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How a Rubik’s cube solved my life | Chris Olson | TEDxYouth@KC

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2019 ж. 1 Мау.
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Chris Olson can solve a Rubik’s Cube in eight seconds and holds the world record in 2x2 speedcubing. Speedcubing is his passion - where will your passion lead you? Chris Olson is a speedcuber and content creator. In addition to running a KZhead channel devoted to speedcubing, Chris is also a freelance filmmaker and photographer. Chris recently filmed, directed, and edited the award-winning feature-length documentary film: “Why We Cube.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • Hey! Wonderful talk, and this definitely spoke to me as well. I think it's super important to let children explore their hobbies, since not only does it make happiness, but often there are career paths in those if you think hard enough about it. I believe that one reason people are very keen on making you choose a conventional job is because trying to find your passion and pursuing it is terrifying if you haven't already started. But for someone like you, you've already found your passion and developing the skills is something you've already done and continue to do every day without being forced to. Another thing is that I think a conventional job is something you can definitely learn to enjoy and find meaning and motivation in. However, this is assuming you don't always have one thing lurking in your mind that you'd rather be doing, and would regret giving up knowing you left it out of fear. And for anyone reading this, if that is also true for you, then it's very likely you can find a more fulfilling direction than what you've been told.

    @JPerm@JPerm5 жыл бұрын

    • ayy perm I'm here because of your post

      @wyattrox03@wyattrox035 жыл бұрын

    • Thank you so much for sharing this video in your post.😀

      @mansibuddin4108@mansibuddin41085 жыл бұрын

    • J perm everyone thought that me cubing is just a hobby and I shouldn't take it seriously but I never listened to them and I finally got a 8.95 single , now they don't say "It's just a hobby " Now I will continue my cubing till I become much faster and prove to them that they were very wrong.

      @keplercuber9155@keplercuber91555 жыл бұрын

    • All I'm trying to say is if you have a hobby you would like to take seriously , don't let anyone talk you out of it . If you like doing it then continue on no matter what everyone says.

      @keplercuber9155@keplercuber91555 жыл бұрын

    • Wow jperm. You wrote an essay.

      @blackman3721@blackman37215 жыл бұрын

  • This was such a great talk! Chris is such an inspiring guy and one of the nicest cubers I’ve ever met, and I’m sure his story will be motivational to lots of people!

    @JRCuber@JRCuber5 жыл бұрын

    • Agreed Jr! Agreed for sure!

      @becauseimapotato7599@becauseimapotato75995 жыл бұрын

    • Same

      @sergiisopot9458@sergiisopot94585 жыл бұрын

    • Yes

      @pikachufan1415@pikachufan14155 жыл бұрын

    • This is amazing, also btw jrcuber you inspired me

      @bhcubix2273@bhcubix22735 жыл бұрын

    • Omg JRCuber

      @kyran6409@kyran64095 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome job Chris! Very inspiring.

    @Cubeorithms@Cubeorithms5 жыл бұрын

    • Cubeorithms!!!

      @akhcubing@akhcubing5 жыл бұрын

    • Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

      @eliasfarah9370@eliasfarah93705 жыл бұрын

    • sup blue

      @salemcubes1062@salemcubes10624 жыл бұрын

    • indeed blue

      @endercubing8006@endercubing80064 жыл бұрын

    • Oh hi

      @nglawrence5057@nglawrence50574 жыл бұрын

  • People : where will your passion take you Chris : *YES*

    @regalrevolt4989@regalrevolt49895 жыл бұрын

  • He was always scared of making a speech if he won, but he's making his speech now....

    @lukegalioto6257@lukegalioto62575 жыл бұрын

    • Hi lukas

      @jinseohong1766@jinseohong17665 жыл бұрын

    • hes his hus

      @afterrain37@afterrain375 жыл бұрын

    • Lukas Galioto but he’s older and less shy now

      @parityhater7155@parityhater71554 жыл бұрын

  • Hey look, Chris from the Cubicle!

