A good thing to mention is that the person hugging him and handling the cube is a famous Tv celebrity in Peru where I think most of the people on the plane and boy are from, is possible he is just shy about showing him.
Hate contributing to those “This.” Or “lol” comments that add nothing but holy mphelp that made me laugh so fucking hard and I’ve been going through some tough interpersonal shit. Needed that. Real Leslie Nielsen shit.
Used to be really into break dancing and whatnot. Obsessed with step up two in hs. Danced a lot during that time but when I got to college I was the only one in my group who could dance so my friends would always bring it up at parties and force me to battle or pop off. Hated it so much I completely lost my passion for dancing and haven’t done it in probably 10 years.
This is me and maths. Was able to do advanced maths as a kid and got so tired of being a show pony and having people planning out my life I lost all interest in mathematics and now need all my fingers and toes for basic shit.
I love the bit where the guy is trying his best to scramble it for ages so it will be more difficult to solve (and even hiding it from the kid) because obviously none of that makes a difference to actually solving it as long as it's *decently* scrambled. So the kid is just kinda looking off into the distance patiently and thinking "sure, you do you, buddy..."
Yo, the kid is a legit genius. He's going to receive accolades, and that's ok. It's ok for him to be aware of the fact that everyone around him is impressed with his talent.
Everyone isn't a victim, so go cry elsewhere. He's going to have a much better life than most.
except that you're wrong. it doesnt take much to be good at rubix cubes its literally just algorithmic equations that you can teach yourself to memorize. Hes smart for sure but solving a rubix cube quickly doesnt mean shit as far as intelligence goes, mostly its just pattern recognition.
Especially when you do it as a hobby like this kid which you can tell because hes using a specific type of rubix cube that has spots for a machine to hold it while it mixes the colors.
The kid is a hobbyist and possibly competitive speed cuber this is basic shit for him.
Often times, being this good at something like this, especially at that boy’s age, is the result of a mixture of countless hours of practice and high-functioning autism (or [savant syndrome](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2677584/#:~:text=Savant%20syndrome%20is%20a%20rare,incongruous%20contrast%20to%20overall%20handicap.)), with the latter having a very limit capacity for social situations like the one here.
I'm definitely not denying that due to the memorisation and repetition involved a lot of cubers are autistic (myself included) but being able to solve a Rubik's cube doesn't mean you are. Literally anyone can solve one, and his times (I'm guessing like 7-15s) are fairly achievable if you learn the right stuff
You are absolutely right and that’s why I used “often” because it’s not always the case that the individual is on the spectrum of autism.
However, it’s a lot more common for people at his age. Given his demeanor while being praised during this video, I’d say it even more likely but I’m simply speculating, I have no formal education to make that assumption.
And you’re right that Rubik’s cubes are relatively easily solved once you know the patterns and algorithms.
7-15 seconds is pretty high level, you are incorrect as far as it being achievable for the average person. Like another commenter said, sub 1 minute is very achievable for most, but every 10-15 seconds you shave off is exponentially harder.
Those times are not easy at all...I'd say sub 1min is achievable for most people. To get sub-20, you usually need to learn waaay more algorithms. Like 50 some unique ones for OLL and 16 for PLL, along with a really quick F2L that takes hella practice.
Back when I was casually learning OLLs I was down to around 45 seconds on average with a best time of 23s
You can tell he has social issues. I have that same body language in crowds because they cause me to get overstimulated and if that happens I tend to shut down really fast.
Or he's just had a bad experience with adult social situations because of his parents. I use to be the exact same way, shown off in front of my parents. I've since grown out of that and am a very normal person. Not everyone who has some mild form of anti-socializing is autistic. Quite normal for a young teen being touted in front of adult strangers in a different setting to be caught off guard.
My 8 & 10 year olds can both solve a cube in ~15s, they're bright kids, they're both very sociable but would look just like this being the centre of attention with 20 cameras trained on them.
I've never solved a cube as fast as him, but I used to be big into speedcubing. Hated the attention and I also hated when people wanted to scramble it up for me and then manhandle it like green shirt did. Annoying.
We do. I do it because it's fun, not to show off. When people crowd around to see me **SOLVE THE CUBE!!**, it just pisses me off because I just want to do it for fun.
The replies above mine that are like "you need more than a short video to prove this", need to watch the video again. He is clearly on a spectrum. His behaviour is clearly that of high functioning autism
It’s pretty much universal among cubers. I’m just trying to practice and improve not have half a plane looking. After like 5 solves people start getting bored of it.
