Six-Year-Old Shatters Women's World Rubik's Cube Record
Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [video]
A six-year-old girl has broken the women's world record for solving a Rubik's Cube, according to a video shared on Hacker News. The achievement sparked discussion about the record's category, with one commenter noting that a six-year-old winning suggests something is off. Another commenter joked that for her, it's all downhill from here—which is a good thing, because going downhill is fun and easy.
something is wrong with that category when a six year old wins
- etiennebausson
I'm a bit curious about the rationale behind splitting the category by gender for rubik's cube. Is there a difference in dexterity to justify it?
Sound about as useful as splitting rubik's cube champion by weight class.
Video looks impressive, though the resources poured into that training seems excessive to me. Maybe I'm too poor and don't understand how rich people raise their kids?
- rinnemak
When the differences are in the one tens and one hundreds of a second, isn't the initial configuration a huge factor? How do they prepare the start for a competition like this? Can't just be a random scramble, right?
- N_Lens
For her, it's all downhill from here.
Which is a good thing, because going downhill is fun and easy!
- bronlund
Poor little soul.
- harry8
She trains for 2 hours a day.
Average of 3 is under 4.5 seconds.