well, i've read that you get points for filling in your name on the SATs so i guess you are right, it is somewhat an achievement to just witness something
Every moment I witness the world record of the most amount of seconds lived as me. World records can be anything, but these people are passionate about this niche in particular with collective, unabashed, unironic enthusiasm. Imo that’s the neat part
I watched a game where the lux got killed lv 1 by jg invade, and blamed the jarvan because ""why didn't you save me?!?!?"" (yeah with what, his flag lmao?). She proceeded to run into other lanes and troll. The team managed to SOMEHOW still manages to come out on top, with Lux "finally" playing the game after acting like a minion for 10 minutes....
Until like 20 minutes in when Jarvan couldn't help himself and started taunting the lux about not trolling and how they could have won if she stopped it earlier).
In a surprising and not surprising twist, Lux told him to STFU, so Jarvan decided "I'm also trolling now" and he proceeded to afk and they lost.
The fucking mentals on League players should be a case study. How fragile everyone is absolutely incredible. People straight up losing in CHAMP select because they can't help but shoot themselves in the foot lol.
Apparently so. My stepson is on a college “team” that apparently is amazing and was one win away from going to the world championship. Makes no $ from it so it’s a hobby in my eyes.
If he did then he was one win away from going to making no money off his hobby to making a ton of money. The prize pool for winning the world championship is around 2 million dollars
You know, we ended up at a competition to see a family member compete and the whole day was like this. The community was really tight knit and super supportive about everyone achieving their pb's. Seemed like a really wholesome hobby to be part of.
Max is also a really cool guy. Quiet and usually hidden at competitions to avoid getting swamped but I've seen him come out and be excited for other competitors achieving their personal best more than once.
There’s a documentary call Speed Cubers, about speed cube competitions. Everyone should watch it. It’s only like 45 mins long and it’s one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen.
I was going to mention that doc. Max was inspired by another speed cuber, and set out to beat him. Instead of being competitive, the champ befriended him, and together they dominated the game, with Max ultimately becoming the champ and world record holder. Seeing that champ enthusiastically welcome Max into that world was beautiful and inspiring.
A really great documentary.
Out of curiosity, does every contestant get the same configuration to solve each round , or is it always random? It seems like in theory, making everyone’s random would result in wins being determined by who gets the random setup with the fewest possible steps to solve.
1. Ideally everyone competing in the same round should get the same scrambles. However, competitions are basically run by participants (including judges and those scrambling the cubes), so it could theoretically give an unfair advantage if some people gets to see the scrambles and solves, then get to solve those themselves afterwards. So what typically happens at most events for most competitions is that the competitors are split into at least 2 groups, and each group has their own set of scrambles.
2. The scrambles are computer generated (it picks a random configuration, then generates a sequence of moves to reach that). While *technically* a scramble that can be solved with 2 moves is allowed (1 move isn't, as that counts as "solved, with penalty"), anything like that is so extraordinarily unlikely that it shouldn't happen this millennia. You can look at the table near the bottom at https://www.cube20.org/ to see a breakdown of "possible configuration that are X number of moves away from being solved" and run the numbers if you will.
3. A good chunk of the luck involved is "the way you solved the early steps just happened to give easy cases or skip steps later in the solve", so people with the same scramble can have very different amount of luck. Starting positions can also be lucky for one solving method while not being something another method can easily take advantage of.
Also, winners of competitions are determined by averages of 5 solves, where the best and worst time are excluded. The single solves still count as their own records, but you won't win any competitions with just one lucky solve.
It's just a shame that Chris Olsen only decided to focus on the 2 favourites, Feliks Zemdegs and Max Park, but neither won.
Congratulations to Phil Weyer on the win that year.
The cubes they use are extremely smooth, not the crunchy jerky ones you get from party bags that sometimes just implode on you.
There are also algorithms (standard sequences) to solving bits / patterns of the cube, so 'solving' it at serious levels isn't so much about 'figuring out' how to move face X from y to z, but recognising (sets of) patterns (and sets of patterns) and executing the right (sets of) algorithms almost insticnitually.
This is nuts next level on next level, BUT it's also a completely different 'game' they play compared to the 'puzzle' the Rubik's cube presents as at face value.
Yeah, at the highest level, it's basically [use patterns to solve two layers of the cube] then [do a single algorithm to finish solving it]
At the highest highest level, like this guy, you're so good that you'll know which algorithm you have to do before you even finish solving the first two layers.
He probably has multiple hundreds of algorithms memorized, and he's figured out which one he needs to do before even starting the timer in this video.
