The Rubik's Cube Fad - Looking Back

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This video looks back at one of the biggest fads of the 1980s. How it grew, how it declined, and the state of everything today.
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@TeboeCubes 3 дня назад

As a speedcuber who solves the cube currently, I’m excited to see this!

@FacePlant1324 3 дня назад

I got into rubix cube watch speed cubers. I bought a cheap on then decided to buy a gan11 M Pro. I don't try to be a speed cuber but I use it a lot as a fidget toy something to do when I am bored or sometimes I just practice it. I was also hooked to trying to get better with it for a few weeks I am no speed cuber, I can solve it in under a minute tho.

@DetectiveLance 3 дня назад

You are smarter than me

@JusNoBS420 3 дня назад

What is currently your fastest time for a standard size cube?

@TrashQueenAndKing 3 дня назад

"Speedcuber" These words are getting goofy.

@TwoAcresandaMule 3 дня назад

@@TrashQueenAndKing your user is included

@rick_thunder 3 дня назад

My dad bought me that same book, “The Simple Solution to the Rubik’s Cube” when I was a kid in the 1980s. I memorized it in a couple of days and was solving the cube with an average time of 60 seconds. I was charging 25 cents to kids at school to solve their cubes. I was making a couple of dollars per day until a teacher shut down my enterprise. 😅 I can still solve it today, over 40 years later.

@alanfike 2 дня назад

So did you slash the teacher's tires when no one was looking? No way to prove who did it, and the suspicious timing sends the message.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@rick_thunder 2 дня назад

@@Pomni740 I know I was faster as a kid than I am now. It seems like my hands just moved faster back then. Today my average is around 90 seconds and back then it was 60 seconds.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

@@rick_thunder The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is a 10 year old named Yiheng Wang his fastest average is 4.48 seconds.

@AndrewDangerously День назад

Not to make you feel old bro, but I bought that same book from an antiques shop 4 years ago. lol

@Tingman 2 дня назад

IMO speedcubing is stronger than ever before! More cubers than ever, more official competitions and events than ever… never been a better time to pick up a Rubik’s Cube!

@rorybannon 2 дня назад

Love you bro!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

Free palestine.

@ryanjohnson4565 День назад

What kind of solve times would you consider someone a speed cyber?

@WTF-WithTheFlow День назад

We have multiple million + subscriber cubing channels now… definitely stronger than ever!

@TeboeCubes День назад

@@ryanjohnson4565 Honestly, there's no cutoff time for someone to be considered a speedcuber, it's just about trying to push your own boundaries and solve it as fast as you can. If you can solve the cube in 10 minutes and wanna try to solve it in 9, you're a speedcuber in my opinion

@tararoy7489 3 дня назад

I was an 80's kid and had a Rubik's cube but was never able to solve it. Fast forward to 2020 and COVID lockdown. While other people were baking bread and hoarding toilet paper, I made it my mission to learn how to solve the cube. I watched a couple of RU-vid videos and finally learned. The addiction began ... I now own numerous Rubik's brand cubes that I let me students play with (I'm a teacher) and I have my own collection speedcubes that I purchased from China. I ❤ cubing. Even when I'm not solving one, I like to hold one in my hand and scramble it. It works kind of like a fidget spinner and reduces anxiety. Thank you for this video!!

@alanfike 2 дня назад

What finally clicked? I've been struggling to solve my standard one and have lost faith in that pattern everyone says you can use to solve it.

@edk1124 2 дня назад

@@alanfikepattern? There are literally 7 steps to solve the cube for beginners and 4 steps for pro cubers (although we need to learn almost 100 algorithms to do it). For the beginners method, it is so simple, you onky need to do like 2 or 3 algorithms. Just watch the tutorial from a channel called J Perm and I am sure that you will be able to solve it.

@bitcoinski 2 дня назад

@@alanfike I personally memorized 7 algorithms...one algorithm per day. I mostly followed the pamphlet of algorithms that came with the product. After solving it continuously for a week...I had all 7 algorithms memorized! Good luck! This was during the 1990's. If you can train your brain to remember seven phone numbers...than you can solve a rubik's cube. Good luck!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@kylelampen7946 3 дня назад

The kid that can solve three rubiks cubes while juggling them is the greatest feat of humanity I have ever seen. Look it up if you haven’t already

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@cuda426hemi День назад

@@Pomni740 Max Park is 22 yrs World Record Holder on 3x3 as of 2024. Many 6 year olds do 4 second solves but to be champ you must average the winning times to be official out of 5 solves throw away fastest and slowest times andavg the other 3, bikkity bam. Max is in 3.1 second range on 3x3, about a minute 35 seconds on a 7 x 7.

