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Man smashes Rubik's Cube world record

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

05:19 8 May 2018


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An Australian man has managed to shave 0.47 seconds off the previous mark.

Feliks Zemdegs has broken the Guinness World Records title for the fastest time to solve a Rubik’s Cube.

The 23 year old solved the iconic puzzle in 4.22 seconds.

He's taken the title from 15 year old Patrick Ponce from the US, who broke the record back in September 2017 with a time of 4.69 seconds.

So, how does he do it?!

Feliks learned how to conquer the 3D puzzle on the internet.

Speaking to the Huffington Post, he said anyone can do it:

"For the most part, pretty much everyone who is doing these competitions has learned how to solve it off an Internet tutorial or off YouTube. I mean, anyone can learn it. It just takes a bit of practice and patience."

"I'm always very impressed by people who've figured out how to solve it by themselves, and I think that's ridiculously difficult. I couldn't even imagine it - that's one of the most impressive things."

And Feliks doesn't think his ability means he's a genius:

"I think to get really fast, you obviously have to have some sort of pattern recognition, spatial awareness, finger dexterity. I'm not sure that necessarily translates to intelligence at all."

We'll get practising so!

 


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