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[whimsical music playing]
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[emcee] Thank you all for coming
to the WCA World Championships, 2019!
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[applause, cheering]
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[boy] Yes!
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[crowd groans]
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[interviewer] Who do you think will win
the world championships today?
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Well, it's pretty tough competition.
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My bet is on Feliks Zemdegs.
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Feliks Zemdegs.
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[applause]
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Pretty much one of the greatest
cubers of all time.
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I really want Feliks to win again.
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[announcer]
From Australia, Feliks Zemdegs!
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[applause, cheering]
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I personally think Max Park will win,
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because he's
the most consistent cuber here.
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I'd probably say Max Park.
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-Max Park.
-Max Park will be world champion.
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[emcee] From the United States of America,
Max Park!
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[applause, cheering]
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I can't really decide between them.
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They're very, like, close,
so it's definitely gonna be exciting.
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[man] I think at the start,
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my parents thought it was just
like a phase I was going through,
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just like some random hobby
that I picked up and might get rid of.
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But after the first time
I solved it, like...
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I just wanted to get faster and faster.
It was just so addictive.
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I just never got bored of it.
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[woman] It probably took me a little while
to realize and understand how good he was.
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[young Feliks] 22.78.
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He's got a serious addiction as well.
Obsession.
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But also an amazing talent.
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He used to walk around the house
and dinner time
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we would sometimes just say,
"Put the cube away."
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[young Feliks] Ah, 16.92.
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[Rita] But he was just doing
better and better all the time,
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and then all of a sudden
setting world records,
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and then media coming,
and it was just a crazy, crazy ride.
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It is 22 past 7 now.
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Well, our next guest
can solve a Rubik's Cube puzzle
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in under 10 seconds,
and he's only 13 years old.
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[reporter]
Fourteen-year-old Feliks Zemdegs
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broke two world records by a second.
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-[reporter] What's your secret?
-Practice.
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Please welcome Feliks Zemdegs.
Come on, Feliks!
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[applause]
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[man] We as parents
ended up becoming media managers,
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which was totally foreign to us.
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We didn't know how
to do all of this stuff,
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how to manage the radio interviews
and the television interviews.
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When he first broke
the single world record,
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that sort of put him
on the world stage, I guess.
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That world record at the time was
7.08 seconds, and Feliks got 7.03 seconds.
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[Feliks] Yeah!
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[audience cheering]
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[spectator] Come on! Get sub-five!
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-[Feliks] Okay.
-[spectator] Four-point-two!
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Whoa! That's a world record!
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He set so many world records
that I have totally lost track.
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[Feliks]
I won the world championship in 2013.
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And then 2015 going to finals
I just had a lot of confidence,
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and so I managed to win
that one, like, comfortably.
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So, by the time
it got to the world championships in 2017,
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the question was,
can anyone actually, like, beat me?
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Yeah, I remember very specifically
when I first became aware of Max.
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There was this video that was going around
of this kid doing, like, a 4x4 one-handed
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in 40 seconds or something like that.
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And I spent, like, two hours
trying to beat this time.
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I was like, "What is happening here?
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I can't beat this random kid on YouTube
who does a 4x4 with one hand."
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That very much caught my attention.
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I'd heard about, like, I guess,
the way Max was
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from a couple of people
who went to the US Nationals 2016.
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But he was kind of
a bit of a mystery to me.
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And then, like, middle of 2017,
he got the 3x3 average world record.
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[spectators cheer]
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Later on that year, in Paris,
Max won the world championships.
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[applause]
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And that was his big moment of,
"Okay, Max Park is here."
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He's really, really good.
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Even though we were friendly,
it was a little bit hard
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when it would be like
every two or three weeks
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Max would just beat one of my records.
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That was kind of annoying to deal with.
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-[boy] What?
-Minute 30.
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Got it.
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-Yeah!
-[spectator] Oh, my god.
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I still am hanging on
to the 3x3 average world record.
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Yes!
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[Feliks] I know he still, like,
very, very much wants that back.
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But that's probably, like,
one of the things I'm the most proud of.
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[man] The first thing people probably
wanna know about speedcubing
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is how do you solve the cube?
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When you're learning how to solve a cube,
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you generally learn a set of algorithms:
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move sequences
that move certain pieces to other places,
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building up layer by layer
to eventually solve the cube.
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Most serious speedcubers
learn around 300 algorithms
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through countless hours of practice.
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I think what really sets the top
speedcubers apart from the rest
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is their ability to have
very quick pattern recognition,
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to memorize and synthesize
hundreds of algorithms
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and to put all those
into their muscle memory,
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to keep this all as seamless as possible.