@fohrum4757 День назад

I'd argue that multiblind solving is far more impressive. Multiblind is where you study a large number of cubes and then blindfold yourself and solve as many as you can. I believe the current world record holder solved 62/65 of his cubes. It's ridiculously impressive

@Pomni740 23 часа назад

@@cuda426hemi max parks fastest average is 4.86 Yiheng Wang has 16 averages faster than 4.86.

@cuda426hemi 23 часа назад

@@Pomni740 Nope. Max averages in the 3s and why are you not saying which cube? These guys compete in all sizes, Im talkin 3x3 - easily researched his 3.19 avergaes

@Mr_Oggie 3 дня назад

I remember the Rubik's Cube fad in the 80s... everybody seemed to have one and the keychains were everywhere. In the 1990s I owned a small toy/game store and still sold 1-3 Rubik's Cubes per week.

@KaitouKaiju 3 дня назад

The actual Rubik's brand cubes are the worst you can buy that's why nobody buys them anymore

@pilotgrrl1 3 дня назад

I preferred the Rubik Snake.😊

@perfectallycromulent 3 дня назад

@@pilotgrrl1 That Rubik Snake was a menace to many an action figure at my house.

@sirBrouwer 3 дня назад

@@KaitouKaiju it's more that you don't need to buy them often you can get them for free from a older family member that still have them.

@edk1124 2 дня назад

@@sirBrouwerit doesn't work for speedcubers. The difference in performance between the original rubik's brand cubes and the newest cube from brands like Moyu, Gan, Qiyi, and YJ is night and day. The cubes from the chinese brands kept developing the cubes and now one brand called GAN just opened their own retail store in China.

@edwardchadez2712 3 дня назад

I had a cube in the 80s and could never solve it. About 3 years ago I watched J Perm’s video on how to solve it in 10 minutes, and now I scramble and solve my cube during conference calls. I’m not a speedcuber-it takes me about 3-5 minutes to solve it. For someone who was around in the 80s it’s really cool to be able to pick up a scrambled cube and solve it. I had the original in the 80s. 3 years ago I bought a new official 3x3 cube and 2x2 cube, and an off-brand 3x3 cube (which is my favorite).

@tararoy7489 3 дня назад

We have a similar story!!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@steeviewoo 2 дня назад

People haaaate when you bring one of those to a meeting, but I wasn't meaning to be rude, it really helped me focus. Nowadays I still do it, but it's off frame so no one knows.

@baconsarny-geddon8298 2 дня назад

Rubik's brand is TERRIBLE quality, and ower-priced. In the hobbyist and competition scenes, literally nobody uses Rubik's brand, coz they're so slow, poor quality, and bad value. Chinese brands like Moyu and Qiyi make cubes 1/3rd the price of Rubiks, faster, better quality, with better features and MUCH nicer to use. (Rubik's were innovators in their day. And to be fair, they don't make cubes for hobbyists; They make toys for kids, where being indestructible matters more than speed or features. And thats a way bigger market, so it's a sensible choice for them... But they're still awful, slow, jam-prone, puzzles...)

@RT-qd8yl 3 дня назад

I was really good at taking off the stickers and putting them back on, so back in middle school kids would give me their Rubik's cube and $5 to take it home and rearrange the stickers so they could pretend they completed it. Those same kids are actually in charge of things today and I don't know how I feel about that. 🤔

@patfrat666 3 дня назад

It seems like the stickers were easy to take off on the knock-offs, from what I remember my cousin showing me. The real ones -- not so much to have them appear to be un-altered.

@RT-qd8yl 3 дня назад

@@patfrat666 I used a heat gun, a dull X-acto knife (too sharp and it could gouge the plastic), and rubbing alcohol if I really needed it. Never use new adhesive. The heat gun was the key.

@user-fq5mw9vs9o 3 дня назад

The people between you two groups were the ones who took the 5er and just solved the cube in less than a minute.

@patfrat666 3 дня назад

@@RT-qd8yl That's deep, my friend.

@volvo09 3 дня назад

@@RT-qd8yl that's what I would have done... Heat weakens the adhesive, and you get under the paper sticker with a dull small blade and SLOWLY lift for no damage sticker removal.

@jrehr90 3 дня назад

I want to meet another company man fan in real life. I bring this channel up in conversation often but I haven't found anyone yet.

@mikieedwards7380 2 дня назад

I hope to cross paths one day

@honeysunday 2 дня назад

Me too!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@diegojaramillo4623 День назад

Same

@mrshappywife8468 20 часов назад

Same here.

