Speedcubing

Speedcubing, also known as speedsolving, is the act of solving a Rubik’s Cube or other twisty puzzle as quickly as possible.

Methods
Many people have developed methods to solve puzzles quickly. The Rubik’s Cube, for example, has methods like CFOP, Roux, Petrus, and ZZ. There have also been many substeps that have been created, such as CMLL, ZZ-CT, ZBLL, VLS, Winter Variation, and COLL to solve certain cases faster. In order for these methods to be carried out, algorithms are discovered and applied to certain permutations of the cube.

Competitions
When the World Cube Association (WCA) was founded, competitions began to be held around the world. Competitions are organized every weekend, and up to eighteen different events are held at them. These events are:


 * 3x3
 * 3x3 one handed (OH)
 * 3x3 with feet
 * 3x3 fewest moves (FMC)
 * 3x3 blindfolded (BLD)
 * 3x3 multiple blindfolded (MBLD or multiblind)
 * 2x2
 * 4x4
 * 4x4 blindfolded (4BLD)
 * 5x5
 * 5x5 blindfolded (5BLD)
 * 6x6
 * 7x7
 * Megaminx
 * Pyraminx
 * Skewb
 * Square-1
 * Rubik’s Clock

The current world record for the 3x3 is held by Mats Valk, with a time of 4.74 seconds, beating Lucas Etter’s 4.90.

Community
Many speedsolvers have YouTube channels on which they post cubing-related videos. Popular cubing channels include JRCuber, CrazyBadCuber, RedKB, DGCubes, and TheProgrammingCuber, among others.

Speedsolvers also tend to have an account on the Speedsolving forums, where people can go to ask questions, have discussions, post PBs, and clog the forum with off-topic spam. YAY ME! Methods are proposed, rules are discussed, and it’s generally a good time.