How Simon Shi Solved a 17x17 Rubik's Cube UNDERWATER! 🏊 (ft. TheSimonShi)

With over 500k followers on Tik Tok and over 40k subscribers on YouTube, cubing influencer, Simon Shi comes on the podcast to talk about his amazing feats. He was a D1 Swimmer and also is training for a triathlon, and of course, he talks about his amazing video, solving a 17x17 Rubik's cube underwater!  

⚡ Show Notes⚡   

⚈ Jake's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrxjtynNVNYr-JbkpvXXqw

⚈ Simon's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/yoyoswimmer2 

⚈ Simon's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesimonshi 

⚈ Simon's Instagram: @the_simonshi  

⏲ Timestamps  

0:00 Preview 

0:35 Intro 

1:58 How Cubing Has Changed Since 2009 

4:26 Simon's Content Creation Process 

8:41 Simon's TikTok Story 

11:03 Simon and Speed Cubing 

11:48 How Simon Solves Cubes Underwater 

14:15 Simon and a Triathalon  

17:34 Swimming and Cubing Similarities 

19:18 Budget Cubes 20:22 Best Big Cubes  

21:55 Factory Lubes in Cubes 

23:43 Strategies for Assembling Big Cubes 

26:33 Thoughts on Tik Tok Sponsors 

28:14 Would You Rather | C5S Segment 

31:00 Rapid Fire | C5S Segment 34:40 

Simon's Socials 35:25 Outro