@krisfan_eleven 2 дня назад

Speedcuber here, the rubiks cube community is one of the best to get into if you want to learn how to do it and solve even under 60 seconds! There are tons of people that will go out of their way to help you personally. There are hundreds, if not thousands of videos on RU-vid to help you get started. A cheap $5-10 cube is all you need!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@PricefieldPunk 2 дня назад

Get vaseline and make the cube smooth AF with the turns

@SolitaryWolf День назад

…. And a computer with internet. 😂

@sparklefulpaladin 12 часов назад

Speed cubing community is amazing! I had the opportunity to go to a competition in my area a number of years back and everyone there was so friendly.

@vulcans2658 10 часов назад

Pass

@haskeymorrison 3 дня назад

About time the fad series returns

@companyman114 3 дня назад

Agreed!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

@@companyman114The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@codman606 2 дня назад

One of the most informative, wholesome, clean and positive channels on the internet. Dude just makes good videos.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@powercakes 3 дня назад

I keep a Rubik's cube at my desk because they're fun to solve every so often. I learned how to solve one through RU-vid a good 12 years ago or so now. I'm not a speed cuber, but I can solve mine in about a minute or so. There have been a couple times people have spotted it sitting on my desk and asked if I could solve it, so I'd hand them my cube (I think a MoYu I bought off Amazon), have them scramble it, and solve it in front of them. People are very impressed because it seems like an absolute feat, but it's really just memorizing algorithms and knowing when to use them.

@tararoy7489 3 дня назад

Agreed. It's so funny how amazed people are when they watch you solve one when you really have just memorized algorithms. 😂

@bitcoinski 2 дня назад

It' my only parlor trick. Everyone I've showed the trick to have never seen a Rubik's Cube solved in person before. I'm so proud of my weird skillset!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Square_Peg 3 дня назад

I was a kid in the 80s and my grandpa had a Rubik's cube. I remember playing with it and trying to solve it. He told me one of the strategies was to try and get the colors correct on each side in the shape of a T first and the and then solving it from there was supposed to be easy. Getting the T wasn't easy though, lol. As a teenager I bought one from Good Will, but never played with it much and I never learned to solve them, but I do think of them as a very iconic toy from the 80s.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@gergelyhaga 3 дня назад

As a Hungarian I am so proud of Rubik Ernő

@mbdg6810 3 дня назад

Funny how i run into a famous Hungarian at the time I’m trying to learn the language

@Ferruccio001 2 дня назад

@@mbdg6810❤❤Good luck and wish you stamina. Never give up, please!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@lonelyshrimpart 2 дня назад

when I was in the sixth grade I had a classmate who was into speedcubing. we had a free period one day where our teacher actually let him teach the class how to solve a Rubik's cube and it was so fun with all of us figuring our step by step and by the time we'd finish one he could've easily solved it 20 times over. he has so many, too, little 2x2s up to 5x5s and 6x6s and I can confirm that a good knock off cube is SMOOTH compared to an actual Rubik's!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@curiousNic 2 дня назад

I’ve been cubing for over 4 years now and don‘t see myself stopping anytime soon. It’s an amazing hobby with an incredibly supportive, helpful and inclusive community that keeps growing and growing.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@highping1786 3 дня назад

I got frustrated and took mine apart to solve it.

@JL-sm6cg 3 дня назад

I always took mine apart and put it back together.

@RobSchellinger 3 дня назад

Oh yeah. I did take one apart, but I couldn't figure out how to put it back together. 🙄

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@JonEffinZoidberg 3 дня назад

I learned to do it in Iraq during my first tour in 2004 from a friend who knew how to do it. Fastest I ever did it was in around 50 seconds but I had to use a formula. I knew formulas for specific moves and eventually learned shortcuts for specific situations, but I never learned it in depth like actual speed cubers did. I just knew formulas for general solving and then formulas for specific situations.

@WhatAboutZoidberg 3 дня назад

A fellow crab of taste I see.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@GLHS592 3 дня назад

A couple years ago, I decided to finally learn how to solve the Rubik's Cube. I couldn't find my old generic cube from the 80s, so I bought a new one. I watched a video and couldn't believe how easy it was. My son wanted to learn too, so he asked me to buy him a speed cube. We bought a couple speed cubes along with a 2x2, a 4x4, and a pyramid. They are all fun to work. After working the speed cubes, I realized how clunky the Rubik's brand cubes are. The speed cubes are fun to work and I work them all just about every night. When you are out somewhere and someone's kid has a cube, they all think you are a genius when you work it for them. I'm going to get a 5x5 and a 6z6 next.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Markimark151 3 дня назад

Rubik Cube isn’t just a fad, but more of a trend of the 1980s that was overhyped as a toy, but more like a puzzle solving game for geeks! It’s still kind of popular for geeks in puzzle competitions!

