Mats Valk and Feliks Zemdegs: Top 2 Seeds, 3x3 Final Round, Rubik's Cube World Championship 2013

Update (May 2, 2014): This video was embedded by an excellent Guardian article about speedcubing: www.theguardian.com/technology...
FAQ: What cubes are they using?
A: Commenters below say that Mats uses a Moyu Weilong and Feliks uses a Dayan Zhanchi. (I don't know, myself.)
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Start time links:
Solve 1: Mats: 0:32, Feliks: 1:04
Solve 2: Mats: 1:28, Feliks: 1:56
Solve 3: Mats: 2:22, Feliks: 2:49
Solve 4: Mats: 3:15, Feliks: 3:39
Solve 5: Mats: 4:04, Feliks: 4:53
Mats's Solve 5 features an instant replay.
Felix Zemdegs and Mats Valk were the top 2 seeds going into the finals, and they would win the top 2 places. It all came down to the last pair of solves...
Footage from front row and table cams via picture-in-picture.
Follow Lucas Garron's channel for more tablecam footage: / lucasgarron
Full table cam of Feliks's solves: • Feliks Zemdegs - Rubik...
Re: The +2, here's my analysis:
At the time of the penalty assessment:
If there's no penalty:*
Mats Valk: 8.81, (9.52), 7.61, (7.31), 7.76 Avg: 8.06
Feliks Zemdegs: 8.39, 7.95, 8.21, 7.36
Feliks would need an 8.01 on his final solve to win.
If there is a penalty, then 9.76 is worse than 8.1, and so:
Mats Valk: 8.81, 9.52, 7.61, (7.31), (9.76+) Avg: 8.65
Feliks Zemdegs: 8.39, 7.95, 8.21, (7.36), (x) Avg: 8.18
Feliks would win no matter what he does on his last solve. (And it so happens he ends up getting his worst solve, and it doesn't matter.)
*Of course, it's also important to keep in mind that "Mats would've won if he didn't get the +2" makes two key mistaken assumptions about variables that are not independent:
1) If there were no penalty, it likely would've been due to him spending slightly more time turning the piece, which means the time would've been slightly higher, though not by much
2) If Mats's solve 5 time were around 8 seconds, Feliks might've tried a bit harder on solve 5. As it was, you could see him visibly relax (in Lucas's table cam footage).
It remains the case that if Mats spent slightly more time turning that last bit, Feliks would have been on the spot to deliver something close to an 8 or faster, and there would've been no guarantee that he would've succeeded, but that's all we could say about that; the exact details of his solve would've turned out differently.
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Footage credit: Lucas Garron, Kenneth Lu, and the Rubik's Cube World Championship 2013 Organization Team

[@JivrajSandhu]

A video where you cannot double tap and skip 10 seconds.

[@mirunan4996]

Jivraj Sandhu yes you can... You must have a glitch

[@chaosblitz7921]

@@mirunan4996 r/woooosh

[@chaosblitz7921]

@@Namuundoesstuff r/woooosh

[@ritamghosh6646]

😂😂

[@dio9680]

It's a joke guys. He meant you can't skip the video because you'll miss a part whenever they solve the cube which is below 10 seconds. Or maybe he meant you can't skip the video cuz IT'S TOOO GOOOOD TO WATCH. Y'all don't have sense of humors, I see....

[@mintyfresh9080]

Mats walks in like "I'm too cool for everyone"

[@riceyrice]

he has a blue-green crossover...

[@monkeylover2418]

jomps yeah true

[@muhammadsheikh8583]

100%True my friend

[@Cuberates]

and then karma hits

[@logancasner8467]

It's called "the zone" alot of pressure on this kid. So he's listening to music, sunglasses to try put a mental barrier up from peoples eyes, doesnt pay attention to people so he doesnt get nervous and trying to stay calm so he's ready to go. Do what you need. It's a competition not a Sunday service. Lol

[@siwibu8805]

My recor is 6month 12day

[@ensartemel837]

Hahahahah this fun

[@subswithnovideosplease-rh8zf]

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[@pasha6418]

@@subswithnovideosplease-rh8zf sksjsjsjsksks

[@kksgaa]

Indo yak?

[@timoruslim]

Mind's 2 years 4 months and 21 days Get on my level

[@veronicamae3186]

Mats looks angry but feliks looks like a nice guy

[@floppycuber147]

hes changed since 4 years

[@hey.tobiii]

@@floppycuber147 true

[@nicholasalexander9070]

He is spiderman

[@wefti]

@@nicholasalexander9070 Yup, he's a spiderman :DD

[@bambangkusnandar7212]

He us nervous, plus mats is rlly nice if you watch other vid, him and feliks are good friend.

