There is so much heart in this competition film. Most of it comes from the real friendship between the two main characters, even though they’re competition against and trying to out do one another. Max’s background and story is very compelling and its amazing to see the footage of his family talking about how it was when he was growing up. This film reminded me a lot of JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, surprisingly enough. It’s not necessarily about the culture of Speed Cubing or the World championship or the even the friendship between Max and Feliks — it’s about how generations develop in competitions. Eventually the older established people are edged out of the first place spot on the podium for the younger, newer generation. You also see how the older people end up losing more time to practice as they age to things like family and careers. This is especially the case in Speed Cubing as most of the competitors are children. I was surprised to see that Chris Romano actually produced this as I am a fan of his work in comedies such as HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE.