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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A couple of tricks:
1. They have tons of different patterns recognized. You know how in chess, there are tons of unique openings all with their own pros cons and name? Well cubing is the same. Cubers look for specific patterns.
2. Memorization. Your hands can move faster than your eyes can track so memory is important. You’ll see speed cubers get a few seconds to study the cube before starting. They are looking for those patterns and memorizing where everything is so their hands can just fly.
3. Optimization. Once you have the first two down, you can start to find short cuts. Why make three moves when you can do two?
Combine all three of these and you get a WR
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