Typically the most popular and widely known record coming out of the world of cubing, the single solve world record gets a lot of media attention whenever it is broken.
The concept of 'the fastest solve ever' is interesting to most who have played with a Rubik's cube before and the videos get millions of views on YouTube.
From 22 seconds in 1982 to 3 seconds in 2022, the single solve record has had a long, storied history with many iconic world record moments.
In competition, patterns are generated by a computer to be sufficiently difficult to solve.
The cubes are then scrambled by volunteers, covered up, and sent to the competitor for them to solve.
When they are ready, the competitor is given 15 seconds to inspect the cube and then they must start...