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carlos_6m t1_iz2k8lv wrote

Reply to comment by chemist612 in [OC] 3x3 Rubik's Cube Solve Times vs. Blood Alcohol Content by Willr0wH00d

It makes kind of sense that they're not different, solving a rubiks cube is done following a set of different move algorithms that after enough practice become muscle memory, so alcohol will only impair this very little, same way you can type almost as well sober as with a bit of alcohol, muscle memory will only fail you once you start to get pretty wasted

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acatterz t1_iz45np1 wrote

OP is solving in 12-15 seconds. At that level the algorithms required to solve the cube require some quick analysis of the cube faces at each stage to use the more optimal moves, particularly during the F2L stage. This involves quick mental visualisation to find the corners and matching edges to complete those first layers. I would have expected alcohol to have a bigger impact.

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You_Stole_My_Hot_Dog t1_iz4lemo wrote

Idk, you get to point where you literally don’t even think about it. I was never as good as OP (more in the 20-30s range), but even then there were algorithms that I can done so many thousands of times that I barely even needed to register that there was a pattern. Muscle memory kicks in and just takes care of it.

I haven’t been into it for the past few years, but once I stopped practicing daily, I’d do periodic “check-ins” to see if I still remembered how to solve it. At one point I had gone like 6 months without touching the cube, and was still able to easily solve it. I didn’t even quite remember what the algorithms were or what I was looking for, but muscle memory seems to remember for a lot longer lol. So it doesn’t surprise me that it doesn’t phase him much. Not unless he was really hammered.

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x_AdSF_x t1_iz4xmxc wrote

Being someone who solves around 15secs, the difference between 20/30 secs vs 12 is abysmal. Yes, one can do the last layer without thinking even a bit, but f2l takes quite a lot of focus at OP's level

Yes, he'd be always able to solve it under ~25secs due to muscle memory, but to keep it that consistent is impressive

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carlos_6m t1_iz4l6j8 wrote

In the end its all colours and shapes and op has reached up to 0.2% blood alcohol, which is the limit for driving in many places, I'd say up to that point it makes sense to see little change, it would be later on when I would expect to see impairment showing

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FourierXFM t1_iz4of4d wrote

0.2% is nearly 3 times the limit for being intoxicated, which is commonly 0.08% in the US.

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jsvannoord t1_iz54lsn wrote

And 0.05% is the most common limit worldwide. I don’t think anywhere is at 0.2%.

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carlos_6m t1_iz6h7f1 wrote

Yeah I think I'm getting it mixed up with alcohol on breath levels maybe?

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jsvannoord t1_iz6ot6q wrote

Not sure. The BAC monitor I have reads breath and gives a blood alcohol percentage reading but I can’t speak to all models.

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