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The Speed Cubers ()


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Discover the special bond -- and uncommon competitive spirit -- shared by the world's Rubik's Cube-solving record breakers in this documentary.

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Max Park ...
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Schwan Park ...
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Philipp Weyer ...
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Directed by

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Sue Kim

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Sue Kim ... producer
Evan Krauss ... producer
Carly Lassegard ... executive producer
Chris Romano ... producer
Kara Rozansky ... production executive
Ariane Wu ... executive producer

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Dan Vidmar

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Ben Blennerhassett ... (as Ben Blennerhassatt)
Chris Olson

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Dylan Sylwester
Katie Turinski

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Darren Hartman ... Color Consultant
Alex Panton ... digital intermediate producer

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Sarah Cloutier ... production manager
Stephen Johns ... post-production executive

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Noah Woodburn ... re-recording mixer

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Sam Worskett ... trailer music

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Rachel Boissevain ... audio description coordinator
David Magdael ... publicist

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Andre Gaines ... special thanks
Chad Troutwine ... special thanks

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  • Netflix (2020) (World-wide) (video) (VOD)

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Plot Summary

Speed Cubing, which is the competitive sport of solving a Rubik's Cube in mere seconds, has grown into a worldwide phenomenon in recent years. For nearly a decade in the sport, Feliks Zemdegs from Australia, has reigned unchallenged as the king of cubers, the greatest of all time. That is, until now. The cubing world was stunned when an unknown challenger named Max Park from California took home the Gold medal in 2017 and emerged onto the global stage. Since then, Max's rise to the top has been swift and steady, save for one obstacle in his way: Feliks. The two have been trading wins and world records steadily, neither one able to truly dominate while the other still competes. But rather than developing into a bitter rivalry, Feliks and Max have instead grown their competitive relationship into a tender yet complicated friendship. Max is highly autistic and his family has been using speed cubing as a means of therapy for his nascent social skills and emotional development. They would have never guessed that Max's biggest rival in speed cubing would become his biggest ally in his struggles with autism. Our story finds Max and Feliks on the threshold of another World Championship, both driven to win but both rooting for each other's success. Between the two friends, though, there can only be one champion. Who will it be? But perhaps more importantly, will their friendship survive the answer?

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Also Known As
  • Die Speedcuber (Germany)
  • Los speedcubers (Spain)
  • Magos do Cubo (Brazil)
  • Los speedcubers (Argentina)
  • Speedcubing: Οι γκουρού του κύβου (Greece)
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  • 39 min
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Movie Connections Featured in Episode #3.162 (2020). See more »
Quotes Schwan Park (Max's Father): I know in cubing, people start to slide down the rankings about the time that they would normally enter adulthood. Because *life happens*. You have to pay rent, you have to find a partner, you have to buy ketchup. I mean, there's all these things that you have to make happen. You just can't cube as much.
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