This Should Actually Scare You…

[@masterq2.033]

I'm in my 50's . I have no average yet , I'm at 35 years and still working in my 1st complete cube. I did get 2 colours once.

[@isn0t42]

Don't give up. One day, I believe in you.

[@Slav4o911]

same I still haven't solved it... 2 colors at most.... I'll continue trying... 🤣🤣🤣

[@MonoDidiot]

The photo matches the both of us

[@backpackpepelon3867]

I buy one of the mf during lockdown time out of sheer boredom. Manage to get 1 side full color, that's it 😂.

[@CStudios12]

If it’s any help, don’t solve one colour of the cube at a time. Solve it in layers. White side then middle layer the yellow side.

[@Dooooooble-ace]

Yiheng: 15 years old. Also him: casually breaks the sub-1 barrier on 3x3

[@flashraylaser157]

Not sure about that, but I wouldn't doubt that in a half a decade there are about 30 official sub-3 solves and he has 25+ of them.

[@samueljehanno]

​@@flashraylaser157why him ?

[@flashraylaser157]

@@samueljehanno Because he has the biggest lead in 3x3x3 average since Feliks Zemdegs, arguably the greatest cuber of all time, who reigned for over a decade at the top, the longest reign by far in cubing history. There were times when Feliks was an entire second ahead of a second place. To be nearly a half second faster than anyone else in the sub-5 age, instead of just a few hundredths of a second, is roughly the same, thus him owning almost all top results the way Feliks did. That said, he'll eventually be topped by kids who learned full ZBLL when he did OLL and they'll in turn eventually be topped by kids who learned full 1LLL at that age. And yes, people who know full 1LLL enough to actually recognize it in solves already finally exist, albeit it just three I know of so far. That will get us low 3 averages eventually. Then, when what was once CFOP has effectively become instant F2L planned in inspection followed by a single alg, something else will have to be done to improve further. My prediction is Heise. I got some sub-10 Heise solves back in the day and I've seen a low-7 recorded solve by a guy who told me he has an even lower 7 PB with it (I believe him). It's extremely hard mentally but it only takes like 40 moves and much less on good solves. I think someone who learned as a toddler could average 30 moves at around 10 TPS with it eventually.

[@samueljehanno]

@flashraylaser157 There is currently only one person who knows full 1LLL, actually. The two others know a lot of them.

[@flashraylaser157]

​@@samueljehannoI see. I was under the impression that three people knew it but so far only Ed could consistently recognize it fast enough to beat his OLL + PLL times and use it every solve. Either way, once a few people prove something is possible and effective, the floodgates usually open. While it's a long way off, I do seriously think a time will come when one look last layer solvers are in the top 10. Just the full ZB method used to seem as out of reach, like more of a weird thing someone might learn to challenge themselves but that they would probably actually be slower with anyway due to all the algs to recognize. Yet we've now reached a point where the top three positions will probably never again be held by anyone who isn't using at least full ZB besides Yiheng. Even Tymon is switching to keep up and recently got a sub-5 average with it. When ZB is firmly the new CFOP and CFOP is firmly the new beginner's method, one look last layer will slowly become what ZB is now, until the day the daunting fact that it's now somehow an outright necessity for the top level cubers creeps up out of nowhere. I could be wrong about how widespread it will be, though. It could be that the tiny time save between that and just full ZB will be so unappealing for the level of work, that only some people will go that route and other people will instead finally just abandon layer methods and actually try to speed solve with Heise, etc., things that could save time more significantly, brutally difficult as they might be. At any rate, inability to do so isn't the issue preventing it from becoming widespread. Learning one look last layer is more a triumph of patience and persistence than incredible intellect, and anyone capable of learning CFOP is probably also capable of it with enough determination. That number just scares people to death. But people vastly overestimate how much 4000 is. The average person has the basic definition of 35,000 words memorized and will memorize around a quadrillion pieces of information over the course of their life. Some people have entire lengthy books memorized word for word, and look how many people can recite pi to an amount of digits far exceeding the amount of moves in all 4000 of those algs. I'll share a story that really shows this. I used to work a job that involved me checking in people with their driver's license number. After enough times with the same person, you start to memorize their license number from typing it so many times and they don't even have to give it out and you save yourself the trouble of looking at it. By the time I had worked that job for years, I inadvertantly seriously had several thousand driver's license numbers memorized and I don't even consider myself to have an incredible memory, just an above average one. Yet this just happened, semi unintentionally, gradually. And even the recognition was there. I could see a customer I hadn't seen in six months and my muscle memory would immediately go to type their number in response to their face (which freaked out people who hadn't been there in 6 months and was always pretty funny). That experience has led me to have very little doubt that I could effectively learn last layer over a few years, but there's no way I'm investing that much work while practicing guitar and piano are still a higher priority. Cubing would have to be my top priority in life and I'd have to be vying for the WR to do something like that, but the point is other people fit that description and they surely will. I think one look last layer might eventually be a bit like getting a black belt in a martial art, something tons of people can do but that it's understood takes years to do.

