Penn and Teller Fool Us // Steven Brundage -Rubik's Cube Magician (Full Video)

hi my name is Steven Brundage and I grew up in Brooklyn but I currently live in Saratoga Springs New York who here could actually solve a Rubik's Cube when I was a kid I got a Rubik's Cube and I basically locked myself in a room and I started to learn how to solve it so I was doing magic for two years full time to make ends meet and then I had a viral video take off I was driving from a gig I got pulled over I took office er I was a magician so he asked to see a trick we're mixed up one hand behind the back when I catch it again take a little holy the viral video took off I got 15 million views total since then things I kind of taken off and I'm actually traveling across the country to do gigs now I have a girlfriend now she's kind of out of my league but I think the magic helps a little bit I'm really excited to be a panatela who knew so much could happen having a viral video next performer cut his teeth as a street performer so you might want to get your loose change handy in case he passes around the head after what he's doing now please welcome Stephen Grundy all right thank you so much for having me I'm gonna do something really awesome with two Rubik's cubes I've always loved to solve it but I'm gonna try something with Penn & Teller can you guys join me up on stage please thank you so much nice clothes well thank you so much perfect so we'll get started so pen I'm gonna need your help first we have two Rubik's cubes okay you could choose either one to mix up your choice it doesn't matter I'll take the perfect I want you to start to mix it up just like a deck of cards is similar to a Rubik's Cube in the fashion that it takes seven shuffles with the deck of cards before it's thoroughly randomized a Rubik's Cube is actually 20 moves so I want you to start to turn and twist it up for me please and anytime you want I want you to say the word stop when you say stop we're both gonna stop mixing form okay stop right there yeah perfect I'll take it back you said stop and we both stopped mixing up the Rubik's cubes the same exact time till our do you mind help me out next please perfect so we have two cubes here I want you to choose either one go for whichever one you choose you're gonna hold it in your hand and when you open up it's gonna be solved perfect so cover it up for me perfect lunch it's now solved take a look is it solved that would have been amazing though can you picture the Rubik's Cube one move away from being solved barely buried I'll give you a hint so that's basically one move away there's two three four the more you mix it up the harder the patterns on the cube are going to be to recognize we're gonna mix it up to about 20 moves wave and go back in time so picture the Rubik's Cube at 20 moves away imagine in your mind if the rubik's cube is maybe only ten moves away from being mixed up picture at seven what you're gonna see with the cube imagine if the rubik's cube is only one move away then finally in your mind when it's completely solved let me know when you see it I just go to saw like that thank you now that was good but this time I'm actually gonna solve the Rubik's Cube this time I'm gonna use a paper bag that I have down here I want you to watch all the different sides of the cube you can see there's no patterns or big blocks on the cube so you'll know it's thoroughly mixed up I want you to watch we're gonna place it in the bag this is a cool exposure yourself is it still mixed up in there oh yes it's still mixed up still mixed up watch it's now solved well that's great I don't believe you don't okay now I'll prove it hands empty I want you to watch as slowly as possible that is one solver release people into that here's the thing as a kid I used to actually go to these speed solving competitions and I would sit there and I could I would always race but I could never win so I had to cheat is that still mixed up on all those sides perfect now if I turn it one time it's still gonna be mixed up the cheating move happens the moment you toss it in the air like that yeah I got so good at cheating I'm actually gonna do that same move but twice as hard I'm gonna do it one-handed I'm gonna toss it behind my back when I catch it you're gonna see every single color on its original side hot close one-handed behind the back completely solved now here's the thing with the Rubik's Cube the more you play with it the better and better you get with it so I actually got down to millisecond while cheating so I'm gonna show you the millisecond version I want you to watch all the sides if you actually blink you're gonna miss it now to be honest this is me solving the cube over and over again I said I was gonna do it until his hand and I am hold it in your hands for me please cover it up right there watch we'll try to get it to work like that it should be solved see I didn't say what the solution was this time see the solution was to get these two Rubik's cubes to match completely perfectly now one side is pretty good better than one side would be side number two side number three side number four five and all six sides are completely sit down No you want to stay up here okay doesn't take long to say you fooled us awesome down

Channel: Steven Brundage

Views: 3,285,991

Rating: 4.8444328 out of 5

Keywords: Penn and Teller, Fool us, Steven Brundage, Rubik's Cube Magic, Magicians

Id: Qph0_pBUEr8

Length: 6min 14sec (374 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 05 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/Evilswine]

When he pulls it out of the paper bag you can see him switching it all around from a memorized position. Lots of memorization with this one.