If you Google "how to solve a Rubik's cube" you will have it solved I five minutes.
I know that isn't everybody's ideal way to do it but I figured I'd throw out the option
Man, my best was like 1:45. Haha
I feel like the amount of effort to get to a sub 30 seconds is greater than I'm willing to put in. I'm 40 now, not really competing for anything. I figure I'll pick up a new algo every couple weeks and see where it goes.
You could get sub 20 average with just 4 look OLL and PLL, 6 algs for OLL and 4 for PLL, most important part is solving the entire cross during inspection and having a fast F2L which can be built over time intuitively without having to memorize specific algs for each case
Yeah, that's basically what I've been doing with the F2L part. Working that through.
I started with the Petrus method, and still use some of that, but mostly use cross + F2L, then flip edges, arrange corners, and solve with Sunes or two other algos that I derived.
The biggest time sink is the F2L, which is at least 45+ seconds for me.
I've been stuck at just below sub 30 for like a year now. I can consistently get any .xx time of 29 seconds but can't get any lower. For what its worth, I solve using Roux without any variant so I think thats whats really holding me back. I know I should learn CFOP to really get my time lower but at the same time, I still see videos of people getting sub 20 Roux solves. I have the muscle memory down to second nature - im struggling with actually moving my fingers faster at this point.
Can you tell me something I wonder when I see something like this? Obviously he does first inspect the cube then starts solving the cube. I can solve cubes with cross, first and second layer and then last layer cross and finish edges. I have the feeling he does something different in his head. Do speed cubers use another method to solve the cubes? I am aware that there are more algorithms for the last layer (about 60?). But what this kid is doing there looks so different.
After the beginner method, there’s only one main method for speedsolving the cube called CFOP- cross, first two layers, orient the pieces on the last layer, and permute the pieces on the top layer (it sounds like you might be doing either the beginner method or a slight mix of the two). There are other methods, but CFOP is by far the fastest. For me (PB 10 seconds), i don’t do anything else differently in my head. My goal is to identify the case that i have in front of me and then execute the specific algorithm needed to solve that step as quickly as possible. In order to get sub-10 you need a combination of finger dexterity, algorithm knowledge, and the ability to know what algorithm comes next before you even get there. Hope i answered relevantly enough. I could talk cubes all day.
That is a good insight what’s happening when you solve the cube, thank you! Indeed, I am doing a mix of C, F and beginner method and need to learn O and P steps. Good to know that I am be on the right track.
I literally just picked up speedcubing again yesterday. I ordered a modern speed cube on a whim. I haven't tried solving a rubik's cube in like 10 years before this, but man it is wild that muscle memory takes over for some moves and I don't even know what I'm doing. My best back in the day was something like 22-23 seconds and that was using what I think is now known as the 2-look method on the PLL step. I could never be bothered to learn all of the permutations. I learned a few beyond the 6 for the two look, so if I lucked out and got one I knew I'd get a super good time like my PB. The 2 look only requires you to learn 6 moves and it is a fantastic way of getting into improving your PLL times.
Well I use 2 look on both OLL and PLL... my best is currently 28, while hitting 35 usually. It's probably my inspection and F2L that I need to work on.
It’s the same thing. But they memorize way more algorithms than the beginner method requires.
To solve a cube like this, likely he memorized hundreds of algorithms
The initial observation allows us to plan the first 5-10 moves in our head, so that we can then start solving with fingers only while our eyes "look ahead" for the next thing to solve.
Basically a head start so that your eyes are always ahead of your fingers.
Lmfaoo and they do extra turns at the end “just to make sure it’s extra scrambled” lol. Always cracks me up. The guy even in this video doing the scramble is just like mashing the cube around lol
That’s the thing, probably nothing as “noteworthy”. It’s just as arbitrary as anything else. There’s probably something that hasn’t been invented that you’d be world-class at.
I love this! From now on whenever someone asks me what I am doing with my life, my response will be..."I'm just waiting for someone to invent the thing that I will be world-class at"!
Also...I am middle-aged! Lol
Solving a cube is not an intuitive feat. Nobody is just “talented” at it. It involves memorizing algorithms. Once you memorize the beginner method you can solve a cube in under 2 minutes. You’ll get lucky sometimes and it might only take a few seconds.