    @tavmoc@tavmoc5 жыл бұрын

  • Can't believe Chris just went on Ted holy

    @badlyburnedbread2873@badlyburnedbread28735 жыл бұрын

    • this is TEDx which is independent

      @vinesthemonkey@vinesthemonkey4 жыл бұрын

    • vinesthemonkey still

      @rujon288@rujon2883 жыл бұрын

  • Hey guys Its Chris from the Cubicle here, today we are going to review my speech btw, Awesome speech 👏👏 Edit: After 2 days me:opens KZhead KZhead : Everyone hears, Chris' speech

    @archismandas5173@archismandas51735 жыл бұрын

    • Hahaha

      @aimarlangley4156@aimarlangley41565 жыл бұрын

  • "How many rubik's cubes have solved in your life?" DIO: *"How many loaves of bread have you eaten in your life?"*

    @zeroc977@zeroc9775 жыл бұрын

    • I've solved way more cubes than I've eaten loaves of bread... I've done collectively between 150 and 200,000 solves and have probably eaten less than 1000 loaves of bread. That's pretty uncontested

      @NoahS4226@NoahS42265 жыл бұрын

    • @@NoahS4226 r/woooosh

      @zeroc977@zeroc9775 жыл бұрын

    • @@zeroc977 r/whooosh, man actually you didnt get his joke

      @Dave-cq6pu@Dave-cq6pu5 жыл бұрын

    • “How many blades of grass have you seen in your life” XD

      @yoshiluigi19@yoshiluigi193 жыл бұрын

  • Wow! Am very glad to see this video, amazing stuff Chris!

    @DanaYi13@DanaYi135 жыл бұрын

    • Thanks Dana!

      @cyotheking@cyotheking5 жыл бұрын

    • Ayyy Chris

      @lumina_@lumina_5 жыл бұрын

    • @@cyotheking why are you inactive from a year?

      @cubelet007@cubelet0072 жыл бұрын

  • When people say "follow your bliss" they aren't suggesting it is a strategy to make money, they are saying it is the best strategy to be happy, and quite frankly, that's priceless. Nice speech.

    @fatsquirrel75@fatsquirrel755 жыл бұрын

  • This was a great talk to attend. Excellent job Chris!

    @cmcubes6030@cmcubes60305 жыл бұрын

  • Ayyyy cyo finally got famous

    @dti6342@dti63425 жыл бұрын

    • Oh he's been famous buddy. The man's a friggin god

      @NoahS4226@NoahS42265 жыл бұрын

    • He wasn't ?

      @chikengas4052@chikengas40523 жыл бұрын

  • Woo this is a great Ted talk chris! Cubers unite!

    @natevaldez8521@natevaldez85215 жыл бұрын

    • woah a ramen cat

      @sloth9567@sloth95675 жыл бұрын

    • @@sloth9567 yep I played Battle Cats for about 2 years, but I stopped a while ago cuz I got bored. B O O S T E D R A M E N is op tho

      @natevaldez8521@natevaldez85215 жыл бұрын

  • Where the heck did you get a decent footage of the reaction of the 1.47? I've been looking for 6 years

    @thephysicistcuber175@thephysicistcuber1755 жыл бұрын

    • One of my friends had it on his channel! :)

      @cyotheking@cyotheking5 жыл бұрын

    • lol

      @NoahS4226@NoahS42265 жыл бұрын

  • I have been so excited for this to release! Great job Chris!

    @CarterBitz@CarterBitz5 жыл бұрын

  • Chris Olson is one amazingly determined, passionate and motivated man. I absolutely love Chris Olson. Chris Olson is defintely one of my favourite cubers.

    @b-cubed7676@b-cubed76765 жыл бұрын

  • If you hear a cuber saying 3x3 "THE RUBIK'S CUBE" that's rare as a diamond

    @luvw.6038@luvw.60385 жыл бұрын

    • Luv Wegad he’s not just talking to cubes There might be people who don’t know much about cubes

      @shawsawshit69yearsago58@shawsawshit69yearsago585 жыл бұрын

    • When I'm talking to friends etc I say the "Zauberwürfel", meaning the "magic cube" because 3x3 won't tell them anything

      @user-me8hy8ew4o@user-me8hy8ew4o5 жыл бұрын

    • @@user-me8hy8ew4o Do you speak German? I do

      @lumina_@lumina_5 жыл бұрын

  • Wow, wonderful talk Chris!! That was what that was happening to me. Very motivating and inspiring. I love Ted-Ed for a long time and this just made me a much better fan. Chris is a great guy who deserves to be here!! Thank you everyone whoever watched this video and cubers FTW!!

    @taurus6685@taurus66854 жыл бұрын

  • I never would’ve guessed your background. You always came across as the most confident and suave cubing channel on KZhead.

    @hunterkarr@hunterkarr5 жыл бұрын

  • This is awesome Chris! This is really relatable, and I have experienced this before. Thank you for this man, and keep up the great work!

