The machine gun

L.S. Dennis

L.S. Dennis

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150 runner in 21 minutes, seems impossible doesn’t it?
 

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I watched Lou in person at the World Championships at the Commodore hotel in NYC in '64 I think.
Never saw him before and was amazed at how fast and good he played.
 
I believe he also has the record for running a single rack of ball at an incredible 58.75 seconds, truly amazing!
 
Always amazed that someone could continuously discern the patterns that quickly. I would imagine his speed of play is what kept his focus and eliminated the negative thoughts during play - everyone develops their own style. However, the ability to play at this speed while solving the puzzle of each unique rack was truly amazing!
 
mikemosconi said:
Always amazed that someone could continuously discern the patterns that quickly. I would imagine his speed of play is what kept his focus and eliminated the negative thoughts during play - everyone develops their own style. However, the ability to play at this speed while solving the puzzle of each unique rack was truly amazing!
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It's definitely a savant-level right hemisphere, quite rare, neural wiring phenomenon. Same with autistic geniuses who are 12-second Rubik's cube solvers. The gifted individuals themselves can't explain why or how it so-enviably happens.

Arnaldo
 
Not on tape...but witnessed by his customers at Lou’s House of Champions in Wilkes Barre?
100 balls in 10 minutes...including racking.
 
arnaldo said:
... autistic geniuses who are 12-second Rubik's cube solvers. ...
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Feliks seems more or less normal. 4.22 seconds:


I see there is a recent record under 4 seconds. The cubers pay more attention to average time of 5 solves (middle 3).
 
Machine Gun Lou is a legendary. He could play so fast and it worked! I saw him play in the 80’s the first time. His son Sal is a solid player-I played him in Hollywood in Swanee tourney. Pretty cool stuff. Lou was something else.
 
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