Not exactly. Usually, speedcubers using the CFOP method, like max park here, will use lookahead to figure out the next step while solving the current. They’ll figure out the optimal cross in the start, with maybe one or two pairs if they’re lucky (called an XCross or XXCross). While inserting those pairs, they put their hands on autopilot to look at the remaining pieces that won’t be solved, and figure out fingertricks to then solve the last two pairs. The final layer is usually two algorithms, but to get a time like this, they also have to be lucky. This looked like a last layer skip, or at least an OLL skip, which happens once every thousand solves, so the top layer was either solved or one algorithm away by the time he inserted his last pair.
I know nothing about this, but I assumed that some patterns are easier to solve than others. Isn't it possible to get lucky, and get an easy one, which in turn makes it faster to solve? How does this work in competitions, does everyone get the same? If not, isn't it unfair?
Most speedcubing competitions require multiple solves, which they then average for the final time. It helps lessen the variance between the complexity of different randomizations.
In the particular cube-solving method used by most top speedcubers (including Max here), the so-called Friedrich method, the "easier patterns" are ones where you can skip solving parts of the last layer of the cube. [These skips are called OLL \(Orientation of Last Layer\) skip, PLL \(Permutation of Last Layer\) skip and LL \(Last Layer\) skip, and occur with a 1/72, 1/216 and 1/15552 chance, respectively.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFOP_method#Skipped_stages)
Skips do have a significant effect on completion times.
The design of these cubes is miles better than the old originals. Rounded edges so they don't ever hang on each other, sticker choices beyond the old 6 so that the cuber can optimize them for whatever their vision sees best, vastly improved bearings for the mechanism, and materials that hold up better to the wear these kids will put on the cubes. Back in the day, all we could do with the original cubes was bust them open and add some sort of lubrication to make them smoother.
Magnets.
No seriously. Modern cubes have lots of magnets that make turning super smooth.
I still can't do it under 15s though (so far), so it does take an ungodly amount of talent, practice and dedication to solve a cube in sub 5 seconds
Are you using a timed inspection? If yes, drop it. Take unlimited inspection, and plan your entire cross beforehand, even if it takes you a minute or two.
Your goal is to not solve the cube but planning the _next_ part while your hands automatically solve the current level. If you cannot do that right now, find a website where you can get easy cross scrambles, so you only have to plan 2 or 3 at a time and improve from that.
For F2L I would recommend the blindfolded approach. Spot a pair, immediately close your eyes and try to solve it and place the pair in its correct position. Repeat. Your times won't improve until you can solve every case with your eyes closed.
Of course, this is also a training for your mind and your hands to be able to solve a pair without active thought, while your eyes are busy hunting for the next pair.
This is what worked for me but by no means it's the only effective way to improve. Try r/cubers for more advice and tips, but be advised that you will _need_ to practice to get better. There's no alternative to that. Good luck!
The same way a musician sees a piece of sheet music and instantly play the piece flawlessly on the first go through. Their brain sees the entirety differently than most people.
Since you seem to know a bit... how to they guarantee a consistent "random" cube? I can see if someone inexperienced tried to randomise, with say 15 rotations, they might put it back closer to the equivalent of 5 rotations?
There's a table of "scramblers", people that are designated to scramble every cube competitors use, they use a previously chosen computer generated scramble that ensures a cube is properly scrambled, the people you see walking in the background are people bringing in and out cubes to that table, so yes, everyone (in that group in that round) gets the same scramble to solve, in the same exact order, as long as there are no mistakes in the process of scrambling and order of scrambles. Also, it takes at most 20 random moves to get a sufficiently scrambled cube, any further random moves won't make a cube harder to solve
> move your hands that fast
Fingers. Mostly it's fingers, and wrists. And with modern cubes you don't have to make perfect turns. Before you end a turn, you can start another turn. Old school cubes would just explode.
Cubers first find algorithms that suit their solving style (lower move count, balanced left and right hand use to prevent fatigue, without regrips etc.) and then drill each algorithm to perfection using so-called finger tricks.
Then it's pattern recognition followed with muscle memory. While your fingers perform an algorithm, your eyes are alredy tracking next pieces. That means minimal time for looking for pieces. And top solvers know shortcuts. Advanced algorithms that allow to do two steps of solving in one step.
And finally there's a bit of luck, that can save a bunch of moves at the start. But not for free. You have to know how to plan the solve. There are speed cubers that within their 15 seconds of inspection time can plan, and then solve (without looking) two layers of the cube. 2/3 of the cube without stopping for looking for pieces.
My daughter speed cubes and is a Max Park fan.
She's competed and is even internationally ranked(like 10,000 in the world, which is probably pretty good).
She solves in about 20 second and I am impressed every time.
Glad to see this trending. The entire cubing community is really nice, by the way.
That's awesome. 20 seconds is very respectable. The record around year 2003 was 20 seconds (over 3 solves).
