely done.

[@bruhbbawallace]

That's a pretty good visual analogy, but that doesn't change the fact that it's only hard if you don't know how.

[@jill9100]

true

[@lexus_pb1738]

i enjoyed this way more then i thought i would

[@kingconfigsD2]

Loses count half way through

[@mediumtoc5009]

Ya totally

[@nitscomedy6077]

Loved it! I loved the quest theme.

[@griffinmackenzie]

It's not hard it's just Internet and KZbin tutorials are junk

[@JDurz]

+Griffin Mackenzie its hard without a tutorial and not knowing the algorithms..

[@OkyanusMavisiRubikKup]

Look at this

[@Dalekgodking]

a piece of paper is ~0.1mm thick on average. The distance to pluto is 5.9 billion kilometres 0.1*43 quintillion is 4.3 x 10 to the eighteenth power. divide this by 5.9 billion and you get 728,813,559 divide THAT by another million (1,000,000 millimetres = 1 kilometre) and you get roughly 728 trips :) Nice video redkb :D

[@paulzupan3732]

Wow! Incredibly unrealistic, but absolutely mind blowing! Nice video

[@kidologist]

You sure are able to hold your breath for a long time! Did you see any other life forms on your journey? Fun vid!

[@PkGam]

I wouldn't say that the number of positions is what makes the cube so hard for people to figure out because people are not turning the cube randomly, they are placing pieces but just get stuck on the last bits. So people often come across the same position in their quest for the solved state in some fashion because the more pieces you have in place, the fewer possibilities you have of reaching the solved state. I think it has to do with the difficulty of understanding how to reach a solved state. Oftentimes people can't figure out how to get the final layer or whatever they are working on done because orientating as well as piece position is difficult to understand since you are moving 8 pieces each time you turn a side and have to turn multiple sides to finish a sequence of piece manipulation of which by the end of it they completely lose track of pieces and end up in a different unsolved state. Well, unless they follow premade algorithms of course. But in such cases, they don't have to think about "how" the pieces get into the solved state so much as they just have to look at a pattern of piece movements and choose the right algorithm to do the work via illustration or something. Thus making such a solution less about understanding and more about memorizing.

[@jonathan.varghese]

AWESOME!!!!!!!! I heart curbing and I love your channel. Keep making great videos.

[@alexmarrone7607]

LOVED it best explanation ever

[@teamepicbonanaz1307]

This was inspiring..:) yet i was solving my guhong about 5x before the video ended lol :) but good job kenneth! I love ur vids and theyre what got me better at cubing !

[@tsruhnnep]

and once you finish wind blows *NOOOOO*

[@wiq2720]

How can wind blow in space ;p

[@redburoc]

Mikolaj B ever heard of solar wind?

[@tsruhnnep]

k kool

[@redburoc]

***** it's still wind though, although the blowing part is arguable

[@Plexiate]

Mikolaj B *Cough* it's on earth too...*cough*

[@lwreltteratgmail]

the genius that figured out the LbL is a GOD, all the others, like fridrich, petrus and roux just made it better, or found their algs through computer programms

[@osmoduh]

Thanks for this video, Kenneth! I hope you don't get furstrated with people complaining about your math and stuff :D

[@gedz0rt1000]

One of the best videos i have ever seen,

[@MelindaGreen]

The number of possible positions is not what makes the puzzle difficult. It's that every part is so easily affected by every other part. For instance the Megaminx is exactly the same sort of puzzle but with more faces, which means it has far more possible positions, but it's actually easier to solve because it is less tightly coupled.

[@thecuriousgamers3803]

You make it sound harder than it really is

[@perdana5786]

Genius in music and video combination = You

[@AjmalKhan-db4qw]

good job on the video

[@nikolaswithak]

this really does explain what others who cant solve rubiks cubes dont know, they think, "hey! i can do this!" 30 seconds later "AuiWEGBFILhkavsFLIHGLFHGVAKLJSDVHFJKLhA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" great video man!

