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Same issue. I'm on the latest version of Chrome (mac). Edit: Oops... just saw the reason why.
Mind sharing the reason?
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I would implore anyone who's thinking about playing with a Rubik's Cube to not read any of those "how to solve it quickly" things. It may have taken me a year of chipping away at it and my process is definitely suboptimal, but at least I have the satisfaction of having worked it out myself. Also, play with it! It's an incredibly simple but totally mind bending device.
I would encourage a hybrid approach if you are getting nowhere. There is a trick to finding solving patterns known as commutators. For instance, see http://w.astro.berkeley.edu/~converse/rubiks.php?id1=basics&... Once you learn the basic idea of the commutator, you can easily make up you own system. Essentially you select a part of the cube and make some specific change to it. For instance, you come up with a move se…
The way I attacked it (and suspect people naturally would) was a layer at a time. When you're doing that you try to preserve what you've already solved.
Once you have 2 layers sorted and you're trying to do that last one there's not much room to manoeuvre. I spent countless hours coming up with a combination that preserved my top 2 layers and following where each individual piece moved in the final layer. If nothing else, it's great for memory and spatial awareness.
If you want to get a cube to muck around with, don't frustrate yourself with something default - either pull apart and lubricate one of the standard ones, or pay a little bit more and get something used by at least keen amateurs. The cheap ones are pretty miserable to use. I have one of these and it's smooth: http://lubixcube.com/lubix_dayan_guhong_v1.html Bad Mephisto has already been linked elsewhere - he has some…
I highly recommend any cube from Dayan, but this is my favorite: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008U6V50U It's smooth as butter, and there are no stickers to cheat with.