The current world record for solving a Rubik’s cube is 3.47 seconds. Could it be faster? WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez explores the mind-boggling math and finger-twisting world of speed cubing. Read more on this story from Robbie on WIRED.com:
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World Cube Association
Tom Rokicki’s Paper on “God’s Number”
MIT Robot (built by Ben Katz & Jared Di Carlo) Breaks Rubik’s Cube Record
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World Record-Holder Feliks Zemdegs
Competitive Cuber Tiffany Chien from the Rubik’s Cube Club at Berkeley
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Why It’s Almost Impossible to Solve a Rubik’s Cube in Under 3 Seconds | WIRED
asif abdl
May 24, 2019 at 4:42 pm
Chess or cube
Nathan Way
May 24, 2019 at 4:42 pm
This is what I like with wired. They actually have a proper look into how cubing works, and doesn’t just look at the first result on Google like mainstream media. Great vid ☺️
Unlem
May 24, 2019 at 4:43 pm
im a cuber and this is pretty cringy
Khoa Bùi Tiến
May 24, 2019 at 4:44 pm
how many cubers are here like me?
Angel Castro
May 24, 2019 at 4:45 pm
Where mAh cubers at?
floweringmywaters
May 24, 2019 at 4:45 pm
3 secs for me to make the cross…
Gebakken Ezel
May 24, 2019 at 4:46 pm
I can fix it with 1 move
Kiran_ sid
May 24, 2019 at 4:46 pm
“1 minute 45 seconds. I’m ashamed”
Me :- ????
Rubén A. Ritto Contreras
May 24, 2019 at 4:46 pm
This is one of the best series in youtube
Sumiran Maiskar
May 24, 2019 at 4:47 pm
Yay I’m so happy a huge channel like WIRED covered speedcubing!
MikeVonDoom
May 24, 2019 at 4:48 pm
The Cube Of Rubik
I couldn’t even solve it in like… 25 years!!!
Brian S
May 24, 2019 at 4:48 pm
I’m glad to see one of my biggest hobbies being covered by a news source I such an accurate and understandable way to the public.
fatdawg 887
May 24, 2019 at 4:48 pm
It was thought to not be solvable sooo…
sweg
May 24, 2019 at 4:49 pm
a year later they’re gonna come out with an updated vid that says 2 seconds
Vaibhav Bhootra
May 24, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Trust me, speedcubers can have their way with girls. 😉
Hardy Beatz
May 24, 2019 at 4:50 pm
I can solve one side in 10 sec ?
Steven Li
May 24, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Ok mine fastest it 13
Sumiran Maiskar
May 24, 2019 at 4:51 pm
Ask Tyson to go to a competition haha
mamta guleria
May 24, 2019 at 4:52 pm
i can solve in 15 seconds (15 sec. average)
TheMorningCuber
May 24, 2019 at 4:53 pm
0:29 *anybody
Really, it’s not that hard.
Andor_Yoko
May 24, 2019 at 4:54 pm
Favorite series combined with my hobby… gonna be a banger
pizzapm
May 24, 2019 at 4:54 pm
I’m happy to see such a well put together video about cubing in mainstream media. I feel like this video really covered all the important points pertaining to speed cubing in an easy to understand fashion. well done
Pranshu y
May 24, 2019 at 4:54 pm
Honestly its just some algorithms and moves, it isn’t as hard as people think it is. One year of practising and i was able to solve it in under a minute.
KITRONIX111
May 24, 2019 at 4:55 pm
My record is 10 seconds (Super lucky scramble) but average 18 seconds. When I saw the 5 second record I though that was it but now it’s a 3.4 seconds?!?! Madness ?
Mindlesscargo
May 24, 2019 at 4:55 pm
Any Rubik’s cube is solvable within 10 moves. But it will almost certainly never be possible to do it
Trawgic
May 25, 2019 at 4:05 pm
When I learned to solve my cube I never thought it was about so many algorithms
GD Tim
May 25, 2019 at 4:07 pm
Hardware isn’t now as important as it used to be, but overall this is the best cubing documentary by mainstream media. Great job!
