Head-to-Head Double Elimination 3x3 Tournament - CubingUSA Nationals 2018 (feat. Feliks Zemdegs)

A head-to-head 3x3 tournament of the top 16 competitors from Round 1 of CubingUSA Nationals. The tournament was double elimination; competitors had to lose twice to be eliminated. The matches were best 2 out of 3; first to 2 wins won the match. Enjoy!
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[@snaggio]

“Feliks Zemdegs moving on” Kid: what a surprise 9:12

[@Evan_0706]

He was probably being sarcastic 😆

[@user-mg4ph8ee8y]

Evan0706 yap it was n it killed me xD

[@someone929.]

Lol I was dying from laughter

[@marshi7777]

"Roux vs........ not roux"

[@pedrofonseca4233]

I was the like number 300 of this comment!!!

[@Kian_Mansour]

Feliks = too good

[@bragtime1052]

OMG KEY-YAWN!!! As in neon, of course.

[@DrewAsWellAs]

I was rooting for you bro

[@Trexrush1]

Cfop = too good 😂

[@treep5556]

Kian Mansour indeed

[@bricc4415]

i put the KIAN on the table.

[@tex4300]

imagine practicing so long and hard to try to get atleast to the semi's, more than 5 hours a day of pure solving and learning.. and then being up against feliks on round 1

[@khanhnguyennam6007]

Im mean its mats valk in sure he can handle it

[@frosted9133]

Kwint lol

[@Ximme]

Thats why it’s double elimination

[@Justin_Fahnestock]

That means you didn't try hard enough

[@andrewluo9616]

Lol

[@TiffRBLX]

1:09 to 1:11 Mats is jumping after Feliks 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SimpleAverageBoi69]

lol

[@xandern9]

Feliks is fast but what makes him deadly is his consistency

[@vedants.vispute77]

I think his look ahead is too ahead

[@h-hhh]

Me when one of them doesn't get a sub-10 solve: "lmao noobs" Me when I get a sub-30: "YAY PB"

[@pianoandeden]

lol i dont even get sub 1 minute

[@SR-fl5qg]

My best is 35 but I got super lucky and skipped the last 2 steps of my strategy ( I really need a new one mine is from back in the 80s

[@pianoandeden]

@@SR-fl5qg what strategy r u using ftom the 80s lol

[@Kian_Mansour]

That was a lot of fun!

[@KyoHeiRFP]

GJ on making the grand final! How do you feel about going up against Chris and Feliks twice?

[@Kian_Mansour]

Thanks! Going against Chris and Feliks twice was kind of weird because I wasn't exactly sure how the whole double elimination draw worked haha.

[@susanhipgrave1193]

Kian Mansour roux for life

[@will4248]

You have a very steady average(unlike me)

[@benjaminmoua78]

😮 Helooooooooo

[@shauryakumaria]

Feliks killed it but kudos to Kian for reaching the finals being the odd one out with roux

[@briannaspencer9169]

Cubing Machine what method does Feliks use?

[@shauryakumaria]

Scottish Moose He uses CFOP nd so do all other competitors in the vid.

[@briannaspencer9169]

Cubing Machine thanks for the info

[@renlamomtsopoe]

Cubing Machine which one is better? I'm new to cubing

[@shauryakumaria]

Renlamo Tsopoe I use CFOP and have tried roux as well and it depends on person to person. If u are comfortable with many algorithms then CFOP should come easy to u and is easy to get fast at. Roux on the other hand, is much more logical and takes a bit of time to master but can give excellent times as well.Happy Cubing☺️👍👍

[@louismeunier4642]

8:23 "5.19? That's cheating"

[@owenwiddis1961]

Louis Meunier lmao it’s Chris

[@owenwiddis1961]

Cuberious chi

[@cubernikhil914]

I didn’t get it. How did he cheat?

[@owenwiddis1961]

Cuber Nikhil he didn’t. It was a joke

[@teriww]

Top 10 chris

[@rehan4223]

Legend has it that the guy at 10:35 is still looking for a place to sit ...