[@user-bootlicker]

3:19 Listen carefully.

[@sheebavarghese6949]

Yeah ur right

[@razvanvladut6640]

Western America for me

[@Aslakkk_]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5epnWx_areCnMk im late, but here😂

[@spunchbop3450]

This old Western gunfight song Shit XD

[@renenren2]

The good, the bad, and the fast

[@detricraft2583]

The whole video Valk: - _- Feliks: =D

[@farnotnear]

Is it just me or does Feliks look like the original Spider Man? xD Just saying...

[@VanessaGonzalez-ro1ws]

Well Mats looks like Steve from the hints of blue so...

[@mxtchellz8648]

Peter Parker

[@bread-cf8fl]

Toby Maguire right?

[@heroguitar1994]

I thought the same thing xD

[@bryanagustin5886]

yes he is peter parkour

[@zionherown708]

I sometimes behave or maybe look like Matt when I'm in a competition. And that's not because I'm cocky or feel like I'm the coolest girl on the planet. We never know what others are really feeling inside 😇I have respect for both of them. They're great. My first solved was 3:35, and I love watching them 'cos they make it look so easy😂😂😂

[@Bebe-rn2fh]

i bought my 3x3 cube in 2014 2019,still unsolved non-cubers can relate😢

[@vlaadul]

My first solve took about 40min))

[@gildxy3157]

That’s nothing mine I got like 6 years ago and my brother broke it so get on my level

[@isaacnewton7424]

*DON'T GIVE UP BUDDY!*

[@WaZeez]

@@vlaadul dont give UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP

[@xigarrett]

Noob

[@imstillhere3973]

My record is 5 years 6?months, I swear, I solved it just yesterday and had a party

[@ashly--gach1964]

👏 Cheers to you my Good Friend!

[@yeshichoden3409]

I ran around the house screaming and showing it to everyone. Honestly felt like I’d conquered the world

[@michaellong8499]

it was the orange hoodie.

[@chewy2430]

He always wears that he broke 2 WR with that

[@haphuongang6559]

So is that a wr

[@philliphirsch980]

MrWaterLemons If you read the desccripition... 1) If there were no penalty, it likely would've been due to him spending slightly more time turning the piece, which means the time would've been slightly higher, though not by much 2) If Mats's solve 5 time were around 8 seconds, Feliks might've tried a bit harder on solve 5. As it was, you could see him visibly relax (in Lucas's table cam footage).

[@ThisIsWEB]

Seeing a new version of the finals makes it exciting to watch again. Bravo.

[@trippey_man1818]

Regardless of who gets 1st place or second it takes true talent to do something like that congrats to you both

[@pranavjayaprakasanut]

both mats and feliks are great

[@julianprado1327]

Wow! What an intense competition! I was so entertained! They both did well!

[@gamadanofminecraft9717]

I find it a bit funny for Feliks. When Mats made a 7.31solve, Feliks went a bit serious on his next solve and made it 7.36 :D I was just suprised how Feliks got serious on that one :D

[@azac122]

Feliks is the best cuber in history !

[@jeffreytrela6733]

I can't wait! My first ever competition is in July (The USA Nationals 2015), and all my times do are go down! Now, my PB is down to 32.18 seconds!

[@Rudra_737]

Two ,legends Two,cubers Two,inspirations But first two frends

[@dripminic]

Feliks' referee seemed so happy.

[@Thomas-is3pw]

3:19 in the background you can hear the western showdown song whistled

[@minidini10]

Great video of the finals! Best one I've seen.

[@agrill7130]

*you know how close i was to getting a good nights rest before getting this in my recommend and proceeding to watch other random videos until 4 AM*

[@KatazuiOfficial]

Felik's vibe feels so nice and happy. Mat's feels discouraging...

[@franqueee]

katazui yeah the one thing I noticed about feliks is that he doesn't look nervous even in a final match

[@calebyao.]

He’s nwevous

[@MrSharkFIN]

Mats never looked proud of himself, but some people just can't not look like that. Feliks looked like a fun guy though :D

[@VapourXY]

Both these guys are like cube legends in my eyes

[@GrayCatbird1]

Mats entry felt so cocky, but I get the impression he is actually pretty shy, based on his lack of outward emotional expression and how he quickly put his headphones back on between tries.

[@skewbcuber]

Man, feliks seems like such a chill guy and mats seems like a total tight ass

[@jalenludecker949]

why do all people say he's a cocky person or to cool for anyone if u guys actually met him he'd be nice so do judge a book by its cover:/

[@skewbcuber]

Jalen Ludecker I never said he's cocky, I said he SEEMS like a tight ass. Whether I'm right or wrong is irrelevant because the whole point of my comment was judging how he looks; not me judging how he IS by his looks.

