1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:14,014 [whimsical music playing] 4 00:00:38,288 --> 00:00:42,375 [emcee] Thank you all for coming to the WCA World Championships, 2019! 5 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:44,127 [applause, cheering] 6 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:56,973 [boy] Yes! 7 00:01:00,018 --> 00:01:00,977 [crowd groans] 8 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:03,730 [interviewer] Who do you think will win the world championships today? 9 00:01:03,813 --> 00:01:05,565 Well, it's pretty tough competition. 10 00:01:05,648 --> 00:01:08,359 My bet is on Feliks Zemdegs. 11 00:01:08,443 --> 00:01:09,569 Feliks Zemdegs. 12 00:01:10,695 --> 00:01:11,780 [applause] 13 00:01:12,614 --> 00:01:14,616 Pretty much one of the greatest cubers of all time. 14 00:01:14,699 --> 00:01:16,409 I really want Feliks to win again. 15 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,953 [announcer] From Australia, Feliks Zemdegs! 16 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:22,165 [applause, cheering] 17 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:24,667 I personally think Max Park will win, 18 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:26,920 because he's the most consistent cuber here. 19 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:28,630 I'd probably say Max Park. 20 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:31,132 -Max Park. -Max Park will be world champion. 21 00:01:31,216 --> 00:01:33,635 [emcee] From the United States of America, Max Park! 22 00:01:33,718 --> 00:01:35,136 [applause, cheering] 23 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:38,973 I can't really decide between them. 24 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:42,977 They're very, like, close, so it's definitely gonna be exciting. 25 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:06,668 [man] I think at the start, 26 00:02:06,751 --> 00:02:09,337 my parents thought it was just like a phase I was going through, 27 00:02:09,420 --> 00:02:12,882 just like some random hobby that I picked up and might get rid of. 28 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:15,885 But after the first time I solved it, like... 29 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:19,472 I just wanted to get faster and faster. It was just so addictive. 30 00:02:20,181 --> 00:02:21,641 I just never got bored of it. 31 00:02:23,768 --> 00:02:29,274 [woman] It probably took me a little while to realize and understand how good he was. 32 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:30,608 [young Feliks] 22.78. 33 00:02:31,317 --> 00:02:37,323 He's got a serious addiction as well. Obsession. 34 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:40,577 But also an amazing talent. 35 00:02:41,578 --> 00:02:43,997 He used to walk around the house and dinner time 36 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,041 we would sometimes just say, "Put the cube away." 37 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:50,003 [young Feliks] Ah, 16.92. 38 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:53,006 [Rita] But he was just doing better and better all the time, 39 00:02:53,089 --> 00:02:55,508 and then all of a sudden setting world records, 40 00:02:55,592 --> 00:03:00,763 and then media coming, and it was just a crazy, crazy ride. 41 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:02,390 It is 22 past 7 now. 42 00:03:02,473 --> 00:03:05,435 Well, our next guest can solve a Rubik's Cube puzzle 43 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:09,939 in under 10 seconds, and he's only 13 years old. 44 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,066 [reporter] Fourteen-year-old Feliks Zemdegs 45 00:03:12,150 --> 00:03:14,402 broke two world records by a second. 46 00:03:14,485 --> 00:03:16,487 -[reporter] What's your secret? -Practice. 47 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:18,823 Please welcome Feliks Zemdegs. Come on, Feliks! 48 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:20,241 [applause] 49 00:03:20,325 --> 00:03:23,536 [man] We as parents ended up becoming media managers, 50 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,371 which was totally foreign to us. 51 00:03:25,455 --> 00:03:27,832 We didn't know how to do all of this stuff, 52 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:31,044 how to manage the radio interviews and the television interviews. 53 00:03:32,420 --> 00:03:35,048 When he first broke the single world record, 54 00:03:35,131 --> 00:03:37,550 that sort of put him on the world stage, I guess. 55 00:03:37,926 --> 00:03:42,722 That world record at the time was 7.08 seconds, and Feliks got 7.03 seconds. 56 00:03:42,805 --> 00:03:43,681 [Feliks] Yeah! 57 00:03:43,765 --> 00:03:45,600 [audience cheering] 58 00:03:47,435 --> 00:03:49,604 [spectator] Come on! Get sub-five! 59 00:03:50,188 --> 00:03:51,856 -[Feliks] Okay. -[spectator] Four-point-two! 60 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:53,942 Whoa! That's a world record! 61 00:03:54,984 --> 00:03:58,196 He set so many world records that I have totally lost track. 62 00:03:58,279 --> 00:04:00,949 [Feliks] I won the world championship in 2013. 63 00:04:02,325 --> 00:04:06,329 And then 2015 going to finals I just had a lot of confidence, 64 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:09,249 and so I managed to win that one, like, comfortably. 65 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:14,712 So, by the time it got to the world championships in 2017, 66 00:04:14,796 --> 00:04:18,424 the question was, can anyone actually, like, beat me? 67 00:04:21,636 --> 00:04:25,598 Yeah, I remember very specifically when I first became aware of Max. 68 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:32,897 There was this video that was going around of this kid doing, like, a 4x4 one-handed 69 00:04:32,981 --> 00:04:35,233 in 40 seconds or something like that. 70 00:04:35,775 --> 00:04:38,778 And I spent, like, two hours trying to beat this time. 71 00:04:38,861 --> 00:04:41,322 I was like, "What is happening here? 72 00:04:41,406 --> 00:04:45,118 I can't beat this random kid on YouTube who does a 4x4 with one hand." 73 00:04:46,869 --> 00:04:48,913 That very much caught my attention. 74 00:04:51,249 --> 00:04:54,002 I'd heard about, like, I guess, the way Max was 75 00:04:54,085 --> 00:04:57,171 from a couple of people who went to the US Nationals 2016. 76 00:04:59,424 --> 00:05:01,884 But he was kind of a bit of a mystery to me. 77 00:05:03,386 --> 00:05:07,473 And then, like, middle of 2017, he got the 3x3 average world record. 78 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:09,434 [spectators cheer] 79 00:05:09,517 --> 00:05:12,437 Later on that year, in Paris, Max won the world championships. 