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No starting and stopping.
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The undisputed main event
is definitely the 3x3 event,
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and that's the one
that everybody wants to win.
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[audience cheers]
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[Kit] And these days,
you can't talk about winning any event
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without mentioning Max Park.
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[cube clacking]
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I want to get three second! Come on!
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Feliks doesn't react when he got four
because he's the world record holder.
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[man] As a baby, as soon as
we brought him home from the hospital,
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I felt something was a little off.
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We took him to the pediatrician.
We had his hearing checked.
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He was just hyper-focused
on whatever he was doing.
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And once we got his attention,
he wasn't very interested
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in anything that we had to offer.
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[woman] It was just kinda like,
"He's gonna get better.
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Okay, like, by the time he's gonna
be three, he's going to be fine."
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It was my kinda big goal
and hope and, you know, belief.
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[Max] Dang you, Feliks!
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Look.
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[Schwan] We took him to the hospital,
where we met with a child neurophysician,
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and he, at that time,
formally diagnosed Max with autism.
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[Miki] First thing I was thinking is...
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I don't know, it's just a...
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you kinda lost your... future,
kind of thing.
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You had a beautiful...
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"I'm going to do this with my child
and do this and that."
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And then, it's just kinda like,
shut the door in front of you.
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[laughing]
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[Schwan] I remember we were sitting
at the edge of our bed,
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and we were just hugging each other,
and we just both lost it.
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We were just crying, and I think...
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to me it felt like, "Let's cry
our hearts out now and get to work."
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[Miki] Hey Max, are you tired?
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From that point on
is when we started to look for answers.
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[Miki] I kinda knew that there is
a reason why this is in my life
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and this is my child.
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And I cannot just...
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give up.
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One day I just sat down
and I was just kinda devastated.
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He doesn't look at me,
he doesn't play with me.
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He is in his own world by himself.
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[laughing]
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[Miki] So I just did it together.
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He lay down, I'd lay down.
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He did this, I'd do this,
and then just kinda...
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not asking him anything.
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"I'm here.
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But, you know, when you're ready,
I'm here with you."
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And then one day we were playing
with this phone. "Hello, hello."
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-[Max] Hello?
-[Miki] Hello?
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And he was holding my hand,
and then he was looking at Daddy.
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It was kinda like,
"Daddy you're not invited."
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Zip down.
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That's a breakthrough thing.
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So he started to open up his world.
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[Schwan]
I think that was sorta like the first time
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that Miki started to enjoy her child
as a child.
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[both laughing]
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[Schwan] It lit sort of like a fire
within us to want more.
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[Miki] Go, go, go, go! [laughs]
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How can we get more of this?
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As a child, Max could not do anything
with his fingers.
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His fine motor skill was really stunted.
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So we did tons of therapy
working on his fingers.
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We had a Rubik's Cube in the house,
and so he just wanted to solve.
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I thought, "Why not?"
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[Schwan]
He just gravitated towards it.
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Miki right away went on YouTube,
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and figured out how to solve it,
and then taught Max.
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So she had two agendas in mind.
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Here was something that I can use
as a teaching component,
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but, at the same time, he loves it
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and... it would be a great thing
for them to connect together,
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not knowing at that time that he was just
gonna rapid-fire down this rabbit hole.
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[Max] Oh!
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-[Miki] What is it?
-Thirty-one seconds.
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[Miki] Okay!
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[Schwan] The very first competition
he went to, it was just an exercise
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in me and Miki bringing him
to a social event
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where he was gonna learn to stand in line,
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look at somebody else
for a cue to start cubing.
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Wait your turn,
wait till somebody says it's okay.
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It was a giant play date situation
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that we were going to exploit
for Max's social development.
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So we went there and I was surprised,
because this pointing--
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We tried everything to teach him pointing.
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Pointing is something that is a hallmark
for autistic kids to not have.
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When he went to the competition,
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we remember he was pointing
at people and saying,
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"Here's this person."
You know, all these people.
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[Max] 9.15. He got sub-10.
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[Schwan] We were like, huh? He's pointing,
and this is coming out naturally.
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That was when we realized,
"Wow, this is... this is great."
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Max's first award came
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at the very second competition
he ever went to.
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[announcer]
In first place, we have Max Park.
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[applause]
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[Schwan] That's when it dawned on us.
"Wow, I think he has something."
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I remember thinking,
"If he's really good at this
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and this is something that he loves to do,
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we are going to run with this."
