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I had the same misconception about 3 months ago Message 23705: ----- Original Message ----- From: kovacic81 To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: [Speed cubing group] 42 Cube Marathon What are the rules for the 42 cube Marathon? Do you just add up solve times for 42 consecutive cubes? Do you preinspect? Someone in the WC1982 mov said something about a 42 cube marathon in 15 minutes. Thats 21.43sec/cube. Where did this category come from? And did 42 come from Douglas Adams' book? Jason "" So you're not the only one who thought that... :) I still like to think that the cube marathon is based on 42. A marathon is like 26 miles... What the hell is a kilometer anyway? just kidding.. That book is one of my favorites, and the movie's good too... They preserved the english accents from the original BCC shorts. Jason K PS How many people here know what a Ford Prefect is ? PPS isn't DEep Cube named after deep thought? -- In [email protected], sgowal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It worries me that someone would think that the 42 came from "the > hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"... I really hope that this was some > kind of joke! > > Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon. > > Thank you Gilles for bringing a little knowledge to the group. > > Sven > > > --- In [email protected], Gilles van den > Peereboom <gillesvdp@> wrote: > > > > yeah, there are 42 kilometers between Marathon and Athens. > > (go back to your history course to know why it's important) > > > > Gilles. > > > > > > 2006/2/12, bmcgaugh49 <bmcgaugh49@>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Sapan Upadhyay > > > <cubekid@> wrote: > > > > > > > > read the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. > > > > > > > > > > Nah, I think the 42 for the cube marathon came from the > > > runners marathon being about 42 kilometers...but I could be wrong ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
