If it takes a computer to solve a rubik's cube in 26 moves and to solve it in 8000 hours just think how long it would take the average human to solve it within 26 moves? probably a whole life time.

Do they even sell these things anyomore? I remember having one as a kid. It took about two months to solve the thing the first time, and I kept shaving time off until it would take the better part of a day.

I've recently read about a competition being held in Michigan I believe, and the average completion time is 14-20 seconds. Whoa. Now, I don't know if that's for a partially completed puzzle (probably) or for a completely random one, but I find it impressive nonetheless.

Just wait until they program them [the robots] to boast to other robots about how much better they are when solving Rubix Cubes. It'll be one hell of a sight to see.

Once you know how to recognize cube orientation and move the cubes into place, solving the puzzle becomes easy. I could do it in less than a minute back in the day. This summer, I found an old cube at my parents' place. Solving the cube is not like riding a bike it turns out.

One guy takes it a step further by studying it for a few minutes then solves it blind folded...I guess remembering Pi got boring!

For a pro, 14-20 seconds for a completed puzzle is quite believable. My younger sister took it upon herself to figure out the Rubik's cube and she can easily solve a completely random puzzle in about a minute, every time. I'm sure she uses way more than 26 moves tho - I'm going to have to count next time!!

I know someone who does it in about 16 seconds each time for a completely scrambled cube. Seriously, who does a "partially" scrambled cube? And what is a "partially" scrambled cube? It still takes me about five minutes. And yeah, it takes way less time to just do it without using 26 moves.

Actually Dan, it would take a lifetime just to count to 1 billion...so that computer did something like 500 lifetimes of work.