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Yeah!
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Yes!
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Yeah!
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[Schwan]
2017 Worlds was the first time
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that Max competed
against his idol, Feliks Zemdegs.
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He ended up winning 3x3 at Worlds
that year, which was a really big deal.
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But the big win for us
was when he was up on the podium.
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He looked at the way
he was holding his prize and his shingle
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and he looked at the podium next to him
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and he immediately readjusted himself
to be like the person next to them.
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Me and Miki, we looked at each other
and were like, "Did you see that?"
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Because for us, an autistic kid
looking at his peer and mimicking
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is like the ultimate goal.
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[applause]
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[indistinct speech]
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[whispering] I heart you.
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You too.
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[Schwan] Obviously, when you look at Max,
he's a 17-year-old kid.
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He's six foot tall.
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But emotionally, he's about,
I would say, seven, eight, maybe nine.
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And so going into these competitions,
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we were just concerned
about his ability to deal with failure.
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Okay, ready? Let's go.
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[woman] Yeah, no problem.
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-[overlapping chatter]
-[Max sighs]
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Ready.
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[timer beeps]
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Max, a few weeks back, had somebody else
in North America get a really good time,
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and he... he had really high expectations
of beating that.
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Bam! Let's go!
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[man] Max! Kill 'em!
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[man] All right, that concludes
the first half of the day.
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We're ending a little bit early.
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[Schwan] And then it just didn't happen,
and when that happened he just--
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He was very, very disappointed.
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Because the luck happened!
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[Max exhales]
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[Schwan] In the meantime,
we're holding back our own heartache,
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because regardless
of if it was warranted or not,
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it still kills us.
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We have the window of hope still open
for his emotional skills developing.
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-[beep]
-[man] Okay.
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Okay.
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Now, in order to win the giveaway,
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you'll need to be at one of
the West Coast competitions.
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So make sure you include in your comment
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which competition you'll be attending,
right, Max?
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Right, Feliks?
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-[woman] "Right, Feliks."
-Right.
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[man] No, go, "Right, Feliks!"
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-Right, Feliks.
-Yeah, that's right.
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[man] Okay. Ready? One more time.
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All right, one more time, Max.
One more time.
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[Schwan] The first time
that we ever saw Feliks
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was when we went to the 2013
World Championships in Las Vegas.
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Feliks was the first person
that Max ever asked for an autograph,
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and he was the very first person
he ever took a picture with.
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He just had this mythical,
legendary status.
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So four years later now,
Max is bigger than Feliks.
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And, you know, it was really...
yeah, it was awkward.
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After he broke
the 3x3 world record average,
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I, like, messaged his Facebook account.
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I was just like,
"Congratulations, you guys.
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Really well done.
You should be really proud."
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And then... yeah, met him
for the first time at the Championships,
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and he was very, very excited.
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[Schwan] Max and Feliks,
they're cut from the same cloth.
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They push each other...
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but I think
they also understand each other.
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[Max] 4x4 top three, right?
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-[Feliks] Top three, that's us.
-[Max] In the world, right?
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-[Max] Get 17, okay?
-[Feliks] You're first, right?
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[Max] Okay, ready. Go!
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Come on.
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[spectators] Feliks got it.
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[man] One more.
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-One more time?
-Yeah.
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[Feliks]
What do you wanna sing, Max?
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"Bohemian Rhapsody"? That's so hard.
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-Yeah.
-Let's do it!
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[no audible speech]
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[Rita] Clearly, they're rivals,
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but they're friends,
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and it's just beautiful to watch Max
looking up to Feliks in a way.
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Anything Feliks does, Max will do.
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You gotta brush your teeth every night
before you go to sleep and after dinner,
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because Feliks does it.
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-Right, Max?
-Right.
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[Schwan] Every time Max does really well
or breaks a record,
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we get a text from Feliks and he says,
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"Tell Max I'm so happy for him
and congratulations."
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And I'm sure that it doesn't feel good,
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especially if it's his record or something
that Max breaks.
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Nice one. Good job.
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What a great human being he is
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that he just makes sure
that he's a good friend first.
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[Feliks] I think
if I won Worlds this year,
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that would be pretty epic.
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And to win it in, like, Melbourne
where, you know, I've grown up,
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that would just...
that would complete everything.
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I moved to Sydney in February this year.
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I, like, did an internship
with this trading firm.
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But I have no idea
of what I want to do for a career
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or, like, the rest of my life.
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Cubing is, like, the thing
that I'm really, really passionate about,
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so I want to keep that
a big part of my life.
