I Found His SECRET TECHNIQUE…

“Raising your chair is not a crime”
- Erik Akkersdijk
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:00 Normal solves
3:09 Elevated solves
6:34 Conclusion/Results
8:07 Outro
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Music: / @gamingsoundfx
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#speedcubing #worldrecord #maxpark#yihengwang #cubing

[@squirrelcubed31415]

"Max, I have the high ground!"

[@STUCUBE]

“You underestimate my 3.13 WR single” Worlds 3x3 finals is gonna be Obi-Wan vs Anakin but cubing

[@dontflyspirit6535]

@@STUCUBE You were my brother, Max... -Feliks

[@ThatCubeKidd]

Here’s the thing, time dilation by solving higher doesn’t change your time that much. Even if you’re hundreds of feet higher than the timer, your solve woulf probably be like 0.000000001 faster anyway

[@STUCUBE]

Time dilation definitely works, you just haven’t been to the moon to try it

[@ThatCubeKidd]

@@STUCUBE Bro time dilation doesn’t make a change if you’re 1 cm higher than usual

[@joeG314]

I’ve been saying this for a long time, and never seen anyone else talking about it. Solve height 100% matters. If you look closely at US Nats footage, some cubers brought their own cushions. I have my best solve times when I hold the cube in my lap. That’s where physical turning and view of the cube are maximized

[@STUCUBE]

Ikr, almost no one talks about this and it is very important to maximize results in comp. I feel like chair height is a very important factor in how well I do officially

[@TheAutomaton37]

Potential work arounds 1. Convex lens glasses 2. gene edit w/CRISPR 3. Limb amputation & replacement with robotic arms 4. turn faster

[@STUCUBE]

That limb amputation looking real good rn

[@curiousNic]

I think you are onto something. We can’t all be as tall as Jay and I’ve seen cubers at comps stacking 2 or 3 chairs on top of each other to sit higher.

[@STUCUBE]

Yeah I’ve definitely competed at venues with really low sitting chairs that make it harder to solve, so this may be a viable option

[@TheCubingCritics]

For only having made 8 videos your content is actually really good. And I think you're onto something here. It's why a lot of people cube under the desk - so that their shoulders are more relaxed. Look forward to more content.

[@STUCUBE]

Yeah I think there’s definitely something to this theory. Thank you for the support there will be more content soon!

[@heitorgomes1565]

Man the time dilation thing wan an April fulls it saves like 0.00000000000000000001 seconds, if it changes anything at all.

[@joelhibbert4113]

Epic video and awesome editing man!!

[@STUCUBE]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@abrahamjh5742]

Time dilation is the secret technique

[@anderscubes]

I was hanging out with a friend and we started talking about your channel! Getting pretty popular ey

[@STUCUBE]

Fr? No way dude that’s awesome to hear!

[@anderscubes]

@@STUCUBE yeah fr!

[@ethanjan3.14]

This was really fun to watch! I might try this experiment myself some time :)

[@STUCUBE]

You should! It might actually prove to work for you

[@CubeCumber682]

7:39 tbh all I heard was "Maybe we should learn from this 9-year-old child that maybe getting a little bit higher is a good thing"

[@6Eev]

ah yes the famous jperm time dilation technique, many top cubers still don't know about this secret technique. although he is shorter so it ends up being the same time dilation level, but glad to see him training to do this early on!

[@STUCUBE]

Yeah, by the time he’s 8’10 he should be able to shave around 0.00001 seconds off his time

[@AlexMaass]

the other person I think of who stands while cubing is Varun Mohanraj, Varun Mohanraj kind of stood up/slumped against the chair at Nationals when I judged him, it kind of confused me when he said he was ready because I didn't process it the first time since he was standing

[@STUCUBE]

Ohhhh yes I remember watching him solve like that. In 3x3 finals he kinda kneeled on the chair making him taller so I guess there is something to it 🤷‍♂️

[@peelthestickers]

Bro i though you had tousands of sub bc vid quality. How do you only have 400? You deserve more.

[@STUCUBE]

Just started like 3 weeks ago, Thanks for your support I’m glad you like the content!

[@peelthestickers]

Really? Your great!

[@anderscubes]

I have a feeling this channels gonna blow up, and im here for it

[@STUCUBE]

Thank you bro your support is very much appreciated 🙏

[@anderscubes]

@@STUCUBE np bro

[@henryeyles]

You're gonna blow up and you'll be sponsored soon! Just keep going!

