Feliks Zemdegs Is the Prodigal Child of Speedcubing

Feliks Zemdegs has been known as the Usain Bolt of Rubik's cubing. Here's what you want to find out about him forward of 'The Speedcubers.'

There's a brand new documentary coming to Netflix, which sounds no longer simplest fascinating, but also adore it's about to teach us a thing or two. 

The Speed Cubers takes audience who will not be ultra versed in the world of aggressive Rubik's Cubing (where avid gamers remedy the puzzle in mere seconds — like, 3) to the international tournament, and makes a speciality of the friendship and competition between the best possible avid gamers in the game: Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.

We've already long past into Max Park's background and the way the 17-year-old got his start as a child on this area of interest pageant, so we are now ready to learn extra about Feliks, including how he were given started in the international of competitive speedcubing and the place he is now, after filming the documentary.

Who is Feliks Zemdegs?

The 24-year-old has been dubbed "the Usain Bolt of Rubik's Cube solving" for his sensational speed and countless international titles.

A YouTube video first of all impressed this Australian to pick out up the puzzle at the age of 12, and ever since he discovered methods to solve it, Feliks has been dominating the speedcubing scene around the globe.

"I was 12 years old (in 2008) when I came across videos of speedsolving on YouTube, and so decided to look up a tutorial to learn how to solve it," he stated at the 2019 Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup. "I've been addicted ever since."

This Rubik's Cube genius makes it sound nearly easy to succeed in his stage of luck.

"All it takes is a bit of patience and practice," Feliks says, to "train one's mind to solve a Rubik's Cube." This Australian knows a factor or two about follow, taking into consideration what number of hours he spends with his Rubik's Cubes an afternoon. "I mainly just do practice at home," he finds, adding that he stopped taking his cubes to school, "but that's probably at least an hour a day for the past 12 years or so. So, a lot of practice!"

In his first 12 months of competing, Feliks proved himself an absolute prodigy. That year by myself, in 2011, he broke 17 international data, and principally reframed the time constraints for avid gamers of the sport, appearing them that a 4x4 might be solved in beneath 10 seconds and that a 5x5 could be solved in neatly underneath a minute.

The Economics major graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce, and likewise focused his research on Mechanical Engineering.

Where is Feliks now, after 'The Speed Cubers'?

Now, the speedsolver has established his personal web page, CubeSkills, the place he gives tutorials on solving the Rubik's Cube, as well as different puzzles. The site offers loose algorithm sheets and tips, but in addition offers a paid top class club style for get entry to to complex speed solving videos. Members also are invited to submit their very own movies for Feliks to critique.

Feliks announced The Speed Cubers on Instagram and YouTube July 1, announcing it "doesn't get much bigger than this!" His comments are stuffed with different cubers, who foresee that the "speedcubing community is going to grow a lot after this documentary!"

We cannot wait to learn more about this area of interest. The Speed Cubers premieres July 29 on Netflix.

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