Considering a Rubik’s Cube is scrambled randomly everytime and there can not be one single approach to all the configurations, how do speed cubers solve it in such a little time?
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The current record is 3.13 seconds by Max Park.
He used a method called CFOP. It has 78 algorithms to learn.
Before solving speedcubers get 15 seconds to inspect the cube. This is when they are actually solving the cube, by recognising important patterns and preplanning all their moves.
They will use a special speedcube which allows easier moving of multiple faces at once.
Because they randomise the starting cube, the fastest times are generally the ones with the starting cubes closest to solved already.
When they finally go it’s all about dexterity. Almost competitive speedcubers are under 20.
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