Two rivals who solve the same puzzle faster than almost anyone alive turn out to share something closer than competition in The Speed Cubers.
What is The Speed Cubers about?
Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs have spent years trading world records at Rubik's Cube competitions, each pushing the other to shave fractions of a second off times that most people would need minutes to reach at all. The documentary follows their long history inside this small, intensely dedicated community, tracing how two competitors who could easily have settled into rivalry instead built a genuine friendship built on mutual respect for what the other has achieved. Alongside the competitive footage, the film pays attention to Park's family and the personal circumstances that make his rise through the sport especially meaningful to those closest to him, giving the record-chasing a human weight beyond the stopwatch.
About the cast
Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs anchor the film as its two central figures, appearing largely as themselves across competition footage and personal interviews that trace their parallel paths through the sport.
Context & significance
Directed by Sue Kim, this short American documentary runs under forty minutes, a length suited to its tightly focused subject. Sitting in the documentary and short categories, the film treats competitive cubing as a legitimate arena of dedication and skill rather than a novelty, letting the sport's own culture and community carry the story. Its 2020 catalogue year places it alongside other short-form nonfiction work built around a single, well-defined subject rather than a broad survey. That tight runtime works in the film's favor: instead of stretching into a broader history of the puzzle or the wider competitive scene, it stays fixed on two people and lets their relationship carry the entire arc.
Watching The Speed Cubers on Ktime
The Speed Cubers is available on K-Time with a free account login, and this page can be read without signing in at all. A Persian dub is available for this title, making it an easy pick for Farsi-speaking households browsing K-Time's Farsi-first interface, even though Persian subtitles are not currently listed alongside it.