The fastest time recorded is by American Collin Burns, who holds the completion record at five-point-two seconds.
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19-year-old Feliks Zemdegs solved the puzzle in an extremely tense 5.695 seconds at the finals in San Paulo.
Many are familiar with the Rubik’s Cube puzzle, but few have completed it – without peeling off the stickers.
“The competition was really, really awesome, well run, the venue was really nice, all the people were really nice”, Zemdegs told Reuters. However, he says people should practice a lot only if they consider it fun. “Cubing should never be a chore, and I think that forcing yourself to practice isn’t a good mindset”.
iStock/Thinkstock(SAO PAULO, Brazil) – Ever spent weeks or even years trying to solve the Rubik’s Cube?
Breandon set his 8.32 second record at the Edinburgh Open back in 2013, confirming him as one of the world’s best.
The Rubik’s Cube World Championship was first held in Budapest in 1982 and now attracts individuals from across the world. But the most popular is the 3x3x3, in which contestants can use both their hands and their eyes to solve the traditional Rubik’s Cube, originally invented by Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik in 1974.
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As The Telegraph reports, Zemdegs solved a three-by-three Rubik’s Cube with an average speed of just 7.56 seconds.