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[Schwan] I know in cubing,
people start to slide down the rankings
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about the time
that they would normally enter adulthood.
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Because life happens.
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You have to pay rent,
you have to find a partner,
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you have to buy ketchup.
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I mean, there's all these things
that you have to make happen.
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You just can't cube as much.
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-[upbeat music playing]
-[people chattering]
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Which event
have you prepared the most for?
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3x3 is always the most exciting.
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It's the Rubik's Cube.
It's the original cube.
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You can lose everything else,
do really terribly,
325
00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:42,848
but if you win 3x3, it's great,
it's all that matters.
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[man] Is Max, like,
the best cuber in the world?
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Max is the king.
328
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2016, it's like, "Oh, there's this kid
and he's quite fast."
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2017, it's like, "Oh, you won
the world championships."
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And then 2018, it's like,
"Oh, now he holds every world record."
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-[woman] Yeah.
-Yeah.
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He's just the best at everything.
333
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Okay, Max. Go in.
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[Schwan] All right Max, let's go.
Let's meet Feliks.
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[Miki] Be careful, okay? It's slippery.
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Oh, look who it is! Hey, Max.
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[Max] I missed you.
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I missed you too a lot. How's it going?
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Hi! Nice to see you!
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00:20:43,450 --> 00:20:45,285
-Hey, Jason, what's going on?
-Hi, what's up?
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-Feliks, how are you?
-Good evening.
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Welcome to dinner.
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[Max] Congrats, Feliks.
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Congratulations, Feliks,
on your world record average, 5.69.
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00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:57,464
Thank you, Max. It's good, right?
When are you gonna beat it?
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Vegetables, Max.
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00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,096
[Max] Oh, sure.
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[Feliks] Yes, and green.
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-Green. Yeah.
-Yep.
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[Schwan] One, two, three. One more.
One, two, three. Good.
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All right.
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[David] Well, these days,
I think a lot of people would say
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that Max is what we would call
the favorite.
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But when Feliks won
the US Nationals last year against Max,
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I thought, "Hang on. It could be
whatever happens on the day."
356
00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:33,542
In looking at the competition
between the two of them
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coming up
to the current world championships,
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who knows?
359
00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:44,928
-[Schwan] Max, time to get up.
-[Max grunts]
360
00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:46,638
[Max grunting]
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00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:12,039
[laughing]
362
00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:16,126
[woman] Three, two...
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My teeth is hurting right now.
364
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[announcer] Thank you all for coming
to the WCA World Championships 2019.
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[applause, cheering]
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So, next up, we have
the biggest of the biggest.
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-[man 1] We've got Max Park.
-[man 2] Look who's next to him.
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00:22:37,939 --> 00:22:39,149
[man 2] First solve by Feliks.
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-[man 1] Not ideal for him.
-[man 2] No, definitely not.
370
00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:44,279
-[man 1] Holy guacamole.
-[man 2] Holy guacamole.
371
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,156
That is a ridiculously good start.
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[man 3] Feliks is at... 1.30 right now.
He's not even in podium.
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One-seventeen!
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00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:54,790
[man 1] Feliks is like, "Okay, Max."
375
00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:55,916
Wow!
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[crowd gasping]
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00:22:57,709 --> 00:22:59,795
[Miki] Oh, my gosh, it's a world record!
378
00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,922
[man 1] Jeepers creepers!
379
00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:03,298
I can't believe it.
380
00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:07,469
[man 1] Is Feliks nervous,
or are his hands cold?
381
00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:09,054
[man 2] He's really pissed.
382
00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:09,971
Hell yeah.
383
00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,349
Max is like, "Just get out.
This is my competition."
384
00:23:12,432 --> 00:23:15,185
-Feliks going for his third now.
-Oh no.
385
00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:16,603
You don't want to see that.
386
00:23:16,686 --> 00:23:18,855
-[man 2] Nineteen-oh-eight!
-[man 1] Another 18!
387
00:23:18,939 --> 00:23:20,941
Max Park showing who's boss.
388
00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:27,072
[man 2] That is five world championships
for Max Park so far.
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00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:51,221
Okay. Okay, everybody, one, two, three.
Look up here, Bill!
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00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,851
One, two, three, smile.
Come on, Bill.
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00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:56,810
[competitor] One more.
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00:23:56,893 --> 00:23:58,478
-[Miki] Oh, one more?
-[man] One more.
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00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:17,706
All right, we're gonna go, folks.
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All right, Juliette, you can come up.
