The current world record for solving a Rubik's cube is 3.47 seconds. Could it be faster? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez explores the mindboggling math and fingertwisting world of speed cubing. Read more on this story from Robbie on WIRED.com: https://www.wired.com/story/howtoso...

Here are some links for some of the information and cubers we consulted:

World Cube Association
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/...

Tom Rokicki's Paper on "God's Number"
https://tomas.rokicki.com/rubik20.pdf

MIT Robot (built by Ben Katz & Jared Di Carlo) Breaks Rubik's Cube Record
Video:    • MIT Robot Breaks Rubik’s Cube Record  
Text: http://news.mit.edu/2018/featuredvid...

World RecordHolder Feliks Zemdegs
   / fazrulz1  

Competitive Cuber Tiffany Chien from the Rubik's Cube Club at Berkeley
   / @tiffanychien3277  
https://cube.berkeley.edu/

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