One of our on-air personalities, DJ Nyke, has the useless talent of being able to complete one side of a Rubik's Cube insanely fast. Do you have a useless talent or skill that is kind of cool?
I remember getting my hands on a Rubik's cube for the first time as a teenager and thinking how cool and challenging it was. It was never an obsession for me, as it is for some. But, I still find it amazing that folks can solve the puzzle in a matter of seconds and this world record is mind blowing.
The world record for the fastest-solved Rubik’s Cube is 5.66 seconds, set last year by Feliks Zemdegs. When you see a speedcuber like Zemdegs do his thing, you realize that he is approaching the puzzle in an entirely different way than you would.
That goes double for watching Marcell Endrey, who just set the world record for finishing a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded, which is now 28.8 seconds. Watch En
For kids of the ’80s, few accomplishments were more meaningful than solving a Rubik’s Cube without having to resort to removing the stickers. But for Cube master David Calvo, it’s no longer enough to simply line up the colors on each side — he’s actually mastered the art of solving a Rubik’s while juggling two more at the same time.