[@sandhyasankar9221]

Lol

[@gojosblanket]

Lolololol

[@mehmetbener5954]

Lol

[@ratiemand4529]

Lolololol

[@jackslattery27]

Lol

[@yoshi6236]

Who will win: A professional speedcuber, who has set world records and even made his own cube One zemdegsy boi

[@aryavsaigal8898]

Yoshi nats valk never made his own cube. Valk is made by QiDi

[@yoshi6236]

@@aryavsaigal8898 Yeah but it was designed by him

[@aryavsaigal8898]

Yoshi no

[@SkullcrusherNJ]

Aryav Saigal QiYi and it was His idea of a perfect speedcube

[@bigg565]

flammable maths hahaahahaha

[@TheCooldudenike]

Feliks is a god lol. Max should have joined to add to the competitiveness.

[@karteekkrishna1722]

TheCooldudenike why didn't max play this double elimination?

[@TheCooldudenike]

No idea bro!

[@karteekkrishna1722]

TheCooldudenike okay

[@TheCooldudenike]

if only that were true...

[@gamescape2798]

@What stars really look like Feliks* And he is Yahweh, dude. It's proven.

[@aakashparmar9378]

Who feels kind of nostalgic about the legendary 4.73 wr solve after seeing 1:49??

[@paulhayes7972]

I was like why is this Weyer guy getting so many goes, then I realised they were brothers!

[@davidsupreme459]

Lol ikr

[@aryamaangoswamy179]

Never knew that watching 5-10 second clips could make up a 20-minute video

[@lastgetsugatenshou4145]

My two Idols : Felixs Zemdegs and Kian Mansour The Zeroing Master Vs The Roux God

[@khanhnguyennam6007]

Zeroing is not a real thing

[@dpage446]

@@khanhnguyennam6007 tell that to feliks

[@Shrajal.khare21]

19:26 sportsman's spirit

[@ibrazil148]

4:04 How wide does his mouth Go?!

[@hellen8593]

AHHAAHAHHAHA

[@migvel_]

I think he eats Cubes 😂

[@aleontecristian9260]

omg this is the comment i am looking for

[@lukemossbarnett336]

Yay let's make fun of people for their appearance

[@Akashita06]

Timbin ❄️

[@willharris1836]

Based on the thumbnail, I thought Luke was going to beat Felix’s. At least he got a handshake

[@ayaveloso4922]

*feliks :)

[@jordanlu9152]

William Harris Yeah, it's called clickbait

[@tyler5197]

Thumbnail Photoshop is terrible, how did you fall for it, he has hands just coming out of his side

[@st9459]

Jordan Lu it wasn’t clickbait

[@francesc-xavierandresperez8956]

Luke looked so young.

[@tejasparse9053]

4:04 Dino laugh😂😂😂😂

[@KaraokeWorship]

Tejas Parse lol

[@patrickforstner8548]

horse teeth

[@bric.3572]

That’s meaaaan

[@bric.3572]

Patty BALLZ Unnecessarily mean

[@patrickforstner8548]

@@bric.3572 true tho

[@AFTR2025]

That Thumbnail Made Me Get Here! I was thinking, a kid beat Feliks, no way! Turns out I was wrong... Feliks wrecked Luke

[@pocoyo2699]

Me to

[@f3skip141]

Damn kian is just a beast with that smooth turning and roux

[@Nievesandros]

I have been always amazed by the style of Rowe Hessler. Those moves are so smooth, Incredible. Noone like him!

[@AjitKumar-ie3hx]

Feliks nailed it with no losses

[@elao7829]

Feliks the best :)

[@AjitKumar-ie3hx]

Ethan Gabriel Lao of all time bro

[@trixtao]

Ethan Gabriel Lao lol no

[@justarandomguy1208]

*losses

[@AjitKumar-ie3hx]

Cubing is Cubing sry my bad

[@KSCuberOfficial]

Roux God Vs Zeroing Master Final Showdown!

[@saturninomonteiro884]

??

[@paulvasquez7897]

Saturnino Monteiro Feliks uses the Zero while Kian use the Roux ... Just look at their cubes & how they do it ...

[@user-hg4yq6sv1v]

1:48 the most interesting!

[@vonvibes1673]

Feliks is a Legend. His cubing is world-class. His attitude is heavenly. Overall, he's surreal.

[@onionhoney5728]

Beating Patrick Ponce by chance was probs my cubing highlight so far lmao. That was so much fun!

