Hi! I'm new to this list, since I just found out about it, so I might
repeat some stuff that has already been said. I guess I want to say
two things. First of all, I saw Greenberg's message saying that some
guy who has written a book on the cube or something does not believe
that solutions in two minutes are possible. Well, even though I can
not do it in two minutes (it takes me just under four minutes to do
it), my roommate does it in a minute and a half (I timed it, so it's
no lie). Second, I've never heard of anyone using the same algorithm
that me and my roommate use. We get the top row first, then we get
the second row, and finally get the third. The only other solution
that I've seen (and/or heard of), and that is from anyone else who has
solved the cube, is getting all the eight corners, and then getting
the middles. (Greenberg's Lisp machine program also solves it in this
manner. In fact, I was quite surprised to see it done in that manner,
but as time went on, I realized that everyone I know of does it in
that manner too.) Is that true? Does anyone have any other algorithm
to the two I've described? Also, I've heard that the most optimum
solution to a randomized cube is at most 41 moves. Is that true? And
if so, what is the algorithm it uses. I immagine that algorithm was
achieved on a computer is that true? As you can see, I have a lot of
questions, but this is my first letter to the mailing list.

Dave