Monisha Saha
May 25, 2019 at 4:16 pm
My record is 15 secs
Frshw4t3r Cubing
May 25, 2019 at 4:17 pm
#CuberSquad where u at
SnazzySazerac98
May 25, 2019 at 4:27 pm
Thank you Wired for answering a question I never had
Aum Thakore
May 25, 2019 at 4:27 pm
All the speed cubers watching this show your presence!!!
Catstuffies Tran
May 25, 2019 at 4:27 pm
I like his rubik’s cube pillow
Csaba Farkas
May 25, 2019 at 4:28 pm
patrick ponce has a 2.99 sooo…
Akamedo
May 25, 2019 at 4:29 pm
you know what they say
-there will be always an asian who is better than you.
Jeremy Bradley
May 25, 2019 at 4:32 pm
I can do it in 1.6 seconds consistently
Zeryte is Calm
May 25, 2019 at 4:34 pm
Hi my gf
Empire526907
May 25, 2019 at 4:36 pm
My shortest time is one minute.
jordan secrist
May 25, 2019 at 4:38 pm
Solving a rubicks cube is as simple as memorizing a few moves. Solving it fast means spending more and more on a new and faster cube. I had a room mate once that would spend hundreds of dollars on different cubes so he could shave a couple seconds off his times. Ridiculous. Lol
jordan secrist
May 25, 2019 at 4:40 pm
I think my fastest time ever was 7 seconds. But that was a fluke. Usually it would take me a 30-60 seconds.
Palo Kuti
May 25, 2019 at 4:38 pm
Theres always some asian who is smarter.
P Linton
May 25, 2019 at 4:43 pm
Ultra instinct rubix
S Cubes
May 25, 2019 at 4:49 pm
ha jokes on you the new Unofficial World Record is is sub 3
Velvet Thunder
May 25, 2019 at 4:54 pm
My record is 45 seconds ?
Syvel Weaver
May 25, 2019 at 4:54 pm
*_Almost impossible_*
Jake Lope
May 25, 2019 at 4:55 pm
0:19 that is not how a Dayan tenhun m sounds
Sorry about the spelling
Puddi Panda
May 25, 2019 at 4:55 pm
The Flash: “Challenge accepte- done.”
Caleb Robinson
May 25, 2019 at 4:56 pm
2:40 The guy next to him is Mats Valk. At the time of that recording he was the world record holder. You see in his face the moment he realises his world record was just broken.
Feelsbadman
Oscar Chávez Avellán
May 25, 2019 at 4:57 pm
0:26 few weeks? It tooks me two days v:
MadTheDJ
May 25, 2019 at 4:57 pm
Q: “How do I solve a Rubik’s Cube?”
A: “Practice, man. Practice.”
Emanuele Del Grande
May 25, 2019 at 5:04 pm
It’s almost impossible to beat a world record? who knew…
D4RK_L3GEND YT
May 25, 2019 at 5:04 pm
I learned how to solve it in 3 days
Justina Wong
May 26, 2019 at 2:47 pm
This video inspired me to finally solve my rubik’s cube. Not gonna brag but it only took me 3 years
Navaneeth Dontuboyina
May 26, 2019 at 3:21 pm
so fast they called it gods number
T c
May 26, 2019 at 3:23 pm
It’s actually easy it took me 1 month to learn how to solve a rubik’s cube under 30 seconds
Kali Leenstra
May 26, 2019 at 3:24 pm
I can solve a ruciks cube in 18 sec.
IFaKeYT
May 26, 2019 at 3:28 pm
Almost is the right word
Amal Srivastava
May 26, 2019 at 3:44 pm
i learned how to solve a 3x3x3 but made my own moves for 4x4x4
Emotional Philosophy
May 26, 2019 at 3:49 pm
The dumbass commentors
10 000 subscribers with 69 videos challenge !!!
