UK Rubik’s Cube Championship 2016 PART I @standupmaths

Stand-up Maths | UK Rubik’s Cube Championship 2016 PART I @standupmaths | Uploaded May 2017 | Updated October 2024, 5 days ago.
Watch Part II and see who won!
youtube.com/watch?v=ndEVnYhCMzo

To find your local Rubik’s Comps, check out the World Cube Association.
worldcubeassociation.org

This UK comp was held in Bristol in November 2016. Detail are on the UKCA site.
ukca.org/competitions/past-competitions/uk-championship-2016

Here is my official WCA world ranking. Which means there are only about 60,000 people who are better at the Rubik’s Cube than me!
worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2016PARK24

Here are some resources I made to learn how to solve a Rubik’s cube, but there are loads more on youtube.
think-maths.co.uk/downloads/rubiks-cube-solving-instructions
youtube.com/watch?v=0Li_tLtgddo

Buy yourself a speed cube. You deserve it.
mathsgear.co.uk/collections/rubiks-cubes

This was the first video project I was able to do because of my Patreon supporters. Thanks so much everyone! It’s taken a while to get it out because it was a complicated edit (we filmed a lot of stuff) and other videos kept taking priority. But here it is now. You all made it possible.

CORRECTIONS:
None yet. Let me know if you spot anything!

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Video by Trunkman Productions
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
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$Does land area assume a country is perfectly flat? You can listen to the A Problem Squared podcast here (and everywhere else). Please do! https://aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/ Huge thanks to Dr Laura Graham! Everything they did is on github: https://github.com/laurajanegraham/surface_area/blob/master/surface_area.md All about Laura: https://laurajanegraham.github.io/ Prof Alasdair Rae was also big help and sent me their slides. http://bit.ly/measurelandarea This is that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDYkiK90WCM All about Alasdair: http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/ Thanks to Phil Chapman for sending in the question and taking the time to record themselves reading it for me. Geoscience Australia were super helpful and answered all of my ridiculous questions. https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/area-of-australia-states-and-territories Check out Steve Moulds Numberphile video on fractal coast lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dcDuVyzb8Y Thanks to Bec Hill: comedian; podcast host; and the new voice of Geoscience Australia. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_iLVNOt2i0fX57v8AjMEQ http://www.bechillcomedian.com/ CORRECTIONS - At 14:02 I accidentally say a 9 instead of a 7 (the area is 247719 not 249719). The on-screen numbers are correct. Phew. - Let me know if you spot any other mistakes. Thanks to my Patreons who mean I can spend tens of days of my life on a silly video like this. Here is a random subset of those fine Patreon People: Cubey Andy B Nicholas Koceja Jordan Scales Malcolm Rowe Sean Derek Chandler Paul LeVan Kristian Joensen Patrick Stover https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths As always: thanks to Jane Street who support my channel. Theyre amazing. https://www.janestreet.com/ Filming and editing by Matt Parker Additional filming by Lucie Green A bunch of footage is from Pond5 Audio and music by Howard Carter Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician Website: http://standupmaths.com/ US book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker/ UK book: https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback$

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