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New Rubik's Cube World Record Set

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i-still-hate-the-rubik's-cube dept.

LinuxCowboy writes "CNN is reporting that a 20 year old Cal Tech student set a new record by solving a 3x3 rubrics cube in 11.13 seconds. In addition, he was blindfolded while doing it." From the article: "Still, the world record alone didn't gain Lo the overall champion's title at the event, which was determined by averaging three of five solution times in the final round. For that title, Lo went up against the teenager widely considered the fastest Rubik's Cube solver on the planet -- Shotaro "Macky" Makisumi, a 15-year-old from Pasadena."

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  1. NOT blindfolded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    The record for a 3x3x3 blindfolded is just under 2 minutes. Lo was most definately looking at the cube while solving it.

    1. Re:NOT blindfolded by fprintf · · Score: 5, Informative

      Memorization. You get a certain amount of time to memorize the cube before beginning. Then you orient the cube with the centers in the direction you prefer, then you put the blindfold on and begin. You know when you are done when you have done all the moves you planned in your head. If you have done it correctly the cube is solved once you put it down. If not, well then it isn't really 100% blindfolded then is it?

      http://www.speedcubing.com/ has a pretty decent FAQ as well as good links to other more robust blindfold or regular speedcubing tutorial sites.

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  2. Tyson Mao by reynols · · Score: 2, Informative

    One of the previous record holders, Tyson Mao, can be seen on WB's Beauty and the Geek 2.

  3. Bah by Enjoi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ignorance gets it wrong again. - He wasn't blindfolded, that was a different even. - It was a bit lucky, but not too much, as he is still quite fast. It was actually a PLL skip (permutating all the pieces of the top layer) Yes, the cubes are at random states, no, you can't peel the stickers off, yes, he has done times near this before that wern't lucky. I'm a speedcuber, I average about 23 seconds and I've solved it fastest in 17.78, non-lucky. You're gonna wanna visit speedcubing.com for more info.

  4. Re:Yes, there are other than 3x3 rubiks by stupid_is · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yup - go to Rubiks site and buy a 2x2x2, 3x3x3, 4x4x4 or even (The Professor) 5x5x5 (although they refer to them as nxn too!)

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