@sirBrouwer 3 дня назад

it also is popular in schools. However there it's often the same few cubes being used every year by just a new set of children. the thing is a school might only need to buy like five of them once. after that for the next 20 years that thing is effectively used by a few hundreds of children. and even if they want one at home you might buy one. and after the kid is done with it might just give it to the next younger kid. in a way the good quality of the product is it's biggest reason they sell bad.

@z4gee12 3 дня назад

As a speedcuber, I completely agree! I think it wouldn't be crazy to say that cubing is still pretty popular. Currently, there are now a good amount of cubing channels with 1m subs. I think the community is still growing well.

@Markimark151 3 дня назад

@@sirBrouwer they were also in my middle school algebra class, because of the different combinations in the cube!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Markimark151 2 дня назад

@@Pomni740 because the kid practiced a lot with solving Rubik cubes!

@TheLexikitty 2 дня назад

I fell down the cube rabbit hole and still get excited over weird variations of 5x5s and such, speed cubing isn’t something I have patience for but it is so clicks and just the right amount of puzzle for pick up and solve. 💞

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@patientallison 2 дня назад

Oh hey, a wild Lexi appeared! Does your legally blindness affect how fast you can solve one or are the colors distinct enough to not matter?

@SwitchedtoLinux 3 дня назад

03:30 - I still have a copy of that book!!

@spydermag5644 3 дня назад

After I solved the cube my mom bought that book so she could solve it. I still have it.

@c.witzling1508 3 дня назад

Me too!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@watchmehope6560 2 дня назад

Omg it's STL ❤

@noahswor 3 дня назад

Been watching your videos since 2018, glad you made a video about the thing that’s kept me busy all those years :)

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@UncleJoeLITE 3 дня назад

I'm old enough to remember Rubik's cubes being in your bag or under your desk at school. It was HARD, knowledge was passed from one person to another. Cheers CM.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@thecunninlynguist 3 дня назад

I was too stupid to solve these

@idk-qt4jy 3 дня назад

almost everyone is, most people find a tutorial online

@scottcook2568 3 дня назад

actually easy only 7 steps

@kurtw6922 3 дня назад

I was too. Still am, but used to be too

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@qej376 2 дня назад

hi, i can solve a rubik's cube! i'm a speedcuber of six years and attended over 50 official WCA compititions. speedcubing is a HUGE part of who i am. often speedcubing (or even the rubik's cube, really) gets painted in a bad light or belittled, but i appreciate the way you went about your video. great stuff man

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Sonicstillpoint83 8 часов назад

How could anybody paint those guys in a bad light? They’ve always been super helpful and welcoming from my experience just talking to people online even though I’ve never gone to an actual event.

@intrepid1160 3 дня назад

A few years ago I dug my old cube out and used some videos to learn to solve it. I timed myself and can do it in…9 minutes. Yeah, much slower than others for sure, but it was still exciting for me.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@theumbrellacorporation1523 2 дня назад

I’ve been able to solve the Rubik’s cube since I was 15. It took me years prior to muster the patience and sit down and learn to solve it. I’ve been hooked on solving since then. Happy cubing!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@jordans4827 День назад

I remember the visual of it still being popular into 1988. My friends displayed them next to their light up phones and swatches. It became a decorative item for your bedroom.

@jacksonwellons 3 дня назад

I’ve been waiting for this video for so long!!!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@ocirontariocryptidinvestig8010 3 дня назад

I remember being so frustrated in the 90s by the thing I just removed the stickers and solved it that way

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@darthrubik8384 3 дня назад

The cube will never die

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Zandezz. 3 дня назад

Found a RU-vid vid on how to solve it after getting my hands on my aunt’s old Rubik’s cube. That snowballed into probably 3 years of a Rubik’s cube speedcubing obsession until I sustained an unrelated injury to my hand that pretty much makes it impossible to be good at it anymore

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@MusicGameFinatic999 3 дня назад

Just learned how to solve a rubiks cube a few months ago, this video is on point!!!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@danielsass4134 3 дня назад

As a math and computer enthusiast, a several month obsession back in high school (around 2006) where I got in trouble many times in class led to me finally figuring out an algorithm to solve the cube without ever reading external instructions. I was never able to improve my algorithm to be faster than around a minute, but I was able to do it.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@GoNorthDesign 3 дня назад

There’s never been a BETTER time to take up cubing! I’m 50 and just happened to pick up the hobby just before COVID. Now I have like 15+ different cubes. SpinMaster has been putting out the best cubes the Rubik’s brand has ever made, IMHO.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@thomaseriksen6885 День назад

I can get more ya of them for a fee

@Riff.Wraith 3 дня назад

I learned the beginner's method on youtube. I can't remember whose guide I used at this point. I was never really interested in trying to solve the cube myself, I just enjoy them as fidget toys. Something to do with my hands while watching or listening to something.

