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Speedrunning communities often separate categories because a shortcut that is brilliant in one rule set may be completely forbidden in another. Short restart times protect motivation; when failure lasts half a second, 'one more try' is almost frictionless. A checkpoint placed after the hard part is kindness; one placed before it is a recurring appointment.

  • Reflex tests
  • Precise timing
  • High-score runs

Curiosity break

A Rubik’s Cube has more than 43 quintillion possible arrangements. The enormous number is why randomly twisting until it works is not much of a strategy. The next fact takes a different route: Researchers and puzzle solvers proved that every Rubik’s Cube position can be solved in 20 moves or fewer under the usual move-counting system. That maximum became known as 'God’s Number'.