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[announcer] The first female 3x3 finalist
in the world championship since 2003,
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please welcome
France's Juliette Sébastien.
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00:24:28,258 --> 00:24:30,969
-[applause, cheering]
-[fanfare playing]
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00:24:38,059 --> 00:24:39,478
[fanfare stops]
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00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,275
[man 1] Juliette Sébastien
looking at yellow right now, switching--
400
00:24:45,358 --> 00:24:48,820
-The cube dropped!
-She knows she could have got faster.
401
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,365
[man 1] Oh, my god.
There are no pauses, straight into pink.
402
00:24:52,449 --> 00:24:54,326
Yellow, J Perm, 6.29!
403
00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:57,162
[man 2] He'll be really happy with that.
Nod of the head.
404
00:24:58,288 --> 00:24:59,915
[man 1] And that's a pause. Oh, six!
405
00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:01,875
[man 2] He did it. He's taken the lead!
406
00:25:02,709 --> 00:25:04,002
I'm speechless.
407
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:09,049
-[man 2] Aw, the hug from Kian to Sean.
-[man 1] That's great sportsmanship.
408
00:25:09,132 --> 00:25:11,927
[man 2] Sean's probably on his way
to, if not a podium,
409
00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:13,845
at least a top-five finish.
410
00:25:15,764 --> 00:25:19,601
[man 1] Remember, he's trying to beat
a 6.78 average by Sean.
411
00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:25,732
-It's looking good.
-[man 2] Now, that's a good solid 5.97.
412
00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:28,026
[announcer] Five-point-nine-seven.
413
00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:30,487
[man 1] Best case scenario
is 6.49 average,
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00:25:30,570 --> 00:25:32,489
which would put him ahead of Sean.
415
00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:38,912
[man 2] Let's see what he can do.
This is gonna be really, really important,
416
00:25:38,995 --> 00:25:42,415
so don't blink, stay tuned,
hold your breath.
417
00:25:46,419 --> 00:25:47,587
[man 1] It's looking good.
418
00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,881
[man 2] He's still looking good.
No chokes, no chokes.
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00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,424
[indistinct commentary]
420
00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:53,009
[man 1] What a-- What a solve!
421
00:25:53,093 --> 00:25:56,304
Oh, my god, he just slotted himself
into first right now!
422
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:59,140
[man 2] Six-seventy-four,
that is first place right now.
423
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:04,020
-That guarantees Philipp for the podium.
-[man 1] Guaranteed podium for Philipp.
424
00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:06,189
[man 2] Very impressive.
425
00:26:10,610 --> 00:26:12,779
[man 2] Next up is gonna be
the local hero,
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00:26:12,862 --> 00:26:14,864
our favorite, Feliks Zemdegs.
427
00:26:15,198 --> 00:26:20,579
[announcer] Our sixth place seed
has won Worlds twice in 2013 and 2015.
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00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,415
Please welcome Australia's Feliks Zemdegs.
429
00:26:23,498 --> 00:26:26,167
-[crowd applauds, cheers]
-[fanfare playing]
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00:26:29,838 --> 00:26:31,590
[man 1] This is what we want. Yeah!
431
00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:36,386
Yeah, Australians standing up.
432
00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:38,888
Applauding him.
433
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,519
[music fades out]
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00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,980
[man 1] I imagine Feliks is gonna have
a fair bit of pressure.
435
00:26:47,063 --> 00:26:49,983
He's only gotten one podium this weekend
and this would be the first Worlds
436
00:26:50,066 --> 00:26:52,986
where he isn't a world champion
if he doesn't take it home here.
437
00:26:53,236 --> 00:26:56,072
So you could say there's
a lot on the line for that reason.
438
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:57,490
[man 2] But then again,
439
00:26:58,074 --> 00:27:00,660
if anybody can do well under pressure,
it's Feliks.
440
00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:03,872
[man 1] Yeah, he is still the greatest
of all time, regardless.
441
00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,295
No lockups thus far.
At least no big ones.
442
00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:13,340
-Looks like... Okay.
-Good. Six and four. A perm.
443
00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:15,467
-Plus two.
-Oh no.
444
00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:17,677
[announcer] Feliks with a 9.60.
445
00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:18,970
[man 2]
Two second time penalty,
446
00:27:19,054 --> 00:27:21,514
'cause
that cube is not solved completely.
447
00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:25,268
[man 1] Over 45 degrees off
with a 90 degree off, one turn off.
448
00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:28,563
That's gonna put the pressure on.