80 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,981 [applause] 81 00:05:15,064 --> 00:05:18,276 And that was his big moment of, "Okay, Max Park is here." 82 00:05:18,901 --> 00:05:20,236 He's really, really good. 83 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:22,822 Even though we were friendly, it was a little bit hard 84 00:05:22,905 --> 00:05:24,866 when it would be like every two or three weeks 85 00:05:24,949 --> 00:05:26,868 Max would just beat one of my records. 86 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:29,454 That was kind of annoying to deal with. 87 00:05:30,204 --> 00:05:31,289 -[boy] What? -Minute 30. 88 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:33,916 Got it. 89 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:36,461 -Yeah! -[spectator] Oh, my god. 90 00:05:39,756 --> 00:05:43,634 I still am hanging on to the 3x3 average world record. 91 00:05:44,552 --> 00:05:45,428 Yes! 92 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:50,767 [Feliks] I know he still, like, very, very much wants that back. 93 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:54,896 But that's probably, like, one of the things I'm the most proud of. 94 00:06:02,612 --> 00:06:05,114 [man] The first thing people probably wanna know about speedcubing 95 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:06,741 is how do you solve the cube? 96 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:10,370 When you're learning how to solve a cube, 97 00:06:10,453 --> 00:06:13,456 you generally learn a set of algorithms: 98 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:17,585 move sequences that move certain pieces to other places, 99 00:06:17,668 --> 00:06:20,421 building up layer by layer to eventually solve the cube. 100 00:06:22,882 --> 00:06:26,094 Most serious speedcubers learn around 300 algorithms 101 00:06:26,177 --> 00:06:28,554 through countless hours of practice. 102 00:06:31,682 --> 00:06:35,061 I think what really sets the top speedcubers apart from the rest 103 00:06:35,144 --> 00:06:37,980 is their ability to have very quick pattern recognition, 104 00:06:38,606 --> 00:06:42,193 to memorize and synthesize hundreds of algorithms 105 00:06:42,276 --> 00:06:44,904 and to put all those into their muscle memory, 106 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:47,323 to keep this all as seamless as possible. 107 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:48,699 No starting and stopping. 108 00:06:49,450 --> 00:06:52,662 The undisputed main event is definitely the 3x3 event, 109 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:55,081 and that's the one that everybody wants to win. 110 00:06:55,164 --> 00:06:57,166 [audience cheers] 111 00:06:58,709 --> 00:07:01,838 [Kit] And these days, you can't talk about winning any event 112 00:07:01,921 --> 00:07:03,923 without mentioning Max Park. 113 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:11,222 [cube clacking] 114 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:17,145 I want to get three second! Come on! 115 00:07:17,228 --> 00:07:20,940 Feliks doesn't react when he got four because he's the world record holder. 116 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:26,612 [man] As a baby, as soon as we brought him home from the hospital, 117 00:07:26,696 --> 00:07:29,240 I felt something was a little off. 118 00:07:33,202 --> 00:07:36,205 We took him to the pediatrician. We had his hearing checked. 119 00:07:37,748 --> 00:07:41,043 He was just hyper-focused on whatever he was doing. 120 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:45,840 And once we got his attention, he wasn't very interested 121 00:07:45,923 --> 00:07:47,758 in anything that we had to offer. 122 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:55,725 [woman] It was just kinda like, "He's gonna get better. 123 00:07:56,893 --> 00:08:00,438 Okay, like, by the time he's gonna be three, he's going to be fine." 124 00:08:00,521 --> 00:08:04,692 It was my kinda big goal and hope and, you know, belief. 125 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,113 [Max] Dang you, Feliks! 126 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:10,656 Look. 127 00:08:11,282 --> 00:08:15,870 [Schwan] We took him to the hospital, where we met with a child neurophysician, 128 00:08:15,953 --> 00:08:19,790 and he, at that time, formally diagnosed Max with autism. 129 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:25,129 [Miki] First thing I was thinking is... 130 00:08:27,048 --> 00:08:28,508 I don't know, it's just a... 131 00:08:29,592 --> 00:08:34,889 you kinda lost your... future, kind of thing. 132 00:08:36,390 --> 00:08:37,767 You had a beautiful... 133 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:40,853 "I'm going to do this with my child and do this and that." 134 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:43,773 And then, it's just kinda like, shut the door in front of you. 135 00:08:43,856 --> 00:08:45,399 [laughing] 136 00:08:47,944 --> 00:08:50,863 [Schwan] I remember we were sitting at the edge of our bed, 137 00:08:51,531 --> 00:08:54,951 and we were just hugging each other, and we just both lost it. 138 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:58,204 We were just crying, and I think... 139 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:03,668 to me it felt like, "Let's cry our hearts out now and get to work." 140 00:09:03,751 --> 00:09:05,628 [Miki] Hey Max, are you tired? 141 00:09:05,711 --> 00:09:10,049 From that point on is when we started to look for answers. 142 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:17,598 [Miki] I kinda knew that there is a reason why this is in my life 143 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:19,141 and this is my child. 144 00:09:19,517 --> 00:09:21,561 And I cannot just... 145 00:09:24,021 --> 00:09:24,939 give up. 146 00:09:28,776 --> 00:09:32,905 One day I just sat down and I was just kinda devastated. 147 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:37,076 He doesn't look at me, he doesn't play with me. 148 00:09:39,495 --> 00:09:42,456 He is in his own world by himself. 149 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:46,377 [laughing] 150 00:09:46,836 --> 00:09:48,504 [Miki] So I just did it together. 151 00:09:49,005 --> 00:09:50,089 He lay down, I'd lay down. 152 00:09:50,172 --> 00:09:52,550 He did this, I'd do this, and then just kinda... 153 00:09:53,384 --> 00:09:54,969 not asking him anything. 154 00:09:55,052 --> 00:09:56,178 "I'm here. 155 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:59,515 But, you know, when you're ready, I'm here with you." 156 00:10:01,392 --> 00:10:06,063 And then one day we were playing with this phone. "Hello, hello." 157 00:10:06,647 --> 00:10:08,524 -[Max] Hello? -[Miki] Hello? 158 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:13,154 And he was holding my hand, and then he was looking at Daddy. 159 00:10:13,237 --> 00:10:15,698 It was kinda like, "Daddy you're not invited." 160 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:18,909 Zip down. 161 00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:23,664 That's a breakthrough thing. 