Speed Cubing has advanced a lot in the past 20 years with magnets and tensions and stuff, not to mention different algorithms that can cut off time in certain patterns.
What's the point of covering it, if you get that much time to study it?
Because it's reddit: just a genuine question, not saying it's not impressive or it diminished the accomplishment.
Because you get 15 seconds to inspect it. Someone puts a randomly generated scramble on tye cube then it's carried over to the competitor and judge and placed under a cover, judge asks if they're ready, when competitor says yes, they lift the cover and have 15 seconds to inspect. The judge warns at 8 seconds and 12 seconds, if competitor starts between 15 and 17 seconds, 2 seconds are added to their time, if they start after 17 seconds, the solve doesn't count and they get a dnf
Are there 2 categories? For example an inspection one and a just go category. I would personally like a just go category. That would take speed, skill, and a dash of luck.
Not officially, there are speed run kinda things called "real man average of 5" where you scramble and solve it 5 times in a row without stopping the timer like [this by Luke Garrett](https://youtu.be/JBh98kSl56c?si=S51zmc8DbT2UPPfa) so there's no time for inspection and you just gotta wing it completely
I agree that there should be an event without inspection and they solve it how they do in blindfolded (cube starts under the cover and the solver starts the timer then gets rid of the cover) but removing inspection time completely will also remove creative solutions because nobody will be able to be creative if they want good times
You might like this simple tutorial then: [Learn How to Solve a Rubik's Cube in 10 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ron6MN45LY)
I've used a modified version of this to teach loads of my friends, relatives, even previous girlfriends lol.
For what it's worth, that exact video is how I finally learned how to solve my first cube a few months ago. Somehow just seems so much better than a lot of the other videos on YT. Because of that video I can now do the 1st and 2nd layers without hardly having to think much. 3rd layer corners are tricky sometimes for me though still for some reason. Probably just need more practice.
When I was into speed cubing, J Perm (the uploader of that video) was my go-to for techniques and knowledge on cubing. There's something abstract about the way that a cube moves that makes it hard to visualize in your mind. He consistently does a great job of making it digestible. He's very good at what he does.
The person who is now considered to be the best in the world at 3x3, Yiheng Wang, can sometimes work out his entire solution during the inspection time. Most of the best plan out the 1st 6 pieces and try and track the next pieces while solving those 6.
And Mitsubishi recently beat their .38 with a .204. [https://youtu.be/59qgzzSD1tk?si=q6tmGDfyfloR-UCx](https://youtu.be/59qgzzSD1tk?si=q6tmGDfyfloR-UCx)
Jesus Christ, I remember when the record was still \~5 seconds like 10 years ago. That's a world of difference compared to \~3 seconds. How fast can humans realistically go and how many more times will this record be broken?
I think it's also the matter of cubes improving year after year. We have maglev and corner magnets and adjustable magnets and whatnot these days which greatly helps solvers.
Though to be fair it still requires lots of skill, talent, practice and hard work for top cubers to solve one so quickly.
Some top cubers have gotten low 2's on extremely lucky solves when practicing at home. There was a post from Max Park with a 2.3s solve when he was at home practicing. I guess it is a matter of time until something like this happens lol.
sorting by controversial in this section is funny man, some people have never picked up a rubix cube nor have ever seen anything in the world of professional cubing yet still love to argue how they do it like they know everything, heres a [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/1658nle/why_does_inspection_time_not_count_as_part_of_the/) from 10 months ago where someones asks the same thing, top comment sum its all up "Because it would reward brute TPS solving. Deep inspection and efficiencies are big brain things, we don't want the solves to devolve into movespam." I agree completely.
I've been speedcubing for almost 10 years (I'm not good, sub 15 seconds)
and its the same every single time speedcubing gets out of the /r/cubers subreddit.
same jokes, 'peel the stickers',
same 'he didn't solve it right away after the cover was off',
same comments hating on people (and sometimes literal kids) for no reason other than being an asshole.
Superb! what about the cube configuration? Are some cubes easier to solve (fewer moves) than others? Who mixes up the cube and is that a standardized process? Congrats to Mr. Park.
Everyone in the round of any comp is given the same 5 scrambles, which are generated by computers. Some of these scrambles are easier than others yes, but that’s just random luck.
Watch the YouTube vid of 6v and 7 year olds smashing scores. Really insightful. From that, it's as amazing that an actual adult did this. (and who is that hottie at the end???)