    @T1Cubing@T1Cubing5 жыл бұрын

  • I do agree. As soon as I got obsessed and wanted to get quick my family told me it was useless, but jept doing it and am now sub 30. Took me 2 years but I am still learning

    @CubingNStuff1@CubingNStuff18 ай бұрын

  • This is an amazing ted talk! I really am happy that a community like this has now reached such a large audience. Chris, if you’re reading this comment, thank you for inspiring others, and following through with your goals. Meeting you at various competitions in the past, I never would have suspected you were in the least bit shy. This Ted Talk, along with Why We Cube, are two amazing examples of passion in the Cubing community, and I’m very thankful you have been able to give us them. To all reading this comment, follow Chris’s advice; do what you’re passionate about, and it will lead you down your path in life!

    @TheMagicCuber@TheMagicCuber5 жыл бұрын

    • TheMagicCuber thank you! I always read the comments :) I appreciate you leaving such nice words! It really does mean a lot. I’m happy to hear what I am doing is impacting other people in meaningful ways!

      @ChrisOlson2@ChrisOlson25 жыл бұрын

  • Cyotheking has come a looooong way from making videos for Cubing World. Love it!

    @sisongembryand.4704@sisongembryand.47045 жыл бұрын

  • This is the most inspirational video I've seen in a very long time. Thank you!

    @SanneBerkhuizen@SanneBerkhuizen5 жыл бұрын

  • Congrats man, excited to see how far you've come!

    @wespakulat@wespakulat5 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome!! This will speak to many people. It's hard to think you were standing by your mom cubing at your first comp to now presenting a super awesome TED talk in a few short years. Congratulations!

    @xuananator@xuananator5 жыл бұрын

  • Absolutely amazing talk! I could definitely relate to a lot of those situations and I'm sure many cubers can. This story will definitely make anyone motivated and inspired to start speedcubing. At the end, the thing is that if you love something from all of your heart, no matter how society treats you or tries to make you quit it... If you keep going, things will work out just fine. It was very inspiring. Great talk.

    @kvl_oak@kvl_oak2 жыл бұрын

  • Loved this talk Chris

    @twistiicuber1055@twistiicuber10555 жыл бұрын

  • This was a great talk, excellent job Chris!

    @ChloeJazulin@ChloeJazulin5 жыл бұрын

  • Really enjoyed this ! Very inspiring ! Thanks for sharing ur passion

    @4me2ndtwin@4me2ndtwin5 жыл бұрын

  • I thought he was gonna talk about his colour-blindness

    @rikishikato5001@rikishikato50015 жыл бұрын

    • @René König good luck in your journeys fellow cuber

      @noer143@noer1435 жыл бұрын

    • Is he a colour blind?

      @fadhil4008@fadhil40085 жыл бұрын

    • @@fadhil4008 Yea

      @zhiyuanliu5282@zhiyuanliu52825 жыл бұрын

    • @@fadhil4008 he also uses different colour for his stickered cubes

      @rikishikato5001@rikishikato50015 жыл бұрын

    • HE IS A SPEEDCUBER AND FILMMAKER AND HE IS COLORBLIND!? 100+ respect

      @SagarCubes@SagarCubes3 жыл бұрын

  • ​​ A wonderful Ted Talk Chris! It's awesome to see how far the cubing community has come! Spectacular speech and Beautiful Message.

    @classactracing@classactracing5 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing back story. Chris has found his next passion and is an acclaimed Pickleball content creator @ThePickleballStudio

    @RealKeith_@RealKeith_ Жыл бұрын

  • Such a great talk, Chris!

    @heavenlyw8040@heavenlyw80405 жыл бұрын

  • Very inspirational, Chris! You brought up a lot of good points.

    @AndrewTyberg@AndrewTyberg5 жыл бұрын

  • So fantastic!! So happy for you!

    @Krissitube1@Krissitube15 жыл бұрын

  • This is amazing! Well done Chris.

    @richiemoon9218@richiemoon92185 жыл бұрын

  • This was amazing! Thanks for giving me passion and hope!

    @jbcuber745@jbcuber7454 жыл бұрын

  • Great job Chris!!! I love it!

    @Epiccuber@Epiccuber5 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing Talk! Great job Chris!

    @dmccubez2695@dmccubez26954 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing talk Chris!!!

    @franciscohamlin7544@franciscohamlin75445 жыл бұрын

  • Chris, thank you for your speech. I'm also a cuber and my mom asked me to go to the university this year. But i really want to do cubing and to make money with it. Cubing have changed my life and i got a job which i really love. And now i'm really confused because i'm not shure that university is a place where i want to spend my years

    @yura5821@yura58215 жыл бұрын

  • God Job Chris, you'll motivate a lot of people with this talk, super thanks.