162 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,584 So he started to open up his world. 163 00:10:31,881 --> 00:10:33,841 [Schwan] I think that was sorta like the first time 164 00:10:33,924 --> 00:10:37,219 that Miki started to enjoy her child as a child. 165 00:10:38,846 --> 00:10:40,848 [both laughing] 166 00:10:42,350 --> 00:10:45,728 [Schwan] It lit sort of like a fire within us to want more. 167 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:47,730 [Miki] Go, go, go, go! [laughs] 168 00:10:47,813 --> 00:10:50,024 How can we get more of this? 169 00:10:52,568 --> 00:10:56,155 As a child, Max could not do anything with his fingers. 170 00:10:56,238 --> 00:10:58,824 His fine motor skill was really stunted. 171 00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:03,621 So we did tons of therapy working on his fingers. 172 00:11:04,872 --> 00:11:08,751 We had a Rubik's Cube in the house, and so he just wanted to solve. 173 00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:10,920 I thought, "Why not?" 174 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:13,756 [Schwan] He just gravitated towards it. 175 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:15,675 Miki right away went on YouTube, 176 00:11:15,758 --> 00:11:18,844 and figured out how to solve it, and then taught Max. 177 00:11:19,303 --> 00:11:21,138 So she had two agendas in mind. 178 00:11:21,222 --> 00:11:24,350 Here was something that I can use as a teaching component, 179 00:11:24,433 --> 00:11:25,768 but, at the same time, he loves it 180 00:11:25,851 --> 00:11:28,646 and... it would be a great thing for them to connect together, 181 00:11:29,313 --> 00:11:33,442 not knowing at that time that he was just gonna rapid-fire down this rabbit hole. 182 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:34,485 [Max] Oh! 183 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:36,153 -[Miki] What is it? -Thirty-one seconds. 184 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:37,697 [Miki] Okay! 185 00:11:38,739 --> 00:11:42,493 [Schwan] The very first competition he went to, it was just an exercise 186 00:11:42,576 --> 00:11:45,746 in me and Miki bringing him to a social event 187 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:47,707 where he was gonna learn to stand in line, 188 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:51,377 look at somebody else for a cue to start cubing. 189 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:54,004 Wait your turn, wait till somebody says it's okay. 190 00:11:55,089 --> 00:11:57,383 It was a giant play date situation 191 00:11:57,466 --> 00:12:00,845 that we were going to exploit for Max's social development. 192 00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:07,101 So we went there and I was surprised, because this pointing-- 193 00:12:07,184 --> 00:12:11,021 We tried everything to teach him pointing. 194 00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:16,235 Pointing is something that is a hallmark for autistic kids to not have. 195 00:12:16,902 --> 00:12:18,320 When he went to the competition, 196 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:20,322 we remember he was pointing at people and saying, 197 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:22,867 "Here's this person." You know, all these people. 198 00:12:22,950 --> 00:12:24,869 [Max] 9.15. He got sub-10. 199 00:12:24,952 --> 00:12:29,123 [Schwan] We were like, huh? He's pointing, and this is coming out naturally. 200 00:12:29,206 --> 00:12:33,252 That was when we realized, "Wow, this is... this is great." 201 00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:35,129 Max's first award came 202 00:12:35,212 --> 00:12:37,548 at the very second competition he ever went to. 203 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:42,011 [announcer] In first place, we have Max Park. 204 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:44,513 [applause] 205 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:48,392 [Schwan] That's when it dawned on us. "Wow, I think he has something." 206 00:12:49,727 --> 00:12:52,980 I remember thinking, "If he's really good at this 207 00:12:53,063 --> 00:12:55,149 and this is something that he loves to do, 208 00:12:55,232 --> 00:12:56,901 we are going to run with this." 209 00:12:57,860 --> 00:12:58,694 Yeah! 210 00:12:58,778 --> 00:12:59,862 Yes! 211 00:13:00,404 --> 00:13:01,238 Yeah! 212 00:13:01,947 --> 00:13:03,616 [Schwan] 2017 Worlds was the first time 213 00:13:03,699 --> 00:13:06,660 that Max competed against his idol, Feliks Zemdegs. 214 00:13:09,914 --> 00:13:13,584 He ended up winning 3x3 at Worlds that year, which was a really big deal. 215 00:13:14,919 --> 00:13:18,422 But the big win for us was when he was up on the podium. 216 00:13:18,506 --> 00:13:22,092 He looked at the way he was holding his prize and his shingle 217 00:13:22,176 --> 00:13:24,178 and he looked at the podium next to him 218 00:13:24,261 --> 00:13:28,390 and he immediately readjusted himself to be like the person next to them. 219 00:13:29,099 --> 00:13:32,394 Me and Miki, we looked at each other and were like, "Did you see that?" 220 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:36,649 Because for us, an autistic kid looking at his peer and mimicking 221 00:13:36,732 --> 00:13:38,234 is like the ultimate goal. 222 00:13:38,317 --> 00:13:40,945 [applause] 223 00:13:42,071 --> 00:13:44,365 [indistinct speech] 224 00:13:45,533 --> 00:13:48,619 [whispering] I heart you. 225 00:13:48,702 --> 00:13:49,662 You too. 226 00:13:50,287 --> 00:13:53,249 [Schwan] Obviously, when you look at Max, he's a 17-year-old kid. 227 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:54,542 He's six foot tall. 228 00:13:54,625 --> 00:13:59,255 But emotionally, he's about, I would say, seven, eight, maybe nine. 229 00:13:59,797 --> 00:14:02,216 And so going into these competitions, 230 00:14:02,299 --> 00:14:05,553 we were just concerned about his ability to deal with failure. 231 00:14:05,636 --> 00:14:07,555 Okay, ready? Let's go. 232 00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:10,391 [woman] Yeah, no problem. 233 00:14:12,935 --> 00:14:15,062 -[overlapping chatter] -[Max sighs] 234 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:20,359 Ready. 235 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:21,944 [timer beeps] 236 00:14:24,154 --> 00:14:29,535 Max, a few weeks back, had somebody else in North America get a really good time, 237 00:14:29,618 --> 00:14:34,999 and he... he had really high expectations of beating that. 238 00:14:35,082 --> 00:14:36,709 Bam! Let's go! 239 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:38,711 [man] Max! Kill 'em! 240 00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:55,603 [man] All right, that concludes the first half of the day. 241 00:14:55,686 --> 00:14:57,396 We're ending a little bit early. 242 00:14:57,479 --> 00:15:02,401 [Schwan] And then it just didn't happen, and when that happened he just-- 243 00:15:02,484 --> 00:15:04,111 He was very, very disappointed. 