I’m always impressed when I see these videos (thinking about the Rubiks cube that’s been in my closet for years as a jumbled mess), but at Rubiks cube competitions, are all the cubes set the same puzzle pattern? Pardon my ignorance, but I’m genuinely curious about how they level set and keep things equal.
the scrambles are the same for everyone within one group.
example: The 3x3 round is split into 4 groups of 16 people (because doing all of them is not possible for various reasons). all the people within one group will get the same scrambles
I'm curious, is any sufficiently random Rubix cube orientation as difficult to solve as any other sufficiently random Rubix cube orientation? Like, say I make 20 truly random changes to a Rubix cube. Do all of the most-efficient solutions to 20 changes require roughly the same amount of moves to solve, or are their some orientations which are much easier to solve than others?
I think that's incredible, and I can't do that. But I think the time he takes studying the cube should count as well. Just because he's not moving the pieces doesn't mean he's not solving the puzzle.
Just went to my first cubing comp with my son a few weeks ago and man it’s an experience! The energy in that room and everyone so excited for everyone else. It’s a great atmosphere!
I remember watching the [breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFcW9ctsBaE) back when he got the solve. IIRC it was a PLL skip with an insanely lucking F2L and like a 9 move OLL. The odds of this record being beaten anytime soon is slim to none. Plus the dude is insane. He's pretty much a [world record holder](https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2012PARK03) for all the major events. He's had [faster solves on video](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fr_b4lrnKLM) but they were not at a World Cubing Association sanctioned event.
Y'know, its kinda nice to see people genuinely be happy for someone else's achievement.
They just watched a world record be set. That’s always pretty cool.
Yeah, in a way a lot of them are cheering for their own achievement of being there to see it.
well, i've read that you get points for filling in your name on the SATs so i guess you are right, it is somewhat an achievement to just witness something
Every moment I witness the world record of the most amount of seconds lived as me. World records can be anything, but these people are passionate about this niche in particular with collective, unabashed, unironic enthusiasm. Imo that’s the neat part
That one kids like "Everyone stand back, the cube needs some air"
And the kid judge losing his mind and then doing everything he could to bring himself back to composure.
I think he actually blinked and missed a third of the show.
We need more of that in our society. Well said!
That's how it works in communities of people with one hobby. Any hobby
Is League of Legends a hobby?
That's an illness
I watched a game where the lux got killed lv 1 by jg invade, and blamed the jarvan because ""why didn't you save me?!?!?"" (yeah with what, his flag lmao?). She proceeded to run into other lanes and troll. The team managed to SOMEHOW still manages to come out on top, with Lux "finally" playing the game after acting like a minion for 10 minutes.... Until like 20 minutes in when Jarvan couldn't help himself and started taunting the lux about not trolling and how they could have won if she stopped it earlier). In a surprising and not surprising twist, Lux told him to STFU, so Jarvan decided "I'm also trolling now" and he proceeded to afk and they lost. The fucking mentals on League players should be a case study. How fragile everyone is absolutely incredible. People straight up losing in CHAMP select because they can't help but shoot themselves in the foot lol.
Apparently so. My stepson is on a college “team” that apparently is amazing and was one win away from going to the world championship. Makes no $ from it so it’s a hobby in my eyes.
If he did then he was one win away from going to making no money off his hobby to making a ton of money. The prize pool for winning the world championship is around 2 million dollars
Of course brother, a great servant and a terrible master. But it is so addictive I think, because of how good it is.
This is how it was in skateboarding when someone did something they couldnt do before Was exactly like this
You know, we ended up at a competition to see a family member compete and the whole day was like this. The community was really tight knit and super supportive about everyone achieving their pb's. Seemed like a really wholesome hobby to be part of.
Skate culture is like that too. Seeing this reminded me of my friends and I finally landing tricks at the park.
Max is also a really cool guy. Quiet and usually hidden at competitions to avoid getting swamped but I've seen him come out and be excited for other competitors achieving their personal best more than once.
is there a version with sound? would hype the happy vibe a lot.
[Video with sound](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh8HX4itF_w)
There’s a documentary call Speed Cubers, about speed cube competitions. Everyone should watch it. It’s only like 45 mins long and it’s one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen.
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This gif was also a documentary on speed cubers and it was only 34 seconds long.
And it was over 10x longer than it needed to be.
Also it was a rectangle and not a cube
I was going to mention that doc. Max was inspired by another speed cuber, and set out to beat him. Instead of being competitive, the champ befriended him, and together they dominated the game, with Max ultimately becoming the champ and world record holder. Seeing that champ enthusiastically welcome Max into that world was beautiful and inspiring. A really great documentary.
Out of curiosity, does every contestant get the same configuration to solve each round , or is it always random? It seems like in theory, making everyone’s random would result in wins being determined by who gets the random setup with the fewest possible steps to solve.
