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Is the Rubik's cube considered a toy or a puzzle? 

A toy

100

What colors are on the standard rubik's cube?

Red, orange, white, yellow, green, blue

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This Polish speedcuber is widely considered one of the absolute greatest hardware innovators and modern CFOP masters in the world, famous for his pioneering work with custom-magnetized puzzles and pushing the absolute limits of advanced last-layer lookahead (ZBLL).

Who is Tymon Kolasiński?

100

What is the 3x3 WR Single

2.76 seconds

200

Who invented the Rubik's cube? 

Ernő Rubik

200

How many pieces are there in a Rubik's cube? 

There are 20 total pieces excluding the centerpieces, which include 8 corner pieces and 12 edge pieces

200

What country are most of the famous cubers (people who hold records from)

USA

200

What does WCA stand for? 

World Cube Association

300

Where was the rubik's cube invented

Hungary

300

What is the 'easy' or beginner step-by-step guide to solving a cube

The beginner's method of solving a Rubik’s cube consists of first solving the base cross, then solving the whole first layer. After that, comes the second layer, which is continued by solving the whole top layer, step by step, solving the cube.

300

Who holds the record for the 2x2? Do you know his time or where he is from? 

Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)


0.39 seconds, China

300

Who is considered the "goat" of cubing

Feliks Zemdegs' is the only speedcuber in history to win the World Cube Association (WCA) World Rubik's Cube Championship twice, in 2013 and 2015

300

The name of the specific algorithmic subset that solves both the orientation and permutation of the last layer simultaneously, but only when all four top-layer edges are already correctly oriented.

ZBLL (Zborowski-Bruchem Last Layer).

400

What was the Rubik's cube originally called

The magic cube

400

Can you name the different types of rubik's cubes? (name at least 3)

  • The original 3x3x3: The most well-known version of the puzzle 
  • 2x2x2 (Pocket Cube): A smaller, simplified version of the classic 3x3x3  
  • 4x4x4 (Rubik's Revenge/Master Cube): A more complex version of the classic 3x3x3 
  • 5x5x5 (Professor's Cube): An even more complex version of the Rubik's Cube
  • + more I will accept
400

This is the year of the WCA World Championship held in Melbourne, which serves as the emotional climax of The Speed Cubers documentary.


What is 2019?

400

Are stickerless cubes allowed at WCA events? 

Yes, stickerless cubes are allowed in WCA competitions and are fully legal to use.

500

How many years have Rubik's cubes been around? 

50 (they were created in 1974)

500

How do you make the checkerboard pattern

Turn each of the slice layers twice (M2 E2 S2)

500

Who solved the cube in 3.13 seconds?

The fastest time to solve a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube is 3.13 seconds by Max Park (USA) at the Pride in Long Beach 2023 event in Long Beach, California, USA, on 11 June 2023.

500

What are the 17 WCA events? 

What are the 17 WCA Events? The 17 WCA events are (as of March 2022) - 3x3x3, 2x2x2, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 6x6x6, 7x7x7, 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, 3x3x3 One-Handed, Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1, 4x4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5x5 Blindfolded and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind