Speedcubing world record now 3.5 seconds, down from ~11 in 2007
generativist · x · 2026-09-17
Grant Slatton marvels that speedcubing world records dropped from 11 seconds (Yu Nakajima) when he was in high school to about 3.5 seconds today — a pace he didn't think was physically possible. A counterintuitive tech/culture tidbit.
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