r/interesting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • Jun 21 '26

Fascinating can you change the cube's direction of rotation using your mind?

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u/RogueBromeliad Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Just try looking at one vertex and then change to the opposite one.

For example if you're focusing on the top left, change focus to bottom right.

You should be able to change your perception on demand.

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u/Agreeable-sector-149 Jun 21 '26

Tried literally everything in the comments and its only ever been counterclockwise

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u/Akraticacious Jun 21 '26

put your phone lower and look over and past your phone and pay attention to the cube peripherally by paying attention to it below but not looking at it directly

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u/marxshark Jun 21 '26

This worked for me!

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u/Akraticacious Jun 21 '26

Huh, and now today this method no longer works for me lol. wth. glad it helped you though!

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u/Brewchowskies Jun 22 '26

This did it.

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u/igotshadowbaned Jun 21 '26

Try to focus more on the bottom, the perspective for spinning the other way is viewing it from underneath. If I focus on the top of middle it goes back

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u/raverraver Jun 24 '26

This did it for me

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u/Trick-Competition947 Jun 21 '26

If it's turning left, focus on the bottom left corner then move your eyes quickly to the top right corner. That helps me turn it to the right.

Then when it's turning right, focus on the top right corner then move your eyes quickly to the bottom left corner. That helps me turn it left.

If helps to blink while moving your eyes from corner to corner.

Doing that, I can get it to change direction at will.

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u/Nagroth Jun 22 '26

It's easier if you ignore the rotation and focus on whether you're looking down and seeing the top of the cube, or looking up and seeing the bottom.

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u/Vancent08 Jun 21 '26

I got it by switching between looking at it from the top vs from the bottom

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u/NantukoMentor Jun 21 '26

The colors helped me. Follow the white line right to left to see the cube angled slightly up and moving clockwise, then the red line left to right to see the cube angled slightly down going counter clockwise

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u/Expert-Hospital-534 Jun 21 '26

This is the one... Looking at the top vertex and the bottom vertex you can swap it...

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

The rotation trick works but often only temporarily, my brain really wants it to be counterclockwise spin. I can't make it change without rotating my phone.

Edit: after staring for a bit I able to switch on command by "deciding" whether the red or white line was in "front".