244 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,534 Because the luck happened! 245 00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:19,919 [Max exhales] 246 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:29,178 [Schwan] In the meantime, we're holding back our own heartache, 247 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:32,139 because regardless of if it was warranted or not, 248 00:15:32,222 --> 00:15:33,557 it still kills us. 249 00:15:35,893 --> 00:15:41,315 We have the window of hope still open for his emotional skills developing. 250 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:45,486 -[beep] -[man] Okay. 251 00:15:45,736 --> 00:15:46,570 Okay. 252 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:48,739 Now, in order to win the giveaway, 253 00:15:48,822 --> 00:15:51,116 you'll need to be at one of the West Coast competitions. 254 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,785 So make sure you include in your comment 255 00:15:52,868 --> 00:15:54,954 which competition you'll be attending, right, Max? 256 00:15:55,037 --> 00:15:55,871 Right, Feliks? 257 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:57,706 -[woman] "Right, Feliks." -Right. 258 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:59,291 [man] No, go, "Right, Feliks!" 259 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:01,335 -Right, Feliks. -Yeah, that's right. 260 00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:04,672 [man] Okay. Ready? One more time. 261 00:16:04,755 --> 00:16:06,966 All right, one more time, Max. One more time. 262 00:16:07,299 --> 00:16:09,343 [Schwan] The first time that we ever saw Feliks 263 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:14,556 was when we went to the 2013 World Championships in Las Vegas. 264 00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:20,229 Feliks was the first person that Max ever asked for an autograph, 265 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:23,232 and he was the very first person he ever took a picture with. 266 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,528 He just had this mythical, legendary status. 267 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,032 So four years later now, Max is bigger than Feliks. 268 00:16:32,116 --> 00:16:35,369 And, you know, it was really... yeah, it was awkward. 269 00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:38,622 After he broke the 3x3 world record average, 270 00:16:38,706 --> 00:16:40,666 I, like, messaged his Facebook account. 271 00:16:40,749 --> 00:16:42,835 I was just like, "Congratulations, you guys. 272 00:16:42,918 --> 00:16:45,170 Really well done. You should be really proud." 273 00:16:45,254 --> 00:16:48,007 And then... yeah, met him for the first time at the Championships, 274 00:16:48,090 --> 00:16:49,925 and he was very, very excited. 275 00:16:53,387 --> 00:16:56,640 [Schwan] Max and Feliks, they're cut from the same cloth. 276 00:16:59,935 --> 00:17:01,311 They push each other... 277 00:17:02,312 --> 00:17:04,940 but I think they also understand each other. 278 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:07,818 [Max] 4x4 top three, right? 279 00:17:07,901 --> 00:17:10,154 -[Feliks] Top three, that's us. -[Max] In the world, right? 280 00:17:10,279 --> 00:17:12,781 -[Max] Get 17, okay? -[Feliks] You're first, right? 281 00:17:13,323 --> 00:17:14,366 [Max] Okay, ready. Go! 282 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:16,368 Come on. 283 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:18,537 [spectators] Feliks got it. 284 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:19,705 [man] One more. 285 00:17:20,914 --> 00:17:22,541 -One more time? -Yeah. 286 00:17:22,624 --> 00:17:24,043 [Feliks] What do you wanna sing, Max? 287 00:17:24,126 --> 00:17:26,211 "Bohemian Rhapsody"? That's so hard. 288 00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:27,212 -Yeah. -Let's do it! 289 00:17:27,296 --> 00:17:29,965 [no audible speech] 290 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,092 [Rita] Clearly, they're rivals, 291 00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:33,427 but they're friends, 292 00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:38,432 and it's just beautiful to watch Max looking up to Feliks in a way. 293 00:17:39,099 --> 00:17:42,186 Anything Feliks does, Max will do. 294 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:47,232 You gotta brush your teeth every night before you go to sleep and after dinner, 295 00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:48,358 because Feliks does it. 296 00:17:48,442 --> 00:17:49,818 -Right, Max? -Right. 297 00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:54,448 [Schwan] Every time Max does really well or breaks a record, 298 00:17:54,531 --> 00:17:56,575 we get a text from Feliks and he says, 299 00:17:56,658 --> 00:17:59,787 "Tell Max I'm so happy for him and congratulations." 300 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:02,623 And I'm sure that it doesn't feel good, 301 00:18:02,998 --> 00:18:05,918 especially if it's his record or something that Max breaks. 302 00:18:07,044 --> 00:18:09,546 Nice one. Good job. 303 00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:12,883 What a great human being he is 304 00:18:12,966 --> 00:18:17,888 that he just makes sure that he's a good friend first. 305 00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:32,694 [Feliks] I think if I won Worlds this year, 306 00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:33,946 that would be pretty epic. 307 00:18:34,696 --> 00:18:37,991 And to win it in, like, Melbourne where, you know, I've grown up, 308 00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:40,869 that would just... that would complete everything. 309 00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:45,249 I moved to Sydney in February this year. 310 00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:49,044 I, like, did an internship with this trading firm. 311 00:18:49,837 --> 00:18:53,382 But I have no idea of what I want to do for a career 312 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:54,967 or, like, the rest of my life. 313 00:18:55,717 --> 00:18:58,762 Cubing is, like, the thing that I'm really, really passionate about, 314 00:18:58,846 --> 00:19:01,515 so I want to keep that a big part of my life. 315 00:19:03,058 --> 00:19:07,521 [Schwan] I know in cubing, people start to slide down the rankings 316 00:19:08,021 --> 00:19:10,774 about the time that they would normally enter adulthood. 317 00:19:12,025 --> 00:19:13,235 Because life happens. 318 00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:16,822 You have to pay rent, you have to find a partner, 319 00:19:16,905 --> 00:19:18,490 you have to buy ketchup. 320 00:19:18,574 --> 00:19:21,368 I mean, there's all these things that you have to make happen. 