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  • 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!

Hi, my name is Cubastic and I've been speedcubing for more than 4 years.

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