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Re:Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [vi... by _ink_ on Thursday September 24, 2026 @02:37AM (#49827027)
I was surprised, too, and looked it up. WCA officially doesn't differentiate. The human World Record is 3.51 currently held by a Yiheng Wang (male). So there is quite a gap to the new record by Lian Yunzh. But if she continues like that, I think we will find out soon whether there are any biologic reasons for the gap or if it is just because there are many more males into that kind of thing.
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Re:Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [vi... by Randomno on Thursday September 24, 2026 @03:48AM (#49827556)
There's a big gap between the top 2 solvers (Yiheng Wang and Xuanyi Geng) and everyone right now. Yunzhi Lian is 4th in the world.
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Re:Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [vi... by ErroneousBosh on Thursday September 24, 2026 @03:40AM (#49827487)
> or if it is just because there are many more males into that kind of thing.

Women "trail behind" men in things like speedcubing, e-sports and so on, and I've always felt that it's simply because they've got better things to do with their time.

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Re:Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [vi... by _ink_ on Thursday September 24, 2026 @04:27AM (#49827841)
That feels unnecessary judgemental. If you enjoy a thing, I think that's a great way to spent your time.
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Re:Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [vi... by philipallstar on Thursday September 24, 2026 @05:36AM (#49828303)
> I've always felt that it's simply because they've got better things to do with their time.

Feeling is no substitute for thinking, no matter how much applause this sort of statement will get you from the fairer sex.

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Re:Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [vi... by alphabeta3r56 on Thursday September 24, 2026 @10:02AM (#49830754)
Evoltuonarily, males have evolved to be more competitive.

Specially in contest competitions.

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