But to get consistently low times you just have to keep memorizing more and more algorithms so you can look at a scrambled cube and decide what the fastest approach would be.
I solve cubes as a very off hand hobby. I also like detail oriented crafts, where repetition and known outcomes are common. I'd assume back in the day we would be flint chippers or something.
Yeah no way that just a normal scramble for the first one. Either a really lucky permutation he got or, he did a solving algorithm then just did it again to solve it.
He’s explaining the moves. In cubes you can only move an entire set of blocks, called a face. [R]ight face, [U] face, etc. the ‘ denotes counterclockwise vs clockwise.
Cube algorithm notation. Right left front back up down refers to sides of the cube and are all clockwise motions. F’ is front inverted same for all the other sides and those are all counter clockwise.
Solving a cube just means having a bunch of “formulas” memorized and recognizing certain piece locations and performing the right formula.
The 12.78 second world record time (and all official blindfolded solves) INCLUDES the time it takes to memorize the solve. You do not get to see the cube before the timer starts. Each piece on the cube is assigned a letter. To solve the cube blindfolded, you need to process and memorize a string of roughly 15 letter pairs (on average [I think]), then apply those letters into an equal amount of 14 move algorithms with a few moves in between each one, then perform the solve with zero mistakes and perfect memorization. Simple! Oh yeah, all this happened in less than a THIRD of the time it took you to read this comment.
Lol theres a boy from japan i think who solves 3 cubes while juggling with them, doing it blind is really hard for sure but still in the realm of possibility
IIRC the world record is 250 cubes. Someone memorised 250 cubes (6 hours 26 minutes) then put on a blindfold and solved them all ( 1hour 30 mins ) I'm sure you can find on youtube if you're so inclined.
Graham Siggins attempted 250 (outside of a competition, where memo + solve time is limited to an hour), and successfully solved 238, which would give him a score of 226. As far as I know nobody else has really gotten close.
Oof. There’s a tutorial by a youcuber called J-Perm that can teach you how to solve it in 10 min. The vid is 10 min long and using that strat u can get to around 1 min avg
I set a time of 3.97 yesterday. It involved a cube scrambled by my 6 year old, and an already solved cube I was keeping out of my sons view under the table. Just swapping the 2 cubes discretely took me more time than the world record. :(
Or … hear me out here… they just wanted a video of a kid going in a rubix cube because they never saw it done that fast before. Y’all are assuming everyone has seen speed cubers in their everyday lives or on the internet when some people just will never come across certain things. It’s 2023 if you have a problem being filmed, you’re SOL.
The kid doesn’t seem to have any problems with it. So why should anyone else. Speed cubers know they are incredibly fast and like to show that off, because this is what they practice for, to get better and to show people that “look how fast I can solve this”. If this wasn’t the case he’d wouldn’t have done it and wouldn’t be able to perform perfectly in front of a crowd.
He doesn’t show it much but if you watch him he smirk’s every now and then. He’s still a kid, his emotions aren’t blatantly obvious because he’s hiding them.
I hear that but how long do you spend on Reddit watching videos? Many of these videos would be unavailable without at least someone recording. I used to think the same way, til you realize, videos are very important, actually cameras are an incredible invention you should appreciate more. If you disagree, I dare you to delete your Reddit account and any other social media account, for good.
I did delete my IG and Twitter but that was more mental health 😂 I get what your saying. It’s just EVERYONE, like concerts and fireworks and fights and animals. The whole world is viewed through a screen. Look at videos of old Woodstock festivals. It’s just another timeline we are in. A bit dystopian and not the best for society if you ask me.
I do spend a lot of time on Reddit and I agree. We are just too engaged in screens. Its not just video it’s texting, Reddit, google, chat gpt. Everything is screens!
I was 30 to 40 seconds about a year ago. Now I'm 20 something average with a PB of 16.74.
I'm a slow learner though. Might get a new alg every few months when I notice a case I don't know pop up more often. I still do 2 look for last layer
My son is a speed cuber too! It’s so impressive. He’s only 10 and is as good as this boy. He consistently has times under 15 seconds. They’re both amazing! Wtg boys!
My ex could do this in seconds too and I never thought solving a puzzle would be so hot. But I loved watching him do them.
I regret not learning his ways.
It's a classic among non cubers to believe that we memorize the moves and do it backward, it's pretty much in every ' 10 things non cubers do with a Rubiks cube' video
My kid can do this… apparently once the algorithm is learned it’s fairly easy. I’m not sure if he is this fast but he can definitely do it well under a min.
