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    [OC] Evolution of Rubik’s Cube World Record Solve Times

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    3. VosekVerlok on

      For me the bonkers thing is that 2.7s is long enough for them to physically perform the actions required to solve it.

      There is something like 43 quintillion rubix cube orientation possibilities, and any of them can be solved in 20 moves, which is on average is 0.13s per move (assuming 0 time to solve it) if the WR is from the worst case scenario.. which seems impossible.

    4. jtslp on

      This is very cool. My son was a competitive speed cuber for a while when he was around 11-13. We were at tournaments with some of the guys named here. It’s true that there are special cubes for this that are designed to minimize friction and improve speed of movement. Collecting the newest and best cubes was part of the fun of the hobby for my kid and many of his buddies who got involved. But there are a bunch of other factors involved. Cubers memorize algorithms to minimize the number of moves they need to solve. They also practice tiny adjustments to figure positions and movements for more optimization. There’s a lot of memory and processing speed involved. It was such a wonderful hobby for my kid. I’ll always be glad he dove into this for a few years of his life. Really welcoming, supportive community of people, too, in case anyone is thinking they might find it fun to explore.

    6. V1per41 on

      I’m actually pretty surprised the record was that slow 20 years ago. For some reason I thought people had been solving them in under 10 seconds for longer than that.

    7. BatBiteMS on

      ngl i always thought zemdegs was from the early 2010s era i did not know he dominated the 3×3 averages all the way till 2020 wow

    8. michael1026 on

      I haven’t been paying attention to this scene in a while. Last I remember Felix was still the reigning champ. Absolutely crazy to me it’s held by an 8 year old now. I would have figured the concepts / techniques at that level would be too complex for their age.

    11. Gainsbraah on

      I would enjoy seeing a trend line of age overlaying this table. It seems like the youngsters have been taking the world by storm. Crazy that Xuanyi is currently learning colour neutral – no one’s beating him for a good few years I reckon.

    12. withak30 on

      Presumably this doesn’t include the time it takes to actually study the cube and plan your approach? I usually can’t even figure out which way is up in three seconds.