449
00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:32,025
[man 2] Now we'll see
what Feliks is made of.
450
00:27:33,109 --> 00:27:35,195
[man 1] Yeah, nerves of steel or...
451
00:27:36,112 --> 00:27:37,113
Or is it game over?
452
00:27:40,116 --> 00:27:42,452
-[man 2] Rats.
-Okay, that's not a good start.
453
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:44,663
And that's gonna be diag.
454
00:27:44,746 --> 00:27:45,789
[man 2] E perm.
455
00:27:45,872 --> 00:27:49,959
Six-sixty-one, though. I mean,
for those cases, for that solve--
456
00:27:50,043 --> 00:27:52,295
It was not an easy solve
and he still got a 6.6.
457
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:54,381
-[man 1] But he's not gonna win.
-That's not enough.
458
00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:57,509
[man 1] Guaranteed no world champion
titles for Feliks Zemdegs.
459
00:27:57,592 --> 00:27:59,969
First time this has happened since 2011.
460
00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:03,848
We are officially in a new era of cubing.
461
00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:08,520
[man 2] I think it's almost safe to say
he will not be on the podium this year.
462
00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:13,066
[referee] Twelve seconds.
463
00:28:14,442 --> 00:28:18,071
[man 2] There he goes, with blue.
He chose to start on blue.
464
00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:19,989
-[man 1] Okay, this is--
-This is gonna be good.
465
00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:21,866
[man 1] Slight lockups, but...
466
00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:23,952
[announcer] Feliks with a 6.45.
467
00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:26,287
...secures his current third place,
468
00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:29,332
but he's got to get through
really good competitors
469
00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:31,000
if he wants to keep the podium.
470
00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:33,837
-Could've been worse.
-It's not too bad.
471
00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:37,340
[Feliks] Cheers. It's not bad.
472
00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:49,436
[Miki] I'm so proud of you.
473
00:28:50,353 --> 00:28:53,481
No matter what happens,
it doesn't matter, okay?
474
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:55,400
-All right.
-[stage tech] Okay, guys.
475
00:28:55,483 --> 00:28:56,985
Okay, go, Max. Go, go!
476
00:28:57,819 --> 00:28:59,154
-You can do it.
-Okay, Max.
477
00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:00,071
You can do it.
478
00:29:02,741 --> 00:29:04,117
[Max] I don't need to get podium.
479
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,744
I'm just gonna get
sub-six average, okay?
480
00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:08,496
[Miki] Yeah, and I know
you're gonna get lots and lots of...
481
00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:12,125
[Max] I can get a sub... I can get
a sub-six average, okay?
482
00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:13,877
I don't need to get podium...
483
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,171
[Miki] Max, when you compete with who?
484
00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:18,214
Feliks Zemdegs.
485
00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:19,340
You're gonna get lots of?
486
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:20,258
[Max] World records.
487
00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:22,385
[Miki] Yeah! You did it already, right?
488
00:29:22,469 --> 00:29:24,471
So don't worry! Just have--
489
00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:25,930
-[Max] I got this!
-Go for it, yeah.
490
00:29:26,014 --> 00:29:27,682
[Max] I can do it, sub-six average, okay?
491
00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:28,600
[Miki] Yes.
492
00:29:42,530 --> 00:29:43,740
[man 1] And now, the GOAT.
493
00:29:43,823 --> 00:29:45,325
[announcer] Our number one seed...
494
00:29:45,408 --> 00:29:47,660
-[Max] Sub-six average.
-...the defending world champion.
495
00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,663
Please welcome
from the United States, Max Park.
496
00:29:50,747 --> 00:29:52,957
[applause, cheering]
497
00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:57,921
[man 1] Park, defending world champion.
Max Park from the United States.
498
00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:01,841
Will he be the first person to win
six events at a world championship?
499
00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:03,927
-[man 1] So he's already--
-Previous record of five.
500
00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:06,346
[man 1] So, he's already won
the 4x4, the 5x5,
501
00:30:06,429 --> 00:30:09,891
the 6x6, the 7x7, and one-handed events.
502
00:30:11,017 --> 00:30:12,018
Insane!
503
00:30:13,019 --> 00:30:15,438
Now, don't blink, it's Max Park time.
504
00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:22,612
And he's off. He chose the yellow cross.
One pair, two pair, three pair, four pair.
505
00:30:22,695 --> 00:30:24,239
-OLL.
-[man 2] Ah, V perm.
506
00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:26,282
[man 1] Oh, that is not very good.
507
00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:29,160
[announcer] Max with a 7.70.
