Solving 3 Rubik's Cubes while juggling them.

Oh my... I did my best to spot signs of video manipulation but didn't see any.
Unbelievable. And not only did he do it, he was talking to friends as if it didn't require any special effort.

Wow, impressive indeed.
Not everyone is gifted with a mind/talent like that, but I've read somewhere that (generally) people barely use around 20% of what they're truly capable of.....(some are in the negative percentages as well).  

Mesh
Wow, impressive indeed.
Not everyone is gifted with a mind/talent like that, but I've read somewhere that (generally) people barely use around 20% of what they're truly capable of.....(some are in the negative percentages as well).  

Skills of this nature make me suspect something of an autistic savant nature to them. I'd like to know how he fares in other areas of life - savants usually have skills that are very deep but extremely narrow. Like the ability to look at a large pile of matches and instantly know how many are there. Or being able to look at a complicated railway timetable and memorize it in less than a second. For all we know, the kid might not even know how to sidechain a kick drum  

dmbaer

sharke
I'd like to know how he fares in other areas of life - savants usually have skills that are very deep but extremely narrow.

Yeah, I wonder just how much this skill gets him ... er ... a satisfying social life (say, compared to playing the electric guitar). 

Amazingly enough, girls go for geeks these days....

paulo

sharke
 
Amazingly enough, girls go for geeks these days....

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I took part in a Guiness Book of World Records attempt for solving a Rubik's cube back in the early 80's.  We had to solve five cubes (because some solutions require extra steps and you really can't know in advance).  They take the average time of all five.  I came in around 39 seconds but wasn't even a finalist.
 
All of the weird solutions you see like blind-folded or one-handed or, probably, the guy above are all BS.  They start with solved cubes, then mess them up and play the result backwards.  The better ones all add something like over-dubbing talking or someone walking backwards to help add to the illusion.

sharke

dmbaer

sharke
I'd like to know how he fares in other areas of life - savants usually have skills that are very deep but extremely narrow.

Yeah, I wonder just how much this skill gets him ... er ... a satisfying social life (say, compared to playing the electric guitar). 

Amazingly enough, girls go for geeks these days....

 
 
Strangely, the girls in the vid didn't even turn round to watch him 

craigb
I took part in a Guiness Book of World Records attempt for solving a Rubik's cube back in the early 80's.  We had to solve five cubes (because some solutions require extra steps and you really can't know in advance).  They take the average time of all five.  I came in around 39 seconds but wasn't even a finalist.
 
All of the weird solutions you see like blind-folded or one-handed or, probably, the guy above are all BS.  They start with solved cubes, then mess them up and play the result backwards.  The better ones all add something like over-dubbing talking or someone walking backwards to help add to the illusion.

It was worked out that every Rubik's cube state can be solved in 20 moves or less. The algorithms have been refined over the years to achieve this minimum, which is why people are now solving it in 9 seconds and suchlike. 
 
The book I had as a kid contained algorithms which were sometimes as long as 10-15 moves, so it wasn't exactly an efficient solution. Today's solutions contain more algorithms (presumably because they achieve stuff like moving numerous squares at once) so there's a lot more to memorize, but once you have that down it's just a matter of having the right dexterity. 
 
The juggling video isn't played backwards by the way - you can see people walking and cycling in the correct direction in the background. 
 
And here's a 7 year old kid solving the cube blindfolded at a competition - definitely not played backwards
 

 
Some people have extraordinary memories. Some people have an extraordinary spatial awareness. And then some people have both together. I think these are the ones who are doing these crazy cube feats. 
 
Speaking of which, here's a guy solving a frigging 13x13 cube. It's a time lapse video over a couple of hours, and I don't think anyone's going to be solving one of these blindfolded in a hurry, but still, what an amazing achievement.