[@pooroldfred]

Him 5 seconds. Me ..peeling the stickers off and placing them back 3 minutes.

[@zylbygdfn6542]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke]

Stickers?

[@pooroldfred]

@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke Yeah ...we had the cheaper copies in the uk and the coloured squares were stickers....it was the only way I could complete it... I'm talking end of 70s ish ..

[@jxmai7687]

I drop it in the paint and make them all same color.

[@pooroldfred]

@@jxmai7687 solved in 1 hrs 24 mins when paint is dry. ....😆

[@AnthonyLauder]

I am an old man now, but was seriously into the cube when I was in my late teens. I won quite a few competitions when I was around 16 or 17 (in 1981 and 1982). I usually averaged around 25 to 26 seconds, which was considered fast at the time. Now, decades later, I stumble on a video of little kids averaging 5 seconds. It is mind boggling.

[@axo342]

“Some man who got a 5.03 because he idk wanted to” 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Mr.RubixMan]

0:58

[@therobonugget1021]

Who was that

[@Jacob12094]

​@@therobonugget1021 Luke Garrett at Pittsburgh Fall 2022

[@resell_enjoy6]

Just Luke being Luke

[@Elli0tK1ng]

This is why Luke is my favorite cuber

[@Nw_Cubes]

Guys why are we not taking about how he was super chill about getting a 3.5?? Did you see his reaction he was like “nice” 😊

[@Nw_Cubes]

Like he literally kept a straight face WHAT

[@I-am-a-trash-cuber]

Ikr

[@elitecuber8926]

I know dude

[@sylph99]

Robots

[@realist7239]

NPC's NOT HUMAN

[@Im_No_Expert_72]

My brain is a calcified stone that doesn't comprehend any of this, no matter how much time you give it

[@EtherealProject3D]

You sir have the most original and entertaining cubing content right now. Great story telling, great pacing and editing, quality sound amd video and easy to follow breakdowns. Keep it up man, cant wait to see you get to a million.

[@Pin3Appl3_Cuber42]

Same

[@Dauntlesscubing]

I second that

[@VertiumGaming]

The moment these kids become teenagers we are all doomed

[@TajBressert]

Fr

[@TheBuffBurger]

no they're doomed

[@vVearon]

when yiheng wang gets bigger hands he’ll be like sub 15 in 4x4

[@thetwistedcube]

Then new kids like 3 will dominate

[@flashraylaser157]

The current kids will start getting better at big cubes and taking more of Max's records, but at the same time a wave a kids under 10 will be beating them at 3x3.

[@pengusplayz5756]

“I have come forward to this amateur interest known as cubing, to shatter the confining barriers of tempo. I will not let the pathetic public mortals, *perhaps* even ANYTHING whatsoever conquer my times of the famous Rubik’s cube puzzle. -Xuanyi Geng, 2025.

[@Doubleaa500]

It's very interesting to hear someone talking about terms I've never heard before in my life!! :0

[@hesacuber]

I am 2 years and 3 months old. Is a 10 sec average okay?

[@Amoragaa]

Meh, that's mid

[@hesacuber]

@@Amoragaa dang it

[@SpeedIn834]

To improve, plz practice your F2L 1-Looks to ZB recognition 💀

[@samueljehanno]

@@Amoragaa 😂

[@geocojonnrigor]

Nah, I started cubing when I wasn't born yet. I average 4 seconds. And it's still not good enough for me.

