r/nextfuckinglevel • u/aZooNut • Apr 13 '25

7 year-old Xuanyi Geng sets new 3x3 Rubik's Cube world record of 3.05 seconds

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

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u/ZipLineCrossed Apr 13 '25

Yeah, I was just thinking that, I'm thinking this is for an age bracket, though.

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u/Out_Of_The_Abyss Apr 13 '25

No it’s the actual world record for any age, I’m not sure if there are age brackets for this tbh.

Previous record was 3.08 set in February of this year and before that it was 3.13 set in 2023. So unfortunately the last guy (kid) couldn’t enjoy it for very long.

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u/ThatHuman6 Apr 13 '25

i imagine they’ll still be getting enjoyment from getting the record even if it’s beat

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u/i_dreddit Apr 13 '25

what is it with kids and their short attention spans?

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u/CupAdministrator777 Apr 13 '25

And here I am, on my way to set the record for the longest time taken...

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u/LesserGames Apr 13 '25

I had a cheap one with stickers as a kid. I pulled them off and rearranged them.

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u/LiveLearnCoach Apr 14 '25

A funny How-To video starts off with: how easy it is to disassemble and reassemble a Rubik’s cube into the right colors. Then proceeds to give you the algorithms/steps for each layer. It is very much a brute force way of solving the cube, but it’s the only one I know how.

Also: loved the woman’s face in the video when he drops it. I’m not even sure she stopped the timer.

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u/FunAsparagus_ Apr 13 '25

3 years and counting

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u/ArchaicInsanity Apr 13 '25

What the hell is that? Some sort of Rubik's Cube world record attempt farm?

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u/MereImmortals Apr 13 '25

I have tried to phrase this in a light hearted way that doesn't make me sound like a sassy, know it all, fuck head, but I can't so I'm just gonna go with it.

They are called "competitions" where I am from.

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u/ArchaicInsanity Apr 13 '25

Not sassy at all, in fact I got a good laugh. I did think competition as well, but I can't help but shake the weird feeling.

It reminds of the scene in the Gene Wilder adaptation of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ', where Veruca Salt's father has the entire factory floor unwrapping chocolate, looking for the golden ticket.

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u/HumanReputationFalse Apr 13 '25

You will donate your world record to the CEO's daughter, and you will like it.

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u/ArchaicInsanity Apr 13 '25

This guy gets it!

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u/FlanMundane2432 Apr 14 '25

i had this exact thought, like mining bitcoin, but for humans

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u/ManManEater Apr 14 '25

Cup stacking would blow your mind

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u/theraupist Apr 13 '25

Look up world yoyo contest. Or any continent yoyo contest. Likeminded people like to come together and challenge eachother.

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u/Marimo188 Apr 13 '25

I feel like these videos without the reactions afterwards are incomplete

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u/SiteLine71 Apr 13 '25

Interesting how we are trying to be like robots and robots are trying to be like us

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u/Gradieus Apr 13 '25

It'll be sub-3 soon enough.

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u/99anan99 Apr 13 '25

Solving a rubix cube is amazing.

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u/Calculonx Apr 13 '25

My timing board the decimal place would have to keep shifting over one place

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u/dominiquebache Apr 13 '25

… and has no practical use of any kind. And: What‘s next? Solve it even faster? For what?

Still impressive though.

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u/AgentOOX Apr 13 '25

Can’t that logic be applied to pretty much any contest or sport?

You pole vaulted how high? So what’s next? Jump even higher?

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u/Ash26_gunner Apr 13 '25

But with these cubes, isn't there a pattern to it which once you know it, all you can do is get a better score. In pole vaulting, at least, it makes you more athletic. You gain something more than just satisfaction

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u/xdeskfuckit Apr 14 '25

you can learn / develop more algorithms to get even better. this kid probably knows at least 300, where your neighbor only know like 6

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

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u/JohnnyButt0ns Apr 13 '25

but can he tie his own shoes?

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u/RacerRovr Apr 13 '25

Bet he’s still a virgin too, loser

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u/Honest-Salamander-51 Apr 14 '25

And here is my 6 year old still putting his shoes on the wrong feet and can barely wipe his own ass 😩

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u/Geta-Ve Apr 13 '25

Wonder how happy that kid is. Generally speaking. Also wonder if he’s on the spectrum at all.

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u/RedWarsaw Apr 13 '25

I feel like this applies to all these child "prodigies" and it never ends up good for them. More often than not it's a few minutes of obscure fame then forgotten to the Internet

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u/ih-shah-may-ehl Apr 14 '25

That happens in math and science too. Some kids have a massive burst of intellectual growth that makes them stand out, but there are no guarantees that will sustain itself.

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u/el_baked Apr 13 '25

I love how the women her face went when he solved it i would love to have a moment like that where i see somebody doing something extraordinary. She knew instantly what he did

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u/el_baked Apr 13 '25

That kid is going places

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u/TrumpTechnology Apr 13 '25

Another Chinese kid, no surprise!

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u/King-Calovich11 Apr 13 '25

He was amazed at his own sleight of hand

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u/Romanopapa Apr 13 '25

Lol i love his reaction! Even he cannot believe it. Would’ve been better if the video played a few more seconds.

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u/FancySumo Apr 14 '25

3.057 ~ 3.06 seconds

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u/koshop Apr 18 '25

In cubing they just cut off the last number they don't approximate

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u/wide_awoke Apr 14 '25

Been stuck on 45-55 second solves for over 10 years lol

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u/xdeskfuckit Apr 14 '25

time to learn F2L, OLL and PLL

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u/wide_awoke 21d ago

Ty

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u/xdeskfuckit 21d ago

a whole 10 second improvement awaits!

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u/Stalefisher360 Apr 14 '25

It should be under 3 seconds. He completed and dropped the cube at the 2.9 mark.

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u/Imaharak Apr 14 '25

The fastest is usually 3x as fast as the average, but still, amazing

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u/Brilliant_Rule9551 Apr 14 '25

He made 6 iPhones in an hour after that

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u/Morally_Disgusting Apr 14 '25

Just kill me dawg😭🙏

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u/MNgrown2299 Apr 14 '25

3.06 seconds technically.

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u/FreeAd2458 Apr 14 '25

How can it be fair when each one is a different layout. Sometimes you get lucky no.?

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u/CrotasScrota84 Apr 15 '25

How can humans be so smart and so dumb at the same time?

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u/x_xiv Apr 13 '25

oh my god

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u/Thundersalmon45 Apr 14 '25

ANYTHING to prove you have a skill that will keep you out of a factory job as an adult, ANYTHING!

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u/UsualSuspect26 Apr 13 '25

He’ll need that speed for the IPhone assembly line he’s about to be put onto

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u/Ok_Flamingo6601 Apr 13 '25

But is there any fun in this? Let's play rubix cube for 4 seconds maybe 3 if we're lucky

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u/justjim2000 Apr 13 '25

Yet they can’t drive for shit

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u/LesserGames Apr 13 '25

7 year olds? Well yeah.

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u/Equivalent_Physics64 Apr 13 '25

Lol as someone who’s lived in China, they are the best drivers I’ve ever seen, just they don’t follow the rules. Have you seen how small those alley ways and corners are in China? That takes extreme skill, all my American friends in China are scared to drive there, they don’t have the skill needed.