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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. randomness... by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    shouldnt records for solving something which starts in a random state be taken as an /average/ of solving times?

    in other inqueries: do competative rubix-cubers use special rubix grease or something for smooth spinning?

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    1. Re:randomness... by dozer · · Score: 4, Interesting

      They do. They disassemble and reassemble their cubes and oil them to where there's almost no sliding friction at all. They don't twist a face, they flick a side with a fingertip and let momentum do the rest while they move their hands for the next move. It's amazing to watch.

  2. Does it have anything to do with age by Rac3r5 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The reason I ask this is because when I was between gr 7- gr 9 I was quite good at solving puzzles.
    When I was in gr.7 or 8, we had a rubix cube at home.. and I was able to solve it, not fast, but I was able to solve it none the less.
    Then when I was in gr 9-10, I was really good at chess and chinese checkers. I was also good at solving tiled puzzles in under a minute. I don't remember what I did, but I had some sort of procedure for doing it and stuff just worked out all the time.

    Now I'm 24 and my sister bought me a rubix cube for christmas and I still haven't been able to solve it. I have no idea what I did when I was a kid.
    Maybe it had something to do with puberty?