Rubik's Cube World Championships

cadaeibfed writes "Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the iconic puzzle's introduction to the world was the second Rubik's world championship, held in Orlando, FL this weekend. Competing under official World Cube Association rules, competitors from around the world vied for recognition in this nerd olympiad. Some new world records set include the 4x4 solve, solving using only feet, and blindfolded solving. The winner, Jean Pons of France, finished with an average solution time of 15.10 seconds on a standard 3x3 cube. Here are the full results."

Wow.

[Capt'n Hector]

15 seconds is rather insane. Yes, I know there are tricks and that there is a technique that will produce a solution. But they require quite a number of steps, all of which take time. Not to mention the need to recognize, store and process the locations of 27 color/point pairs for the win. Just... wow.

actually

[AntiNeutrino]

don't you mean ... a 3x3x3 and a 4x4x4 cube?

Re:True Story

[imsabbel]

Cheats? Solving via algorithms isnt cheating, its using your brain.
Solving WITHOUT algorithms (even unconscious) is just the 100k monkeys approach...