[@TonyFisherPuzzles]

This is a great video. I have a question though. I will ask it like this- Final stages of a solve, Cuber lets go of the cube and stops timer before cube hits the table and settles, Upon hitting the table a layer turns more than 45 degrees, Is this a penalty? If so then what if the reverse happens? ie a layer had a > 45 degree turn at time of being dropped but as it hit the table the turn became less.

[@naadirqazi5513]

Tony Fisher Sorry for the EXTREMELY late reply , it is a penalty if at the time the timer is stopped the turn is

[@pinnaclenoob8160]

B1V Ethan Lmfao the comment was 4 years ago

[@10khourbeamer77]

poor tony didnt get an answer for 3 years lmao

[@shavonscale9971]

BenWeed Griffin he probably found out lol

[@fatyoshi5456]

+2

[@nurdyne2498]

Great video. I love your editing :D

[@mishtygupta1352]

This was probably my favourite Felix competitions congrats to Felix and well played to mats vali

[@rushilmisra4520]

Are they using CFOP ?

[@saoadahsan]

Mats is like a angry rockstar person but Felix is like a normal nice person . Jus look him and Luk that mats.

[@chimchu3232]

nice video! you put it together really well

[@bobskie321]

I played Rubik's cube for the first time when I was in grade school in 1981. There were no internet for us to learn then. It's been thought directly from person to person and the algorithm was highly inificient layer by layer and the fastest that I saw was three minutes.

[@averagecuber5379]

bobskie321 yeah people should love playing the Rubik’s cube

[@captpoop22]

they do this under 10 sec.... i don't even try attempting doing this in a week.

[@adityakothari2583]

Who thinks that feliks cube was not the speed cube by its look

[@TheRHOANJINNA]

Filmik buduje napięcię, tak bardzo się cieszę, że Feliks znów triumfuje:)

[@Ray-ip8fr]

This looks like it came straight out of an anime. You got the cool, popular, rich guy that doesn't care but deep inside he has feelings and the happy all around guy that wins at the end no matter what.

[@HyperFuze]

Just think how much faster (not by a whole lot but a decent amount of time) if they weren't shaking in front of everyone. you can tell they were shaking from holding their hands in front of the timer

[@farnotnear]

+Hyper Fuze Feliks did a world record of 4.something seconds by practicing xD

[@op-cq7hw]

+JustRandomAngel no he didn't, Lucas Etter did.

[@farnotnear]

Oh, I must have mistaken Lucas for Feliks Hawkline Kingofcats

[@op-cq7hw]

***** ah.

[@gerati1]

That's nothing. I started my first record 40 years ago and not finished yet.

[@enrique097]

I just read the analysis good one, thank again great video.....

[@ToastyKen]

I meant to write seeds. The results of the previous round determine "seeding" into the final round, so the players with the top two times in the semifinal round are the top two "seeds". Sorry that wasn't clear!

[@hazza2585]

I do the Cross in 10 Seconds wtf

[@naveedladha4211]

Same here

[@sachin_gupta6]

Lucky u I need like 20-30 s to do only cross But how they do it so fast is there any algorithm to solve any scrambled cube

[@madeforssc1080]

@@faisalsh7173 which method is good for speed cubing my average time is 70 seconds I want to solve under 20seconds

[@i_read_bad_reviews]

Your Aptitude Guide and here I am trying to solve it in 20 hours

[@isaacnewton7424]

@@sachin_gupta6 seriously buddy seriously?

[@BUXGT]

The problem is, how they even think of solving it? (The problem is not speed).

[@ToastyKen]

I've added an analysis of the +2 situation to the description :)

[@Torok.Agoston]

Very well made video!

[@avananana]

This man can make 2 rubik's cubes before I can even finnish my cross T.T

[@ToastyKen]

It's seed in the sense that round 2 standings seed the ordering of the finals.

[@polis_kh_ua7900]

отличное видео - настоящий шедевр

[@ToastyKen]

My video of the top two seeds duking it out in the Final Round of the Rubik's Cube World Championships 2013: Mats Valk and Feliks Zemdegs: Top 2 Seeds, 3x3 Final Round, Rubik's Cube World Championship 2013

[@user-ow1oe6rg8r]

mat gives more concentration than feliks

[@user-ow1oe6rg8r]

mat gives more concentration than feliks

[@frexcuadillera1283]

just easy solve for Feliks

[@hyenbeen9470]

cube name?

