“It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” WAIT! …It’s a Rubik’s Cube?”
By Veronica Renaker
Can you solve a Rubik’s cube?
Well, a fellow Taft College Cougar can! Cameron Brown can officially solve a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube in 7.62 seconds. He broke his personal best of 8.60 seconds in the summer of 2015 during Nisei Week in Little Tokyo.
Today he runs his own Rubik’s Cubing business, SpeedCubeShop, which he started at the age of 13. The business ships to cubers around the globe! Brown is ranked among the top 100 in the world for his 3×3 solving.
A sophomore business administration major at TC, Brown, 21, is a graduate of Stockdale High School. He lives in Bakersfield. He operates SpeedCubeShop as a full-time business. When he graduates from TC he will be transferring to California State University, Northridge.
Brown answered a series of questions about the world of cubing.
Reporter: How fast can you solve a 3×3 Rubik’s cube?
Brown: “I can average 10 seconds, but my personal best is 7.62 seconds.”
Reporter: Any advice to those just starting out?
Brown: “Pick up a competition grade cube from SpeedCubeShop and research a beginner method and slowly work your way up to more complicated methods of solving a Rubik’s Cube.”
Reporter: How many Rubik’s Cubes do you currently sell?
Brown: “I currently sell well over 300 different models.”
Reporter: When did you first start cubing?
Brown: “ I first started cubing in 2008 when I was 13.”
Reporter: When did you start entering competitions?
Brown: “I started entering competitions the year that I had learned how to solve a cube. In 2008.”
Reporter: What’s the world record today and who holds it?
Brown: “The world record today is 4.9 seconds held by Lucas Etter.”
Reporter: What’s the farthest that you’ve traveled for a competition?
Brown: “The farthest that I’ve traveled for a competition is New Jersey.”
Reporter: Where did your interest in speed cubing come from?
Brown: “I watched the Pursuit of Happiness with Will Smith and immediately was interested.”
His store: https://speedcubeshop.com/
His speed-cubing Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/camcuber/videos
