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Rubik's Cube Solutions, Puzzles, and 8-Balls (2023)

My old racing Rubik's Cube http://www.rubiks.com is well-worn and barely holds together. I gave it a lot of wear in June 1982 during the week between high school finals and graduation ../../scscards/liberty.html.

If you feel the need to play a trick on someone, you can put a cube together in the wrong way if you must, but never peel off a sticker -- they are glued on and not sticky underneath. Graphite powder works, but it leaves messy black dust, does not last long, and makes a gummy goo if it mixes with any liquid lubricant. This often surprises non-cubists, although I guess after writing this, I can't claim to just have been lucky when I find a scrambled, dusty cube at a yard sale or on someone's bookshelf and accidentally solve it.

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