[@nicholasjohnson3542]

This is funny, now their best is about 5.55 (Mats) and Feliks only very slightly slower. But clearly, Feliks is cooler and deserves to keep number one. He doesn't have earphones in his ears at a public tournament. He is always polite and pleasant. He comes from my country, Australia. He is awesome. Perhaps he could regain world number one but we need to respect his wishes of shelving heavy cubing for graduating high school - very important.

[@stonemuncher9494]

Nicholas Johnson incase you're reading this from the past, Feliks gets a 4.73 so be happy :D

[@franqueee]

Nicholas Johnson have you met mats in real life? hes super nice. hes a just a bit too focus when competing. hes felik's best friend. theyre really close. I hate never thought Id mention this obvious quote but..never judge a book by its cover

[@hey.tobiii]

Mats is a nice guy, it's just there was a lot of pressure

[@basher.375]

Mats: confident, raging Feliks: just happy to be there

[@cubicbanban]

Good job ! This video is very nice !

[@LaZer0MonKey]

Good job on this video!

[@bbcsoaphistorian123]

Damn

[@vivekvunnum2757]

my record is 45 seconds lol, when i saw this i thought i was the slowest ever!

[@rewinged-insanemc9595]

my record is 39 seconds

[@vivekvunnum2757]

Haha good job

[@darkxlord7341]

My best is 19 sec but my mate has a 9 sec

[@priyanusen8215]

@@darkxlord7341 wtf

[@argustiny.972]

@@darkxlord7341 the most obvious lie anyone has ever told

[@angeloyin5990]

2006 I started to complete the Rubik cube now 2019 I continue to solve ☹️

[@truthmatters2676]

😂😂😂

[@kiddy8160]

😂😂

[@HarishKumar-kg8jm]

What happened bro

[@KennethBrandon]

Great video!

[@skyhu9924]

dude, Feliks Zemdegs is a great guy, he is clapping when Mats got his record for this round

[@michikatsu855]

How many times does mat valks put his earphones on?

[@timhanby5662]

XxZenonitexX more times than he’ll ever smile I guess. Seems like a douche

[@EzStevie2k2]

he put on earphones trying to block out the crowd what a sweaty tryhard

[@demonindenim]

Tim Hanby and Torque, he puts earphones on bc he’s nervous and trying to get in “the zone”. he’s actually a really nice guy

[@indrajeetsinh_v]

Mat - yes

[@D.FluenzaYT]

@@EzStevie2k2 just because he looks serious, puts on headphones, wear glasses, doesnt mean he is any of that. Please, your a asshole seriously just shut tf up. This goes with the rest of you bastards in the comments.

[@jadkadah780]

Imagine Feliks and Mats trying to speed solve with the original rubiks cube. Now I would pay anything to see that!

[@Kinjutsuu]

There was a contest at my school, "student vs teacher" I applied and solved the shitty cube in 30 seconds and everyone was stunned... and personally I was pissed because my global average at that time was 10 seconds

[@anupriyathakur6739]

He looks a bitty bit like Felix pewdiepie too

[@hey.tobiii]

@@Kinjutsuu I wish I could do a teacher vs student thing

[@isaacdavis1363]

@@Kinjutsuu I love you liszt, especially your rhaspodie espagnole

[@enrique097]

Excellent Video, the angles and the explanation great. I am subscribing. So what would have happened if Mat had not done that angle... more attempts ?

[@GinjouArmy]

They must have completed over 1000 different cubes, 1 year invested in time, and a bunch of sore hands to be able to do this. Best I could manage was near 3 minutes maybe I can get down to 2 minutes with a month of training. |Kudos!

[@amazingoriginalvideos8497]

In our classroom we were 60 boys. We had one cube since beginning the graduation. 3 year passed. Couldn't solve it not even a single time !!! On the graduation day we just flushed it on a toilet out of frustration. #dumb

[@golnazgabriel9772]

I love feliks

[@madeforssc1080]

Which method are they using? Anyone suggeste fast method for solving cube

[@RSlickerz]

That's called concentration and focus my good man!

[@gamerkiplaysss]

I didn't even know there is a championship for this

[@Khazare]

3:11 Isn´t that red - red - orange? or did i miss something?

[@EzStevie2k2]

wtf orange hood got away with the win the tryhard is probably pissed when he sees that

[@hamzamohamed3741]

Its just the lighting check the wide camera it is clearly red

[@user-gw7pe5hp4y]

Фантастика!!!!!!! Fantastic !!!!!!

[@waninsp1045]

i dont get the calculation.how they chose which time to calculate?i mean they chose the first 3 or the best 3 or what?

