Hi, my name is Cubastic and I've been speedcubing for more than 4 years.
Considering all those years I still haven't seen a puzzle I couldn't solve.
But the task that is in front of me today - scares even me.
I want to solve the biggest Rubik's Cube in the world - 17x17.
17x17 Rubik's Cube, 7 pounds of plastic, 6 colors and 6 sides, 17 edges and more than
1500 different elements.
Right now each one of them is on it's place, and it's the only position when the 17x17
cube is considered solved.
Today I will have to scramble it and then, using only my experience, patience and a lot
of time - to solve it.
It's gonna be incredibly hard to do, but I also spent a lot of time and effort to prepare
this video, so I ask you to support me with a like and a comment in advance, only your
help inspires me to accomplish tasks this hard.
Okay guys, I really hope you liked this video and subscribed to my channel, and now we can
start.
You know, when I got this cube, I didn't even think about my feelings when I start solving
it.
I was worried a little bit, but right now I'm worried a lot more and I even feel like
if I stay quite, you could actually hear my heartbeat, because to defeat a monster like
this - it is a real challenge.
All I have to do now is to scramble it, then take a deep breath and start this long path.
Let's compare the sizes of a regular rubik's cube and this monster, just look at the size,
it's unbelievable.
I don't have any more words, I really wanna start the timer, I would use my phone, and
in the beginning I wanna see how much time it will take for me to scramble it.
I'm probably making the biggest mistake in my life, but I really hope it will bring some
joy both to you and me.
Let's go.
So, guys, I think this would be enough.
It took me 4 minutes to scramble it.
Only four minutes of chaotic turning to scramble it to this state, but you can still see some
elements close to each other, actually that doesn't matter, but okay, I'll do a few more
turns, maybe it will make you more confident.
Some people say that in order to solve the rubik's cube this big, or any other puzzle
- you need to scramble it, remember how you did it and then reverse all the movements.
Guys, it's impossible, and of course it can't be done in puzzles this big.
So everything you'll see now is gonna be real, no editing, no tricks or magic.
Okay guys, this is the moment, the 17x17 is scrambled in front of me, and all I have to
do now is to start up a timer on my phone, and I'll ask you to write your guesses in
the comments, how long do you think it will take me to solve this beast.
Let's start.
Guys, an hour.
I've been doing this for an hour.
To be honest, I'm kind of tired already and I couldn't even solve the white center in
this hour.
It's a good thing I started doing it more quickly at the end of the first hour, so we'll
see if I manage to do all the other centers faster, I really hope so, but my eyes are
actually really tired.
I also started to feel pain in my back and my arms, just imagine, 7 pounds of plastic,
which you always hold on your stretched arms, it's not that easy.
Okay, let's continue, I want to do this as fast as I can.
Let's go.
Guys, I'm finishing the first center, it's been 1 hour, 4 minutes and 35 seconds, it's
actually a lot harder than I thought, I'm not gonna stop and now I'm flipping the cube
and going to solve the second center.
I really hope this one is gonna be a little faster, so please, wish me luck, guys.
Let's go.
You know, guys, it's only been a few minutes for you, but I've been sitting here for 1
hour and 46 minutes, and it's a lot harder than I thought.
So, I'm finishing the second center...
Done.
Two centers are finished in 1 hour and 52 minutes, let's continue.
It is really important not to lose myself in these colors, not to lose myself in these
centers, and the main thing - is not to break the first two centers.
Because if it happens, I will lose A LOT of time, which I don't have.
Because I'd like to set a record!
Though I don't even know if it exists.
But I'll try.
Let's continue.
Update.
My head hurts really bad.
I knew it was gonna be hard, but I wasn't expecting this.
I don't know what to do with these elements, they all are mixed up in my head, two hours,
more than two hours, and I have no idea how I'm talking now.
The third center, two hours and 48 minutes.
It's not that good, three centers in 2:48, there's too many elements, too many...
Guys, it's been three hours already, and I can't believe I've been doing this for three
hours!
Now is the most difficult part, because I need to keep most of these centers I did and
to solve the others, but it's hard, and I don't even know how to do that.
I should either do them one by one or to keep doing this in sections, but I can't do it
yet.
The last turns for the red color are done, and the hardest part is ahead - solving the
last two centers, then I'll need to do the second stage, a huge stage of solving the
edges, but now I need to focus on solving the blue and the orange centers.
The hard thing is that they are solved in the same time, and again, I can't let myself
destroy the other sides, at the moment the only thing destroyed is me.
Okay guys, let's go.
You know, guys, on the fourth hour you stop understanding the reality, you don't know
and can't see anything except this cube, and you know, you get a lot of doubts after each
turn and movement, your hands are tired, fingers hurt really bad, because just imagine picking
up these 7 pounds of plastic each time you need to make a turn.
But, you know, somehow I found a second breath and I believe that I can do it, I really want
to solve this cube, I wanna do this as soon as possible, and I see that it is possible.
4 hours, it's been four hours, and it wasn't pointless, I don't know where I get this power
and will from, but I will do it.
Did you hear that sound?
What happened?
God, that was so scary!
I almost broke the biggest rubik's cube in the world, and it's not a clickbait.
One, two, three, done.
The centers are ready.
4:17, it's four seventeen and all of the centers are ready.
Okay guys, I have a chance to finish it in 5 hours, I will try really hard, I need maximum
concentration, maximum speed now, I'm going for it.
Guys, wish me luck, I need it right now.
I really wanna do it in less than 5 hours.
Let's go.
To be honest, I'm starving, I'm really tired, but I'm not gonna stop.
I really wanna finish it.
Come on, come on, come on, YES!
I did it!
In less than 5 hours!
4 hours, 57 minutes!
The biggest rubik's cube in the world.
I'm the happiest person on this planet, guys.
I'm really grateful that I'm having this cube on my table and I got a chance to solve it,
I didn't lose this chance, I used it, and I solved the biggest rubik's cube in the world
in less than 5 hours.
I don't know what is the world record, but this is fast enough!
A huge thanks to me, you wouldn't believe this, but I'm really thanking myself, to sit
through 5 hours of this, a few weeks of preparations to this video, a huge thanks to the inventor
of this cube, a huge thanks to you for supporting me, for your likes and comments, for motivating
me to do more and better and thanks to you I finally did it, made myself happy and I
really hope that it made you happy as well.
I'm really tired, but really happy.
Thank you very much for watching, I really hope that you enjoyed this video, but how
you couldn't enjoy it?
Leave that freaking like, leave a nice comment, subscribe, I love you very much.
Set the goals and accomplish them.
And I tell you - in any hobby you can find a path to achieve anything you want.
Just believe it, just do it.
I tell you, everything will be amazing.
Thank you very much and have a nice day, I'm Cubastic, take care!