This is a video of Rubik’s Cuber (Cubist?) Max Park beating the previous Rubik’s Cube speed solving record of 3.47 seconds (which stood for 4.5 years) with a blistering 3.13 second finish. For reference, the Rubik’s Cube I’ve had since I was 7 remains unsolved, so my personal best, which
This is a video of cockatoos that have learned to use multiple tools in order to receive rewards, in this case using a sharp stick to poke a hole through a membrane, then a long straw to retrieve cashew nuts. Apparently the ability to use toolsets has only previously been
This is a video of Colombian puggler (that’s puzzle juggler, not to be confused with a juzzler, which is something else entirely) Angel Alvarado setting the Guinness World Record for fastest time solving three Rubik’s Cubes while juggling them, with a fairly respectable 4 minutes 31.01 seconds. Could I do
This is a video of Italian athlete and World Memory champion Andrea Muzii demonstrating his abilities by solving a Rubik’s Cube while performing a one-arm handstand. Of course his legs are supported by the wall, so I vote for a disqualification. I’ve also included a video of Andrea completing a
Completely destroying the previous record of a hardly worthy 65 cubes, 16-year old Nova Scotian teen Saul Halfting spent an hour and twelve minutes solving 211 Rubik’s Cubes back-to-back while bouncing on a pogo stick. Wow, and I have yet to solve even a single Rubik’s cube, bouncing or not.
Dream it, and you can achieve it. Case in point: this video of Youtuber and LEGO maniac PuzzLEGO successfully constructing a fully functional 3 x 3 Rubik’s Cube entirely out of LEGO pieces. How about that! Plus this cube has the added benefit of the colors being easy to remove
This is a heartwarming video from Wheel Of Fortune (of all places) during Veterans week in 2015 starring contestant Nura Fountaneaux intentionally guessing letters Q, X, and Z, as well as timing-out multiple times in order to give fellow contestant Steve (who had nothing going into the final round) a
This is a timelapse video of puzzler Andre F assembling ‘Around The World’ by Educa, a 42,000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring world landmarks, available on Amazon HERE for $500. The product page says the puzzle is divided into seven bags, each representing a different horizontal portion of the puzzle for easier