How are people able to solve a Rubix Cube in only a few seconds?
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Good memory to learn the algorithms (algorithms are on average 8 turns, with some reaching as high as 22 turns).
Good hand eye coordination to turn the cube accordingly (you do one wrong turn followed by all the right turns and you end up with a mess instead of a solved cube).
Good pattern recognition skills.
Finally, practice. A lot of practice. There are more than 90 algorithms in CFOP alone. Some cases are rare, some are common, you need to be able to solve all of them and also need to know what would the cube look like after you have solved this part of the cube. This is called Look Ahead and it comes when you literally solve the cube thousands of time.
I started with the beginner algorithm and was able to solve it in under 3 minutes. Switched to CFOP and got down to under a minute. Personal best is 26 seconds.
Progress comes fast in the starting but slows down super fast.
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