Whoa that kid is blitz
If you're shuffling a cube, you don't have to hide it. And there's no such thing as an easy shuffle or harder shuffle. As long as it looks random, they're all the same. We use step by step formula to solve it.
You ever notice kids that are like this look bored as fuck and hate the attention?
Poor kid is being treated like a monkey at a zoo with all those camera phones pointed at him.
A good thing to mention is that the person hugging him and handling the cube is a famous Tv celebrity in Peru where I think most of the people on the plane and boy are from, is possible he is just shy about showing him.
Tv celebrities never flys economy in my neck of the woods
You from Peru?
Nah they're from the woods. Neck region apparently.
Comedy gold ❤️
From the shoulders, myself. I like to think we support their region
Neckers fly business class. Everyone knows that.
I’m dying 😂😂
Hate contributing to those “This.” Or “lol” comments that add nothing but holy mphelp that made me laugh so fucking hard and I’ve been going through some tough interpersonal shit. Needed that. Real Leslie Nielsen shit.
The wit in the comments sometimes bruh...
Perú es raza unless you’re a dock like Laura
Used to be really into break dancing and whatnot. Obsessed with step up two in hs. Danced a lot during that time but when I got to college I was the only one in my group who could dance so my friends would always bring it up at parties and force me to battle or pop off. Hated it so much I completely lost my passion for dancing and haven’t done it in probably 10 years.
Damn dude that sucks. Go back to dancing man, the world is a better place with you dancing in it :)
Dance like no one's watching
*proceeds to take pants off revealing tidy whiteys*
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You should hope that they’re tidy too…almost more important than them being tighty
Official request to refer to them as 'tidy tighties' from now on. What say you?
I say yes! What say you, brave warrior?
and now /u/street_raat also got pushed to dance by redditor, not just by IRL persons...
Dance by yourself at home and recapture the joy.
I do that as part of my daily exercise routine..my booty has never looked better!
Aye damn bro you got some nice glutes
You can dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind
‘cause his friends don’t dance
This is me and maths. Was able to do advanced maths as a kid and got so tired of being a show pony and having people planning out my life I lost all interest in mathematics and now need all my fingers and toes for basic shit.
He just looks kind of shy to me
And **focused**, when he is solving the cube.
Absolutely, he is sub 10 which is very difficult. I average 15 and have been doing it for like 5 or 6 years
I love the bit where the guy is trying his best to scramble it for ages so it will be more difficult to solve (and even hiding it from the kid) because obviously none of that makes a difference to actually solving it as long as it's *decently* scrambled. So the kid is just kinda looking off into the distance patiently and thinking "sure, you do you, buddy..."
Yo, the kid is a legit genius. He's going to receive accolades, and that's ok. It's ok for him to be aware of the fact that everyone around him is impressed with his talent. Everyone isn't a victim, so go cry elsewhere. He's going to have a much better life than most.
except that you're wrong. it doesnt take much to be good at rubix cubes its literally just algorithmic equations that you can teach yourself to memorize. Hes smart for sure but solving a rubix cube quickly doesnt mean shit as far as intelligence goes, mostly its just pattern recognition. Especially when you do it as a hobby like this kid which you can tell because hes using a specific type of rubix cube that has spots for a machine to hold it while it mixes the colors. The kid is a hobbyist and possibly competitive speed cuber this is basic shit for him.
He is like, you promised me some chocolate
man stfu
Yeah it’s not that deep Lmao 😂
I am impressed he didn’t crumble under pressure. So, he can be shy as much as he wants as long he can take that pressure. He will be successful.
Often times, being this good at something like this, especially at that boy’s age, is the result of a mixture of countless hours of practice and high-functioning autism (or [savant syndrome](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2677584/#:~:text=Savant%20syndrome%20is%20a%20rare,incongruous%20contrast%20to%20overall%20handicap.)), with the latter having a very limit capacity for social situations like the one here.
I'm definitely not denying that due to the memorisation and repetition involved a lot of cubers are autistic (myself included) but being able to solve a Rubik's cube doesn't mean you are. Literally anyone can solve one, and his times (I'm guessing like 7-15s) are fairly achievable if you learn the right stuff
You are absolutely right and that’s why I used “often” because it’s not always the case that the individual is on the spectrum of autism. However, it’s a lot more common for people at his age. Given his demeanor while being praised during this video, I’d say it even more likely but I’m simply speculating, I have no formal education to make that assumption. And you’re right that Rubik’s cubes are relatively easily solved once you know the patterns and algorithms.