[@Rubberduckboy123]

I would just like to see the curriculum in Asian schools to see what they’ve been doing on cubing.

[@terem5678]

I saw a vid somewhere(I don’t remember clearly) where a school in china had a whole cubing class 💀

[@fiddleronthecube7835]

So you believe Asians have an unfair advantage?

[@david7384]

well there's 3 billion of them...

[@ronaldmcdonald-s2q]

even if taking a class only a few would be able to compete on the level of speedcubing.

[@Kingofthehill84]

Having Lao genetic help a lot 😂😅

[@Jonboy_1000]

This is like how the progression of the speed a horse can travel slowed down and got replaced by a car, and we have the same thing where the way these new gen cubers are reaching heights with their way of solving the rubiks cube that made them go on par or even surpass others like Tymon, Max, and luke.

[@BrinkOf50]

I have an IQ of 140 and love pattern recognition puzzles but for some reason I never got into solving the Cube. It's amazing how fast they solve them nowadays...

[@artwithjam3304]

Never too late to try :D

[@fatass4677]

People who boast their iq are losers

[@sunhyolic]

@@fatass4677username checks out

[@ravensiIva]

Cubing isnt all about IQ, it's more of practice, muscle memory and dexterity. IQ comes in with pattern recognition and some memorization, but cubing is really about perseverance.

[@dawsie]

Nope, I will stick to sudoko I’m down to 4min 36 seconds for a hard set, will stick to that as it involves using the mind to solve it and 61 I need that challenge more than the cube with colours.

[@_aquice]

Me: Mom, I learned full OLL and PLL! Mom: And? There are children who know full ZB ._. (and are faster than you btw)

[@clydeivorpalma7651]

Me 10 years later : Mom I can one look the whole cube. Mom:Did I raise you correctly ? There are kids who are faster than you while blindfolded and using only one foot

[@_aquice]

@@clydeivorpalma7651 and while completing a marathon on the other foot :)

[@BAROMETERONE]

This was a cool video dude. I believe at some point (the point these kids are at), you are no longer solving, but simply pulling the solution from memory since there are only so many permutations. Once they have all of the permutations memorized, then they can focus essentially on dexterity/coordination. Similar to a chess master. Its amazing how finely tuned the human can be...fascinating.

[@BAROMETERONE]

@gregfulton8258 psychologists may be able to help Greg.

[@BAROMETERONE]

@gregfulton8258 Here's a big hug Greg.🫂

[@BAROMETERONE]

@gregfulton8258 You need a Hug Greg? 🫂

[@THR2024]

We have come to a time where we have to say "its a chinese kid, it wont count"

[@rookie_s]

ur vids r so good!! Keep up the amazing work🔥

[@TreyArc]

Really like your commentary and style. Excellent....! Bringing us up to date news in the cubing scene. 👍👍

[@nsng1298]

Americans will say this is a threat to their National Security.

[@KenNeumeister]

stumbled on your channel and surprised (pleasantly) to see cubes getting so much attention and competition

[@tincustefanlucian7495]

It simply blows my mind! Small kid knows so much about cube solving! How did he learn all that at 7 years? Most kids at that age don't even know what is a Rubik cube or how to read and if they know then there is no way they have learned such complex moves. Are these children are naturally gifted with superior intelligence?

[@realist7239]

NPC's NOT HUMAN !

[@derederekat9051]

it was that or being a pro 1 dan go player.

[@luisgutierrez8047]

It just doesn't happen organically. In china parents and the government FORCE kids like them to do this all day

[@BACA01]

They are half jinn half human hybrids.

[@realist7239]

@BACA01 Mutants

[@Speedcubenz]

"Yo a cool cube story OK I'm in DAMMIT RECONSTRUCTION!" 🤣🤣🤣 🙏 (FR though those shenanigans with the last pair... WHAT?!) Solid work as always

[@pepkin88]

6:25 Yusheng's solve is by technicality a ZZ solve, after cross all edges were oriented and there were no rotations during the whole solve ;)

[@momokui]

If this were Olympic, those Chinese kids would have gotten doping test every hour.

