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The Speed Cubers

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This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.

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Robert Levin Newsday 09/08/2020
3/4
A documentary about competitors that shifts the focus away from winning and losing and toward a portrayal of mutual respect. Go to Full Review
Michael Hogan Daily Telegraph (UK) 08/11/2020
4/5
This documentary is deceptively tender but it's OK mama, I didn't cry. Well, only a bit. Go to Full Review
Karen Han Polygon 08/11/2020
Director Sue Kim finds the real story in the relationship between Feliks Zemdegs, former king of the cubers, and Max Park, his usurper and unlikely friend. Go to Full Review
Mark Serrels CNET 03/29/2023
Coming in at an accessible 40 minutes, The Speed Cubers is a short, barely feature-length documentary about speed cubing, the act of solving different types of Rubik's Cubes as quickly as possible. Go to Full Review
Linda Cook OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois) 10/12/2020
3.5/4
I loved watching the competitors, using mental algorithms, solve in seconds what would take me weeks to figure out. In some parts of the competition, contestants use only one hand. Go to Full Review
Stephanie Chapman Pop Culture Leftovers 08/23/2020
Audiences will find themselves rooting for Feliks and Max, in both competition and life." Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Sean C 06/23/2024 I loved every ounce of this documentary, you had a middle ages man sobbing. I love that challenges and niche hobbies seed friendships and community like this. Thanks 5 stars 50 times over. See more Leaburn O 06/05/2023 Bunch of kids who solve Rubik cubes very quickly. One is autistic, another is his best friend and neither of them is world champion but the film has an agenda do we just focus on their friendship instead. The documentary is pretty weak but thankfully brief. See more 06/01/2022 Documentaries are down the toilet lately, and yet, in 2020, Sue Kim Directs a masterpiece like no other. Modern, yet nostalgic. Contemporary, yet trackable. Unique, yet relative. Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs meet eye-to-eye in oppositeness. It is an excellence. It really, really is. See more 02/16/2021 Honestly, It was great, apart from one thing. This is VERY minor but the colour scheme on the thumbnail is wrong. It is literally only me who cares about this stuff, but I can't help OCD. See more 10/03/2020 They did a great job of building suspense and bringing out our emotions See more 08/15/2020 My mother told me to watch this because she thought that Max looked like me and my son, who is seven and non-verbal autistic. I can't speak to people who don't have autism in their lives, so my review is biased. But imagining that he still has hope to have a friendship like this one brought me to my knees emotionally. Nobody took pity on Max. Nobody thought it was cute that he had a skill. He was admired and respected by his peers for who he was, not what he isn't. Inspirational. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.
Director
Sue Kim
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 29, 2020
Runtime
40m