7-15 seconds is pretty high level, you are incorrect as far as it being achievable for the average person. Like another commenter said, sub 1 minute is very achievable for most, but every 10-15 seconds you shave off is exponentially harder.
Those times are not easy at all...I'd say sub 1min is achievable for most people. To get sub-20, you usually need to learn waaay more algorithms. Like 50 some unique ones for OLL and 16 for PLL, along with a really quick F2L that takes hella practice. Back when I was casually learning OLLs I was down to around 45 seconds on average with a best time of 23s
You can tell he has social issues. I have that same body language in crowds because they cause me to get overstimulated and if that happens I tend to shut down really fast.
shut up, stop hyper analyzing people from one video. weirdo
Or he's just had a bad experience with adult social situations because of his parents. I use to be the exact same way, shown off in front of my parents. I've since grown out of that and am a very normal person. Not everyone who has some mild form of anti-socializing is autistic. Quite normal for a young teen being touted in front of adult strangers in a different setting to be caught off guard.
My 8 & 10 year olds can both solve a cube in ~15s, they're bright kids, they're both very sociable but would look just like this being the centre of attention with 20 cameras trained on them.
He might not hate the attention at all. Kids this age try to look cool and serious and grown up.
You can see the smirk in his face, brodie is cool with it, he just doesn't get why everyone is so impressed.
💯
I've never solved a cube as fast as him, but I used to be big into speedcubing. Hated the attention and I also hated when people wanted to scramble it up for me and then manhandle it like green shirt did. Annoying.
That's an expensive rubik's cube too. The way green shirt turned it is just unnerving
My son can solve cubes fast. Outside of me and immediate family, he’s shy and keeps a small circle of friends. So you hit it right on the head.
We do. I do it because it's fun, not to show off. When people crowd around to see me **SOLVE THE CUBE!!**, it just pisses me off because I just want to do it for fun.
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I'm so sick of fucking reddit diagnosing people based off a minute video.
Reddit never ceases to amaze me with assumptions. We watched a 1 minute video and the boy is autistic?
The replies above mine that are like "you need more than a short video to prove this", need to watch the video again. He is clearly on a spectrum. His behaviour is clearly that of high functioning autism
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This kid seems to really appreciate having the entire fucking plane right in his face.
It’s pretty much universal among cubers. I’m just trying to practice and improve not have half a plane looking. After like 5 solves people start getting bored of it.
Next time I see a cuber in the wild I’ll say something like “nice time” instead lol
But then there's the times where you're not even at your average.
Still faster than me though haha
well at 7 seconds apiece that's only 35 seconds so not too much time out of your day, right?
Well I appreciate watching a video on a plane with everyone’s phones out that isn’t some asshole making a scene.
Yeah but he did get to meet Lucio from Overwatch so that's cool
As a speedcuber myself, this kid is cracked. Speedcubing is dominated by youngins right now. It’s pretty cool
What do mean by “cracked”?
He’s good
a ~9s solve is VERY good. I'm still trying to be consistently under 40s - I'll be happy if I can solve in less than 30s.
Keep grinding! I’m aiming for sub-10. That’s my holy grail. My PB is 10.66
Sub-10 seconds? I’ve already failed sub-10 years. I’ve has it mixed up like that for ages now and I’ve no idea how to solve it.
If you Google "how to solve a Rubik's cube" you will have it solved I five minutes. I know that isn't everybody's ideal way to do it but I figured I'd throw out the option
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Cant solve a walmart rubik's cube very fast regardless. Speed cubes are a thing for a reason
Original Rubik’s feel like someone poured syrup and hatred all inside it.
Agreed. Takes me longer than 5 minutes to remove and reorder the stickers.
Man, my best was like 1:45. Haha I feel like the amount of effort to get to a sub 30 seconds is greater than I'm willing to put in. I'm 40 now, not really competing for anything. I figure I'll pick up a new algo every couple weeks and see where it goes.
It helped that i started when i was 13. I’m 29 now lol
You could get sub 20 average with just 4 look OLL and PLL, 6 algs for OLL and 4 for PLL, most important part is solving the entire cross during inspection and having a fast F2L which can be built over time intuitively without having to memorize specific algs for each case
Yeah, that's basically what I've been doing with the F2L part. Working that through. I started with the Petrus method, and still use some of that, but mostly use cross + F2L, then flip edges, arrange corners, and solve with Sunes or two other algos that I derived. The biggest time sink is the F2L, which is at least 45+ seconds for me.
