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Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [video]

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  1. etiennebausson · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm a bit curious about the rationale behind splitting the category by gender for rubik's cube. Is there a difference in dexterity to justify it?

    Sound about as useful as splitting rubik's cube champion by weight class.

    Video looks impressive, though the resources poured into that training seems excessive to me. Maybe I'm too poor and don't understand how rich people raise their kids?

    1. madaxe_again · · focus · HN ↗
      I mean, chess makes the same supposition, that women need a separate league.

      There are arguments that it promotes equality, that it’s more fair… but I think the reality is closer to “it would be embarrassing for a man to be beaten by a woman”.

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