[@tymekj8280]

wow that was relaxing maybe just for me but anyway

[@amberagarwal8396]

Mat walks in and everybody starts to hate him

[@electronicraisin5956]

projecting their insecurities on him. guy has a stage anxiety and uses every tool to overcome it

[@amberagarwal8396]

A different perspective is always welcomed

[@ManzGames]

Good news! Now feliks released his 4.7 second solve on his channel

[@soorajpopz3603]

What technique they use to solve cube??

[@bobcoristevski5596]

do both of them get the same scramble?

[@ToastyKen]

Yes, everyone in a round gets the same scramble. If you're curious, you can see the full regulations here: www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

[@bobcoristevski5596]

Kenneth Lu thanks dude

[@Darkpsychic.]

I even can’t solve a rubik without seeing the solution guide :v

[@nomanrizwan9353]

Superb speed 👌👌

[@DylansLappalterCopium]

Beginning. Max Valk: "Bruh, I'm gonna *YEET* this kid outta here real quick" Feliks Zemdegs: "Hey guys! How you doing?"

[@nortykid3017]

the Federer and Nadal of cubing

[@nishixxTW]

I thought they were literal aliens then I realised I was accidentally watching it on x2 speed. Put it on normal and they are still aliens though

[@rahuldongare4996]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ng.fk4]

what is Feliks's cube? which name of his

[@matija6090]

is that guardian from fzea csgo team next to mats valk?

[@tabbedlegend953]

My fingers can’t even move that fast

[@tuanngocpham4578]

Feliks

[@ToastyKen]

See thread below. Consensus seems to be that Mats uses a Moyu Weilong and Feliks uses a Dayan Zhanchi.

[@alexfb951]

Feliks used a Zhanchi? For more than 2 years i thought he used a guhong in that competition.

Hi Kenneth, can you put the awards video ? Please :)

[@stc_]

1:23 why do i find this so funny

[@88tanglewood]

You have my humor my guy

[@bengillespie3697]

2:42 that isnt solved properly. It has blue on the red side

[@Josh-md6xr]

Ben Goollespie How can it have blue if all the blue side is complete? It’s more than likely the lighting that has made the colour look different

[@bengillespie3697]

@@Josh-md6xr no idea, but have you looked at it

[@dcjagga8314]

What 3x3 is feliks using?

[@daheitar7776]

The cubes are the same? I mean the same arangement or it s random?

[@ahmeddayan5764]

Honestly I feel bad for Mats because of that simple mistake:(

[@isaacdavis1363]

douchebag made a huge blunder and deserved what he got. he came wlaking into the room lookin like he's somekind of true mahony or some bullshit. feliks deserved the win

[@timhanby5662]

Alan Stevens yea, plus why does he need to put in his AirPods after each solve. Feliks smiles at least

[@88tanglewood]

Alan Stevens personally you seem like the douch, the guy was just trying to act cool, and this was 7 years ago. He’s matured a lot. Stop criticizing Matt like that, as if you’ll ever get a sub 20 in your life.

[@owzyh]

Lol Netherlands and Australia, the two best countries for DJs

[@thelucianoox]

como se llama este tipo de duelos?

[@LuckyWing95fk]

What cube does feliks uses cause it seems like a rubik

[@marks9127]

I need to watch this in 0,25x to understand wtf they are doing

[@SnoopPros]

even in 0.25x i cant understand anything lmao

[@Neon-ps3wl]

2:43 look at cube it is not solved properly

[@nikitakusuma8440]

None of thr layers are 45 degrees of being solved so it's fine

[@Pitas96]

Hi Man! I have a question. How did you do that's good looking and with nice voice Slowmo in 4:29? Which program you used?

[@ToastyKen]

No special software; just iMovie. That key is that it was shot with a Sony RX100 at 60 frames-per-second instead of the more typical 30 fps, meaning even slowed down 4x, there was still 15 fps to work with.

[@Pitas96]

Kenneth Lu Yeah thanks, and I know about fps. I just asked about voice. Becouse if I do slowmo in Sony Vegas, the voice is horrible and here is so nice. Btw. I'm going to buy a JVC GC PX100 with 500fps. And now I know that I need a Mac.

[@ToastyKen]

Pitas96 Oh the sound? Yeah I dunno. That's just iMovie default. But actually I should warn you that iMovie is incredibly buggy, and Apple removes power user features with every new version. I'm trying to move to Premier, even though it's way harder to use (and not free). :P

[@powderedpoppers2012]

Kenneth Lu you can turn off the volume in the inspector

[@dhpukhtoghazal9545]

I have a question. What technique these cuber use to solve the cube

[@jackzheng507]

Dh Pukhto Ghazal they both use cfop