@tararoy7489 3 дня назад

I do the same thing. They help calm anxiety.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@stevenrun3492 3 дня назад

One day I sat down with a cube and the instructions that come with it that show you the algorithms used for solving by layer, "The beginner method" and memorized a few move sequences, and that day, I had it. Now if I see a cube anywhere I can solve it and it's a fun parlor trick.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@VictorD2497 3 дня назад

Ive watched your channel for years. The Rubiks cube puts me back in high school in 2012 when a friend of mine had one and I got really curious. I borrowed it for spring break and learned how to solve it with the RU-vid videos. I then got so into puzzles, I went from solvinga 1x1 all the way to a 13 x 13. thank you for making this video.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@NigelMelanisticSmith 3 дня назад

I remeber being so angry as a kid when I learned that the solution to the Rubik's Cube was an algorithm. I remember thinking "I'm still learning long division, how did my parents expect me to create my own algorithm to solve this?". It was super disappointing to learn that the vast majority of people never figured the Cube out, but rather read a sheet of instructions on how to beat it.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@NigelMelanisticSmith 2 дня назад

@@Pomni740 yep, but I guarantee that the kid didn't make his own algorithm, he used someone else's solution.

@glennsapaden7543 День назад

Solving the Rubik’s Cube was my stress relief activity when I was studying for the Bar exam in 1981.

@mrshappywife8468 20 часов назад

This channel is so underrated. You always do such a great job with your research

@timhenderson7564 11 часов назад

I too was an 80’s kid, had multiple cubes. Yes did as most and pulled the stickers then learned how to disassemble it and put it back together. Solved. I think that’s why I’m a mechanical engineer now.

@gorjlg 3 дня назад

It was promoted at the Knoxville World's Fair in 1982. There is still a giant Cube in the old Knoxville Convention Center.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Damachaman 20 часов назад

I randomly wanted to learn how to solve it in 2015, used RU-vid, and now I can solve it in about 90 seconds. The speed cubers put in so much time - I’m not willing to invest any more, but still people are amazed that I can even solve it to begin with.

@WhatAboutZoidberg 3 дня назад

This is hilarious, I just put down my cube after relearning it in just the past few days. Been a few years but I LOVE it. It's similar to Tetris flow state and incredibly enjoyable to learn more.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Wendy_O. День назад

I was in elementary school back in the early 1980's; this video made me feel incredibly nostalgic...and old at the same time! 🤣 Ah, simpler times, when a Rubik's Cube was $1 at the toy store! Everyone had one of these, and there were other puzzles that came out around the mid-'80s. I remember Missing Link (it was rectangular and you had to match up the shapes and colors to form a chain) and a pyramid-shaped puzzle.

@cmiller120392 3 дня назад

RU-vid taught me how to do it in 5 steps and only like a ten minute video which was great. Learned in one week and now it's like riding a bike plus people think you're smart for doing it but really you just show you have the determination to put your mind to something and achieve it. If anyone really tries they'll figure it out. We all know it's not impossible but it is definitely intimidating.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@songsan807 2 дня назад

I remembered seeing my oldest brother solving it in the 80s and tried for the next 25 years to solve it by picking it up spend an hour or two trying to solve a face or two, give up and put it away for a few years, repeat. Finally I figured out how to solve the cube when I figure the cube could be broken down and have 3 layers and each is a puzzle. So each morning for 3 days I would go to a Starbucks about 2 hours before work, get a coffee, and focus solving each layer. By the 3rd day I was able to solve it within 3 minutes and then got it down to 30 seconds. I figure out how to quickly learn and solve things by doing this before and after work and that was how I learn how to solve the cube, new programming languages, etc. Don't need to be at SB. Can do this at home or even the library.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Yangorango 3 дня назад

