Cube Hunt - The End

I had written a post about my search for a perfect cube way back in January 2008. It's been two and a half years since then. I had forgotten all about cubing till only a few weeks back when the occurrence of some events made me look for something to do to get my mind off stuff.

Rummaging through all the junk that I tend to accumulate over time, even in the short span of six months at Bangalore, I came across my old cube. It was quite difficult to handle, and a few cubelets even came off when I rotated it. However, since I had completely forgotten how to solve it, I turned back and learnt the solution from scratch. I also remembered the post I had written on my blog.

Now, since I was in a new city, I began the search anew. There was a pretty huge toy shop near where I lived, so as soon as I got my first opportunity, I asked if they had a high quality Rubik's Cube. Much to my dismay (no surprises there...) if was out of stock here as well.

Now, I had a friend over from college, so while showing him around my area, I took him to the Forum, which has a huge store called Landmark. Describing Landmark would take an entire post in itself, so I'll just say that it is the largest general purpose store I have seen. Of course, the sections of my interest are books and music. It also has a toy section, so I took a chance and asked if they had Funskool Cubes in stock.

Thankfully (phew!!!) they did, and so I walked out of the store, a proud owner of a new cube, a cube that turned so easily and effortlessly that it was a charm to solve.

Thus ended the two years and a half long cube hunt!