Christian has been practicing the Rubix cube for months and his best time to solve a randomly mixed cube is 7.23 seconds.One day he enters a competition and has to solve the cube in a competition against others,some of them world champions.Although Christian doesn't win the competition,he beats his best time by almost a second.Christian is experiencing

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Christian is experiencing social facilitation, which refers to the tendency for people to perform better on a task when in the presence of others. In this case, being in a competition motivated Christian to perform better than his previous best time. Social loafing, groupthink, and group polarization are not applicable to this scenario.

Christian Has Been Practicing the Rubix Cube for Months and His