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It's pretty wild seeing how off the estimates are and how far things have come since then. This page about limits lists the expected fastest average at 11 secon

by xmprt 3y ago

It's pretty wild seeing how off the estimates are and how far things have come since then. This page about limits lists the expected fastest average at 11 seconds and the best possible average at 5 seconds [1]. Today, the best solvers have gotten multiple sub 5 averages [2] and most good solves can get sub 11 second averages with practice. In fact most intermediate solvers can get sub 17 second averages with advanced cube technology (better turning speed and fewer lock ups). I've even seen a 2.35 second solve [3] [1] http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/hints.html#limits http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/hints.html#limits [2] https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/333/average?show=100+results https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/333/av... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZPdFXAQzXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZPdFXAQzXc

alkonaut 3y ago
Cubes have probably advanced quite a bit, and the advent of social media now means that the kids just copy each others tricks within minutes these days. My kid and his cubing friends went down towards a 10s average between the age 10 and 12, so in about two years of active cubing. But having the head of a 12yo kid (and amount of spare time) is almost cheating. You can learn anything in 2 years. I'm sure they could have learned Mandarin instead in that time. But I'll take it over being really good at Fortnite which was the other option.
- noman-land 3y ago
  It's boggling to me that 10-12 year olds are doing 10s averages. That's so cool. For many years it was a dream of mine to get sub20. Never got there.
  - xmprt 3y ago
    Always fun seeing kids at competitions doing these insanely fast solves with their tiny hands.
  - shilangyu 3y ago
    The world record average is 4.48s and it's held by... a 9 year old.
  - pjc50 3y ago
    Yeah, this is the sort of thing I would assume can only be really mastered as children, like a lot of sports, and falls off after 21.

by xmprt 3y ago

alkonaut 3y ago

Cubes have probably advanced quite a bit, and the advent of social media now means that the kids just copy each others tricks within minutes these days. My kid and his cubing friends went down towards a 10s average between the age 10 and 12, so in about two years of active cubing. But having the head of a 12yo kid (and amount of spare time) is almost cheating. You can learn anything in 2 years. I'm sure they could have learned Mandarin instead in that time. But I'll take it over being really good at Fortnite which was the other option.

noman-land 3y ago
It's boggling to me that 10-12 year olds are doing 10s averages. That's so cool. For many years it was a dream of mine to get sub20. Never got there.
- xmprt 3y ago
  Always fun seeing kids at competitions doing these insanely fast solves with their tiny hands.
- shilangyu 3y ago
  The world record average is 4.48s and it's held by... a 9 year old.
- pjc50 3y ago
  Yeah, this is the sort of thing I would assume can only be really mastered as children, like a lot of sports, and falls off after 21.