You’re welcome! To me it doesn’t detract at all from the impressiveness of the solve. The speed of the solve is much more dependant on knowing the methods and being able to hold the algorithms in your head than in how fast you can turn the cube. They can essentially look at a scrambled cube for 15 seconds and know…

They generally use a “speedcube” not the original rubik’s brand cube. They’re lubed and specially tensioned for speed. There are at least a few dozen models to choose from. I’ve got a DaYan Zhanchi that even stock is incredibly smooth to turn. I’ll never have this sort of speed so I don’t bother lubing. My personal…