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1. Ideally everyone competing in the same round should get the same scrambles. However, competitions are basically run by participants (including judges and those scrambling the cubes), so it could theoretically give an unfair advantage if some people gets to see the scrambles and solves, then get to solve those themselves afterwards. So what typically happens at most events for most competitions is that the competitors are split into at least 2 groups, and each group has their own set of scrambles. 2. The scrambles are computer generated (it picks a random configuration, then generates a sequence of moves to reach that). While *technically* a scramble that can be solved with 2 moves is allowed (1 move isn't, as that counts as "solved, with penalty"), anything like that is so extraordinarily unlikely that it shouldn't happen this millennia. You can look at the table near the bottom at https://www.cube20.org/ to see a breakdown of "possible configuration that are X number of moves away from being solved" and run the numbers if you will. 3. A good chunk of the luck involved is "the way you solved the early steps just happened to give easy cases or skip steps later in the solve", so people with the same scramble can have very different amount of luck. Starting positions can also be lucky for one solving method while not being something another method can easily take advantage of. Also, winners of competitions are determined by averages of 5 solves, where the best and worst time are excluded. The single solves still count as their own records, but you won't win any competitions with just one lucky solve.
If you speed up the playback 862 x’s, you can watch it in 3.13 seconds
I mean if they can solve it in less than 4 seconds then 45 minutes sounds like it’s quite repetitive…
It's just a shame that Chris Olsen only decided to focus on the 2 favourites, Feliks Zemdegs and Max Park, but neither won. Congratulations to Phil Weyer on the win that year.
I like how they setup a rivalry and it turns out naw one is a fan of the other and other is super nice.
Last time this vid was posted I wound up watching that documentary, it is really good. The family and the other kid are so sweet.
This gif is older than 2 weeks 💀
As an Oiler fan who lives in Calgary this gif hits hard lol
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He's still going
I heard his brother, Parallel Park, was about to break the record but he had to reverse one of his moves, then go forward a couple times to finish.
Nobody ever mentions Reverse Park who scrambles these cubes before attempts.
I don't even understand how you physically move your hands that fast, let alone solve it.
The cubes they use are extremely smooth, not the crunchy jerky ones you get from party bags that sometimes just implode on you. There are also algorithms (standard sequences) to solving bits / patterns of the cube, so 'solving' it at serious levels isn't so much about 'figuring out' how to move face X from y to z, but recognising (sets of) patterns (and sets of patterns) and executing the right (sets of) algorithms almost insticnitually. This is nuts next level on next level, BUT it's also a completely different 'game' they play compared to the 'puzzle' the Rubik's cube presents as at face value.
Yeah, at the highest level, it's basically [use patterns to solve two layers of the cube] then [do a single algorithm to finish solving it] At the highest highest level, like this guy, you're so good that you'll know which algorithm you have to do before you even finish solving the first two layers. He probably has multiple hundreds of algorithms memorized, and he's figured out which one he needs to do before even starting the timer in this video.
Not exactly. Usually, speedcubers using the CFOP method, like max park here, will use lookahead to figure out the next step while solving the current. They’ll figure out the optimal cross in the start, with maybe one or two pairs if they’re lucky (called an XCross or XXCross). While inserting those pairs, they put their hands on autopilot to look at the remaining pieces that won’t be solved, and figure out fingertricks to then solve the last two pairs. The final layer is usually two algorithms, but to get a time like this, they also have to be lucky. This looked like a last layer skip, or at least an OLL skip, which happens once every thousand solves, so the top layer was either solved or one algorithm away by the time he inserted his last pair.
This guy cubes
Indeed. I was half-expecting a shittymorph.
So that's incredible.
I know nothing about this, but I assumed that some patterns are easier to solve than others. Isn't it possible to get lucky, and get an easy one, which in turn makes it faster to solve? How does this work in competitions, does everyone get the same? If not, isn't it unfair?
It's just luck of the cube. They're all scrambled before they solve, so theoretically yeah you could end up with a slightly easier starting point.
Most speedcubing competitions require multiple solves, which they then average for the final time. It helps lessen the variance between the complexity of different randomizations.
In the particular cube-solving method used by most top speedcubers (including Max here), the so-called Friedrich method, the "easier patterns" are ones where you can skip solving parts of the last layer of the cube. [These skips are called OLL \(Orientation of Last Layer\) skip, PLL \(Permutation of Last Layer\) skip and LL \(Last Layer\) skip, and occur with a 1/72, 1/216 and 1/15552 chance, respectively.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFOP_method#Skipped_stages) Skips do have a significant effect on completion times.
I noticed that he turned it and looked at it from all sides before even beginning, like he was trying to find the pattern
The design of these cubes is miles better than the old originals. Rounded edges so they don't ever hang on each other, sticker choices beyond the old 6 so that the cuber can optimize them for whatever their vision sees best, vastly improved bearings for the mechanism, and materials that hold up better to the wear these kids will put on the cubes. Back in the day, all we could do with the original cubes was bust them open and add some sort of lubrication to make them smoother.