321 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:23,912 You just can't cube as much. 322 00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:26,957 -[upbeat music playing] -[people chattering] 323 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:31,253 Which event have you prepared the most for? 324 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:33,714 3x3 is always the most exciting. 325 00:19:34,256 --> 00:19:36,842 It's the Rubik's Cube. It's the original cube. 326 00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:39,261 You can lose everything else, do really terribly, 327 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:42,848 but if you win 3x3, it's great, it's all that matters. 328 00:19:42,931 --> 00:19:45,934 [man] Is Max, like, the best cuber in the world? 329 00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:47,853 Max is the king. 330 00:19:48,478 --> 00:19:51,190 2016, it's like, "Oh, there's this kid and he's quite fast." 331 00:19:51,273 --> 00:19:54,943 2017, it's like, "Oh, you won the world championships." 332 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:58,447 And then 2018, it's like, "Oh, now he holds every world record." 333 00:19:58,530 --> 00:19:59,615 -[woman] Yeah. -Yeah. 334 00:20:00,407 --> 00:20:01,867 He's just the best at everything. 335 00:20:03,076 --> 00:20:05,120 Okay, Max. Go in. 336 00:20:25,807 --> 00:20:27,976 [Schwan] All right Max, let's go. Let's meet Feliks. 337 00:20:29,144 --> 00:20:31,104 [Miki] Be careful, okay? It's slippery. 338 00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:35,776 Oh, look who it is! Hey, Max. 339 00:20:37,444 --> 00:20:38,570 [Max] I missed you. 340 00:20:38,654 --> 00:20:40,822 I missed you too a lot. How's it going? 341 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:42,908 Hi! Nice to see you! 342 00:20:43,450 --> 00:20:45,285 -Hey, Jason, what's going on? -Hi, what's up? 343 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:47,037 -Feliks, how are you? -Good evening. 344 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:48,205 Welcome to dinner. 345 00:20:48,956 --> 00:20:50,123 [Max] Congrats, Feliks. 346 00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:53,877 Congratulations, Feliks, on your world record average, 5.69. 347 00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:57,464 Thank you, Max. It's good, right? When are you gonna beat it? 348 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,178 Vegetables, Max. 349 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,096 [Max] Oh, sure. 350 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:06,640 [Feliks] Yes, and green. 351 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:08,642 -Green. Yeah. -Yep. 352 00:21:09,393 --> 00:21:13,897 [Schwan] One, two, three. One more. One, two, three. Good. 353 00:21:14,189 --> 00:21:15,065 All right. 354 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:18,151 [David] Well, these days, I think a lot of people would say 355 00:21:18,235 --> 00:21:20,988 that Max is what we would call the favorite. 356 00:21:21,738 --> 00:21:26,159 But when Feliks won the US Nationals last year against Max, 357 00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:30,205 I thought, "Hang on. It could be whatever happens on the day." 358 00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:33,542 In looking at the competition between the two of them 359 00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:35,961 coming up to the current world championships, 360 00:21:36,044 --> 00:21:36,920 who knows? 361 00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:44,928 -[Schwan] Max, time to get up. -[Max grunts] 362 00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:46,638 [Max grunting] 363 00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:12,039 [laughing] 364 00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:16,126 [woman] Three, two... 365 00:22:18,253 --> 00:22:20,630 My teeth is hurting right now. 366 00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:27,262 [announcer] Thank you all for coming to the WCA World Championships 2019. 367 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,931 [applause, cheering] 368 00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:34,353 So, next up, we have the biggest of the biggest. 369 00:22:34,436 --> 00:22:36,938 -[man 1] We've got Max Park. -[man 2] Look who's next to him. 370 00:22:37,939 --> 00:22:39,149 [man 2] First solve by Feliks. 371 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:42,152 -[man 1] Not ideal for him. -[man 2] No, definitely not. 372 00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:44,279 -[man 1] Holy guacamole. -[man 2] Holy guacamole. 373 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,156 That is a ridiculously good start. 374 00:22:46,239 --> 00:22:51,036 [man 3] Feliks is at... 1.30 right now. He's not even in podium. 375 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:52,579 One-seventeen! 376 00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:54,790 [man 1] Feliks is like, "Okay, Max." 377 00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:55,916 Wow! 378 00:22:55,999 --> 00:22:56,875 [crowd gasping] 379 00:22:57,709 --> 00:22:59,795 [Miki] Oh, my gosh, it's a world record! 380 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,922 [man 1] Jeepers creepers! 381 00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:03,298 I can't believe it. 382 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:07,469 [man 1] Is Feliks nervous, or are his hands cold? 383 00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:09,054 [man 2] He's really pissed. 384 00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:09,971 Hell yeah. 385 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,349 Max is like, "Just get out. This is my competition." 386 00:23:12,432 --> 00:23:15,185 -Feliks going for his third now. -Oh no. 387 00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:16,603 You don't want to see that. 388 00:23:16,686 --> 00:23:18,855 -[man 2] Nineteen-oh-eight! -[man 1] Another 18! 389 00:23:18,939 --> 00:23:20,941 Max Park showing who's boss. 390 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:27,072 [man 2] That is five world championships for Max Park so far. 391 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:51,221 Okay. Okay, everybody, one, two, three. Look up here, Bill! 392 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,851 One, two, three, smile. Come on, Bill. 393 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:56,810 [competitor] One more. 394 00:23:56,893 --> 00:23:58,478 -[Miki] Oh, one more? -[man] One more. 395 00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:17,706 All right, we're gonna go, folks. 396 00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:19,916 All right, Juliette, you can come up. 397 00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:25,505 [announcer] The first female 3x3 finalist in the world championship since 2003, 398 00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:28,175 please welcome France's Juliette Sébastien. 