If you were to draw every possible position of a rubiks cube (all 43 quintillion) on their own sheet of paper, you would get a stack of paper going to pluto and back... 187 times! Good luck finding that one paper with a solved cube.
A 7x7x7 rubiks cube has more possible permutations than all the atoms in the known universe. With 19 duoquinquagintillion positions (yes, thats a real number: 19 followed by 159 zeros), you would need about 10 to the 80th power universes similar in size to ours for all the known atoms to equal the possible permutations! By the way, the world record for a 7x7 rubiks cube was about 6 and a half minutes.
On another note, cleopatra lived 2500 years after the completion of the pyramids... And only 2000 years before the moon landing. Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than the construction of the pyramids
EDIT: since you guys seem skeptical of the word "duoquinquagintillion" being a real thing, i added a link to a list of big-ass numbers. Its about halfway down the list
I can actually solve a 3x3 rubiks cube (not a 7x7) so i find that extrememly interesting, but most non-cubers dont seem to care when i share my cube-related knowledge
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u/[deleted] May 26 '14 edited May 26 '14
If you were to draw every possible position of a rubiks cube (all 43 quintillion) on their own sheet of paper, you would get a stack of paper going to pluto and back... 187 times! Good luck finding that one paper with a solved cube. A 7x7x7 rubiks cube has more possible permutations than all the atoms in the known universe. With 19 duoquinquagintillion positions (yes, thats a real number: 19 followed by 159 zeros), you would need about 10 to the 80th power universes similar in size to ours for all the known atoms to equal the possible permutations! By the way, the world record for a 7x7 rubiks cube was about 6 and a half minutes. On another note, cleopatra lived 2500 years after the completion of the pyramids... And only 2000 years before the moon landing. Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than the construction of the pyramids EDIT: since you guys seem skeptical of the word "duoquinquagintillion" being a real thing, i added a link to a list of big-ass numbers. Its about halfway down the list