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How does a Speed Cube work? (Fast Rubik's Cube)

A Speed Cube is a special kind of Rubik's Cube that is meant to be solved quickly. ⌚Timestamps: 00:00-Intro 00:48-Cube History 01:25-Solve It Fast 02:11-Tips for solving 03:12-CFOP 05:30-Inside ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Rubik’s Cubers venerate creator of speed-solving

“It’s a little plastic toy,” said Jessica Fridrich, tossing a Rubik’s Cube between her long-fingered hands on a stormy afternoon in her office at Binghamton University in upstate New York, her ...
New York Magazine

We Got Schooled by a 15-Year-Old Rubik’s Cube Speed Record Holder

The world of speed cubing — where people solve Rubik’s Cubes really, really fast — was shaken up last year when Lucas Etter, a 15-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky, broke the world record. At a ...
Napa Valley Register

Using algorithms and muscle memory, Napa teen does lightning-fast 'speedcubing'

One second makes all the difference in the world to Tristan Heartt of Napa. Heartt, 14, is a competitive “speedcuber.” ...