[@LeoBorromeoSpeedcuber]

Thanks for mentioning me 😊

[@STUCUBE]

Didn’t expect to see u here haha. 🐐

[@hadi96100]

Thank you for making us feel inferior. I had an unsolved Rubik's Cube since the 1970s & I still can't solve it.

[@rikmoran3963]

Unusual to have one in the 70s. A major manufacturing deal wasn’t signed until September 1979, so it wasn’t really being sold until 1980.

[@SpeedIn834]

Your videos are always funny and interesting. Keep it up!

[@kr_ykoo]

bro literally just casually, with not many emotions in his voice, dropped "but since Xuanyi (a literal 6 year old) knows FULL ZBLL". like heck, afaik even tymon doesnt know full zbll

[@PinoyPlaytoearn]

My brain hurts. This is insane! How are they able to do this?

[@ooXChrissieXoo]

The part that he kept saying the side is solved, this solved that solved… me look at that cube and it looked scrambled af 😂

[@luisgutierrez8047]

Kids are literally FORCED to train all day by their parents and government

[@strawberrysherbet96]

My brain freezes Everytime I try to solve it.. it becomes worst 😂

[@us3r75]

​@@luisgutierrez8047government this, government that... so scary 😱

[@yuugenr7549]

​@@luisgutierrez8047 everything is a conspiracy for you?

[@samuelmartinez1083]

This video works as a daily reminder

[@globalwarmingisreal311]

Ah yes, i understand you. I will keep that in mind. I will buy my first cube tomorrow.

[@emeliealegonero4043]

These kids are amazing

[@dawsie]

I am now 61, I cannot remember how old I was when the first one came out on the market, but I bought it, I loved puzzles, I got Dad to mix it all up for me so I could not be accused of remembering the twist and turns. It took me 6 months to solve and here you are showing a 4 year old solving it in under 10 minutes dam, I feel really old now😹😹I just looked it up 1980 I was 17 at the time. I still have that darn cube, I have dragged it around Australia with me ever since, I even have the one half inch Rubik’s cube along with some of the other ones that came out back in the early 80’s I just never knew that there were championships held for that darn cube😹😹

[@soulanstreets222]

Here I am...on a video that YT recommended, not knowing anything you're talking about, neither caring about a cube toy or how fast it's solved. But staying for the adorable kids playing with their toy.

[@davidbrown8763]

Watching these young geniuses just fills me with awe and wonder. Huge respect.

[@TheBoilingTea]

My 10 year old got his first rubrics cube 4 months ago and now can solve it within 3-5 minutes. He is obsessed with practicing and getting his time down and we even ordered him different cubes that can move faster. I was impressed with him but these children are just amazing!

[@RottenCuber]

5:03 y' U R' D' r U' r' D R // VLS And you can cancel 1 move into T perm (This VLS is the ZBLS for that angle, and when you've all the corners oriented it skips the OLL)

[@Pin3Appl3_Cuber42]

Did you say he knows full EO and ZBLL💀

[@vVearon]

it’s slowly becoming the standard

[@flashraylaser157]

There are even a handful of people who now know full one-look LL and actually recognize it fast enough to use in serious solves. I remember when that was about what we had with full ZBLL. Now full ZBLL is about like knowing just full OLL and PLL and a few extra sets like Winter Variation was seen in 2012. Full LL was just a joke at that point. No one thought you could ever recognize that many cases in less than a second or so even if you learned them. I think in 2034 we'll have the very top kids who aren't even 10 yet using full LL, and almost everyone else in the top 50 knows at least full ZBLL. Using anything less being seen as a disadvantage like 4 look LL.

[@Pin3Appl3_Cuber42]

@@flashraylaser157 Damn

[@tonguepiercing]

Bedankt

[@STUCUBE]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. Glad you’re enjoying the videos

[@HatsuneAmi]

My friends literally said that he just skipped Cocomelon and went straight to sub 3 💀

[@caomouse8829]

Wait until a kid breaks the zeptosecond barrier and destroy entire universe 😂

[@ats-3693]

I'm 55 I got a rubix cube when they were first invented and released and I had it for years, the only way I ever solved that thing was when I figured out how to pull it apart and put it back together again.