[@alexisalvarez1375]

Umm, what?

[@Saadzify]

Lol so true

[@briansyoutubechannelorisit]

Furthermore, I based my English Speaking Board on the history of the Rubik's Cube! If only I had seen this video earlier, this would have helped an unimaginable amount (regarding facts)! An absolutely great video!

[@TroutOfOrder]

Also think about this, though: When I turn a rubik's cube on 3 different axis, so I turn 3 different layers, everyone I give it to can solve it from there. Think about how many combinations there are where it's just 3 turns from being solved. I'm sure there are a lot of them, but nowhere near 43 quintillion.

[@xandersmith8859]

Great video and ending. I love it

[@gabep6679]

Good job Kenneth that was an amazing vid

[@thisxgreatxdecay]

Isn't there technically more than one solved state? I mean, any of the center pieces can be rotated, and you'd never be able to tell, so they would all be solved states. That's why on shape mods where the orientation of the center cubes do matter (like the Fisher cube), you need an additional algorithm to fix them. Of course, I'm just kinda nitpicking. At the end of the day, 2048/43^18 aren't much better odds than 1/43^18.

[@hisroyalbonkess]

I did the same thing except I used the distance when Pluto and Earth are the farthest away from eachother, which I found that it goes up to 29 back-and-forth trips from Earth to Pluto. Going to Pluto then back to Earth being 1 full trip. And then I toyed around with math to find out how many more stacks of stuff I could do.

[@chudiandeyu]

very cool video!! I love it so much! thanks for making it !!!

[@say_hello_to_my_little_friend]

this video deserves a lot more views

[@bjorn527]

you really went to Pluto ? that's so awesome !

[@ViperoK]

just got a 3x3 recently to improve my speeds because i already had a 5x5 but i was really slow. well the 3x3 came today and at a PB of 4 minutes 32 seconds i felt like its impossible, obviously i haven't learned many algs but i do have them written down. anyway the point is with that slow of a PB this video made me feel a lot better, i can find 1 in 43 Quintilian or 1 paper out of 700 trips of paper from here to Pluto and i can do it in 4 minutes and 32 seconds :D i am sure i will improve fast as i learn the algs and do them faster and faster.

[@briansyoutubechannelorisit]

I always read the description because I am a KZbin BOSS!

[@dextermadsen6057]

Your actually really good at drawing

[@FinTagNugin]

This is a fun story, but this all depends on how thick the papers are because if they are If they where 57 millimeters thick, it would take further than Pluto. But if they where exactly 1.78125 millimeters thick it would take 57 divided by 2 (28.5) and that divided by 2 (14.25) and that divided by 2 (7.125) and that divided by 2 (3.5625) and that divided by 2 (1.78125) So I could do this same experiment but my paper could have a smaller thickness per sheet of paper than yours and it would take me a lower number of stacks than yours even if I did the same number of sheets of paper per stack as you did.

[@choulie93]

this is a brilliantly made video!

[@minecraftuser12345]

This is cool great job Brandon

[@TheCubeWizard]

probably my favorite cubing video

[@finndaecher1567]

Great video! I think it really shows how hard it is to solve the rubix cube. Do you know how many positions are possible on the 2x2?

[@archiepotts164]

Really cool and well done!

[@fancuz]

great video! i realy appreciate that kind of viedeos

[@deejayxxii]

Thanks a lot for the discouragement, Now I wont have to stress my self solving one. I threw it away! xD

[@steveb0503]

Even though that 43 quintillion number is technically correct - it's not really a relevant number (at least in terms of degree of difficulty) when you consider the number of "mirror combinations" as well as how many that are no more than three moves away from the solution. I'm considering a single move as ANY move that requires the rotation of one layer 1/4 or 1/2 turn (as a 3/4 turn would only be a 1/4 turn in the opposite direction).