    @Biocubeoficial@Biocubeoficial5 жыл бұрын

  • Super motivational and interesting about how you were when you started cubing.

    @joshwilliams5835@joshwilliams58355 жыл бұрын

  • that is the best talk ever !!!

    @Bhuvin_Futbol11@Bhuvin_Futbol112 жыл бұрын

  • Very insightful, thank you Chris

    @ThibaudOU@ThibaudOU5 жыл бұрын

  • Cyotheking, one of my favourite cubers, I've been waiting for a long time for a Rubik's cube Ted Talk. Thanks Chris!

    @zachbear@zachbear5 жыл бұрын

  • Great talk Chris! Keep up the great work :D

    @rianne1772@rianne17725 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome Talk, Chris!

    @EvanWrightSpeedcubing@EvanWrightSpeedcubing5 жыл бұрын

  • This is the only speech related to cubing that doesn't make me cringe. Good job Chris!

    @duarteribeiro1520@duarteribeiro15205 жыл бұрын

  • OMG that is so inspirational. It is so true and I will continue with my passion of cubing aswell thank you Chris Olson

    @davza9629@davza96295 жыл бұрын

  • My school had an event last week which is a TED inspired event and I spoke on the Rubiks Cube and how it helped me to achieve my goals.

    @lfctango1759@lfctango17595 жыл бұрын

  • It'll get more views since JPerm shared this vid :D Who came because of his post?

    @fadhil4008@fadhil40085 жыл бұрын

    • iamm :D

      @10_dimassatriautama4@10_dimassatriautama45 жыл бұрын

    • FadhilGelaws surprisingly no, I’m just s subscribed to TED

      @troliskimosko@troliskimosko5 жыл бұрын

    • Not me I actually didn't see his post despite him being the only KZheadr who's videos I watch all of

      @NoahS4226@NoahS42265 жыл бұрын

    • FadhilGelaws me

      @nglawrence5057@nglawrence50574 жыл бұрын

  • Hey i'm a young speedcuber and this video really helps me so thanks for the advice Chris, I also wanna be a filmmaker so i hope to have a similar courier as yours

    @endercubing8006@endercubing80064 жыл бұрын

  • This is exactly what i needed to hear at this point in my life!

    @nikoniforos9658@nikoniforos96583 жыл бұрын

  • Great talk Chris! Speaks to all cubers

    @astre7904@astre79045 жыл бұрын

  • This was very well spoken! Nice video

    @ThePuzzleTurner@ThePuzzleTurner3 жыл бұрын

  • This is amazing I totally agree that you should follow your passions and don't listen to people who discourage you. Follow your dreams one day you could be popular or even make a career out of it like some people have done. Very inspiring.

    @aperm510@aperm5105 жыл бұрын

  • Wow awesome to see a cuber give one of these!

    @TheCuberCubes@TheCuberCubes5 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful talk!

    @samuelefront9901@samuelefront99014 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing talk, Chris.

    @phor@phor5 жыл бұрын

  • This was so cool! Way to go!

    @justincubes8656@justincubes86565 жыл бұрын

  • Wow just wow Chris. This makes me love you even more

    @abdallahhasan4406@abdallahhasan44065 жыл бұрын

  • Wow every speedcuber really need to see this video

    @user-fk8me9lv8s@user-fk8me9lv8s5 жыл бұрын

  • This is amazing Chris!

    @sumiranmaiskar@sumiranmaiskar5 жыл бұрын

  • This is such a great talk

    @helmerewert2191@helmerewert21915 жыл бұрын

  • I am a cuber and I watched the whole documentary. Then I saw this and I loved it. Good job Chris! (Cyotheking)

    @danielahnfire1974@danielahnfire19745 жыл бұрын

  • Great talk Chris!

    @TERRORSPEED@TERRORSPEED5 жыл бұрын

  • Great video , Chris!!

    @bboys177@bboys1775 жыл бұрын

  • Well done on the speedcubers Chris

    @calebcarson7254@calebcarson72543 жыл бұрын

  • Great talk Chris! Where will my passion take me? I won’t give up.

    @cubedcommunities_mn3242@cubedcommunities_mn32425 жыл бұрын

  • Great inspirational speech. In reality those who do not follow their passion will find out at their deathbed that they have wasted their life.

