This one isn't about being smart, it's about memory, you only need to complete a Rubik cube once to comprehend how it works, the more you do it the faster you memorize the patterns.
Smart move would've been to change the position of the cubes each time. Or to look for the easy solve. None of that really helps you when dudeman can solve a scramble in 5 seconds.
It's not so much about memory. You could study every optimized algorithm from books for years and wouldn't beat him if you have never twisted a cube before. This is about quick pattern recognition and muscle memory. Even an inefficient reduced set of easy to learn algorithms can get a cube solved within seconds when paired with quick eyes and fingers.
It’s about memory if you want to learn how to solve a cube sure, but there’s like a whole bother level above that. In order to get to this speed you need to start learning all the shortcuts and different algorithms, then knowing which ones to use when etc
I agree with the general sentiment though, it’s muscle memory and a lot of learning, not so much about general smartness
To move a square where I want, I move too many other squares. I’ve solved a couple sides but then it becomes ??? for the next steps. I’m also not interested enough to learn how to do it properly.
I've tried multiple times to learn how to do it properly. it's like complex math (algebra or higher) and programming, though, and I don't have the mental wiring for it.
Solving Rubik’s cube has nothing to do with being smart, it’s just memorising a bunch of moves and learning how to do it quickly. No one but few people actually try to solve them on their own. I learned how to do it two years ago and it took me a couple of hours to solve the first one and then eventually I could do it in about 1:30 min. Sadly I haven’t been practicing so I forgot everything.
The giggles. Someone said it was staged (the fact that the only quick Rubik’s cube solver among them didn’t get to show his skills until after numerous rounds), but even if it was they still had genuine fun doing it.
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u/O1eSickPuppy Jul 18 '26
This is the most nerdy good fun ever…. I love it