[@GrimAngel01100]

It's cool to see kids do stuff like this, but they really should have a separate record for kids. It's so much easier to set records on certain things when you can literally spend basically all day just doing that. Which is not an option adults tend to have. And because parents can basically raise their kids to practice and be good as early as possible. Congrats to these kids regardless tho, still quite the feat.

[@ryanbao3214]

At least they haven’t gotten to the big cubes yet, so there’s still hope.

[@carpetdragon350]

Around the early 2000s I used to frequent new bars with a cube in my hand and bet drinks that I could solve it in under 5 minutes. Even ended up pulling a few women just from the icebreaker of being one of the only ones who could solve a Rubiks. Seeing these freakishly fast Asian kids just puts a smile on my face now

[@naikodimama9700]

I am Chinese and I can say they would quiz cubing/stop cubing when they become teenagers because Chinese society is so focusing on education and they must reduce their cubing times but to spend more time in school work.

[@BatCountryAdventures]

5:25 "A very normal person might..." Yes... That's exact what a very normal person would do! 🤭

[@alcaborra]

yunger will be faster because their time continuum is slower then a adult so for a 5 years old a day takes a week to pass and a 80 years old takes 6 hours

[@toututu2993]

All thanks to the adult professional cube solver teaching everything to these kids.

[@kinghomeboy]

I think these young ones are memorising certain patterns on the faces rather than try to set up a "best case scenario". Couple that with the already known pro moves that have been discovered and BOOM!!! This is where we are today. I believe that this will get to insane levels in the next 5 years. Maybe even the fabled 1 second barrier may be under threat. But that's just my perspective.

[@ayo.witahoodie08]

We’re all doomed🥲

[@curiousNic]

Consider me scared. And I hate that I can't leave a hate comment you could appreciate. So sorry about that, I really tried very hard.

[@dathyr1]

I still think there is a trick to solving these CUBES this fast and by children. They see certain color patterns and know what the next moves are to complete/finish the CUBE colors. Like anything else children lean very quickly how to do things and over a period of time, they perfect their techniques. But thanks for the video. take care.

[@filoniz]

You taking all the joy out of cubing.

[@kiriInvestigator4597]

If capitalism wasn't our current socioeconomic system, Humanity's TALENTS, CREATIVITY, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING and TECHNOLOGY would skyrocket!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope we humans can develop a NEW BETTER SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEM during this 20 year period before 2040.

[@LongDefiant]

Totally agree.

[@ronaldmcdonald-s2q]

REVCOM is the answer but the world is not evolved to this point yet globally.

[@williamzame3708]

The most amazing thing (to me) is that cubing for time is a competitive sport ...

[@user-te9lc3cq3h]

11 TPS 🎉 SOLVING LOGIC ! the kid is a king❤

[@13jorino]

I'm very good at cubing if my freezer is working.

[@redAvoc]

Awesome video and analysis of the solve, thanks! I also appreciate that you shared the scramble and took time to explain the solution step by step. But for a cuber you make waaay too many unnecessary moves :p Keep the cube still, please, it would make it easier to follow what you're talking about ;)

[@wilhelmmeyer89]

I like this and I don't understand any of the moves you made. To me it is just fun watching people and kids doing things with hand and brain and heart.

[@orman2222]

Watched this whole clip. It was very intriguing and impressive, but I have no idea what you're talking about. Shows how much of a peanut brain I am 😂😂😂

[@JohnAJ-07]

I love you STU ! The greatest reconstructer ever

[@cat-oi5hl]

Yup that’s it I’m officially labeled as a “casual cuber”

[@Corl-fb5lz]

With the amount of help on their team the world should be in better shape than it is today.. but...

[@Quakeboy02]

For everything under the sun that requires a skill, there are a small number of people who can perform that skill better than anyone outside their small group.

[@tomnps1671]

Sounds like the kids are having fun.

[@Jonboy_1000]

STCUBE secretly averages 69 seconds on every event (including 11x11 bld with 1 hand and zero finger tricks while breaking a fmc WR and writing down his moves on a paper with a tooth pick in cursive mandarin)

[@roberthowlett9318]

It's not just cubes one day we will listen to children and their thoughts on life , they are free spirits before their minds become polluted by adult bias!

