Friday, November 18, 2011

1000 x 1000 x 1000 Rubik's Cube Solved YouTube

BY ETHAN VILLARAMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Vhs0Xe02k

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31 comments:

Colin said...

Oh wow.. I've seen this video so many times. I don't even have to watch it again to know what to comment about. From what I remember, it looks really odd when the computer starts to solve it because it looks like a bunch of black pieces flying everywhere. Infact, I think I know how to solve it...

Cooper said...

I do see a few pieces being so-called "switched" in place, but that's just the computer working faster than the eye can see. Overall, it looks really cool.

Anthony said...

Imagine a person doing that! It would be impossible! Or, it would take their entire lifetime. In the beginning of the clip, the cube looks just like a weird yellow/gray color, but then towards the end it turns into blobs of green, blue, and red, and then the computer finishes it! The fact that it took a huge computer like that 1 day is crazy. It also used 3 Gigahertz, which is a lot! I bet nobody in our grade could solve it.

Cami said...

Wow! That is the smartest computer ever! I think it's really interesting how it got solved. I wonder who the person was that decided what it looked like at first. I mean when it was all jumbled up. I don't think anyone could solve that without a computer. That person would be the smartest person ever!

Colin said...

Cami and Anthony, Just let you know, I think I know how to solve it.

Aaron said...

That is very interesting, I have never heard of a 1000x1000x1000 Rubik's cube. If I ever got one I would never mix it up. I don't have a lifetime long enough to solve that. In comment to Anthony and Cami. I don't think that the computer did all the work. The computer doesn't really think for itself it is just programed that way. That means that someone or some people have the capability to solve it themselves even though it would be solved at a much slower rate. To me personally Rubik's cubes aren't that interesting. There are a lot of people at Mirman that are like obsessed with them but I can't get that much fun from a puzzle of that kind.

Alex G. said...

I think this is an awesome video. This computer is really cool and seeing how it came to be solved in really awesome! When the video started the cube was just a mish mash of color and then at the end it turned into a real rubik cube.

Will said...

I can't believe that they even figured out the algorithm to solve that. Relating to another article on this blog, the processor must have been designed partially by looking at it through an SEM, if it had that much power.

Nate said...

That Rubik's Cube was amazing! It must have took a long time to build! At first it just looked like a mash of colors, but then it started to get more clear, then it was in a lot of big colored squares, then it was solved. It was sped up to a very fast speed, also! About 1,440 times the original speed. It took the computer a long time to solve the cube. That was really cool.

Amanda said...

Wow... that went very fast. I have never heard of 1000x1000x1000 Rubik's Cubes. It would be so hard to figure that out. When it was going, it was just a blur of colors. Then, at the end, it was a rubik's cube. I can't believe that the computer solved it. That was really cool even though I'm not that interested in them...

Sam said...

Woah! I wish humans had that capability of solving a thousand by thousand Rubik's cube. Maybe someone should invent a little Rubik's cube video game where you solve the 1000 by 1000 by 1000 cube, because obviously, a cube that big won't fit into anyone's house, let alone their pocket!

Sofia said...

That is so cool! A 1000x1000x1000 rubik's cube! That must have been very hard to solve! It must have taken a long time to figure it out. At the beginning, it looked like there were more than 10 different colors on there, but really it was only 3-6 colors. This was so cool again!

Esther said...

I wonder what kind of computer they used to solve it. Pretty smart computer, I'd have to say.

Robert said...

Wow, that was really cool! Computers are getting really advanced these days. It did it so fast. If you notice very carefully you'd see that like a million tiny cubed bits move every second. And also if a person actually did try to solve it, it would take at least a day for that person to move himself all the way across the whole thing. Also it would be impossible because 1 billion cubes is to heavy to move.

Jacob said...

I think this is very cool but I think it would be even cooler if a person was solving this, because how do we know if there is a button to solve it by itself, and if a person were to solve it they would need to learn the steps.

Aaron said...

Sam, Esther the computer really isn't smart. Someone or some people had to program it. So humans can solve that.

Camille said...

Holy cow... I have never seen anything like that before. That is so amazing! I know a human didn't do that but, it still took a lot of work from the computer! For crying out loud! I bet even Alex Choi couldn't even solve it! I also can''t believe it took up 3 Gigahertz. That's so much room! I still can't believe that the computer was able to do that in 1 day! To me it's still unbelievable!! Wow!

Camille said...

Well Colin. Can you solve it in one day?

Colin said...

@Camille Maybe... Wait no never mind a little longer :)

Nick said...

Geez, I wonder how someone could program something like that. And not only that, but make a 1000 x 1000 x 1000 rubik's cube. I wonder how long it took to do that.

Joe said...

That is so cool! I can't believe even a computer was even able to solve it. Well, it is just showing our modern world's leaps and bounds in technology. Remember when you wanted to find a taco place, you would actually have to drive around and find one. But now, you can tell an AI (basically Siri) "Find me a taco joint." and it will find one. Next thing we know we'll have built in computers on our desks. Technology moves way too fast. Also, think how long it must have taken to design that Rubiks Cube in a design program. It probably took much longer to design it that it took to actually solve it.

Alex M said...

Very interesting... but I don't understand how he was able to measure the amount of ghz used?????

Jason said...

That was REALLY cool. It is amazing what computers can do. It was interesting to se the color spots get bigger ... and bigger ... and bigger ... until it got solved. I agree with Cooper that when the pieces were "switched" the computer is working super duper fast.

Kevin said...

This just proves that a computer can do just anything. I'm pretty sure no human being could solve a 100 x 100 x 100 Rubik's Cube, let alone 1000. The human being simply put in a minimal amount of work programming it, and the computer did the hard labor. Rubik's cubes in general are games that stimulate the brain. However, there's a reason people created the Rubik's cube to be only 3 x 3 x 3. That's because it is a challenge to complete that.

chaz said...

I thought it was very cool. But before I saw the video I thought it was a real person solving.

Caroline said...

Wow, I bet no human could survive long enough to figure that out. A day is a long time especially for a computer. At the beginning It looked like each square had a lot of different colors in it. I wonder how you program a computer to do that. That looks really cool, I have no idea if a human could ever do that.

David said...

The video says that the Rubik’s Cube is being “solved” by the computer. What it’s not saying is that the cube is not being solved in the same way humans solve it. We experiment through trial and error, make a lot of mistakes, and sometimes have to start all over again. Sometimes we can’t even solve the problem. The cube is being “solved” by a computer that has algorithmic instructions. This guarantees that it will be solved. The human brain is amazing, but it can’t do the same things that a machine can, and a computer can’t do all the things a human brain can. I wonder how long it took the programmer to design the cube.

Julia K. said...

Wow. It looks pretty impressive but I think it is fake. Also it is physically impossible for someone to do a 1000 by 1000 by 1000. They don't make those!!!! In the backround you cans see computer settings on the top. But I think it looks really cool.

Edie said...

Can you buy one of those in the store? That would be really cool...

JAmeson said...

That was awesome! I wonder what program was used to solve it... and how much it costs.

Jameson said...

@Julia If you read the description of the video, they said it was solved by a computer... so it's not like they're lying...