Thread: "9^4 Hypercube Solve"

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From my 6^4 solve I have to say that the two hardest parts about solving
these big hypercubes are:
1. Potential lag. If your desktop/laptop lags and you can hear the fan
running when you even select the 10^4 and see it show up on the screen,
then you might not have such a fun time solving it.
2. There are so many stickers. If you weren't wearing glasses before,
you'll need them after the 10^4 solve. Seriously though, telling which
layer a sticker is on is one of the most challenging parts.

Also, I like 5 as an upper bound, so I would recommend solving the 5^5;
there's fewer cubies there than a 10^4 and it's one dimension higher for
more 5c fun.
Although, it is true that no one has solved the 10^4 yet...

Ray

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Yes, with 1,000 stickers per face it does seem crazy, but when has that sto=
pped anyone here? With a reasonable amount of RAM, the software should run =
just fine, but if it is laggy, then be sure to turn off shadows. They are a=
bout as expensive as the puzzle itself, so that's a 2X improvement for free=
. Turning off antialiasing may help a little.

-Melinda

On 7/20/2017 3:52 PM, Ray Zhao thermostatico@gmail.com [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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> From my 6^4 solve I have to say that the two hardest parts about solving =
these big hypercubes are:
> 1. Potential lag. If your desktop/laptop lags and you can hear the fan ru=
nning when you even select the 10^4 and see it show up on the screen, then =
you might not have such a fun time solving it.
> 2. There are so many stickers. If you weren't wearing glasses before, you=
'll need them after the 10^4 solve. Seriously though, telling which layer a=
sticker is on is one of the most challenging parts.
>
> Also, I like 5 as an upper bound, so I would recommend solving the 5^5; t=
here's fewer cubies there than a 10^4 and it's one dimension higher for mor=
e 5c fun.
> Although, it is true that no one has solved the 10^4 yet...
>
> Ray
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Yes, with 1,000 stickers per face it does seem crazy, but when has
that stopped anyone here? With a reasonable amount of RAM, the
software should run just fine, but if it is laggy, then be sure to
turn off shadows. They are about as expensive as the puzzle itself,
so that's a 2X improvement for free. Turning off antialiasing may
help a little.



-Melinda

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From my 6^4 solve I have to say that the two hardest
parts about solving these big hypercubes are:

1. Potential lag. If your desktop/laptop lags and you can
hear the fan running when you even select the 10^4 and see
it show up on the screen, then you might not have such a fun
time solving it.

2. There are so many stickers. If you weren't wearing glasses
before, you'll need them after the 10^4 solve. Seriously
though, telling which layer a sticker is on is one of the most
challenging parts.

Also, I like 5 as an upper bound, so I would recommend
solving the 5^5; there's fewer cubies there than a 10^4 and
it's one dimension higher for more 5c fun.

Although, it is true that no one has solved the 10^4 yet...>

Ray

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