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Topics Covered in Class

Week 1 (September 22)

What is Speedcubing? - Videos, websites, stories about cubing.

Week 2 (September 29)

The Origins of Speedcubing - Erno Rubik, Early 80's, etc. (Slideshow)
Lesson: Finger Tricks
Lesson: Beginner's Layer-by-Layer Solution (Solution Handout)

Week 3 (October 6)

The beginning of modern cubing: speedcubing.com
The WCA governing body and its regulations.
Explanation: The Fridrich Method
Lesson: F2L (Blank F2L Sheet)

Course Material (Handouts, etc.)

• Syllabus Draft (Will be heavily modified ad-hoc, but most of the material covered will be the same.)
• Week 2 Slideshow
• Rubik's Cube Beginner Solution
• Blank F2L Sheet

Guest Speakers

• October 20: Lars Petrus, inventor of the Petrus method.
• October 27: Daniel Bump, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford, expert on group theory.
• November 3: Tom Rokicki, expert in computational cubing, set the current record for the upper bound on God's number.

Cubing Links

Math 88Q, normally taught by Daniel Bump.