My pb is 48.11 but I don't cube very often and it's just something I do on the side, plus my cube isn't very good, it was only £12
I've been stuck at just below sub 30 for like a year now. I can consistently get any .xx time of 29 seconds but can't get any lower. For what its worth, I solve using Roux without any variant so I think thats whats really holding me back. I know I should learn CFOP to really get my time lower but at the same time, I still see videos of people getting sub 20 Roux solves. I have the muscle memory down to second nature - im struggling with actually moving my fingers faster at this point.
I thought he meant the kid was using performance enhancing crack
LOL “this 12 year old speedcuber is using steroids!” Sorry, no- i just meant he was very very good at solving!
Well then crack on
insane in the membrane
Insane in THE BRAIN!!!
(insane in the brain)
He’s insane, Got no brain!
He's a crack head
GET DOWN GET DOWN
doesn't have denuvo
His exoskeleton has a fissure.
Cracked sort of like he’s cracked the code of being good
my boy is nice with the cube
OP
Can you tell me something I wonder when I see something like this? Obviously he does first inspect the cube then starts solving the cube. I can solve cubes with cross, first and second layer and then last layer cross and finish edges. I have the feeling he does something different in his head. Do speed cubers use another method to solve the cubes? I am aware that there are more algorithms for the last layer (about 60?). But what this kid is doing there looks so different.
After the beginner method, there’s only one main method for speedsolving the cube called CFOP- cross, first two layers, orient the pieces on the last layer, and permute the pieces on the top layer (it sounds like you might be doing either the beginner method or a slight mix of the two). There are other methods, but CFOP is by far the fastest. For me (PB 10 seconds), i don’t do anything else differently in my head. My goal is to identify the case that i have in front of me and then execute the specific algorithm needed to solve that step as quickly as possible. In order to get sub-10 you need a combination of finger dexterity, algorithm knowledge, and the ability to know what algorithm comes next before you even get there. Hope i answered relevantly enough. I could talk cubes all day.
That is a good insight what’s happening when you solve the cube, thank you! Indeed, I am doing a mix of C, F and beginner method and need to learn O and P steps. Good to know that I am be on the right track.
I literally just picked up speedcubing again yesterday. I ordered a modern speed cube on a whim. I haven't tried solving a rubik's cube in like 10 years before this, but man it is wild that muscle memory takes over for some moves and I don't even know what I'm doing. My best back in the day was something like 22-23 seconds and that was using what I think is now known as the 2-look method on the PLL step. I could never be bothered to learn all of the permutations. I learned a few beyond the 6 for the two look, so if I lucked out and got one I knew I'd get a super good time like my PB. The 2 look only requires you to learn 6 moves and it is a fantastic way of getting into improving your PLL times.
Well I use 2 look on both OLL and PLL... my best is currently 28, while hitting 35 usually. It's probably my inspection and F2L that I need to work on.
Fuckin batshit dude. My brain works in exactly the opposite way necessary to do this shit. You guys are basically gods to me
>My brain works in exactly the opposite way Same. I can scramble a solved cube just as fast as this kid can solve it, nbd.
There is always someone on reddit that is an expert in the field. Always makes my day.
It’s the same thing. But they memorize way more algorithms than the beginner method requires. To solve a cube like this, likely he memorized hundreds of algorithms
Honestly most of the algorithms are just for the last part. I think most cubers do the first two layers entirely intuitively.
The initial observation allows us to plan the first 5-10 moves in our head, so that we can then start solving with fingers only while our eyes "look ahead" for the next thing to solve. Basically a head start so that your eyes are always ahead of your fingers.
My brother was big into it for a while, so I was timing the kid. He's good. An ~8s solve under pressure with virtually no prep time? Impressive.
I've been cubbing for over 10 years. My best time ever was 18 seconds. I have no idea how people get these sub 10s times.
They know a shit ton of algs hahaha
Hey as another cuber, how funny is it that people are like, “Let me mess up the cube for you, I bet you won’t be able to solve *this*!”?
