Speedsolving the Cube: Easy-to-Follow, Step-by-Step Instructions for Many Popular 3-D Puzzles by Dan Harris

For many of us, simply being able to solve Rubik’s Cube is not rewarding enough. Solving it as fast as possible is the exciting part! They call it “speedcubing”—a mind-bending blur of quick twists and turns that solves Rubik’s Cube in times that have been clocked at less than 20 seconds. 

Thanks to the 2003 revival of the Rubik’s World Championships, speedcubing is spreading like wildfire. With millions of cubes out there and countless would-be champions looking for tips to improve their times, this is the definitive manual for this unique sport. The ultimate speedcuber's guide is here, complete with detailed illustrations and basic and advanced solving techniques. It gives the solution to not only the familiar 3x3x3 cube (which has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000—that’s 43 quintillion—possible positions) but also the 2x2x2, 4x4x4, and staggeringly difficult 5x5x5 puzzles.