Rubik's Cube

I recently got a gift. It was a 3x3x4 Rubik's Cube. That's right, you read that correctly.

Very hard. I solved a 3x3x3 a while back. It took like 2 weeks. I remember it was a summer and I didn't have much to do, so I spent a lot of time working on it. I wrote notes about what kind of moves would change what blocks. Basically I started with what I learned from playing around with it for a while. With the 3x3x3, the middle block always stays in place for each side. The cube should be done layer by layer. Also, if you do the same move over and over again, eventually it will go back to its original orientation. So because I was always scared to ruin what I had already done, I would do the same move over and over until something small changed.

Trying to learn more things about the new 3x3x4. Some things I've learned:
- Middle blocks do not stay in place
- The blocks on the 3x3 sides (yellow and white) will never be found on the 3x4 sides, which has blue, orange, red, green vice versa
- It's easier (in my opinion) to work in layers, with one layer being a 3x4, so doing 3 layers, not 4.
- When twisting one way (along the 'long' way), there is only one possible way you can go. You can switch everything 180 degrees only. Twisting one more time will only get you to the same position you were just in.

Tomorrow will be a great day!

'You don't get many moments like this' - some movie I saw the other day
If you ask a girl to the dance, you'll get a yes or no. If you don't ask, it's always a no.