You Can Do the Cube

by Patrick Bossert

A thirteen-year-old master of Rubik's Cube discusses the history of the puzzle, describes patterns that can be made, and offers instructions for solving the cube

Genres: Nonfiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had forgotteen about this book. Back in the day, when there was no Internet, if you wanted to solve that pesky Rubik's cube and you were not able to figure it, you either had to get someone to show you or buy a book. If this was not the first solution published, it was certainly one of the earliest ones.

Cube solving has come along way since this book appeared in bookshops; no one even had even dreamt of speed cubing in those days and I can guarantee that no speed cuber will use Patrick Bossert's method but it does what it says on the cover. The illustrations were in black and white (to keep the cost down) but the "tricks", as Patrick calls them (we know them as algorithms now), are well explained and easy to follow.

Patrick's method is the least efficient method I know to solve the cube and unusual in that it does not solve it one layer at a time. There are better ways to solve the cube out there but this book is an important historical document on the history of solving that damned puzzle.

[Steven Carroll · Rating 3 out of 5]

It does the job..... eventually. YouTube videos were a lot better.

[Rob Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best 1p I've ever spent! Never fail to complete the cube with this book.

[Duke · Rating 2 out of 5]

The original, but not so well written

the information is there but is too simplified, and assumes a previous understanding of algorithm. the diagrams are small for the page size.
when this book was written it may have been the only source at the time, now there are many better options for understanding and solving the Rubiks cube.

[Thomas Bonar]

Written by a kid. It is the easiest book to use to solve the Rubik's Cube.

[Janelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

You have to flip the pages a lot if you're trying to solve the cube as you go along. Still, this book is the only reason I can solve a cube.

[Dylanb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful but I always got stuck on stage four

[Thom Dunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little guide is to Rubik's Cube as The Art of Mixing Drinks is to booze.