Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in 0.103 Seconds, Humans Cry in Slow Motion

Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in 0.103

Ever tried solving a Rubik’s Cube and ended up throwing it across the room instead? Yeah, same. Meanwhile, a team of Purdue undergrads just built a robot that can solve it in 103 milliseconds — that’s literally faster than the time it takes to say “Wait, what?”

Meet Purdubik’s Cube — the caffeinated lovechild of engineering brilliance and sheer spite for slow puzzle-solving. It’s so fast, by the time you realize the cube is moving, it’s already solved, graduated with honors, and applied for a startup accelerator.

The previous world record? A sluggish 305 milliseconds by a team at Mitsubishi. Cute. Purdue’s robot laughed in machine code, blew past that mark, and is now officially recognized by Guinness World Records for being the fastest cube solver on Earth. Probably the fastest in the universe, too, but NASA hasn’t responded to emails.

Bonus fun fact: The hardest part? Not the code or the motors — it’s that the cube literally explodes from the speed. So the team had to Frankenstein a Rubik’s Cube with reinforced parts just to keep it from turning into high-speed confetti.

Watch the glorious blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment here:

[Via BIS]

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