[@adelmosallami]

Leo was the first one that showed that kids can be world class, but I feel like Sean Villanueva also deserves some credit for coming second in worlds 2019, even if he used roux

[@STUCUBE]

Very true that 5.98 was insane for the time

[@martinli2544]

This video arrived in my feed what feels like about 4-7 years earlier than what it should have, for I was planning to die at the age of 37. I think the toll on my mom's body is at a limit. If you'll see this comment, do ask God, pass the kid (that one in the thumbnail) my heart, his to a one I have already in mind for, hers to me, mines to him. It is my belief he will with it do great things.

[@Mor4me]

This was very interesting. I didn’t know there was a whole subset of jargon for Rubiks cube. how does this will translate to real world. Engineering / science or just math

[@airtioteclint]

I don't know anything about rubiks cubes but how do they keep the competition consistent? Wouldn't some puzzles require more time to solve than others? And some harder than others too?

[@CubingKuba]

These 6 year olds are actually scaring me...

[@BobtheBobastic]

Well damn now he has a better single than tymon this is so insane. Like you said we are cooked

[@wi1lowsm1th44]

Well, it's time to lock in on learning full CFOP so I can get even remotely close to this level of performance(I'm not even done with full OLL and I'm already cranking out sub-30s)

[@jinyboi]

I used to solve 3x3 cubes in 3 mins back in my teenage years. Is that good enough to enter a tournament?

[@bonthecuber]

Bro if you saw my face after seeing the 3.54 you would die bro my jaw dropped to the floor

[@davemayshow]

This is madness.

[@Naanaa-dn6st]

Yup my lil bro is nasty he times himself all the time I still remember when he asked me how to solve it. All I told him was algorithm at like six years old now he’s like a robot A couple years later 😅

[@takecareyoself5379]

Smaller hands really do give you an advantage, I can't go sub 10 because I hold the cube like an oreo

[@MrTimmyyyy]

What 2x2 do you main?!?!?!?

[@ChiefChampAlot]

Kids being amazing with a kids toy....amazing

[@nicholasturner5146]

I listened to the explanation and still haven’t a clue 😃

[@FireshroomCubes]

some 6 year old person solves a 3x3 cube faster than I solve a 2x2

[@CovenOfWonders]

DAM. I CAN DO THAT MAN, JUST MY RUBICS CUBE WAS A BIT RUSTY SO IT SLOWED ME DOWN

[@bonthecuber]

Stu never fails to make me laugh 3 times a video

[@chriswilson3644]

So I know nothing of cubing, but how is it determined the starting grid for each cube, is it random or always pre set. Bc then it's one of 2 things, just memorize if it's always preset, or if it's random then isn't it inevitable some people would just get a more favorable play at solving with some being easier and quicker. I Really would like to know. And has anyone covered this before about what I'm saying. It seems like not bc I've never heard anyone ask these things or cover em buy also I never see any of thus type content it was just in my algorithm

[@Butterscotchandmegatron]

I love how most of the child records are set in Singapore

[@jezzamobile]

Anyone else feel like a dog having a card trick explained? 🐕

[@MisterPikol]

I wouldnt solve this if you've given me a whole day, so I dunn why im watching these

[@NubalanceDNAcDc]

D BABY #BLURAYZ ARYVED🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 #CUBEDDUZ #MAMANESSA

[@Igor-dd7ru]

Why dont use smarts cubes for precise times?

[@RemyMS]

I have the feeling that every weekend something insane happens. And then I realize that 90% of the times these young kids break records.

[@eversoul43]

But then there's the Asian kid who solves 3 while juggling them.

[@hesnotfromearth]

Out with the old, in with the new

[@Captinfun101]

Well I only need to shave 14 minutes and 55 seconds off to be worlds fastest 😂😢 but I only started a week ago

[@AndroidFerret]

Doesn't the speed depend highly on the starting position? Or does everyone have the same? I doubt that since then people could just learn it?

[@ronaldmcdonald-s2q]

Of course, the combinations differ. There are over 83 quintillion possibilities

[@june-ph7qv]

😳🤯