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The Speed Cubers
2020 · Film · documentary · 40 min
Directed by Sue Kim
This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.
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Fun short story: I was the owner of the PuzzleProz ebay store in the mid 00's which was, for awhile, the most popular source of "knock off" speed cubes in the US.
I actually sold Max's family the Red speed cube that you can see him using as a kid in the Netflix documentary "The Speed Cubers"
I have that same cube (model / color) on my desk right now as its one of my favorites.
It was exciting to see the cube in the documentary and to be sure I went back through my order history and found the order.
It was really fun to be part of the speed cubing / puzzle cube community during that time.
That's Max Park. I'm not a cuber but I recognize him from the excellent short documentary The Speed Cubers, on Netflix. It's nerdy, engaging, and heartwarming — perfect for HN.
Off-topic, but there's a great documentary "The Speed Cubers" that covers competitive cubing. It's very well produced, and an ejoyable watch. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81092143