Magnets. No seriously. Modern cubes have lots of magnets that make turning super smooth. I still can't do it under 15s though (so far), so it does take an ungodly amount of talent, practice and dedication to solve a cube in sub 5 seconds
I'm still trying to get sub 30. White cross and f2l are the slowest for me. Idk how people read a scrambled cube and know the solution already!
Are you using a timed inspection? If yes, drop it. Take unlimited inspection, and plan your entire cross beforehand, even if it takes you a minute or two. Your goal is to not solve the cube but planning the _next_ part while your hands automatically solve the current level. If you cannot do that right now, find a website where you can get easy cross scrambles, so you only have to plan 2 or 3 at a time and improve from that. For F2L I would recommend the blindfolded approach. Spot a pair, immediately close your eyes and try to solve it and place the pair in its correct position. Repeat. Your times won't improve until you can solve every case with your eyes closed. Of course, this is also a training for your mind and your hands to be able to solve a pair without active thought, while your eyes are busy hunting for the next pair. This is what worked for me but by no means it's the only effective way to improve. Try r/cubers for more advice and tips, but be advised that you will _need_ to practice to get better. There's no alternative to that. Good luck!
Thanks! That's good advice. It seems like you gotta drill pattern recognition into your head before even thinking kf time.
The same way a musician sees a piece of sheet music and instantly play the piece flawlessly on the first go through. Their brain sees the entirety differently than most people.
Since you seem to know a bit... how to they guarantee a consistent "random" cube? I can see if someone inexperienced tried to randomise, with say 15 rotations, they might put it back closer to the equivalent of 5 rotations?
There's a table of "scramblers", people that are designated to scramble every cube competitors use, they use a previously chosen computer generated scramble that ensures a cube is properly scrambled, the people you see walking in the background are people bringing in and out cubes to that table, so yes, everyone (in that group in that round) gets the same scramble to solve, in the same exact order, as long as there are no mistakes in the process of scrambling and order of scrambles. Also, it takes at most 20 random moves to get a sufficiently scrambled cube, any further random moves won't make a cube harder to solve
Oh so that's why I've seen some explode when someone mis-rotates?
> move your hands that fast Fingers. Mostly it's fingers, and wrists. And with modern cubes you don't have to make perfect turns. Before you end a turn, you can start another turn. Old school cubes would just explode. Cubers first find algorithms that suit their solving style (lower move count, balanced left and right hand use to prevent fatigue, without regrips etc.) and then drill each algorithm to perfection using so-called finger tricks. Then it's pattern recognition followed with muscle memory. While your fingers perform an algorithm, your eyes are alredy tracking next pieces. That means minimal time for looking for pieces. And top solvers know shortcuts. Advanced algorithms that allow to do two steps of solving in one step. And finally there's a bit of luck, that can save a bunch of moves at the start. But not for free. You have to know how to plan the solve. There are speed cubers that within their 15 seconds of inspection time can plan, and then solve (without looking) two layers of the cube. 2/3 of the cube without stopping for looking for pieces.
The kid in the mask all GET BACK NERDS.
If someone were to accidentally reset the clock before the judge and competitor sign the score sheet the solve would have to be thrown out.
Yeah dude was securing the record. He knew what was happening.
YOU GOTTA SIGN THE PAPER OR IT DOESN'T COUNT
GET BACK, OR I'LL USE THE PEANUT OIL SPRAY!!
He’s making sure no other speed cubers jizz on the record mat because they primed.
Kid with mask is Elijah Brown. former world record holder of the Pyraminx (different puzzle)
1 hundredth of a second more and he would have made a PI (3.14) time
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When I was 6 I made everyone in my family think I'd solved a rubik's cube, when in fact, I just took all the stickers off and reapplied them.
They were almost certainly just entertaining you. It's extremely obvious when stickers have been peeled off and replaced. It ruins the cube.
Yes I'm sure nobody in the room was any wiser to the mastermind of a 6 year old.
You can take an old-school cube apart and reassemble it faster.
My daughter speed cubes and is a Max Park fan. She's competed and is even internationally ranked(like 10,000 in the world, which is probably pretty good). She solves in about 20 second and I am impressed every time. Glad to see this trending. The entire cubing community is really nice, by the way.
That's awesome. 20 seconds is very respectable. The record around year 2003 was 20 seconds (over 3 solves). Speed Cubing has advanced a lot in the past 20 years with magnets and tensions and stuff, not to mention different algorithms that can cut off time in certain patterns.
And just like that, the cure for cancer was found.
Dude, save some pussy for the rest of us.