508
00:30:29,244 --> 00:30:31,412
Where's Phil?
Where's Phil?
509
00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:32,664
[ref] Eight-point-five.
510
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:39,379
[man 1] Max is in a bit of danger here.
It's really up in the air.
511
00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:42,131
Philipp could be world champion.
512
00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:45,385
-Clean. Looking good.
-[man 2] That is good. That is good.
513
00:30:45,468 --> 00:30:48,096
[announcer] Max with a 6.42.
514
00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:50,974
[man 1]
Yup, Max is bringing it back big time.
515
00:30:51,057 --> 00:30:53,476
His counting is a 6.57
going into the last two.
516
00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,855
A lot on the line,
especially for Max Park.
517
00:30:56,938 --> 00:31:00,775
[man 2] Nothing's decided yet.
It will all depend on the last solve.
518
00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:05,280
This is going to decide
if Max Park is the world champion
519
00:31:05,905 --> 00:31:08,992
or if Philipp Weyer gets the upset.
520
00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:12,495
[Feliks] What does he need?
Robin, what does he need?
521
00:31:12,912 --> 00:31:15,331
-[Robin] Like a 6.7, I think.
-[Feliks] What does he need?
522
00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:16,499
[Robin] 6.7?
523
00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:21,629
[man 1] Dude, this is so huge.
This is literally everything right now.
524
00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:24,424
Will he get back to back GOAT status?
525
00:31:24,507 --> 00:31:26,175
Or will it be Philipp?
526
00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:28,303
[competitor 1]
Guys, make space for Philipp to run.
527
00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:30,471
No, don't. Max is a boss.
528
00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:35,101
Like, come on. I know he's gonna get this.
I'd be expecting a six.
529
00:31:54,704 --> 00:31:56,372
[man 1] Seven flat? Seven flat!
530
00:31:57,665 --> 00:31:59,667
-[man 2] Philipp did it!
-[man 1] Philipp did it!
531
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,502
Philipp is the new world champion.
532
00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:04,631
Wow.
533
00:32:18,728 --> 00:32:21,773
[man 1] I don't think anyone would've
predicted this podium, by the way.
534
00:32:30,156 --> 00:32:32,158
[Miki] Okay, Max, let's go out.
535
00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:44,796
[Max] I didn't inspect well, right?
536
00:32:45,254 --> 00:32:49,467
[Miki] Yeah, it's okay, Max.
You know, everybody makes mistakes.
537
00:32:49,550 --> 00:32:50,385
[Max] Yeah.
538
00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:52,845
[Miki] This is a good learning, okay?
539
00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:55,139
-[Max] Okay.
-You can do it next time.
540
00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:01,354
Here you go.
541
00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:04,190
[Feliks] I tried, I tried.
542
00:33:04,273 --> 00:33:05,149
So close.
543
00:33:11,364 --> 00:33:13,324
-[Feliks] You did good. You did fine.
-[Miki] Yeah.
544
00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:15,326
-[Miki] Okay.
-You destroyed everyone.
545
00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:17,495
It's okay.
546
00:33:17,578 --> 00:33:19,122
-Yeah, it's okay.
-It makes us stronger.
547
00:33:19,205 --> 00:33:21,040
[Miki] Yeah, it makes us stronger, okay?
548
00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:23,084
-Exactly. You still beat me.
-Yeah.
549
00:33:23,793 --> 00:33:25,670
[Max] "No podium"
makes us stronger, right?
550
00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:26,671
Exactly.
551
00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:32,218
[Feliks] The thing that me and Max
always say is,
552
00:33:32,301 --> 00:33:34,220
"If you mess something up,
it makes you stronger."
553
00:33:34,303 --> 00:33:37,515
So I think that was what he was saying.
"No podium" makes him stronger.
554
00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:40,935
And then I still told him,
he still beat me by 0.01 seconds.
555
00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:43,938
But yeah, I could tell
he was like pretty bummed
556
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:45,606
that he didn't win the 3x3.
557
00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:46,691
[Max] It's okay, right?
558
00:33:46,774 --> 00:33:48,943
-[Max] It's okay.
-Right. It's fine.
559
00:33:49,068 --> 00:33:52,155
Dude, you're five time...
five world championships. [laughs]
560
00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:53,072
It's okay.
561
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,451
-You won everything.
-[man] Yeah, you did great.
562
00:33:56,534 --> 00:33:57,368
Yeah.
563
00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,203
It's a hard thing:
564
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,123
Max just dominating
the entire competition,
565
00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:05,084
but then missing out on the big one.
