We just watched a video of a kid solving the Rubik’s cube in 2.86 seconds on camera.
It was an unofficial time but if you watch the video it was a legitimate solution, which means to me that we are going to try and break the two second barrier one day.
Just think how fast that is! I did the cube in 26 seconds back in 1981, which was about the world record at the time, and now we are down to about three seconds, incredible. The fastest robot did the cube in .38 seconds, which is insane. My cooling rep wants to solve it just once no matter how long it takes her, and working at the local business gives her a lot of time to practice during the slow months at work. I hope I live long enough to see someone do it in under two seconds, but that could take 50 more years to happen if it ever does at all. The HVAC company where I work is going to have a competition in a few months, and the winning HVAC tech is going to get a free space heater for their home. I could use one myself, so I am going to practice and see if I can beat my all time low of 20 seconds. I think I could win that heating device with a time under 30 seconds, so I am going to bust out my speed cube and blow the dust off of it to get ready for this HVAC company contest. It should be a fun time.