I remember I bought one 16 years ago. It was a 99-cents knock-off because that was pretty much what my 13-year-old me could afford. I undid it thinking that I could solve it on my own but I never did. A friend from school came to my house a month later I bought the cube and found it on a coffee table at the living room so he decided to give it a go. He was able to solve it probably in less than five minutes. It has remained in its solved conditions since 2008, untouched by anyone else.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@Funnyvid16 3 дня назад

As someone with a small cube collection, it was indeed a fad but its still wonderful to go back to. My 13x13 cube is still quite fun to play with!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@MoonLiteNite 6 часов назад

Played with my dad’s 4x4 in the early 90s when I was like 7. When I was 13 I got one for Christmas, a 3x3. 365. Days later, I solved in. Filled up a huge notebook with my turns and findings. 2nd solve took 4 months, then 2, then 1. Once I got it written to 15mins I quickly hit 75secs. Finally got a book to see how to be faster. About 10% of my algs were already the fastest ones. Now I’m like 40 and have 40 styles of cubes and shapes and colors. Fun hobby

@Yo-Its-Jeff 2 дня назад

I learned to solve them probably 5 years ago, at the age of 40. I do remember them from the 80s, but never had an interest until a student challenged me to beat him at it. I learned how and never looked back. Now, I can do it in under 30s, as well as 2x2s, 4x4s, pyramids, mastermorphix, diamond shaped, and even my new favorite one with 12 faces.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@hjonk1351 2 дня назад

One thing i love doing is picking up my freinds scrambled cube when im at their house when they are not looking and solving it and seeing the look on there face when its solved

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@hjonk1351 2 дня назад

@@Pomni740 yeah ik and its impressive

@bingofromblueyfan 3 дня назад

I think it’s crazy how much spin master spent on the Rubix cube and they’re also known for being the company that made the paw patrol franchise and they own Melissa and Doug as of this year i hope he brings back the bigger than you know series and talks more about spin master because of how interesting their story is

@calebwilliams7659 3 дня назад

One aspect not mentioned in this video was how the Rubik's cube also created an entire culture of mechanical puzzles besides the cube. There was the Missing Link, Rubik's Snake, the (4-sided) Rubik's Pyramid, the 4x4 Rubik's cube, and my personal favorite Alexander's Star just to name a few. I even had a plastic apple that was clear and was in fact a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Also there was the whole increase in popularity of puzzles with ropes and links or two metal pieces and you had to figure out the moves to separate them without bending or breaking the parts, and there was always a trick to it (like the two horseshoes connected by chains and a metal ring seemingly impossible to remove from it but it was possible ). The 80's was definitely a decade full of mechanical puzzles of many kinds.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@brettkeenan8367 3 дня назад

So glad to see this series return!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@WTF-WithTheFlow День назад

The Cube: An all analog, handheld 3D video game (like Tetris) you can speed run for increased social benefit, anxiety relief, and a boost in self confidence. It’s never too late to learn. I learned in my 30’s, and it’s my favourite thing to do now. It was getting a magnetic speed cube that changed everything for me: it was actually enjoyable to turn! Like 6 fidget spinners put together into a game. It’s like a moving meditation, and eventually you stop thinking about solving and just… solve.

@Cornan1980 2 дня назад

I have one sitting on my desk right now. I bought it a couple years ago. I still haven't solved it, but I do enjoy having it on my desk as an art object.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@evancendrowski687 3 дня назад

I love this series of videos, please make more of these! Some ideas are neopets and tamagochi! For something more like this, the bop-it!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@johnnymacchicago 3 дня назад

Great video from my favorite RU-vid channel! But...I've never been smart enough to solve Rubik's Cube, so this brings back frustrating memories 😆

@tararoy7489 3 дня назад

I has nothing to do with intelligence, just memorization. Trust me. 😉

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@LittleRadicalThinker День назад

The group in the cube is enormous. It is a great toy for a kid to play.

@Lexyvil 23 часа назад

Amazing video! Always wondered how Mr. Rubik came up with the idea.

@TopsideCrisis346 2 дня назад

The craze happened during my early childhood. I distinctly remember my cousins having one, and the bros and I would spend commonly spend a few minutes out of a visit trying to solve it before getting frustrated and moving on to other distractions. The cube caught my attention again in my 30s, when I started to have a little disposable income. TBH, I've never been able to solve it without instruction, try as I might to memorize the technique. I'm still fascinated by those who can solve it on their own - y'all are on a different level. 😎👍

@ronaldfranke9225 3 дня назад

I never got interested in the Rubik's cube, but my dad, now 90, did. Working the cube frequently each day in the assisted living facility probably bought him several years of sanity after he was diagnosed with dementia.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@albear972 3 дня назад

