Guy breaks Rubik's Cube WR, becomes instant celebrity - General

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x8jgGX3iNM[/media] Zero to hero, just like that

Glad that this time the [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R07JiT0PlcE"]world record breaker[/URL] didn't had a fucking boner. Or that time someone [URL="https://youtu.be/i8RBl7NmL8g"]started to scream[/URL] as if they were being murdered

that one guy that went in for a high five and just sucked it back in

[QUOTE=Digivee;52833572]that one guy that went in for a high five and just sucked it back in[/QUOTE] Every time. without fail. There's an awkward moment in these videos. Every damn time

personally a huge fan of the kid who enters frame at 24 seconds, gives the most enthusiastic clapping out of the lot of them then gives a hearty 180 "oh shit!"

[QUOTE=Mr cake fingers;52835174]personally a huge fan of the kid who enters frame at 24 seconds, gives the most enthusiastic clapping out of the lot of them then gives a hearty 180 "oh shit!"[/QUOTE] He was so wholesome

[QUOTE=darth-veger;52833464]Glad that this time the [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R07JiT0PlcE"]world record breaker[/URL] didn't had a fucking boner.[/QUOTE] Why do multiple people have raging erections in this.

The thing that gets me confused with the whole timed events for rubix cubes is how they govern the cubes starting state. According to the official rules they use a computer program to generate a "scramble" that has rules(like must be at least 11 moves from completion) but being a randomised starting state means it has the potential for one state to take far longer than another to solve, there isn't really any set difficulty that all starting states are considered to meet rather a minimum difficulty. Which kind of defeats the purpose since if you make no mistakes, your time is effectively in the hands of rng with a little deviation from your hand movements. I suppose that might be why its always young people doing these?

[QUOTE=archival;52835466]The thing that gets me confused with the whole timed events for rubix cubes is how they govern the cubes starting state. According to the official rules they use a computer program to generate a "scramble" that has rules(like must be at least 11 moves from completion) but being a randomised starting state means it has the potential for one state to take far longer than another to solve, there isn't really any set difficulty that all starting states are considered to meet rather a minimum difficulty. Which kind of defeats the purpose since if you make no mistakes, your time is effectively in the hands of rng with a little deviation from your hand movements. I suppose that might be why its always young people doing these?[/QUOTE] well afaik nobody's really "solving" rubik's cubes, its essentially just a formula that they use to figure out which movements to make and it involves making a series of patterns and shit. people get the misconception that a rubik's cube is a thing about intelligence when really it's more about dexterity, how fast you can move your hands etc. you're still pretty right but the rng is only gonna affect their time by a fraction of a second if they're world record-level fast. rng would be more of a problem if it was about solving it in the fewest moves possible or something like that [editline]29th October 2017[/editline] and also yeah it's always young kids like all the 12 year olds you see in the video because nobody above the age of 12 really cares about it lmao

[QUOTE=Baconator 7;52835687]well afaik nobody's really "solving" rubik's cubes, its essentially just a formula that they use to figure out which movements to make and it involves making a series of patterns and shit. people get the misconception that a rubik's cube is a thing about intelligence when really it's more about dexterity, how fast you can move your hands etc. you're still pretty right but the rng is only gonna affect their time by a fraction of a second if they're world record-level fast.[b] rng would be more of a problem if it was about solving it in the fewest moves possible[/b] or something like that [editline]29th October 2017[/editline] and also yeah it's always young kids like all the 12 year olds you see in the video because nobody above the age of 12 really cares about it lmao[/QUOTE] Thats straight up the way to solve it in a time trial though, you get the fastest time by making the fewest moves not by following an algorithm/formula. Using a formula to solve the cube is considered super slow because you effectively handicap yourself by needing to make moves to follow it rather than going straight to a finish state in as few moves as possible. When you're able to solve the cube by just making moves based on where pieces are rather than trying to follow a layer algorithm or such its a lot faster and at that point, it is about solving it in the fewest possible moves to get that record time, that's why the rng aspect perplexes me.

[QUOTE=TheTalon;52835032]Every time. without fail. There's an awkward moment in these videos. Every damn time[/QUOTE] i mean, it's a rubik's cube solving contest after all.

I used to know how to solve these. When I bought it it gives you a booklet in the box that tells you how to solve it using those algorithms, and it's not hard to memorize. I used to think it made me cool in high school (and it somehow kinda did.) Then I promptly forgot how.

[QUOTE=archival;52838417]Thats straight up the way to solve it in a time trial though, you get the fastest time by making the fewest moves not by following an algorithm/formula. Using a formula to solve the cube is considered super slow because you effectively handicap yourself by needing to make moves to follow it rather than going straight to a finish state in as few moves as possible. When you're able to solve the cube by just making moves based on where pieces are rather than trying to follow a layer algorithm or such its a lot faster and at that point, it is about solving it in the fewest possible moves to get that record time, that's why the rng aspect perplexes me.[/QUOTE] AFAIK, most people who specialize in rubiks cubes solve them in their mind using these algorithms long before their hands go into work. They figure it out, and then execute it. It's not just rapid hand movements.

Why does that 13 year old in the back have a full beard? What universe is this?

[QUOTE=darth-veger;52833464] Or that time someone [URL="https://youtu.be/i8RBl7NmL8g"]started to scream[/URL] as if they were being murdered[/QUOTE] [IMG]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z-33xndJvL0/maxresdefault.jpg[/IMG] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Reaction image" - Reagy))[/highlight] oh i got fuckin zinged alright

That would be kind of weird, just everyone looking at you, no one really saying anything specific to you. I wonder if the kid dressed as Rick from Morty & Rick who comes in from the right side kept making Rub-Rick's Cube jokes.

[QUOTE=Smeetin;52846201]That would be kind of weird, just everyone looking at you, no one really saying anything specific to you. I wonder if the kid dressed as Rick from Morty & Rick who comes in from the right side kept making Rub-Rick's Cube jokes.[/QUOTE] The kid dressed as Rick is standing behind a kid with a Big Bang Theory T-Shirt. These kids sure know of some quality television programs.

Its like they say, it doesn't matter how good you are at something. Because at the end of the day there is always some asian who is better than you

[QUOTE=TheTalon;52835032]Every time. without fail. There's an awkward moment in these videos. Every damn time[/QUOTE] I can't not share the legendary double handshake [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDJTCYEg3Tc[/media]

[QUOTE=AaronM202;52835275]Why do multiple people have raging erections in this.[/QUOTE] Adderall

[QUOTE=waylander;52847773]Adderall[/QUOTE] oh. looked it up. yup,[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall#Physical_2"] that's a side effect of adderall[/URL]. Third sentence in. OFC adderall would probably be used in competitions like this.