The Death of Magic

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  • Back in the nethertimes of cubing, there were two very controversial events: the Rubik's Magic, and the Master Magic. After some debate, they were eventually removed from the list of sanctioned events. Why did they do that?

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  • @cosmicjenny4508
    @cosmicjenny4508 7 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Broke regulations because:
    • Starts with magic in hands
    • Uses keyboard, not stack-mat
    • Scrambled Megaminx in background

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Little did you know, the only regulation he broke was having a scrambled Megaminx in the background.

  • @michael1234252
    @michael1234252 8 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Do a history on why the Speedstack Timers became the official timers of a WCA competition.

    • @joeycubes68
      @joeycubes68 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      michael1234252 yes

    • @poopydiaper5288
      @poopydiaper5288 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it would also be cool to explain what advancements they made from gen 3-5 and why they made them

  • @YouCubeParadigm
    @YouCubeParadigm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Hey, how about the evolution of speedcubes? From which cubes introduced which traits, such as Screws, grooves, torpedoes, to how Valk uses hollow corners instead of rounded corners to reduce cornertwists without compromising cornercutting, and how Gans use the GES system to reduce springnoise etc. I am really facinated by how far we've come in refining the mechanism of the rubiks cube

  • @Littleton3513
    @Littleton3513 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    That last thing is scary

    • @coolite5745
      @coolite5745 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cubing 101 ikr

    • @mkay2970
      @mkay2970 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No it’s hilarious.

    • @ldgaming4213
      @ldgaming4213 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      CooLite how is it

    • @claptivity
      @claptivity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont forget to wear ur helmet 🔫

  • @kyrawr83
    @kyrawr83 8 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    don't forget to wear your helmet :)

  • @AuntSteve
    @AuntSteve 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That was worth the watch just for the song at the end

  • @squaredancerpuzzles
    @squaredancerpuzzles 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your videos so much, you do a great job at covering all sorts of puzzle-related stuff while keeping the spirit of The Internet Historian, whether it's through gud stock photos, humorous strings of text, or your great story-telling voice. :)

  • @coolite5745
    @coolite5745 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    1:57 But isn’t the 2x2 a super fast event too? Wouldn’t it be hard to judge 2x2 solves?

    • @TheCubingHistorian
      @TheCubingHistorian  7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      It is, but there are other reasons to keep 2x2 in that magic did not have; for one thing, it can actually be scrambled.

  • @cubong9826
    @cubong9826 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The last bit was scary

  • @ishaanl7248
    @ishaanl7248 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lol. You have to include that confused guy in the red shirt every video, eh?

  • @damianwilding
    @damianwilding 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    another great video. Idk where you get all your info but I love it.

  • @xf4slv817
    @xf4slv817 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Actually they should scramble the magic like the ring messed up and the shape too. And then you have to bring it back to, or the linked, rings or the solved rings. And then its an actual challenge

    • @zachnado69
      @zachnado69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      still, the magic is just a test to see how dexterous you are. it is FAR too easy to break a magic.

    • @aguyonasiteontheinternet
      @aguyonasiteontheinternet 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@zachnado69gan magic when

    • @zachnado69
      @zachnado69 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ TRUE

  • @twistiicuber1055
    @twistiicuber1055 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    watched the whole ad, cuz you deserve dat revenue for keeping up with our history c:

  • @cubemaster1987
    @cubemaster1987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glad I did both the magic and master magic in competition back in 2005 and 2006. I’m in the archives forever. ( until they just erase it.)

  • @anthonymatute6057
    @anthonymatute6057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Obviously a Rubik’s Magic is so ridiculously easy that there was basically no point of it being a WCA event at all.

  • @AMathMonkey
    @AMathMonkey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can't solve my megaminx, but it doesn't matter. Can anyone do it faster?

    • @Julio974
      @Julio974 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AMathMonkey I solved mine in 0.00 seconds. My timer actually didn’t start, but it doesn’t matter. Can anyone do it faster?

  • @stets1183
    @stets1183 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just watched all of your videos i can guarantee that you will become big in the future

  • @Isaac-lb1gl
    @Isaac-lb1gl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They should mix up the magic! Then the solvers should bring it to the 3 rings then link them!

    • @zachnado69
      @zachnado69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Victor Giaquinto also, as the guy said, the magic has no notation, meaning it has no algorithms, meaning you have to just fiddle with it until you get it right. it also just might break during the "solve"

  • @herrreinsch
    @herrreinsch 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    click the video, like, watch, cause they are always good. :)

  • @minnesotacubes7911
    @minnesotacubes7911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those Magic’s broke so easily, I remember opening one new on comp day and breaking it immediately

    • @TheCubingHistorian
      @TheCubingHistorian  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      rip

    • @madeformario
      @madeformario 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a 40th anniversary edition of that that literally just broke after a few solves. I'm planning on fixing it, but like, I could watch youtube videos, practice actual cube events, stare at a wall to watch paint dry... so many more exciting things.

  • @stets1183
    @stets1183 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    this channel should have way more subs

  • @gareno6713
    @gareno6713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder, if somebody actually made notation for Magic, and made a way to scramble it, would it be added again? It’d be cool to see it back again, as a kind of resurrected puzzle.

    • @aguyonasiteontheinternet
      @aguyonasiteontheinternet 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      the breakage issue is still present in that case

    • @gareno6713
      @gareno6713 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@aguyonasiteontheinternet yes, but if the other issue is fixed, i don't see that being any more of an issue as popping is for all cubes

    • @aguyonasiteontheinternet
      @aguyonasiteontheinternet 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@gareno6713 …did you not watch the video? restringing a magic takes forever compared to putting pieces back into a puzzle after a pop. unless a company makes a speedsolving version of it that doesn’t have this problem, this will be yet another tally into the reasons why magic never deserved to be an event

    • @gareno6713
      @gareno6713 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ idk, it’ll prob never happen but i just think itd be cool to see

  • @gabrielbarriosdeleon
    @gabrielbarriosdeleon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would you make a video about 3x3 with feet?

