Meanings
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.
present singular third person speedcubes · participle present speedcubing · participle past speedcubed · past speedcubed
- rareTo engage in speedcubing, the sport of solving a Rubik's Cube at high speed.
Then somebody, not much bigger than a tot, comes along and speedcubes it to perfection.
2005 July 27, Ray Marshall, “Squaring up to the Rubik challenge”, in Evening Register1 more example
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."
2007 May 6, “Rubik's Cube challenges new generation”, in Orange County Register, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2009
Origin
From speed + cube (“to solve a Rubik's cube”, verb).
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