RARE 1980 Rubik’s Cube Unboxing (and breaking 😲)

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[Opulent_Vision]

This was awesome to see! So close to 1M!!!

[ricklynch]

I still have my original Rubik's Cube from back in 1980-81. I was ten! Yes I could solve it back then, albeit much slower. 👍

[geoffins]

Loved learning more about the history of the cube! Wish I could have gone back in time and bought a box of the originals from the 80s. Turned out to be a very special toy!

[jessenievera]

My 1981 Ideal Rubik's cube (still sealed) has Red-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-White variation. Not the Yellow-White, Blue-Green as shown in your video. This later became the standard configuration in modern cubes.

[Jasper_]

The first comp in this century was in 2001 in the Netherlands. This wasn't governed by WCA, which was only founded in 2003.

[cbnewham_ai]

What would have been interesting is for you to have attempted the solve using 1980s techniques. I think you may very well have got a faster time because, as I understand it, the modern speed techniques rely heavily on finger tricks which you cannot perform with that old style cube - it's why you got bogged down, while Mingh Thai just breezed through it in a workman-like way. 😄

[Mjsgd]

Your almost at 1 million subscribers tingman!!

[lisaneedham]

Tingman, the 2nd Master of Cube-Breaking (#1 being Cubehead of course)

[MauriceCalis]

That was my very first cube in the same year (I think). I was 10 and learned to solve from the book that came with it. I could never get sub 1min, because it would fly apart and there was NO LUBE back then. Not that it mattered, because the cube was awful. After a year or so, I quit trying and lost my obsession until late in the 90's, which lasted for a little bit. 2013 was the year I discovered speed cubing (thank you CrazyBadCuber!), and got myself the DaYan ZhanChi plus a 2x2 and 4x4. Starting 2021, I've accumulated maybe 100 cubes (tried around 20 different 3x3's). Now I solve something everyday (main is the YS3 and Tornado V3).

[trains-xj]

anyone else love when tingman uploads? :D

[DaPenguinCuber]

You are so close to 1 million tingman Nice video ur so awesome

[jerome_lim]

wow this old rubik's cube is really cool

[OzymandiasFamilyFun]

Somewhere in a box are the cubes I had when I was a child. And I'm over 50. If I find them, then I'll definitely make a video.

[Jasper_]

Tingman: How do you do that in 22 seconds!?
Me: Don't forget that the cubes used in the 1982 comp were very well lubed. I think they'd been broken in as well.

[nascaracupseriesacubing]

Fun fact: Tingman was born in 1985 So he is nearly as old as the brand itself. people are thinking, HOW?! Well, If you have watched tingman’s Brisbane Autumn Part 2 comp vlog where he answered questions, he said he as 37, Meaning he is 38 this year and 2023-38 = 1985



Edit: Tingman maybe hinting a BREAK from shorts😂😂😂😂😂

[solverk]

I love this blast from the past! But M slices didn't exist on Rubik's brand, nor did any other fancy fingertricks, lol! :)

[giuzp]

9:39 I'm interested in the music used lol

[Crimsxn_Kra]

even if the color arrangement looks different, the algorithms can still be executed properly as long as you have a good understanding of the colors in the center pieces along with it's opposite sides. i borrowed my friend's knockoff rubik's cube which is so hard to turn and has different color arrangements but i managed to solve it due to my understanding of the colors.

[JC_JN]

So in some countries it is still called the magic cube, in Brazil its a lot more common to see people saying "cubo magico" (magic cube) instead of "cubo de Rubik" (Rubiks cube)

[callko]

i want 2-3 video's per week your video's are so fun i love it