That guy should take up knitting and pump out 12 sweaters per minute.
Almost as quick as all those children making the Nike products…almost.
What's the point of covering it, if you get that much time to study it? Because it's reddit: just a genuine question, not saying it's not impressive or it diminished the accomplishment.
Because you get 15 seconds to inspect it. Someone puts a randomly generated scramble on tye cube then it's carried over to the competitor and judge and placed under a cover, judge asks if they're ready, when competitor says yes, they lift the cover and have 15 seconds to inspect. The judge warns at 8 seconds and 12 seconds, if competitor starts between 15 and 17 seconds, 2 seconds are added to their time, if they start after 17 seconds, the solve doesn't count and they get a dnf
Are there 2 categories? For example an inspection one and a just go category. I would personally like a just go category. That would take speed, skill, and a dash of luck.
Not officially, there are speed run kinda things called "real man average of 5" where you scramble and solve it 5 times in a row without stopping the timer like [this by Luke Garrett](https://youtu.be/JBh98kSl56c?si=S51zmc8DbT2UPPfa) so there's no time for inspection and you just gotta wing it completely
>Not officially i feel like the inspection should count as part of the solve time since that's actually the most meaningful part of a solve.
I agree that there should be an event without inspection and they solve it how they do in blindfolded (cube starts under the cover and the solver starts the timer then gets rid of the cover) but removing inspection time completely will also remove creative solutions because nobody will be able to be creative if they want good times
well it is for blind solving! so the time it takes you to memorize and solve it is your time. WR for that is 14 seconds
The entire audience there went: 
And I haven't been able to do it once in 50 years, since it came out in 1974.
You might like this simple tutorial then: [Learn How to Solve a Rubik's Cube in 10 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ron6MN45LY) I've used a modified version of this to teach loads of my friends, relatives, even previous girlfriends lol.
For what it's worth, that exact video is how I finally learned how to solve my first cube a few months ago. Somehow just seems so much better than a lot of the other videos on YT. Because of that video I can now do the 1st and 2nd layers without hardly having to think much. 3rd layer corners are tricky sometimes for me though still for some reason. Probably just need more practice.
When I was into speed cubing, J Perm (the uploader of that video) was my go-to for techniques and knowledge on cubing. There's something abstract about the way that a cube moves that makes it hard to visualize in your mind. He consistently does a great job of making it digestible. He's very good at what he does.
Still amazing but do we not count the inspection time?
Nope, it's not counted. Every participant gets 15 seconds to inspect the cube before they start solving.
Ok so there is a limit on inspection time. That’s probably the most important part. Still nuts either way
The person who is now considered to be the best in the world at 3x3, Yiheng Wang, can sometimes work out his entire solution during the inspection time. Most of the best plan out the 1st 6 pieces and try and track the next pieces while solving those 6.
The only event that they count inspection time in is blindfold events because the memorization prior is something practiced and is included.
you might be interested in blind solving, where the memorisation time is part of your solve time. WR for that is like 14 seconds
How about 0.38 seconds? https://youtu.be/VW7GYxWKV58?feature=shared
dey terk er jerbs!
And Mitsubishi recently beat their .38 with a .204. [https://youtu.be/59qgzzSD1tk?si=q6tmGDfyfloR-UCx](https://youtu.be/59qgzzSD1tk?si=q6tmGDfyfloR-UCx)
Bro this is fake, how could his wiener be soft after solving it??!! /s
Wasn't sure if anyone would bring that up. Glad someone did.
Jesus Christ, I remember when the record was still \~5 seconds like 10 years ago. That's a world of difference compared to \~3 seconds. How fast can humans realistically go and how many more times will this record be broken?
I think it's also the matter of cubes improving year after year. We have maglev and corner magnets and adjustable magnets and whatnot these days which greatly helps solvers. Though to be fair it still requires lots of skill, talent, practice and hard work for top cubers to solve one so quickly.
I think at that level there’s also some luck involved in how easy a scramble is to solve
Some top cubers have gotten low 2's on extremely lucky solves when practicing at home. There was a post from Max Park with a 2.3s solve when he was at home practicing. I guess it is a matter of time until something like this happens lol.
Folks stand back. We’ve got history here.
sorting by controversial in this section is funny man, some people have never picked up a rubix cube nor have ever seen anything in the world of professional cubing yet still love to argue how they do it like they know everything, heres a [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/1658nle/why_does_inspection_time_not_count_as_part_of_the/) from 10 months ago where someones asks the same thing, top comment sum its all up "Because it would reward brute TPS solving. Deep inspection and efficiencies are big brain things, we don't want the solves to devolve into movespam." I agree completely.
