Ok, so I've contemplated this one. At first I didn't know what to think about publication (I have seriously considered the possibility despite being a "joke" submission).
I think makes a pretty good comparison to our
solitaire or
monopoly movies. In these movies we have the novel concept of a situation that could happen in real life away from a video game context. The same is represented here.
However, with the published movies they show of something that is also extraordinary in real life. Neither the monopoly game or the solitaire game are likely to happen in a real life situation. The same can't be said here. There are many people who can solve a rubix cube very easily and efficiently (and in some case
two at once or even
blindfolded)
This TAS does achieve a faster time than those world records but that is hardly on a basis of good comparison. The mechanics of clicking on a cube and physically moving it are quite different. In the end this is a feat that is quite comparable to human abilities rather than superhuman abilities. (And of course this is a site that has the goal of showing more than what a human can do).
A good comparison might be to a chess TAS that plays a famous chess game. The chess game itself is the main content but that is better suited in a non-TAS situation. The TAS itself then is simply showing fast menu navigation and piece selection which isn't a particularly novel concept.
In summary, the rubix cube solution can easily be demonstrated without the use of TAS tools leaving us with a rather un-novel pointing and clicking of of the move set quickly (and from watching the movie it didn't seem all that quick any given the speed of the rubix animation).
This was a fun idea and I gave it serious consideration but I am going to reject it based on game choice (more like conceptual choice I guess).
On a side note, I found it to be a fun April fools idea :)
