Dispelling the notion that today's youth are dumb-as-s*** 14-year-old Lucas Etter from Maryland, US set a new Rubik's world record in 4.90 seconds!
Let’s just sit here for a second and dwell on that, a 14-year-old just solved a Rubik's cube puzzle in under five-seconds, most of us in our late-teens to 20's have trouble finding Wally within that time.
14-year-old Lucas Etter officially setting the levels of peak Rubik's cube skills
According to Kotaku the official rules state:
the Cube is randomly scrambled by a computer program (everyone gets the same scramble) and competitors have 15 seconds to observe it before solving it. There are records for one-handed and blindfolded solves. It’s also possible to have five attempts, with the average of all but the fastest and the slowest attempts giving the final score. Under these tournament conditions, Lucas Etter’s “single solve” is an awesome new record.
Here's what 4.90 seconds looks like on repeat
Watch his excitement as well, when realises what he’s just done. Him and his boys are so gassed you'd think he just scored the winning goal at a World Cup final, but who are we to take this achievement away from you Lucas? You've done more in 4.90 seconds than we've done with three years at university. So kudos to you, it's pretty damn impressive if you ask us.
[Via Kotaku]