[@STUCUBE]

Thanks bro. 🙏 I will

[@charlesdaloz2547]

0:35 Ethan Erez! But I think he quit 2:28 it's about 0.4%

[@STUCUBE]

Wow I didn’t know it was that low. 0.4 is crazy

[@tommyspencer7341]

you are getting even closer to 1K

[@STUCUBE]

Half way there! Thanks for the support

[@apurpleforg]

Very underrated channel. If you wouldn't mind, how do you setup your tornado v3?

[@STUCUBE]

Thanks for the support! I have it on 3 and 3 for both spring compression and tension. I also use some dnm sometimes

[@TheRealUncleFrank]

Standing or sitting higher might give the average person a higher pov, but Yiheng is so smol that standing simply puts him on the same level as the average person sitting next to him.

[@STUCUBE]

That’s what I thought, but he does look slightly higher so I still don’t know

[@ptcuber2547]

Can you continue doing this experiment because it's very interesting. I think that huge part of the difference just comes down to how warmed upp you are. At least for me my first 10ish solves are worse than what i usually average. so you should do like day 1 and 3 you start with normal solves and on day 2 and 4 you start by doing elevated solves. Also after a longer time and larger amount of solves you can really find out if there is any difference. Also asking other people to do the same or doing it with other events would prove you're theory. But all in all fun and a good vid. Continue make these bangers😊😊

[@STUCUBE]

All of this would be very useful for the experiment, and I as well think there needs to be a larger sample size for better results. Maybe sometime in the future I’ll do this experiment again but more refined. Thanks!

[@Chrnan6710]

You should repeat the experiment some time in the future, but do a standing average before a sitting one. Could you have simply been warmed up by the sitting average for your standing average?

[@STUCUBE]

This is true. Next time I’ll do the standing one and then the sitting one to make sure

[@slashcubezz]

nice vid!

[@STUCUBE]

Thanks 🙏

[@MatewParraPerez]

great vid bro

[@STUCUBE]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@OlgaFyodorova]

That’s really interesting. My desk has adjustable height, so I can try both standing and sitting elevated, and sitting on a saddle stool :)

[@STUCUBE]

That’s a really nice option to have. I think lower tables in general is the solution to the problem

[@ASRocketry]

I've seen quite a few people at UK competitions sitting on their feet/legs to get higher, I've also tried it and in my experience it has made me a little bit faster in comps

[@STUCUBE]

It works especially in venues with very los seated chairs which make it hard to solve

[@freerunopa]

I think you have to look: where do I keep the cube during solving? In my lap, above the table, just in front of me , low or high? Do I bend my arms or more straight, (cube is further away from you) Overall: where do I hold the cube during solving? Extra Elbows on te table or not

[@DcubesOfficial]

Great video, as always!

[@STUCUBE]

Thanks! Glad you liked it

[@DcubesOfficial]

@@STUCUBE also, i had a quick question. what camera do you use yo record? i’m asking people in the community to see what to buy for my vids

[@STUCUBE]

I use a canon EOS 7D

[@Not_Mickey_Official456]

Time dilation is really helpful.

[@henryeyles]

400 Subs, You're welcome!!

[@STUCUBE]

Thank you! You will be remembered as a legend

[@Okaz_]

pog new video

[@STUCUBE]

Pog

[@nikstraub1598]

almost hit 400 subs

[@Mr.AroxLive]

Nice video 👍👍❤

[@STUCUBE]

Thank you!

[@simpleman3898]

Mmmmm interesting thought, it probably does help him. Just not planned lol

[@nikstraub1598]

nice video 😎

[@STUCUBE]

Thanks!

[@cannedbananas9950]

I love this man

[@STUCUBE]

Thanks bro 🙏

[@azby1015]

This is very interesting. At my last comp (it was my first) I got an average like 2 seconds faster than what I average at home. The thing is, the chairs there had adjustable height so maybe I just felt better in the chair because I could adjust my height

[@STUCUBE]

Wow, that’s cool they had chairs like that. My results definitely vary comp to comp somewhat based upon how high the chairs are

[@hperm2022]

I tested this, and yes I did better than my sitting solves. (I did the same exact 5 scrambles)

[@STUCUBE]

I actually do think this strategy works. You should try a larger session and use different scrambles to see if it really has an impacts

[@hperm2022]

Got it!

[@hperm2022]

Update: I did an Average of 10 Sitting: 25.34 Standing: 24.44 Average of 25 coming soon. :)

[@hperm2022]

Update: Ao25 Standing: 23.44 Sitting: 23.86 Also by 0.4!