566
00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:09,881
And yeah, I've been in that situation,
so I know how...
567
00:34:09,964 --> 00:34:11,966
I know how he must feel
at the moment as well.
568
00:34:13,342 --> 00:34:15,261
Dang, Feliks didn't get podium.
569
00:34:15,803 --> 00:34:16,888
-Dang it, right?
-Yeah.
570
00:34:16,971 --> 00:34:18,806
But he did okay average, right?
571
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,433
Right, yeah.
572
00:34:20,516 --> 00:34:23,019
[voice growing emotional]
Max looked at Feliks in the backstage,
573
00:34:23,102 --> 00:34:24,353
and I could--
574
00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:26,981
I know Max.
He was looking at Feliks.
575
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,025
Feliks didn't make a lot of things,
576
00:34:30,026 --> 00:34:32,653
and he was really feeling sorry for him.
577
00:34:34,363 --> 00:34:37,533
I knew that Max didn't know
how to say the words, but...
578
00:34:39,285 --> 00:34:41,162
lot of things he wanted to say.
579
00:34:41,287 --> 00:34:42,371
So I felt like, ah...
580
00:34:42,872 --> 00:34:43,706
friendship.
581
00:34:43,998 --> 00:34:45,917
But Max cannot express.
582
00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:49,879
So I wanted to talk about that
to Feliks in person.
583
00:34:51,005 --> 00:34:53,007
Let him know that Max really loves him.
584
00:34:56,135 --> 00:34:57,762
[Feliks] Whoo! [claps]
585
00:34:57,845 --> 00:34:59,472
[Feliks] Max! You gotta go!
586
00:35:00,473 --> 00:35:01,432
Out of his way.
587
00:35:02,141 --> 00:35:04,185
Out of the way, Kieran. Go, go, go!
588
00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:08,648
[Feliks] Nerves at world championships
are very much real.
589
00:35:11,901 --> 00:35:13,152
It's pretty draining,
590
00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:17,865
for, you know, four days
to try and be solving
591
00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:21,994
while catching up with everyone,
not sleeping much.
592
00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:27,625
For me, like, you know,
not doing especially well this competition
593
00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:29,502
also adds to that exhaustion.
594
00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:32,505
It was a big letdown for me.
595
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:37,301
[interviewer] Any last thoughts
about this Worlds in general?
596
00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:40,471
[sniffs]
597
00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:43,307
Um...
598
00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:47,645
[voice growing emotional]
I started out so long ago,
599
00:35:48,104 --> 00:35:50,898
solving cubes
with a couple of people here in Melbourne,
600
00:35:51,357 --> 00:35:54,402
meeting up
and having these fun little competitions.
601
00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:55,903
And to know that like...
602
00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:59,615
you know, they would hold
the world championships here...
603
00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:04,871
and so many friends
from all around the world
604
00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:07,498
and family and my friends
from Melbourne here
605
00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:10,168
could come along and enjoy this...
606
00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:16,883
it's very, very special. Very special.
It's pretty sad that it's over.
607
00:36:29,770 --> 00:36:32,023
[Schwan] The biggest fear
that I've always had
608
00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:34,692
was how Max was going to deal with loss.
609
00:36:36,235 --> 00:36:37,695
And so when he lost,
610
00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:40,907
it almost felt like,
"Okay, the time has come.
611
00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:42,491
Now time to get to work."
612
00:36:44,243 --> 00:36:46,120
The big win for us is that Max,
613
00:36:46,829 --> 00:36:48,998
he did okay emotionally.
614
00:36:52,835 --> 00:36:56,547
[Miki] He managed his nervousness
and made new friends.
615
00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:02,762
He told me that it's okay.
616
00:37:03,304 --> 00:37:06,515
"It's okay. Mama, I didn't cry."
617
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:10,728
So... that's winning for us.
618
00:37:11,354 --> 00:37:13,898
[cheering]
619
00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:18,194
Podium. You get a podium.
620
00:37:19,987 --> 00:37:23,407
[Schwan] I don't think Feliks knows
how big of an impact he has on Max's life.
621
00:37:23,491 --> 00:37:26,535
[no audible dialogue]
622
00:37:27,036 --> 00:37:30,039
[no audible dialogue]
623
00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:36,045
[Schwan] Without a doubt,
Feliks is going to be Max's hero forever.
624
00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:46,097
[uplifting synth pop music plays]
625
00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:05,574
[Max] Boom, baby!
626
00:38:05,658 --> 00:38:06,659
[cheering]
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