399 00:24:28,258 --> 00:24:30,969 -[applause, cheering] -[fanfare playing] 400 00:24:38,059 --> 00:24:39,478 [fanfare stops] 401 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,275 [man 1] Juliette Sébastien looking at yellow right now, switching-- 402 00:24:45,358 --> 00:24:48,820 -The cube dropped! -She knows she could have got faster. 403 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,365 [man 1] Oh, my god. There are no pauses, straight into pink. 404 00:24:52,449 --> 00:24:54,326 Yellow, J Perm, 6.29! 405 00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:57,162 [man 2] He'll be really happy with that. Nod of the head. 406 00:24:58,288 --> 00:24:59,915 [man 1] And that's a pause. Oh, six! 407 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:01,875 [man 2] He did it. He's taken the lead! 408 00:25:02,709 --> 00:25:04,002 I'm speechless. 409 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:09,049 -[man 2] Aw, the hug from Kian to Sean. -[man 1] That's great sportsmanship. 410 00:25:09,132 --> 00:25:11,927 [man 2] Sean's probably on his way to, if not a podium, 411 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:13,845 at least a top-five finish. 412 00:25:15,764 --> 00:25:19,601 [man 1] Remember, he's trying to beat a 6.78 average by Sean. 413 00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:25,732 -It's looking good. -[man 2] Now, that's a good solid 5.97. 414 00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:28,026 [announcer] Five-point-nine-seven. 415 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:30,487 [man 1] Best case scenario is 6.49 average, 416 00:25:30,570 --> 00:25:32,489 which would put him ahead of Sean. 417 00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:38,912 [man 2] Let's see what he can do. This is gonna be really, really important, 418 00:25:38,995 --> 00:25:42,415 so don't blink, stay tuned, hold your breath. 419 00:25:46,419 --> 00:25:47,587 [man 1] It's looking good. 420 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,881 [man 2] He's still looking good. No chokes, no chokes. 421 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,424 [indistinct commentary] 422 00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:53,009 [man 1] What a-- What a solve! 423 00:25:53,093 --> 00:25:56,304 Oh, my god, he just slotted himself into first right now! 424 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:59,140 [man 2] Six-seventy-four, that is first place right now. 425 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:04,020 -That guarantees Philipp for the podium. -[man 1] Guaranteed podium for Philipp. 426 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:06,189 [man 2] Very impressive. 427 00:26:10,610 --> 00:26:12,779 [man 2] Next up is gonna be the local hero, 428 00:26:12,862 --> 00:26:14,864 our favorite, Feliks Zemdegs. 429 00:26:15,198 --> 00:26:20,579 [announcer] Our sixth place seed has won Worlds twice in 2013 and 2015. 430 00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,415 Please welcome Australia's Feliks Zemdegs. 431 00:26:23,498 --> 00:26:26,167 -[crowd applauds, cheers] -[fanfare playing] 432 00:26:29,838 --> 00:26:31,590 [man 1] This is what we want. Yeah! 433 00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:36,386 Yeah, Australians standing up. 434 00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:38,888 Applauding him. 435 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,519 [music fades out] 436 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,980 [man 1] I imagine Feliks is gonna have a fair bit of pressure. 437 00:26:47,063 --> 00:26:49,983 He's only gotten one podium this weekend and this would be the first Worlds 438 00:26:50,066 --> 00:26:52,986 where he isn't a world champion if he doesn't take it home here. 439 00:26:53,236 --> 00:26:56,072 So you could say there's a lot on the line for that reason. 440 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:57,490 [man 2] But then again, 441 00:26:58,074 --> 00:27:00,660 if anybody can do well under pressure, it's Feliks. 442 00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:03,872 [man 1] Yeah, he is still the greatest of all time, regardless. 443 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,295 No lockups thus far. At least no big ones. 444 00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:13,340 -Looks like... Okay. -Good. Six and four. A perm. 445 00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:15,467 -Plus two. -Oh no. 446 00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:17,677 [announcer] Feliks with a 9.60. 447 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:18,970 [man 2] Two second time penalty, 448 00:27:19,054 --> 00:27:21,514 'cause that cube is not solved completely. 449 00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:25,268 [man 1] Over 45 degrees off with a 90 degree off, one turn off. 450 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:28,563 That's gonna put the pressure on. 451 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:32,025 [man 2] Now we'll see what Feliks is made of. 452 00:27:33,109 --> 00:27:35,195 [man 1] Yeah, nerves of steel or... 453 00:27:36,112 --> 00:27:37,113 Or is it game over? 454 00:27:40,116 --> 00:27:42,452 -[man 2] Rats. -Okay, that's not a good start. 455 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:44,663 And that's gonna be diag. 456 00:27:44,746 --> 00:27:45,789 [man 2] E perm. 457 00:27:45,872 --> 00:27:49,959 Six-sixty-one, though. I mean, for those cases, for that solve-- 458 00:27:50,043 --> 00:27:52,295 It was not an easy solve and he still got a 6.6. 459 00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:54,381 -[man 1] But he's not gonna win. -That's not enough. 460 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:57,509 [man 1] Guaranteed no world champion titles for Feliks Zemdegs. 461 00:27:57,592 --> 00:27:59,969 First time this has happened since 2011. 462 00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:03,848 We are officially in a new era of cubing. 463 00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:08,520 [man 2] I think it's almost safe to say he will not be on the podium this year. 464 00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:13,066 [referee] Twelve seconds. 465 00:28:14,442 --> 00:28:18,071 [man 2] There he goes, with blue. He chose to start on blue. 466 00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:19,989 -[man 1] Okay, this is-- -This is gonna be good. 467 00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:21,866 [man 1] Slight lockups, but... 468 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:23,952 [announcer] Feliks with a 6.45. 469 00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:26,287 ...secures his current third place, 470 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:29,332 but he's got to get through really good competitors 471 00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:31,000 if he wants to keep the podium. 