May 26, 2019 at 3:50 pm
Bruh first time solving 20 mins first time I solved it took 20 mins and a knife to pick it apart
Nolan Yiu
May 26, 2019 at 3:55 pm
I just realized I went to the same competition they featured in the video (BASC 16)
Sprunkle
May 26, 2019 at 4:00 pm
Does it make me a genious that i learned to solve the rubiks cube in around a minute after only 3 days of practice?
xd misc
May 26, 2019 at 4:05 pm
I learned to solve a cube in 1rst grade in 2 weeks
A is for America
May 26, 2019 at 4:16 pm
Answer: BECAUSE ITS A RUBIK’S CUBE
TiGeR _MoTh
May 26, 2019 at 4:23 pm
My bests:
3x3x3: 59secs
2x2x2: 22secs
Pyraminx: 41 secs
_ CARNAGE _
May 26, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Im cuber I can solve rubix cube…
So i spell rubix wrong again and again
Jiren chillin in the comment section
May 26, 2019 at 4:27 pm
Someone, somehow: *solves a Rubik’s cube under 3 seconds*
Robbie: [surprised pikachu]
R3AP3RZZ ISHHERE
May 26, 2019 at 4:28 pm
I solved one in 0.23 sec
I turned it once and then undid that
Vn Nn
May 26, 2019 at 4:32 pm
Next step: transform a solved cube to a specific one
Mārcis Skirmants
May 26, 2019 at 4:35 pm
yoo shoutout to all the Latvian viewers, I know you are all proud of Feliks Zemdegs representing Latvia.
Explorize
May 26, 2019 at 4:40 pm
What’s your pb everyone? Mines 28 secs!
ben eadie
May 26, 2019 at 4:44 pm
1:27 so we just not gonna talk about that??
Noah Vergara
May 26, 2019 at 4:53 pm
Pfft… “a couple weeks.” I learned how to solve it and memorize within 24 hours
Mr.Melon J
May 26, 2019 at 4:58 pm
Just imagine living with the experts,just mo kt0bijhfn uhcf dnchadncdutedncuhedwncpijnvu9 247
Wanda Barreto
May 26, 2019 at 4:59 pm
J perm and Dana Yi comments in one video… I’m not even kidding u guys are my favorite speedcubers…
Anju S
May 26, 2019 at 5:04 pm
Bruh, it took me like an hour to learn how to solve it. Than like another hour to learn the speed method. Now I average like 20 seconds. Yeah, one afternoon can get you to a 20 second average
absol761
May 26, 2019 at 5:07 pm
How do u solve one?
Adnan A
May 27, 2019 at 12:05 pm
There’s always a ceiling
Mox Boi
May 27, 2019 at 12:28 pm
Wired: It’s almost impossible
Speedcubers: *ALMOST*
jungshookio Growtopia
May 27, 2019 at 12:49 pm
i got 15.40 seconds two years ago, sadly I stopped though. Lowered to around a minute to 30 or 20 seconds.
A Solve A Day
May 27, 2019 at 12:54 pm
Double x-cross, ll skip, zeliks fembags
NoySy MachiNe
May 27, 2019 at 12:58 pm
Turns one side. Turns it back…
*UNDER 3 SECONDS!!!!*
Saumil sunil Shah
May 27, 2019 at 1:08 pm
What about feliks
John joseph Florina
May 27, 2019 at 1:14 pm
@11:10 what’s that thing on the head of the professor?
Thebestkiwi 4
May 27, 2019 at 1:16 pm
I did it
In 30 seconds
Luc Columbano
May 27, 2019 at 2:25 pm
*My hands can move faster than my brain*
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Roiden Productions Official
May 27, 2019 at 2:46 pm
My personal best is 30 seconds
GameDirection
May 27, 2019 at 2:53 pm
When your friends ask you how fast you can solve the cube… then follow up my cousin can solve it in like 5 sec.
me:”Good for him?”
Shydead
May 27, 2019 at 2:59 pm
Iiiiiih. Actually learned it in 20 minutes. Haha?
B.D. City
May 27, 2019 at 2:59 pm
I started 3 days ago learning with some guides and now i can solve it in about 5 min
SEXEL Gt
May 27, 2019 at 3:01 pm
First of all u need to know the basic method and then try to learn f2l,pll,oll ,,and don’t get stuck at basic method , it’s useless if u only practice with the beginner method
Thirza
May 27, 2019 at 3:02 pm
my record is two minutes, and then I look at people who do it in a few seconds. Yeez some people are gifted
Nicholas Powers
May 27, 2019 at 3:04 pm
Anonymous is for the purpose of facilitating human trafficking by confusing people about who to trust, and whether or not they should be disguising themselves.
