Author: jetott22

For this project me and Laur have decided to make noodles together. We already made some basic noodles with the help of Laur’s dad, but later we will make them by ourselves. This time we made a type of noodle called youpomian. You pour oil on it and it mixes the flavor.

This project was really fun, I got to learn how to solve a Rubik’s cube really fast as well as meet one of the best cuber in Alberta. My presentation went well but I definitely could have spoke slower and more clear. Overall it was a great time doing this project and I definitely learned things about time management.

This week I cleaned my cube. When I asked my expert how to maintain your cube he said that you have to clean it quite a bit. It takes a long time to clean a cube cause you have to clean each part for a while. I’ve also researched different cubes and what the difference was between them. The GAN maglev is good but really expensive.

This week I was able to get into contact with one of Alberta’s top competitor’s Alex Mutch. He told me about competitive cubing, algorithms and more.

Also this week I tried to improve on of the steps in the algorithm I use, but its harder than I thought so I’m gonna have to put extra work into it.

Since the last I posted I’ve tried to contact an expert twice, but both times they didn’t respond. I’ve also been memorizing algorithms, which is actually quite hard. I’ve noticed I have gotten a bit faster but not by much.

Last time I posted I got around 45 second solves. Since then I’ve gotten faster and have got down to around 25 seconds. I hard to remember all of the different algorithms because there is so many. I also got a new personal best of 7.55 seconds.

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In the past 5 weeks I have been able to improve my time by 15 seconds. Getting a faster time is way harder than I thought, I think I should start learning some more advanced algorithms.

For my genius hour project, I’m going to learn how to solve a Rubix cube but get an average solve time below 25 seconds. When I achieve my goal I will be able to solve a and set up a cube. I will probably start with the basics of cubing then advance my way to being able to recognize patterns. I am going to need some cube lube to set up a cube as well as some spare parts to customize them. I’m probably not gonna need much help other than my parents driving me to places to get supplies.