speedcube
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From speed + cube (to solve a Rubik's cube, verb).
Noun
[edit]speedcube (plural speedcubes)
- A puzzle identical in form and function to a Rubik's Cube but often having a different internal mechanism, and designed for optimal speed of use.
Verb
[edit]speedcube (third-person singular simple present speedcubes, present participle speedcubing, simple past and past participle speedcubed)
- (rare) To engage in speedcubing, the sport of solving a Rubik's Cube at high speed
- 2005 July 27, Ray Marshall, “Squaring up to the Rubik challenge”, in Evening Register[1]:
- Then somebody, not much bigger than a tot, comes along and speedcubes it to perfection.
- 2007 May 6, “Rubik's Cube challenges new generation”, in Orange County Register[2], archived from the original on 14 February 2009:
- He said it took about eight hours for him to teach Will Smith how to speedcube, and, yes, "He really solves it in the movie."