The 'Usain Bolt' Of Speed Cubing Does It Again

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15-year old Feliks Zemdegs is known by many names - The God of Cubing, The Rembrandt of Rubik's Cube and even, The Usain Bolt of Cubing - To us, he is just amazing. For how else can you describe someone who can complete the tricky 3x3x3 cube in just 5.66 seconds?

This is not the first time the young Australian boy has made headlines with his cubing prowess - In November 2010, he not only snagged the world title from Dutchman Erik Akkerdijk when he solved the cube in 6.77 seconds, but also, broke five other records.

This latest attempt took place at the Melbourne Winter Open on June 25th - Once again, the young boy did not just break one record, but three - The overall best time, The average best time (7.64 seconds) and, the fastest one to complete the 4X4 Cube (30.88 seconds). Not surprisingly, he was declared the overall winner of the event too! The young boy's achievement is even more remarkable when you consider that it took the inventor of the cube - Erno Rubik, a whole month to solve the puzzle the first time!

So how did the champ who has his own YouTube channel dedicated to cubing celebrate? By pulling out a miniature cube from his pocket and solving it of course!

Sources: thepostgame.com, worldcubeassociation.com

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245 Comments
  • Bruhover 9 years
    it takes me 4 min
    • an awesome dudealmost 10 years
      ohmygosh i can do a rubik's cube in 58.00203 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dat kid is fast
      • hialmost 10 years
        this takes my friend 20 sec
        • lavander
          lavanderabout 10 years
          takes me hours to solve!!
          • Bryanover 10 years
            That is amazing! It takes me 2 minutes to solve.
            • 123cookie.comover 10 years
              wow i have only heard of robots doing this...!!!!!:]
              • ikyra_marie
                ikyra_marieover 10 years
                wow that is so cool...and amazing
                • meover 10 years
                  my best record is 23 seconds and my average is 30 and im 10
                  • wowover 10 years
                    omg
                    • anjoo
                      anjooover 10 years
                      OMG!!!! A new record!!

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