Message #2627
From: Craig Durward <craigdurward@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [MC4D] New solve of 3^7 !
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:54:53 +0000
Cheers guys, I’m not sure exactly why I decided to do the 3^7. It’s an interesting object to mess around with and I got slowly drawn into solving it. Once I realised how long it was going to take it was too late to back out! My wife is thrilled that I’ve finished it - mainly because it means she’ll have me back again! As she is someone who hasn’t the slightest interest in any of this it’s difficult to convey to her (or anyone else, really) what it is I’m doing or why. And if I can’t even explain how the 4d cube works to her I haven’t got much hope with the 7d one. It didn’t quite take me 507 hours. I’d estimate that I spent about 5 hours on it per day, so roughly 120 hours altogether. I can’t really justify spending all that time on it, but I’m safe in the knowledge that I’ll never attempt anything that ludicrous again! Thanks again to Andrey for the program and to everyone else who has contributed. It’s an interesting group to be part of and there are some very intelligent people here.
Craig To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
From: damjan.zagorec@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:48:02 +0000
Subject: Re: [MC4D] New solve of 3^7 !
http://wiki.superliminal.com/wiki/MC4D_Records
— In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, "damjan.zagorec" wrote:
>
> Congratulations, Craig!
>
> Yeah, I solved 7^4 on 14th October 2012 with 18604 twists.
>
> Damjan Zagorec
>
> — In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, "Andrey" wrote:
> >
> > Now we have:
> > 4 solutions of 3^7
> > 4 solutions of 3^6
> > 1 solution of 4^6
> > 7 solutions of 120-cell
> > and 1 solution of simplified 600-cell :)
> >
> > I remember about solution of 6^4, and what about 7^4? There was something about it…
> >
> >
> >
> > — In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, Melinda Green wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh good lord, WHY? Seriously, I’m now to the point that I never assume
> > > what solutions will never be achieved. I was so certain that there would
> > > never be more than one solution of the 120 Cell but I was very wrong. If
> > > a mountain can be climbed then someone will do it. Even if it CAN’T be
> > > climbed, someone will do it anyway.
> > >
> > > I like how you started January 1 and finished in the same month. I am
> > > very impressed. I just wish I could listen to you try to explain to
> > > non-puzzlers what you did and why!
> > >
> > > You are probably dreaming in 7 dimension at this point. I hope that you
> > > take a nice break and enjoy the satisfaction of your feat. Then please
> > > come back and try some of the other incredible puzzles that puzzle
> > > makers here have created to tempt you.
> > >
> > > Congratulations, Craig!
> > > -Melinda
> > >
> > > On 1/24/2013 9:03 PM, Andrey wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I’ve just got a letter from Craig Durward about a new solve of 3^7. It took 233099 twists and 507 hours by timer :) (actually, 24 days, started January 1st)
> > > > Congratulations, Craig!
> > >
> >
>