[@hperm2022]

Ao50 coming soon!

[@skansky__]

I tried it it’s a little faster for me but there isn’t a big difference and good video!

[@STUCUBE]

Yeah it actually made more of a difference than I thought but definitely not all of what makes Yiheng so fast. Thanks!

[@brennangifford3972]

Jperm actually talked about this. The higher you are the more time dilation you have. So maybe yiheng solving standing up affects this??? 😂

[@brennangifford3972]

Aaaand then right after I finished typing this he mentioned it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@STUCUBE]

Haha

[@fyve2806]

I think because when you sit higher (or stand), you can pick the cube (and stop the timer faster) much faster.

[@STUCUBE]

That’s an interesting theory. It did seem like I was starting faster, so maybe that was part of it

[@fyve2806]

@@STUCUBE btw if you didn''t know but Yiheng only practice 2x2 and 3x3 since he''s 6 years old

[@kaoskid8676]

This is reminding me of the April Fools video Jperm posted idk what it’s called but he dose say elevation make you faster Edit: I wrote this before he talked about the Jperm video

[@STUCUBE]

Yeah lol maybe time dilation did factor into this, would need to go to the moon for proper results tho

[@brownfamily1892]

I'm gonna try this as a tiny person whose elbows are lower than the table (I'm 5'3" and look up to every guy I talk to 💀) also in the description it says 3bld attempt at 6:14 ????? Ok so I just tried it, here's the results: Warmup ao5: (18.01) 23.74 30.65 31.90 (51.45) = 28.76 (I popped an edge on 4 out of 5 attempts 😭) Sitting ao5: (23.47) 25.05 26.24 26.69 (26.76) = 25.99 (all solves are sub-30 which is rare for me, usually at least one is like 32s) Standing ao5: (26.48) 27.43 31.38 33.57 (35.80) = 30.79 (somehow the standing ao5 is slower than the sitting AND warmup ao5 HAHA) I did feel faster turning/recognition in the standing ao5 though, but I got really unlucky with the PLLs since I only know 11 and I got G perms on 3 of them so I had to do 2-look HAHAHA but with the sitting ao5, I got U-perms and J-perms for 4/5 solves which I know already From my own experiment, the results are unclear because there's a discrepancy in the PLL part (using 1-look for most of sitting ao5 but 2-look for most of standing ao5) Conclusion: learn 1-look pll hehe

[@STUCUBE]

Yeah you should try it. Also thank you bro you’re a lifesaver for that I didn’t even see it haha

[@DoubleeyAG]

damn we almost have the same avg times except i dont have a sub 20 single yet💀

[@brownfamily1892]

@@DoubleeyAG you'll get there eventually :D honestly it took me like 5 months of being sub-30 to get my first sub-20 single (it was 18.97 and noy my PB is 16.44) so there's no need to rush yourself :> also instead of learning more algorithms I recommend learning more efficient ways to insert annoying F2L pairs (there are many online resources) hehe

[@DoubleeyAG]

@@brownfamily1892 yeah my pb rn is 22.68s Been cubing for 2 months lmao

[@brownfamily1892]

@@DoubleeyAG WAIT 2 MONTHS?? It took me 2 months to get my first sub-50 solve HAHA

[@TyperMarlinGames]

Doesn’t your brain get WAY more blood flow when you’re standing? Though in a competition you aren’t sitting long, so I doubt this has much of an effect. It is very interesting, though.

[@STUCUBE]

That’s probably true, but I don’t think you would be sitting long enough to see a change tho

[@kewyuz0323]

Time dilation ?

[@STUCUBE]

Yes. Put the timer on the ground and stand on the moon for greater effect

[@geknattertes1004]

1:55 well actually this H-Perm was executed at only 0.81 TPS

[@STUCUBE]

I sure hope not lol

[@geknattertes1004]

@@STUCUBE bruh i meant 0.81 sec and 8.64 tps

[@deathshotzz7762]

hi

[@STUCUBE]

Hi

[@gdbeast3486]

We just need shorter tables

[@STUCUBE]

Fax this would make things so much easier

[@stetsonjohnson0828]

Past me would have been shocked to see that I'm learning from a 9-year-old

[@STUCUBE]

Ey, I literally took like 30 minutes out of my day to watch an ao100 he did in slow motion, you gotta do what you gotta do

[@RomerRomer-oe7fp]

White boy pronounciation

[@STUCUBE]

“Yeee-Hang Wayng”

[@Solarune]

jperm method

[@STUCUBE]

Yes