One "fad" I lived through and loved as a 10-year-old kid back in the 80's. And dang, even to this day I still have them cubes but have *never* gotten all sides the same color. It will never be. Back then, I had the cube, sphere, snake and pyramid. Plus, the keychain cube. Goodtimes to be a kid in the 80's.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@JW02828 3 дня назад

Great video, I had to share this video with my kids.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@michaelgoff4504 2 дня назад

One project for a high school math class (1998-99) was to solve the Rubik's Cube in less than 4 minutes. We had several days in the class to go over the strategy. For the most part it's not that hard, but toward the end, you have to memorize some complex move combinations to finish the job, and I found that difficult. Fun fact: if you disassemble a Rubik's Cube and then reassemble it at random (i.e. without paying attention to where the colors go), there is a 1/12 chance that the reassembled cube is solvable.

@Draketheminer 3 дня назад

I have a Rubik’s cube and know how to solve it, but I’m not a speed cuber. Still like to fidget with it.

@tararoy7489 3 дня назад

Same!!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@PepperTreeVilla 2 дня назад

Mike, yes, I remember when the fad was in full swing. I was in high school at the time. So many students had their cubes in their lockers or backpacks. And I also remember buying a knock-off keychain at a local flea market. You couldn’t go into any store without seeing Rubik’s Cube or a knock-off there on the shelves. It was as big as you described.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@LilLorThatGamerFoo 3 дня назад

Back in 2010 when I was living in a behavioral treatment facility, a friend that I met in there had one and printed out instructions from a computer room we had there during school hours. He followed the instructions and figured out the correct combinations and techniques to the rubix cube. I was impressed, so I did the same. Now days I haven't touched one probably since that time but it was fun and addicting. Great video as always.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@LilLorThatGamerFoo День назад

@@Pomni740 yeah I could believe it, kids are actually smart with there developing brains. Some of the most insane things are done by kids or something someone would be really impressed by is done by kids. It's fascinating.

@Brian_L_A 3 дня назад

I bought a Rubics cube way back but could not solve it. I bought a book and was able to solve it but did not bother to memorize the solution. This always bothered me that I could not solve a cube on my own. Flash forward about 40 years and I finally got a cube and using online tutorials not only solved it but memorized it. Now I have all high-quality speed cubes from 2X2 to 10X10 and solve them all the time, no help needed. I do it to keep my mind sharp.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@bennetfox 2 дня назад

I solved my Rubik's cube by taking it apart and putting it back together in the correct order!!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@davesaints8023 3 дня назад

I was there when the Rubik's Cube the thing. Everyone had one. They hand the key change ones, the snake, and a flat one. I don't remember the name of it. I do remember it going missing, only to find out my mother started playing with it and got hooked. It was in her purse. Then, one day, the Rubik's Cube disappeared. I would see it time to time. It was a fad of the times. Glad to hear it is still around.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@areksoo День назад

As an 80s kid, I had one. I did manage to solve it, but didn't have a strong understanding of how to solve it. So it was more trial and error for that last side until I got it. Then much later as I was doing my internship, I had no money, so I bought a used Rubik's cube on ebay and after a month, I solved it. But not only that, I understood it, so I was able to come up with my own solution. I got quite good at it where my average time solving was about 30 seconds and my best time was 19 seconds. I thought I had a world record. But then later that year, the first World Cube Association competition was held in my home town. The record was shattered to 16 second and then later to 12 seconds. Everyone was racing to break 10 seconds and I was left in the dust. I took a different tangent than speed cubing. I was more interested in solving more complex puzzle like megaminx, skewb, pyramix, etc and later to bandaged, shape mods, etc. It's a shame that this part of cubing seems to have died down.

@solver5k 2 дня назад

Awesome video! Yes, in the 80s everyone did have a Rubik's Cube. Like many others, I learned from the Simple Solution book and solved every cube that was brought to me in elementary school. Fun times! Today it's my hobby and competitions are alive and well. :)

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@fredgarvin716 День назад

When I was a kid, my mom got my dad one as a stocking stuffer before anyone had even heard of a Rubik's Cube. It must have been Christmas of 1980 at the very start of the fad. Everyone had one after that and I remember the little keychain cubes. Oh, and I still have that exact book 03:27 😂

@megavern72 9 часов назад

I'm staring at one right and it still infuriates me! 😄 Back in the day I had a full sized cube and one of those keychain ones.