  • @the6sides
    @the6sides 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't even know that last clip when excited

  • @dwiski
    @dwiski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:26 ah shit, here we go again

  • @crapitusedtohavemyname
    @crapitusedtohavemyname 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:44 that's gonna give me nightmares

  • @jacobr9623
    @jacobr9623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I swear they have to replace it with like the snake

  • @soIatido
    @soIatido 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    TH-cam, why is this in my recommended?

    • @TheCubingHistorian
      @TheCubingHistorian  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Trevor James Consideracion Because reasons. Hello.

  • @nabranestwistypuzzler7019
    @nabranestwistypuzzler7019 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe a magic that's 3 orders higher than the Master Magic.

  • @afewminuteswithchrispycubi8945
    @afewminuteswithchrispycubi8945 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg bob burton was the reason i got to visit new jersey. He was graduating rutgers and i couldnt miss that tourney. Actually the last i went to 2007

  • @calebyao.
    @calebyao. 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The category is cars and automobiles for the video

  • @nabranestwistypuzzler7019
    @nabranestwistypuzzler7019 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    How does the scrambled Megaminx in the background break the regulations?

    • @darrest9808
      @darrest9808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      R/wooosh

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's called a joke

  • @joeycubes68
    @joeycubes68 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    There is also a 0.56 magic solve that is real

  • @IAmZander
    @IAmZander 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm so sad about that I got the NY record

  • @raywalsh4382
    @raywalsh4382 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And yet clock is still somehow an event

  • @Christophersanchez1326
    @Christophersanchez1326 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the magic, it's a fun puzzle to play with. What do you mean you can't scramble it? Play with it with out looking and it can get to a what the scramble..

    • @controlalldelete
      @controlalldelete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's saying it can't be scrambled because notation doesn't exist

  • @jainviswam
    @jainviswam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is 3.47 seconds long

  • @cityzach
    @cityzach 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    oh hey that's me at 1:23

  • @kyazarshadala8114
    @kyazarshadala8114 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    so basically it's like cup stacking

  • @249cubegame
    @249cubegame ปีที่แล้ว

    There should have been actual scrambles for magics

  • @seshboi5738
    @seshboi5738 ปีที่แล้ว

    At least off that son i supossed he would said ".. and don't forget too subscribe" not "wear Helmet" XD

  • @00F
    @00F 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do the origin of the Skewb event

  • @raysilins6326
    @raysilins6326 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @nabranestwistypuzzler7019
    @nabranestwistypuzzler7019 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why!?

  • @margon9181
    @margon9181 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jokes on you. For CubingUsa 2018, Magic and Master Magic are events.

    • @TheCubingHistorian
      @TheCubingHistorian  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Source? I went to the website for the competition (I'm assuming this is Nationals) and I couldn't see it.

  • @topfive8415
    @topfive8415 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    can u actually talk about all other events that became dead? like rainbow cube and siamese

    • @junienet
      @junienet 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Non-wca puzzles?

    • @zachnado69
      @zachnado69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@junienet they used to be wca events

  • @MATAM29
    @MATAM29 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kloopstomp made the Mammoth Master Magic and Grand Master Magic.

  • @iStackOk
    @iStackOk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Woah woah woah, is someone throwing shade at sport stacking? Lol

  • @yperm300
    @yperm300 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:01 nice

  • @preslavjankov1532
    @preslavjankov1532 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    like curving space and time

  • @MeYes-ic5lv
    @MeYes-ic5lv ปีที่แล้ว

    Bruh, if there keeping clock at least bring back the magic

  • @pjasvil8360
    @pjasvil8360 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    this iss ggggooood the helmet part was creppy but also funny at the same time LOL🤗😋😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤓😗🦁🐮🐮🦄🐮🐄

  • @joeycubes68
    @joeycubes68 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool I loved magic

  • @alexchung736
    @alexchung736 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Yellow Master Magic

  • @somerandomperson5314
    @somerandomperson5314 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    rip magic. i still own both of them.

  • @zadekharbat
    @zadekharbat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    the worst event shouldnt have a history lol

    • @joeycubes68
      @joeycubes68 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ZEKLUSE I loved it

    • @yoshiboy6198
      @yoshiboy6198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are lots of bad things in history though, Hitler and Stalin are pretty major parts of a lot of history courses.

    • @MilanRubiksCube97
      @MilanRubiksCube97 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah the clock is worse

    • @retardedweeb2034
      @retardedweeb2034 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Magic is cool

  • @magpulmoepistolgrip1507
    @magpulmoepistolgrip1507 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    posted on my birthday

    • @alwinrolz
      @alwinrolz 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      happy bithday

  • @ryanprice9269
    @ryanprice9269 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    When is magic and master magic going to be a event again?

  • @Jan-mg6lf
    @Jan-mg6lf 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rip

  • @zencuber3435
    @zencuber3435 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dislikes are magic lovers

  • @papacubey6618
    @papacubey6618 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That video of stefan pochmann is recorded on a potato

  • @thephysicistcuber175
    @thephysicistcuber175 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lol scrambled megaminx

  • @abhigo7788
    @abhigo7788 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yo

  • @jesfulmango4396
    @jesfulmango4396 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP MAGIC You will be missed..........
    lol idk btw....

  • @kamjorsh3537
    @kamjorsh3537 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nope I love magic

  • @melonnoodlsoup3387
    @melonnoodlsoup3387 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has 420 likes

  • @overpowerdog
    @overpowerdog 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    777 likes