Video Shows Subway Rider Solving Rubik’s Cube With Eyes Closed; Commuters Unimpressed

NEW YORK CITY, NY – Facing constant delays, scorching heat and packed cars, subway riders don’t get fazed by much.

Not even a fellow commuter apparently solving a Rubik’s Cube at lightning speed. In a “Dragon Ball Z” outfit. With his eyes seemingly shut.

Video appearing to show such a feat emerged last week. A 39-second clip by city street photographer Sheldon Serkin captured an unidentified man rapidly turning the pieces of a Rubik’s Cube — using just one hand at a time.

Eyes either closed or peering down, the prodigy seems to be in the kind of meditative state you might associate with a martial arts warrior.

Perhaps just as noteworthy, the commuters next to him are looking away, too. A woman to his left stares into her phone. A man to his right does the same.

At the end of the clip, Rubik’s Cube solved, the maestro simply picks up his backup and makes to leave.

In the hoax-ridden online world (did you see the one about the prankster who imitated Reince Priebus?), some Twitter users voiced skepticism. One posited that Serkin had simply posted a tape of someone un-solving a Rubik’s Cube in reverse, an allegation the photographer rejected.

Other Twitter users were impressed – definitely more so than the riders in the video.

“That guy's just being awesome by being himself. Highest of fives to that dude,” tweeted @JustinTGann.

It wasn't clear what train Serkin was riding or when he shot the video. Patch has reached out for more information, and we'll update this story if we hear back.

Lead image by Sonny Abesamis via Flickr.