Andrej Karpathy releases Bad Mephisto, an iPhone app with OLL, PLL, and Beginner's Method algorithms for $1. He unboxes and reviews the F2 speedcube, calling it his new primary, then shows a few solves.
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Hello everyone! So I looked around for clues on what kind of video I should make next, and I noticed that there are pretty much only 4 kinds of videos that people make. The 4 broad categories are unboxing videos, cube review videos, averages of 5, and update videos. So since I just recently ordered new cubes, I decided to make a video that will combine all 4 categories into a single video. So I will unbox my new F2 cubes, make a very short review, and do a few solves. But I will start with the update part first because that's the most exciting for me. So I've had my algorithms posted on my website for a pretty long time. This also includes pretty printable sheets for your convenience so that you can print these algorithms out and carry them around while you learn them. By the way, just recently I got a new pretty printable sheet made by Andy Kleiss for me, so thank you a lot for that. He's got a website here that lists a lot more pretty printable sheets that he's made for different puzzles, and they all look very nice, so you can check it out. But the problem with these sheets is that they can be pretty hard to carry around with all the time. Many of us don't have access to color printers, so the pretty colors become useless. Well, good news! I've actually created an iPhone application that lists every one of my algorithms, and it was just approved by Apple. So you can find it in the App Store. The app name is Bad Mephisto. So it pretty much includes all my OLLs, all of my PLLs, the Tuluk algorithms, the Beginner's Method algorithms, and a notation page. And I'm sorry, but I actually made it cost $1. I will use this money to cover some of my website expenses and also to cover the $100 I had to pay Apple for my iPhone Developer Certificate. Um, so anyway, let me know what you think if you do decide to try it out. I'm personally pretty excited about it, and I think it may be very useful for algorithms recall and lookup because most of us that do have an iPhone carry it around all the time anyway. So I think that this makes a great alternative to printable sheets. But that's it for updates, so let's get to some fun stuff now. Okay, so here we go. So since I bite all my nails off, I need a cutting tool. So how do you do this? Do you just— uh, oh, this works.
Woo! Bubble wrap! Hmm, oh, it feels so good, oh my god.
[SPEAKING RUSSIAN] Okay, I can already see that this is gonna be one of my favorite cubes. Oh, it turns so lightly, and it's so light. What is this? Looks like Chinese. Lucky for me, I have a translator here. Could you decipher some of that?
Yeah, sure. Hmm. 我是做这个。你知道吗？这看起来很像你的Beginner's Method。 You know what? This actually looks a lot like your Beginner's Oh, good.
Well, in that case, I fully approve of these cubes. But to make a more serious attempt at a review, these cubes definitely turn very nicely and come pre-lubed and assembled, which is very nice. Still, I tried putting in some Jiggle Lube into this one anyway, and I think it made it a little better. They cut corners very well, and I don't feel like it's going to pop on me at all. It's also very hard to get these to lock up, which is probably the biggest difference when I compare them to my old Taipei. But there are definitely some shortcomings as well. For example, the stickers here have already started to peel off slightly, and I've only had this cube for one day. In addition, these caps here can come off, so when you slam your cube against the table quickly when you're finished, they can actually pop right out. I've had that happen to me a couple of times, so maybe you need a little bit of glue in there or something like that. Still, overall, I would recommend these cubes over the old Type-A's that I've recommended for a long time, simply because they hardly ever lock up, and that is a huge advantage. So the F2 is now my primary speedcube. Alright, so let's see if he solves a Manycube.
14:23. 1644. 1651. 16:46.
17:40. So in other words, I still suck. So anyway, if you have an iPhone, try out my app, and that's the end of the video. See you all later. And do a few solves, but I'll start with the update fart. Update fart. Haha, update fart.