Don’t call it hacktivism anymore. Positive phonetic association that’s it.
Opera was right. Wasn’t a prank. Just a symbol to confuse people and it’s worked. Most people wouldn’t know human trafficking isn’t a hobby. Just tell them to throw the mask out. No one needs to kill themselves with criticism.
You shouldn’t believe there’s a reason to display things that are misleading and potentially harmful on tv. The authorities seriously don’t have every single corner covered.
Muzzardonmyfeet
May 27, 2019 at 3:13 pm
“A few weeks” If you watch tutorials on youtube you can learn in a day
Ripanjot Singh
May 27, 2019 at 3:26 pm
No wonder why I can only solve it in 4 seconds…
MKE YonZuath
May 27, 2019 at 3:32 pm
Who else put the .25x speed on .25x
Akash Markad
May 27, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Do video on typing
B Beemer
May 27, 2019 at 4:09 pm
The grain of sand comparison is definitely incorrect lol
I am Fox not Falco
May 27, 2019 at 4:12 pm
It is possible to solve a Rubik’s in less than 3 seconds
They never said it had to be a 3×3 8)
Ify Nsoha
May 27, 2019 at 4:29 pm
dude this is dope
Jose Ornelas
May 27, 2019 at 4:40 pm
So it’s kinda like a fighting game, except it’s the same match perfected over years of battle
MadRiv
May 27, 2019 at 4:55 pm
Hey #jperm if you watch this hello
Genghis Kong
May 28, 2019 at 8:38 am
My time so far is 24.75 years and still going….
joonie noodle soup™
May 28, 2019 at 8:49 am
I’ve never solved a rubik’s cube and I really want to-
YT D34TH6
May 28, 2019 at 8:49 am
Ok
JG124
May 28, 2019 at 9:19 am
Tiffany got them hands tho…
JohnCedric Villegas
May 28, 2019 at 9:28 am
Roux method and ZZ method are the best to solve under 10secs
Ammar. D
May 28, 2019 at 9:54 am
‘Almost’
Rohit cuber
May 28, 2019 at 10:49 am
My average time is (8.second)
THE CHIP IN DAVID'S TOOTH
May 28, 2019 at 10:57 am
Yes
Connor Eddy
May 28, 2019 at 11:51 am
What method did he use to solve it
john tan
May 28, 2019 at 12:11 pm
12:42
She’s a ZZ user! Arrest her!
BANANAZ _1
May 28, 2019 at 12:36 pm
Narrator: most people cant solve it
3billion ppl: ha lol yea rite
2swap
May 28, 2019 at 12:51 pm
Not all methods use algorithms. Many use commutators and conjugates- that’s how non-wca puzzlers come up with original solutions to puzzles they’ve never seen before, and how blind solvers do their thing (although blind solving with algs is much faster.)
Anthea Johnson
May 28, 2019 at 12:53 pm
doesnt it take like 3 seconds to do like 3 turns??
Edit: Nvm
I see the Asian girl moving it like 0.1 sec….
Akasuki
May 28, 2019 at 12:58 pm
I bought a rubic’s cube in 2005. And still not able to solve it.
I Am Da One
May 28, 2019 at 1:06 pm
Lol billons more like 43 quintillion
PaperBag
May 28, 2019 at 1:22 pm
My fastest single solve was 43
Terry Choe
May 28, 2019 at 2:13 pm
I actually figured out the 3×3 cube, no tutorials at all. Created all the algorithms that I use. Thats probably why I can’t get under 2 mins
Pedro Santos
May 28, 2019 at 3:41 pm
That’s insane, you must be really smart and patient. I went straight into the tutorial?
Dane Reads
May 28, 2019 at 2:29 pm
So cool
[Preston] [Gaming]
May 28, 2019 at 2:50 pm
What about the 1 by 1 rubiks cube?
Asnickel
May 28, 2019 at 2:57 pm
Roses are red
Violets are blue
There is always an Asian
Better than you
Pedro Santos
May 28, 2019 at 3:20 pm
Until now I only have heard about Partik Ponce’s unoficial solve of 2.99 seconds
Pedro Santos
May 28, 2019 at 3:23 pm
Feliks five years later smh, 2.5 seconds!
