--- title: Watch This Man Solve a 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube in a Timelapse description: He solves the 17x17x17 puzzle in 7.5 hours but the video is only 6 minutes canonical: https://time.com/3651963/17x17x17-rubiks-cube-timelapse/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-02T13:38:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:37.895Z og:title: Watch This Man Solve a 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube in a Timelapse og:description: He solves the 17x17x17 puzzle in 7.5 hours but the video is only 6 minutes og:url: https://time.com/3651963/17x17x17-rubiks-cube-timelapse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6a2a2fe94f0d80/698777e035ba6f5f8bc0645f/rubiks-cube.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 128563033 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Man Solve a 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube in a Timelapse twitter:description: He solves the 17x17x17 puzzle in 7.5 hours but the video is only 6 minutes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6a2a2fe94f0d80/698777e035ba6f5f8bc0645f/rubiks-cube.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch This Man Solve the World's Hardest Rubik's Cube Very Quickly by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 2, 2015 1:38 PM UTC  Rubiks Cube Rubiks CubeJessica Wecker—Getty Images/Photo Researchers RM by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jan 2, 2015 1:38 PM UTC While some people might fritter away seven and a half hours bingeing on Netflix, YouTuber RedKB (in real life, Kenneth Brandon) has made more productive use of his time. Over the course of five days, working for several hours at a time, he was able to solve the world’s most challenging Rubik’s Cube: a 17x17x17 block. Brandon started by solving each color’s center, then finished with the border, which proved much easier. For puzzlers with a lot of time on their hands and an itch to see the play-by-play, Brandon has posted the [full seven-plus hour version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4BrzJbtRZg) as well. \[[_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2015/01/02/rubiks-cube-kenneth-brandon/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651963/17x17x17-rubiks-cube-timelapse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651963/17x17x17-rubiks-cube-timelapse/"},"headline":"Watch This Man Solve the World's Hardest Rubik's Cube Very Quickly","datePublished":"2015-01-02T13:38:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:37.895Z","description":"He solves the 17x17x17 puzzle in 7.5 hours but the video is only 6 minutes","url":"https://time.com/3651963/17x17x17-rubiks-cube-timelapse/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Gadgets","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6a2a2fe94f0d80/698777e035ba6f5f8bc0645f/rubiks-cube.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d6a2a2fe94f0d80/698777e035ba6f5f8bc0645f/rubiks-cube.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"128563033","caption":"128563033","creditText":"Jessica Wecker—Getty Images/Photo Researchers RM","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651963/17x17x17-rubiks-cube-timelapse/","name":"Watch This Man Solve the World's Hardest Rubik's Cube Very Quickly"}}]}] ```