[@cubisthenos6299]

"Ok we're all gonna start our timers at the same time." Michal: *stops timer* "What?"

[@Furansowakun]

17:55 "that's why CFOP is better" :D

[@anegg9108]

Kian is the only one using roux in there and the rest was using CFOP, and he won practically everyone excluding feliks, so this CFOP is better than Roux thing is kind of false

[@hedgehogcuber6462]

Both are good, and that toxic kid who said that doesnt know anything about cubing

[@xanderph6111]

It depends how you mastered the method and how you turn fast the cube

[@xanderph6111]

And Feliks not using cfop

[@xanderph6111]

He is using Zeroing

[@marcosc1676]

Hear the permanent turn clicking on those cubing competitions. Feels good

[@sicmic]

Feliks never looked threatened. Still so impressive to watch.

[@bostarl8002]

16:47 jack why u have ur shorts like ROLLED up

[@migvel_]

😂😂😂😂

[@mehmetbener5954]

Hahhahahahahahaha

[@pilipiano6728]

feliks was spamming the reset button in round 3 :)

[@lawvenmangar9512]

Kian Mansour is probably the only one that was using Roux but dang he's really fast at it.

[@ghostsonic97]

Felix is always the legend of 3x3

[@niccolopaganini1782]

13:58 all three hands 😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@SikoSoft]

There's more brain power in this one room than an entire metropolis city.

[@yoanceecuber5261]

Thanks you film it :)

[@cubbs6495]

RAMI BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THE PHOTO BOMB

[@Tds206]

Putting anyone against Feliks is unfair lol

[@lukefrederick8864]

“Jack, why do you have your shorts like rolled up?” 😂😂

[@manavdantkale]

2:34 did you saw him 😂 He was in a search 😂

[@andrewcarratu3020]

As soon as I saw Feliks in the tournament, I knew he was the winner.

[@superprofi4307]

17:53 "RIP Kian, thats why CFOP is better"; lol

[@spacevspitch4028]

Hmmm. How were they paired? Isn't it like, generally in other sports, they wouldn't put top competitors up against each other in early rounds? Seems odd to put Mats and Feliks up against each other in the 1st round.

[@thepotatochurner9543]

KIBanshee9 true but its double elimination

[@Julio974]

I guess it’s by ranking: 1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th, etc.

[@kitstopher_]

Based on 1st round results, that was the #5 vs #12 matchup.

[@cubernikhil914]

Kit Clement Ok so it was 1st vs. 16th and so on right? And Mats didn’t perform well in the first round so he was up against Feliks. Right?

[@quebeccuber2470]

Place from semi-final I think

[@LashyYT]

I love this sort of competition can they do this again next year and also where was max park and Chris Olsen

[@MrSharkFIN]

Dude, Patrick Ponce puts a smile on my face. And on his own face aswell :D

[@riley4thdimension]

what we can learn from this: Feliks is the raining champion of 3x3 and nobody is consistent but Kian.

[@willwalter1384]

Was there a sail challenge

[@LUNVNEditz]

love it so much

[@Kai_M]

Me: I'm only sub 17, but that's down to my age Luke Garret: Hold my F2l

[@alexvogel7274]

14:35 just listen and watch feliks

[@roaa4453]

THE GUY IN THE BACK

[@alexvogel7274]

Linkz_ RaidZz um, wat

[@jasontoth1317]

Bro Rami out here looking like an absolute unit Edit: 2:34

[@homecuber265]

Is he jerk

[@iqbalmamun7798]

Amazing solve by Felix zemdegs

[@boemndeso4250]

Pekalongan hadir.. Feliks emang jos😍

[@crashtest_crashtest]

Kian out here representing roux

[@JeeJee]

Feliks is like the person who hosts the game that's why he can use cheats to set him on God mode.

[@tharuknimsara7639]

Feliks and mats are good frineds,they are very respectable

[@nguyenbaphuongquynh8224]

I like Feliks's smile. His smile is beautiful. He's so handsome and modest, i like the way he celebrated his achivement.