How To Anything
May 28, 2019 at 3:29 pm
2:38 that guy is like wtf
timeROBLOX
May 28, 2019 at 3:45 pm
I can’t even solve a rubiks cube in three months!
A FO
May 28, 2019 at 3:50 pm
I don’t get the point. All these effort for what?
Yasuo Main
June 10, 2019 at 6:10 pm
Is it possible? Or was he lucky the cube was gonna be easily solved?
ky sputnik
June 10, 2019 at 7:37 pm
Don’t be a square be a cuber
Datchineseguy
June 10, 2019 at 8:32 pm
Of course that guy’s chinese
Kyle Adams
June 10, 2019 at 9:37 pm
Try 2 hours with YouTube tutorials not weeks
Daily Uploads Maybe
June 11, 2019 at 2:44 am
As a cuber, I approve of this video.
Grant Mavkor
June 11, 2019 at 4:21 am
they really got felix and mao on the show respects
isaac Garry
June 11, 2019 at 6:07 am
I learned to solve a rubiks cube in less than 6 hours, and I can solve it in at least a minute or less.
Ganesh Avuthu
June 11, 2019 at 6:14 am
Can u make a video how to solve Rubik’s cube less than a minute
Greyson Hall
June 11, 2019 at 7:19 am
You keep showing the dyan tengune and it’s kinda a bad cube
Danilo Jelic
June 11, 2019 at 8:10 am
I am speed cuber I can solve it for 7 seconds
And 2 minutes…
And 4 hours…
And 3 days
Matt Ward
June 11, 2019 at 8:19 am
Next video: “Why it’s impossible to run a mile in under 1 second, i mean god, 1 second? that takes so long! ?”
Godonstilts
June 11, 2019 at 9:22 am
Except that it’s bollocks and you need to modify your statement to a much weaker position. It is perfectly possible to solve it in under 3 seconds. If you set a CPU to randomly scramble the cube – there will be multiple instances (i.e. a handful of the billion possibilities) which are so simple to solve, it will take but a moment. It’s fair because a computer randomly scrambled it, you just have to be on that lucky streak…
Boutwell87
June 11, 2019 at 10:50 am
I learned it in 1-day, solving at 10-min. A week later, my best time is 2:37
PineappleGaming
June 12, 2019 at 12:39 am
Boutwell87 I clicked on the time like it was going to show me u solve
TheReal Mucus
June 11, 2019 at 2:14 pm
me watching this while i solve a cube lol
btw my average is around 39 secs
Donald Trump
June 11, 2019 at 2:35 pm
This game is unsolvable. Don’t believe in these camera tricks.
It's Me
June 11, 2019 at 5:15 pm
Can just solve it in 90secs 🙁
RandomStuff
June 11, 2019 at 6:11 pm
Felix: *Gets 3×3 WR single*
3×3: am I a 1×1 to you?
xXPastel_ MdinXx
June 11, 2019 at 6:22 pm
Then there’s me:
Arrghhh dammit,how do you make a white cross.
Omg,I did one side.
Ffff… How do I do the rest
*chucks Rubix cube across the room
Joshua Xiong
June 11, 2019 at 8:42 pm
Chess harder.
Visual Effects
June 11, 2019 at 9:08 pm
I learned Rubik’s cube in 2 hours and my highest rec was 3 min at that time.
I now average around 30-50 sec.
I’m 13 btw it’s nearly been 3 months wish me luck!
Grizzly Outdoors
June 11, 2019 at 9:41 pm
I solved one in two seconds but nobody saw it
I took it out of the wrapper
Jacques Paulsen
June 11, 2019 at 10:09 pm
These kids should play guitar
Argibon A
June 11, 2019 at 11:17 pm
I solved my Rubik’s cube problem with a hammer. So satisfying:]
Ronald Stewart
June 11, 2019 at 11:24 pm
Okay fine, I’ll buy a Rubik’s Cube…
Trace Lol
June 11, 2019 at 11:25 pm
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
There is always an Asian
That’s better than you