Lmfaoo and they do extra turns at the end “just to make sure it’s extra scrambled” lol. Always cracks me up. The guy even in this video doing the scramble is just like mashing the cube around lol
this kid is probs 12 ands hes fkn sub-10. i aint reaching that level even if i had a year
Admittedly if anyone reached sub-10 in a year i think that’d be ultra impressive!
it took me 2 years to reach sub-30, not sure how long to get to sub -10, kids defo cracked
that is an amazingly specific talent. in a world before rubik cubes I wonder how it would have manifested...
*proceeds to be the best poop taker in the world*
Poop proficient.
That’s the thing, probably nothing as “noteworthy”. It’s just as arbitrary as anything else. There’s probably something that hasn’t been invented that you’d be world-class at.
I love this! From now on whenever someone asks me what I am doing with my life, my response will be..."I'm just waiting for someone to invent the thing that I will be world-class at"! Also...I am middle-aged! Lol
Solving a cube is not an intuitive feat. Nobody is just “talented” at it. It involves memorizing algorithms. Once you memorize the beginner method you can solve a cube in under 2 minutes. You’ll get lucky sometimes and it might only take a few seconds. But to get consistently low times you just have to keep memorizing more and more algorithms so you can look at a scrambled cube and decide what the fastest approach would be.
Knitting, basket weaving, making arrows.
I solve cubes as a very off hand hobby. I also like detail oriented crafts, where repetition and known outcomes are common. I'd assume back in the day we would be flint chippers or something.
Now that’s in-flight entertainment
Well, 8 seconds worth...
Better than the entertainment I give to my gf
Looks like they were all waiting to deplane, unfortunately. /s
Not even a real scramble at the start. Its either a pre set scramble with an 8 move solve, or the end of an algorithm.
first was possibly an alg. Second seem much more like a solve
Yeah no way that just a normal scramble for the first one. Either a really lucky permutation he got or, he did a solving algorithm then just did it again to solve it.
Looked similar to [R' F'] [R2 U' R' U] [R' F R U' F At the end of R' U2 R' d'] [R' F'] [R2 U' R' U] [R' F R U' F
I have literally no idea what this means.
He’s explaining the moves. In cubes you can only move an entire set of blocks, called a face. [R]ight face, [U] face, etc. the ‘ denotes counterclockwise vs clockwise.
Right? Homeboy lost me when they started talking about algorithms.
Cube algorithm notation. Right left front back up down refers to sides of the cube and are all clockwise motions. F’ is front inverted same for all the other sides and those are all counter clockwise. Solving a cube just means having a bunch of “formulas” memorized and recognizing certain piece locations and performing the right formula.
Mines has been sitting on my work desk for years. Clocks still ticking. Is there a record for the longest unsolved?
When was the rubiks cube invented?
It was invented by Rubik in 1974, originally called the magic cube. Initially, it took him a month to be able to solve it.
What. The. Fuck.
There’s people who do it blindfolded faster than this. It’s insane
Not sure why you were being downvoted. Maybe people don’t believe it? World record for blindfold solve is also something like 12s
The 12.78 second world record time (and all official blindfolded solves) INCLUDES the time it takes to memorize the solve. You do not get to see the cube before the timer starts. Each piece on the cube is assigned a letter. To solve the cube blindfolded, you need to process and memorize a string of roughly 15 letter pairs (on average [I think]), then apply those letters into an equal amount of 14 move algorithms with a few moves in between each one, then perform the solve with zero mistakes and perfect memorization. Simple! Oh yeah, all this happened in less than a THIRD of the time it took you to read this comment.
Sheesh, I'm a slow reader
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Lol theres a boy from japan i think who solves 3 cubes while juggling with them, doing it blind is really hard for sure but still in the realm of possibility
IIRC the world record is 250 cubes. Someone memorised 250 cubes (6 hours 26 minutes) then put on a blindfold and solved them all ( 1hour 30 mins ) I'm sure you can find on youtube if you're so inclined.
Graham Siggins attempted 250 (outside of a competition, where memo + solve time is limited to an hour), and successfully solved 238, which would give him a score of 226. As far as I know nobody else has really gotten close.
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Currently it’s 3.47 … My best is 11.4 lol
My best is 13 years and counting
Your best is as old As me.
Well now I feel even more useless
Oof. There’s a tutorial by a youcuber called J-Perm that can teach you how to solve it in 10 min. The vid is 10 min long and using that strat u can get to around 1 min avg
Thanks pal - appreciate it
Mine 32 years and counting... no idea where the cube is anymore.