[@andreaslambropoulos1159]

They should've had a OH race at the end

[@hitzcritz]

Philipp's 5.19 single tho lol

[@josephlimones-gallegos3502]

HitzCritz. That's cheating

[@analouisa6796]

Joey LimonesGallegos why? Sorry I'm confused😂

[@josephlimones-gallegos3502]

PandaCraftzMC. If you listen to the audio right after he gets the 5.19 somebody in the crowd says "that's cheating". 😂

[@stub2233]

i watch this every day and tell myself 'ill get there one day ' but really we all know that ain't gonna happen.

[@Wallhackingplusesp]

Feliks has gotten insanely fast. Also, would you be able to do a reconstruction of Derpy's WR square 1 single?

[@whytho7151]

10:29 Calm down Patrick lol

[@Ethan-wv7bj]

6:44 we have spotted a wild JRCuber

[@manikandan.g2374]

just a piece of cake for feliks.

[@Dvorak-tm8hj]

6:17 they both missed each others hand shake but then the third time they got it 😂😂

[@THEULTIMATECUBER]

Where's Max?

[@zenfusiom2732]

Genius Cuber he would get 5 and 6 so only Feliks could compete with him

[@aayushjadhav1186]

He too is watching this video like us

[@jeveh_7630]

cube perm feliks still did better in 3x3

[@jeveh_7630]

cube perm a bit

[@relaxingcat6805]

Everyone : this will be a great competition, I got this. Feliks : hold my beer.

[@sisakendre4883]

Do they get the same scramble?

[@boweneveritt3400]

Wish I could have been there!!

[@jdgames3621]

Conclusion Everyone is better than me

[@user-ow3qf1qj6q]

そうだな

[@NHV17]

- Beginner - Intermediate - Pro - Expert - 10 year old Asians - Felix

[@RummanNaser]

10 YO asians I'm dying lol 😂😂😂

[@John-lf3xf]

LegendFaz

[@Gavo9649]

Wait wait wait... did lazermonkey just clickbait me with that thumbnail? Well done my friend... well done

[@whotyjones]

Was this after finals? I don't remember hearing about this going on at all.

[@Joseph-oq6ij]

Ty Jones this was after the guanlong challenge

[@whotyjones]

Banter I must have missed that too! 😱

[@lilieneaselmani5910]

2:35 hahahahahaha that is funny

[@levyfernandespereira1123]

Wow. Kian is really the ROUX EVOLUTION

[@rashainn4810]

God bless you all and your families 🙏🏽

[@adamestes7933]

"what the 5:19" " thats not that even good" "thats cheating" 8:24

[@zuiry_yt1514]

12:52 “I can’t really solve one of them” Hold on.. Wtf’s a non-cuber doing here?

[@user-cv4gr6wr6c]

Best of the best

[@josephmullenberg4205]

Wow watching Kian solve is insane.

[@Nolmy300]

Go Luke :D

[@HunterLerner]

Luke garret

[@John-lf3xf]

Lol feliks destroyed those people xD

[@tylerjohnson3728]

John Landon Miller ik but the other guy in the finals was using roux lmao 😂

[@Ldog8315]

@@tylerjohnson3728 and the guy with roux almost beat Feliks

[@maybeoptify]

he was pretty close with mats and as a fellow dutch guy im proud

[@malaysiamagiciansociety4784]

Again and again..my idols, Feliks Zemdegs make it reigns at his yard😁

[@residentjill3984]

Top Wins !!

[@kemonpo7147]

I always thought that the kid on the thumbnail was cheering for Feliks! Dammit....

[@EvanWrightSpeedcubing]

GO LUKE GARRET 🏅🏅🏆🏆

[@kearomalley5895]

roux looks so cool when done fast

[@ocb8934]

Looks fun

[@haydenevans1766]

9:20 "roux vs... not roux"

[@kazieskendirov548]

Kian Mansour look like Asensio

[@roncoleman7504]

Felix is a BEAST!

[@anthony.esper21]

Hey there's something missing. Where's tgat 6.66 by Mats?

[@John-lf3xf]

Feliks has no chill

[@fred_the_human_1637]

1:48 This is where it gets interesting

[@johngarett2980]

sorry if this sounds stupid but what are those jersey type things that a lot of people are wearing that have their name on it?

[@hemmojito]

Philipp with a 7.4 smiling over to Feliks smiling at him with a 6.1... This guy ... :)