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SALT LAKE CITY — Can you solve a Rubik's Cube?
No one would blame you if you can't. After all, there are 43 quintillion — 43 billion billion — possible positions on a 3x3 Rubik's Cube, and it's your task to somehow get the cube down to just one. There are about 6 times as many positions on a 3x3 Rubik's Cube as there are grains of sand on earth.
On a 7x7 Rubik's Cube, there are 19 duoquinquagintillion positions.
So it's ridiulous that Tuesday, Australian Feliks Zemdegs solved a 7x7 Rubik's Cube, period. But he did it in just over two minutes, which is mind-bogglingly absurd.
Three great things about this video:
First, Zemdegs warms up by solving a 3x3 Rubik's cube super quickly at the very beginning of the video. No big deal.
Second, he's able to solve it despite the background noise, people moving around, and those staring at him. Distractions don't phase Feliks.
Third, the sense of anticipation you get as he somehow takes the cube closer and closer to completion, making each move so quickly. Even just the hand-eye coordination it takes is mind boggling! It's so geekily cool.
Zemdegs is just 19 years old, and now holds world records on 3x3, 5x5, and 7x7 Rubik's Cubes.