- By Anushka Vats
- Thu, 15 Jun 2023 03:42 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
JE News Desk: Solving Rubik's Cube is not everyone's cup of tea. While it seems easy for many, some even take hours and can't solve it. However, what if someone solves it within seconds? It might sound impossible but a 21-year-old has proved it true.
A boy named Max Park from the USA broke the record for solving the 3x3x3 Rubik's cube in the fastest time at the Pride in Long Beach 2023 event in California on June 11, 2023.
According to an official statement by the Guinness World Records, the 21-year-old made this record, shaving 0.34 seconds off the previous record, which was set by China's Yusheng Du in 2018.
Max holds a multitude of other speedcubing records - in fact, he holds nearly all of them. He holds both the single-solve and average-solve world records for the 4x4x4 cube, 5x5x5 cube, 6x6x6 cube, and 7x7x7 cube, as per the Guinness World Records.
He also jointly held the 3x3x3 average record along with Tymon Kolasinski (Poland) with a time of 4.86 seconds, until it was broken on 12 March 2023 by 9-year-old Yiheng Wang (China), who achieved a time of 4.69 seconds.
Rubik's Cube 3x3 World Record (3.13) breaking 4.5 year old record of (3.47) #thecubicle #rubiks #spinmaster #thespeedcubers #netflix pic.twitter.com/iNDfwqCLT8
— Max Park (@maxfast23) June 12, 2023
Breaking records that seem impossible is not new to Max. Veteran cuber Erik Akkersdijk said his timing of 1 minute, 40 seconds to break the 7x7x7 single record was the most amazing thing he had ever seen.
"The record will likely stand for some time," Erik said. He was wrong though - Max went on to smash it in 2022 with a time of 1 minute 35 seconds, according to the Guinness World Records.
Diagnosed with autism, Max's parents, Schawn and Miki, said that cubing has been "a good therapy" for him.
"There was a time when Max couldn't even open water bottles, but he showed interest in solving Rubik's Cubes," they said.