472 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:33,837 -Could've been worse. -It's not too bad. 473 00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:37,340 [Feliks] Cheers. It's not bad. 474 00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:49,436 [Miki] I'm so proud of you. 475 00:28:50,353 --> 00:28:53,481 No matter what happens, it doesn't matter, okay? 476 00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:55,400 -All right. -[stage tech] Okay, guys. 477 00:28:55,483 --> 00:28:56,985 Okay, go, Max. Go, go! 478 00:28:57,819 --> 00:28:59,154 -You can do it. -Okay, Max. 479 00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:00,071 You can do it. 480 00:29:02,741 --> 00:29:04,117 [Max] I don't need to get podium. 481 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,744 I'm just gonna get sub-six average, okay? 482 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:08,496 [Miki] Yeah, and I know you're gonna get lots and lots of... 483 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:12,125 [Max] I can get a sub... I can get a sub-six average, okay? 484 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:13,877 I don't need to get podium... 485 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,171 [Miki] Max, when you compete with who? 486 00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:18,214 Feliks Zemdegs. 487 00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:19,340 You're gonna get lots of? 488 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:20,258 [Max] World records. 489 00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:22,385 [Miki] Yeah! You did it already, right? 490 00:29:22,469 --> 00:29:24,471 So don't worry! Just have-- 491 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:25,930 -[Max] I got this! -Go for it, yeah. 492 00:29:26,014 --> 00:29:27,682 [Max] I can do it, sub-six average, okay? 493 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:28,600 [Miki] Yes. 494 00:29:42,530 --> 00:29:43,740 [man 1] And now, the GOAT. 495 00:29:43,823 --> 00:29:45,325 [announcer] Our number one seed... 496 00:29:45,408 --> 00:29:47,660 -[Max] Sub-six average. -...the defending world champion. 497 00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,663 Please welcome from the United States, Max Park. 498 00:29:50,747 --> 00:29:52,957 [applause, cheering] 499 00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:57,921 [man 1] Park, defending world champion. Max Park from the United States. 500 00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:01,841 Will he be the first person to win six events at a world championship? 501 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:03,927 -[man 1] So he's already-- -Previous record of five. 502 00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:06,346 [man 1] So, he's already won the 4x4, the 5x5, 503 00:30:06,429 --> 00:30:09,891 the 6x6, the 7x7, and one-handed events. 504 00:30:11,017 --> 00:30:12,018 Insane! 505 00:30:13,019 --> 00:30:15,438 Now, don't blink, it's Max Park time. 506 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:22,612 And he's off. He chose the yellow cross. One pair, two pair, three pair, four pair. 507 00:30:22,695 --> 00:30:24,239 -OLL. -[man 2] Ah, V perm. 508 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:26,282 [man 1] Oh, that is not very good. 509 00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:29,160 [announcer] Max with a 7.70. 510 00:30:29,244 --> 00:30:31,412 Where's Phil? Where's Phil? 511 00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:32,664 [ref] Eight-point-five. 512 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:39,379 [man 1] Max is in a bit of danger here. It's really up in the air. 513 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,131 Philipp could be world champion. 514 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:45,385 -Clean. Looking good. -[man 2] That is good. That is good. 515 00:30:45,468 --> 00:30:48,096 [announcer] Max with a 6.42. 516 00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:50,974 [man 1] Yup, Max is bringing it back big time. 517 00:30:51,057 --> 00:30:53,476 His counting is a 6.57 going into the last two. 518 00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,855 A lot on the line, especially for Max Park. 519 00:30:56,938 --> 00:31:00,775 [man 2] Nothing's decided yet. It will all depend on the last solve. 520 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:05,280 This is going to decide if Max Park is the world champion 521 00:31:05,905 --> 00:31:08,992 or if Philipp Weyer gets the upset. 522 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:12,495 [Feliks] What does he need? Robin, what does he need? 523 00:31:12,912 --> 00:31:15,331 -[Robin] Like a 6.7, I think. -[Feliks] What does he need? 524 00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:16,499 [Robin] 6.7? 525 00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:21,629 [man 1] Dude, this is so huge. This is literally everything right now. 526 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:24,424 Will he get back to back GOAT status? 527 00:31:24,507 --> 00:31:26,175 Or will it be Philipp? 528 00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:28,303 [competitor 1] Guys, make space for Philipp to run. 529 00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:30,471 No, don't. Max is a boss. 530 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:35,101 Like, come on. I know he's gonna get this. I'd be expecting a six. 531 00:31:54,704 --> 00:31:56,372 [man 1] Seven flat? Seven flat! 532 00:31:57,665 --> 00:31:59,667 -[man 2] Philipp did it! -[man 1] Philipp did it! 533 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,502 Philipp is the new world champion. 534 00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:04,631 Wow. 535 00:32:18,728 --> 00:32:21,773 [man 1] I don't think anyone would've predicted this podium, by the way. 536 00:32:30,156 --> 00:32:32,158 [Miki] Okay, Max, let's go out. 537 00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:44,796 [Max] I didn't inspect well, right? 538 00:32:45,254 --> 00:32:49,467 [Miki] Yeah, it's okay, Max. You know, everybody makes mistakes. 539 00:32:49,550 --> 00:32:50,385 [Max] Yeah. 540 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:52,845 [Miki] This is a good learning, okay? 541 00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:55,139 -[Max] Okay. -You can do it next time. 542 00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:01,354 Here you go. 543 00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:04,190 [Feliks] I tried, I tried. 544 00:33:04,273 --> 00:33:05,149 So close. 545 00:33:11,364 --> 00:33:13,324 -[Feliks] You did good. You did fine. -[Miki] Yeah. 546 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:15,326 -[Miki] Okay. -You destroyed everyone. 547 00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:17,495 It's okay. 548 00:33:17,578 --> 00:33:19,122 -Yeah, it's okay. -It makes us stronger. 