@rbspace454 3 дня назад

I've never been able to solve this, but now that you bring it up, now I'm going to watch a video on how to solve it!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@PaulDozierZZoMBiE13 2 дня назад

I'm old enough that I lived through the original craze for these items. Very fun, but I never solved one. Not the right way anyhow. We all busted them up and rebuilt them of course. But that doesn't count. If anyone reading this hasn't seen him before, look up Stephen Brundage. He's a Rubik's Cube magician. Most of it is simple sleight of hand and speed solving combined, but it's so fun to watch and seeing the look of wonder on his mark's faces is always priceless. The guy is a natural showman.

@vuovdiii День назад

Yeah, I'm a speedcuber. I've been speedcubing for around 8 years now and competing for 6 years. My best time is 6.06 seconds, but my main event is solving the 7x7x7 cube, which my best time is 2 minutes, 32 seconds. It's a really fun hobby for me tbh. I recently visited Hungary, where it was invented, and had a lot of fun learning about it more.

@JusNoBS420 3 дня назад

I remember seeing this book 3:25 on the shelf as a child. And trying to master the cube on summer.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@haystacks6181 3 дня назад

I always enjoy the creativity of your thumbnails

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@bsoder13 3 дня назад

Great video!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@ramiromen6595 3 дня назад

I managed to solve the 2x2 on my own, watched a video for the OG one. Quite shallow on my part i know but it feels nice to tick that off my list.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@rogerrenfrow 2 дня назад

I bought a Rubics Cube back before they got popular. (I'm still surprised they ever got so popular.) I was reading an article about a "new toy with a very clever design" that was about to hit the shelves. I looked around a toy store in a mall, and asked a clerk if they had any. The clerk was surprised they had one. He hadn't heard about it yet . I was really impressed with the quality Contruction of the thing. After fiddling with it for a few minutes at a time over a couple of weeks, it ended up on a shelf, and later in a storage box. Decades later, I gave it to a friend of mine's eldest, who was into the competitions. She's officiated at some of the competitions as well.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@PenguinPlacenta 3 дня назад

I’m turning 28 and I remember there were a few of us that grew interest in the cube back in middle school (2007-2010). At the time RU-vid was how I learned how to solve. I would solve it under a min(fastest was like 45 sec). It’s like riding a bike, I’m still able to solve it with my cube I keep at my desk when I’ve gone years since touching it

@sortedsortof3474 3 дня назад

I was 20 years old when this came out and it really was everywhere. Every talk show would have people solving it on camera. I never had the patience however to twist it more than 4 or 5 times myself.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@MageJiro 3 дня назад

I always wanted to learn how as a kid. A year ago I decided to actually buy one. I tried on my own for a month. I could never completely figure it out, then found a channel J Perm. He explained it very well how to do a basic solve for it and how each move worked. After a week or so of following it, eventually I memorized it. Then now I kinda just pull it out every so often just to test myself. I am not trying to be a speed cuber by any means. That's insane how fast people can do it now. I did buy a gan cube though. It's very nice how smooth the turns are.

@robertheitz4971 3 дня назад

Thanks a ton for making this. I used to love solving them. 1 thing I did notice, when you were pronouncing the amount of permutations the cube had, you said quintrillion with an r. Not a big thing, but I thought I’d point it out. Love the vid though!!

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@infin1ty850 3 дня назад

The next one of this series needs to be "Tickle Me Elmo". I remember that coming out when I past the age of caring, but my younger cousins were absolutely obsessed, and I remember the absolute hell scape of people trying to get one for their kid.

@Podsedneck 2 дня назад

I like the fad videos. Well done! Hilarious that Mitsubishi made the cube-solving robot.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@00F 3 дня назад

Its definitely having a resurgence in popularity with competitions becoming more widespread. More competitors are joining in year after year.

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@henrygreen2096 3 дня назад

I remember I got a cube as a gift sometime maybe in secondary school and realised I just did not have the mind for it. I haven't sat down to solve since then and I refuse to search up a method or a guide because the mathematician in me does want to give a genuine blind shot one day. To me it's just another 3D puzzle, and I think there are better puzzles, but with this ones design, timing, and advertisement, I can see how it became popular.

@johnmiller4859 3 дня назад

I lived through the fad and didn't remember it dying that quickly. My mom bought me one. I usually don't do fads and this one was no different.

@motel666 3 дня назад

yippie another company man video 😁😁😁

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@jwise209 3 дня назад

Company Man

@Pomni740 2 дня назад

The fastest rubik's cube solver in the world is 10 years old.

@bkkmj4250 День назад

Nice one! 👍😎

@noskatehate 2 дня назад

I literally just got done watching Karl Jobst's video about the fake speed run world record for cubing and then I scroll down my subscriptions and BAM company man hits me with a similar topic!