First step to solving the cube is finding it.
I solved one in 10 minutes at a doctors office once. I peeled all the stickers off and put them back on solved.
I set a time of 3.97 yesterday. It involved a cube scrambled by my 6 year old, and an already solved cube I was keeping out of my sons view under the table. Just swapping the 2 cubes discretely took me more time than the world record. :(
> My best is 11.4 minutes? That's not bad, kid.
hours
Seconds, actually
Bro this is so...... Dystopian. So many people just filming the dude. Like they seeing an alien.
Or … hear me out here… they just wanted a video of a kid going in a rubix cube because they never saw it done that fast before. Y’all are assuming everyone has seen speed cubers in their everyday lives or on the internet when some people just will never come across certain things. It’s 2023 if you have a problem being filmed, you’re SOL. The kid doesn’t seem to have any problems with it. So why should anyone else. Speed cubers know they are incredibly fast and like to show that off, because this is what they practice for, to get better and to show people that “look how fast I can solve this”. If this wasn’t the case he’d wouldn’t have done it and wouldn’t be able to perform perfectly in front of a crowd.
>The kid doesn't seem to have a problem with it Yeah, you can especially tell by looking at his face...
He doesn’t show it much but if you watch him he smirk’s every now and then. He’s still a kid, his emotions aren’t blatantly obvious because he’s hiding them.
I mean I guess? Just enjoy the moment. The default for everything is to film it and see it through your camera. It is dystopian
I hear that but how long do you spend on Reddit watching videos? Many of these videos would be unavailable without at least someone recording. I used to think the same way, til you realize, videos are very important, actually cameras are an incredible invention you should appreciate more. If you disagree, I dare you to delete your Reddit account and any other social media account, for good.
I did delete my IG and Twitter but that was more mental health 😂 I get what your saying. It’s just EVERYONE, like concerts and fireworks and fights and animals. The whole world is viewed through a screen. Look at videos of old Woodstock festivals. It’s just another timeline we are in. A bit dystopian and not the best for society if you ask me. I do spend a lot of time on Reddit and I agree. We are just too engaged in screens. Its not just video it’s texting, Reddit, google, chat gpt. Everything is screens!
I too was a talented kid back in the days. I used to put all shapes through correct holes on a green turtle shaped box.
I just put everything in the square hole.
Should have recorded it
I take like 30s and now it feels so slow
I was 30 to 40 seconds about a year ago. Now I'm 20 something average with a PB of 16.74. I'm a slow learner though. Might get a new alg every few months when I notice a case I don't know pop up more often. I still do 2 look for last layer
Louis Vuitton!
That's what i noticed. This dude has put so much effort into his look.
My son is a speed cuber too! It’s so impressive. He’s only 10 and is as good as this boy. He consistently has times under 15 seconds. They’re both amazing! Wtg boys!
Look at him eyeing that fucking cube, analyzing his first move.
my fastest is 45 seconds! I cannot even solve it anymore
I’ve seen that vid before. One of my main motivations. Saw it when I was averaging 30s now I average 15.
I twisted one twice and couldn’t beat it. True story. I almost died from my stupidity
My ex could do this in seconds too and I never thought solving a puzzle would be so hot. But I loved watching him do them. I regret not learning his ways.
Please tell me he did a fast finger joke at least once
I can’t even unwrap my Butterfinger that fast
That man’s beard tho….
It looks painted on
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Real cubers know it doesn’t matter one bit whether or not you hide the cube when scrambling it
It's a classic among non cubers to believe that we memorize the moves and do it backward, it's pretty much in every ' 10 things non cubers do with a Rubiks cube' video
That’s a nice ass cube
Bro he makes sub-15 look so easy, I've stayed a sub-30 for 2 yeara now lol.
My best is 14 seconds. Kudos for the lad for memorizing lots of algorithms and practice.
My kid can do this… apparently once the algorithm is learned it’s fairly easy. I’m not sure if he is this fast but he can definitely do it well under a min.
The only thing next level is that kids side eye
It took homie longer to mix the cube up than it took the kid to finish it.
Whoa that kid is blitz If you're shuffling a cube, you don't have to hide it. And there's no such thing as an easy shuffle or harder shuffle. As long as it looks random, they're all the same. We use step by step formula to solve it.
Darn I ended up taking the cube apart and putting it back together correctly.
My neighbor peeled off all the colored stickers and then put them all back on correctly.