549 00:33:19,205 --> 00:33:21,040 [Miki] Yeah, it makes us stronger, okay? 550 00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:23,084 -Exactly. You still beat me. -Yeah. 551 00:33:23,793 --> 00:33:25,670 [Max] "No podium" makes us stronger, right? 552 00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:26,671 Exactly. 553 00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:32,218 [Feliks] The thing that me and Max always say is, 554 00:33:32,301 --> 00:33:34,220 "If you mess something up, it makes you stronger." 555 00:33:34,303 --> 00:33:37,515 So I think that was what he was saying. "No podium" makes him stronger. 556 00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:40,935 And then I still told him, he still beat me by 0.01 seconds. 557 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:43,938 But yeah, I could tell he was like pretty bummed 558 00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:45,606 that he didn't win the 3x3. 559 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:46,691 [Max] It's okay, right? 560 00:33:46,774 --> 00:33:48,943 -[Max] It's okay. -Right. It's fine. 561 00:33:49,068 --> 00:33:52,155 Dude, you're five time... five world championships. [laughs] 562 00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:53,072 It's okay. 563 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,451 -You won everything. -[man] Yeah, you did great. 564 00:33:56,534 --> 00:33:57,368 Yeah. 565 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,203 It's a hard thing: 566 00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,123 Max just dominating the entire competition, 567 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:05,084 but then missing out on the big one. 568 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:09,881 And yeah, I've been in that situation, so I know how... 569 00:34:09,964 --> 00:34:11,966 I know how he must feel at the moment as well. 570 00:34:13,342 --> 00:34:15,261 Dang, Feliks didn't get podium. 571 00:34:15,803 --> 00:34:16,888 -Dang it, right? -Yeah. 572 00:34:16,971 --> 00:34:18,806 But he did okay average, right? 573 00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,433 Right, yeah. 574 00:34:20,516 --> 00:34:23,019 [voice growing emotional] Max looked at Feliks in the backstage, 575 00:34:23,102 --> 00:34:24,353 and I could-- 576 00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:26,981 I know Max. He was looking at Feliks. 577 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,025 Feliks didn't make a lot of things, 578 00:34:30,026 --> 00:34:32,653 and he was really feeling sorry for him. 579 00:34:34,363 --> 00:34:37,533 I knew that Max didn't know how to say the words, but... 580 00:34:39,285 --> 00:34:41,162 lot of things he wanted to say. 581 00:34:41,287 --> 00:34:42,371 So I felt like, ah... 582 00:34:42,872 --> 00:34:43,706 friendship. 583 00:34:43,998 --> 00:34:45,917 But Max cannot express. 584 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:49,879 So I wanted to talk about that to Feliks in person. 585 00:34:51,005 --> 00:34:53,007 Let him know that Max really loves him. 586 00:34:56,135 --> 00:34:57,762 [Feliks] Whoo! [claps] 587 00:34:57,845 --> 00:34:59,472 [Feliks] Max! You gotta go! 588 00:35:00,473 --> 00:35:01,432 Out of his way. 589 00:35:02,141 --> 00:35:04,185 Out of the way, Kieran. Go, go, go! 590 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:08,648 [Feliks] Nerves at world championships are very much real. 591 00:35:11,901 --> 00:35:13,152 It's pretty draining, 592 00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:17,865 for, you know, four days to try and be solving 593 00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:21,994 while catching up with everyone, not sleeping much. 594 00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:27,625 For me, like, you know, not doing especially well this competition 595 00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:29,502 also adds to that exhaustion. 596 00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:32,505 It was a big letdown for me. 597 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:37,301 [interviewer] Any last thoughts about this Worlds in general? 598 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:40,471 [sniffs] 599 00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:43,307 Um... 600 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:47,645 [voice growing emotional] I started out so long ago, 601 00:35:48,104 --> 00:35:50,898 solving cubes with a couple of people here in Melbourne, 602 00:35:51,357 --> 00:35:54,402 meeting up and having these fun little competitions. 603 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:55,903 And to know that like... 604 00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:59,615 you know, they would hold the world championships here... 605 00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:04,871 and so many friends from all around the world 606 00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:07,498 and family and my friends from Melbourne here 607 00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:10,168 could come along and enjoy this... 608 00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:16,883 it's very, very special. Very special. It's pretty sad that it's over. 609 00:36:29,770 --> 00:36:32,023 [Schwan] The biggest fear that I've always had 610 00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:34,692 was how Max was going to deal with loss. 611 00:36:36,235 --> 00:36:37,695 And so when he lost, 612 00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:40,907 it almost felt like, "Okay, the time has come. 613 00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:42,491 Now time to get to work." 614 00:36:44,243 --> 00:36:46,120 The big win for us is that Max, 615 00:36:46,829 --> 00:36:48,998 he did okay emotionally. 616 00:36:52,835 --> 00:36:56,547 [Miki] He managed his nervousness and made new friends. 617 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:02,762 He told me that it's okay. 618 00:37:03,304 --> 00:37:06,515 "It's okay. Mama, I didn't cry." 619 00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:10,728 So... that's winning for us. 620 00:37:11,354 --> 00:37:13,898 [cheering] 621 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:18,194 Podium. You get a podium. 622 00:37:19,987 --> 00:37:23,407 [Schwan] I don't think Feliks knows how big of an impact he has on Max's life. 623 00:37:23,491 --> 00:37:26,535 [no audible dialogue] 624 00:37:27,036 --> 00:37:30,039 [no audible dialogue] 625 00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:36,045 [Schwan] Without a doubt, Feliks is going to be Max's hero forever. 626 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:46,097 [uplifting synth pop music plays] 627 00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:05,574 [Max] Boom, baby! 628 00:38:05,658 --> 00:38:06,659 [cheering]