''The Speed Cubers'' is a 2020

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

on the lives of

speedcubing Speedcubing or speedsolving is a competitive mind sport centered around the rapid solving of various combination puzzles. The most prominent puzzle in this category is the 3×3×3 puzzle, commonly known as the Rubik's Cube. Participants in this ...

champions

Max Park Max Park (born November 28, 2001) is an American speedcuber. Widely regarded as one of the greatest speedcubers of all time, he is one of only two speedcubers ever to win the World Cube Association (WCA) World Championship twice (the other b ...

and

Feliks Zemdegs Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs (, ; born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He is the only speedcuber ever to win the World Cube Association World Championship twice back to back, winning in 2013 and 2015, and is widely ...

directed by Sue Kim.

Focus

The documentary's main focus is the rivalry and friendship between two of the fastest speedcubers in the world,

and

. Announced in June 2020, the film was directed by Sue Kim and premiered on July 29, 2020, on

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Venue featured

Some of the footage was shot at the World Cube Association's World Championships 2019 held in

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Premise

The documentary captures the "extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs."

Reception

On February 9, 2021, the documentary was shortlisted in the Documentary Short Subject category of the

93rd Academy Awards The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released from January 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. The ceremony was held on April 25, 2021 ...

. At the 5th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, ''The Speed Cubers'' was nominated for Best Short Documentary. The film also received a nomination for the

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under the documentaries category.Peabody Awards
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