max s. gerber(the latest shot)

today brings us sebastien, alex, joseph, devin, salman and julie. (julie helped organize the event, and gave me a space to shoot – thanks, julie!)

today’s installment brings you jeremy (or, as we like to call him “supermanpants”, who won the one-handed solve competition), shelley (current record holder for fastest female blindfold solve (1 min 29 seconds, including time spent memorizing!)), michael and brandon.

today’s crop of speedcubers: cameron, sam, wei eileen, bradley and phillip. just for the record, phillip won the contest with a nine second solve.

several years ago pam fogg sent me on an assignment to photograph dan knights. at the time dan was the world champion speedcuber. that means he can solve a rubik’s cube in about twelve seconds. i had had a cube as a kid, like most people of my generation, and like most people who considered [...]