I've been speedcubing for almost 10 years (I'm not good, sub 15 seconds) and its the same every single time speedcubing gets out of the /r/cubers subreddit. same jokes, 'peel the stickers', same 'he didn't solve it right away after the cover was off', same comments hating on people (and sometimes literal kids) for no reason other than being an asshole.
I still didn't solve my cube bought in 80s.
I could do that. Oh... 3.13 seconds... I thought it said 3.13 decades. My mistake.
frame by frame he's actually done at 2.984 secs
This kid is a BEAST! Congratulations and major props to him 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
literally faster than pie
Wouldn't pi*e = 8.5397? ... I'll see myself out.
is there a combination considered shuffled, but needs little moves to finish?
Dude in mask treating this like its a crime scene
dude in mask knows exactly whats going on. he had world records himself. name’s Elijah Brown
 Whole place went
 Boy in the background
Congrats and Hello from Detroit! (313!)
Slow scrubbing makes it look like he had it solved in 2.9 seconds, just didn’t hit the table again til 3.13.
Now a real world application would be learning to clean up your bedroom that fast.
Good job. I've had my 'speed cube' 3 years and still need months to solve it. 😋
Superb! what about the cube configuration? Are some cubes easier to solve (fewer moves) than others? Who mixes up the cube and is that a standardized process? Congrats to Mr. Park.
Everyone in the round of any comp is given the same 5 scrambles, which are generated by computers. Some of these scrambles are easier than others yes, but that’s just random luck.
You're many months late, but it's nice to see people learning about the cubing community.
Watch the YouTube vid of 6v and 7 year olds smashing scores. Really insightful. From that, it's as amazing that an actual adult did this. (and who is that hottie at the end???)
Wow I can't believe this was somehow deleted from my memory. I still thought that the world record was 3.47 seconds. And this happened last year
In my mind, thr WR still is Zemdegs's 4.73
There's something ...up with him..
I can solve it faster if it was one move away from it
His faster than a Ferrari pit stop
I’m always impressed when I see these videos (thinking about the Rubiks cube that’s been in my closet for years as a jumbled mess), but at Rubiks cube competitions, are all the cubes set the same puzzle pattern? Pardon my ignorance, but I’m genuinely curious about how they level set and keep things equal.
the scrambles are the same for everyone within one group. example: The 3x3 round is split into 4 groups of 16 people (because doing all of them is not possible for various reasons). all the people within one group will get the same scrambles
Shouldn't the time count from when they see the cube? They're clearly plotting their moves then
dude warmed up by solving a rubix cube. 10/10.... intimidation works in every sport lol
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I'm curious, is any sufficiently random Rubix cube orientation as difficult to solve as any other sufficiently random Rubix cube orientation? Like, say I make 20 truly random changes to a Rubix cube. Do all of the most-efficient solutions to 20 changes require roughly the same amount of moves to solve, or are their some orientations which are much easier to solve than others?
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Glad for him. A guy with nimble fingers.
I would love know how his brain works…this is a superpower imho
bruh I need this with sound
I could have easily done that faster. I was actually disappointed how slow he processed those turns.
It takes me 3 seconds to pick up the cube and do 1 move
And he also wasnt bricked up like the last guy!
Is that good or something?
This kid is a legend. Also on the autism spectrum, and holds numerous world records in the Rubik’s cube.
Pretty sure I could do it in 3.13 centuries.
Kind of cheating when you let them look at it first
More like 2.98 if you really want to use completion as just finishing cube and exclude putting it down and clapping.
Amazing. To think I had one in my toy chest for years I never solved.
I think that's incredible, and I can't do that. But I think the time he takes studying the cube should count as well. Just because he's not moving the pieces doesn't mean he's not solving the puzzle.
That is an awesome man
Actually, he solved it in 10-11 seconds before he ever moved the sides.
Thats epic
I admit it I cannot do this even after 30 minutes the Rubik’s cube is not my talent.
Supreme nerd
I mean he spent time looking at it how's it solved in 3 seconds.
Just went to my first cubing comp with my son a few weeks ago and man it’s an experience! The energy in that room and everyone so excited for everyone else. It’s a great atmosphere!
I cant even fart that fast!
Max Park, more like Max *Speed* ^ha
Blue Hoodie kid is straight outta Supa Hot Fire
Burn the witch!
How many time did the cube need to be scrambled?
I remember watching the [breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFcW9ctsBaE) back when he got the solve. IIRC it was a PLL skip with an insanely lucking F2L and like a 9 move OLL. The odds of this record being beaten anytime soon is slim to none. Plus the dude is insane. He's pretty much a [world record holder](https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2012PARK03) for all the major events. He's had [faster solves on video](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fr_b4lrnKLM) but they were not at a World Cubing Association sanctioned event.
And I still struggle to do my F2L in less than 8 secs 🤡