    @jaanuskiipli4647@jaanuskiipli46474 жыл бұрын

  • Great speech. Really motivating. Who tells a kid that it shouldn't do it's hobby because it doesn't make money? But you found your own solution. The great thing about humans being individuals is, that we can live individually and different. (Btw this speech reminded me of the song "Like everybody else" by "Helloween"... You probably won't know it or the band, but it's great!)

    @user-me8hy8ew4o@user-me8hy8ew4o5 жыл бұрын

  • Such an inspiring dude! Came here from Chris' ig/youtube

    @KuyaChristian@KuyaChristian Жыл бұрын

  • Great speech!

    @AwesomeCubing@AwesomeCubing5 жыл бұрын

  • Everyone has so much respect for him 👍

    @cameronschwarz3950@cameronschwarz39505 жыл бұрын

  • Chris, did not think even in dreams you would give a so goooood motivational speech..........

    @avi_here@avi_here3 жыл бұрын

  • Very motivational and true.

    @keplercuber9155@keplercuber91555 жыл бұрын

  • this i hope will help my younger cousins in life thanks chris!

    @Leonardo-cw1dd@Leonardo-cw1dd4 жыл бұрын

  • 10/10 ted talk honestly

    @gregorylopez3386@gregorylopez33865 жыл бұрын

  • Amazing! Just wow...

    @ea164@ea1645 жыл бұрын

  • Chris is the MAN!

    @thecubingnebula9704@thecubingnebula97043 жыл бұрын

  • Wait, Feliks is a lawyer LOL Now on to the more important part: I think that Chris did an amazing job on the planning and presentation, and I can solve it three times slower but even that, he shows a very inspirational speech Sorry that probably did not make sense, Im 12 and I am relatively confusing to my classmates

    @matthewliu5161@matthewliu51615 жыл бұрын

    • I assumed he was talking about Phil? Considering he actually talks about being a lawyer during the documentary, and Feliks is only really a narrator

      @EpiCuber7@EpiCuber75 жыл бұрын

    • Are you from kipp heritage????

      @Brian-wz2zd@Brian-wz2zd5 жыл бұрын

    • Phil Yu is a lawyer not Feliks lol

      @YashBudhiraja@YashBudhiraja4 жыл бұрын

    • oh oof lol i forgot about that

      @matthewliu5161@matthewliu51614 жыл бұрын

    • @@Brian-wz2zd nup why?

      @matthewliu5161@matthewliu51614 жыл бұрын

  • Oh my gosh Chris!!!! So happy!!!

    @mar617@mar6175 жыл бұрын

  • Great Job *CYO* 👏

    @cubingcubez6678@cubingcubez66785 жыл бұрын

  • Excellent CYO!

    @VishnuSrivatsava3@VishnuSrivatsava35 жыл бұрын

  • Awesome speech !

    @firecuber8302@firecuber83024 жыл бұрын

  • description is wrong. he doesn't have any world records. great vid though. been subscribed to him forever. love it!

    @barthalomewtemp524@barthalomewtemp5244 жыл бұрын

  • My man!!

    @wildwedding@wildwedding5 жыл бұрын

  • little did we know he would be releasing a Netflix documentary next...

    @SagarCubes@SagarCubes3 жыл бұрын

  • woah I am shaking and my throat is trying to refrain from screaming!! Chris Olsen is my second favorite cuber and I am really curious why and how he got on Ted Talks, I'm really proud of him!

    @hijoletony@hijoletony5 жыл бұрын

    • Just curious, who is your first favorite cuber?

      @lumina_@lumina_5 жыл бұрын

  • Really Inspiring

    @k.m.junayedahmed3748@k.m.junayedahmed37483 жыл бұрын

  • "I brought it to weddings" been there done that :P

    @vascohenrique@vascohenrique5 жыл бұрын

  • The king has come a long way

    @saketvasudevan5339@saketvasudevan53395 жыл бұрын

  • Nice talk Chris

    @YaseenHassanMotivation@YaseenHassanMotivation5 жыл бұрын

  • well done chris!

    @LooneyCubes@LooneyCubes5 жыл бұрын

  • This is rly inspiring

    @timothycastle908@timothycastle9085 жыл бұрын

  • wow this guy is so cool, he should start a KZhead channel

    @kwanyang@kwanyang5 жыл бұрын

    • lmao

      @TCYlol@TCYlol5 жыл бұрын

    • Lmao

      @hoangminh-qp1oo@hoangminh-qp1oo4 жыл бұрын

    • Lmao

      @topnug7626@topnug76264 жыл бұрын

  • YES CHRIS

    @stackmania@stackmania5 жыл бұрын
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