Video Of The Week - The God Of Cubing

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14-year old Feliks Zemdegs has a new name - The God of Cubing - Rubik's Cubing that is. That's because the Aussie teen recently completed the infamous 3x3x3 cube in just 6.77 seconds, beating the previous record of 7.08 seconds set in 2008, by Dutchman Erik Akkersdijk.

The Melbourne resident who also broke five other records at the November 13th, Australia Cube Day, is obsessed with the cube, which according to his parents, seems to be glued to his hands almost the entire day.

Incredibly, another young cuber, Rowe Hessler, also broke the 2008 record the same day at a different event in Massachusetts- However, his time of 6.944 seconds was set a few hours after Feliks and therefore did not make it into the world record books - He is however, the American Rubik's cube champion.

Since we can't even tie our shoelaces in this short a time, leave alone solve the cube (which we gave up years ago), the achievement of both these teens is simply mind-boggling!

Sources:heraldsun.com, worldamazingrecords.com

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  • iamacow
    iamacowover 10 years
    wow..
    • Awesomenessalmost 11 years
      I have to use the cheats on the Rubik's cube website!
    • eweaveralmost 11 years
      it took me 2 days :/ #hard
      • The dudealmost 11 years
        Mine is 11 seconds
        • Justin Bieberalmost 11 years
          Lol mine is 2 minutes
          • Mats Valkalmost 11 years
            I got a 5.55 on 3x3
            • Bobalmost 11 years
              mine is 30 seconds
              • anjoo
                anjooalmost 11 years
                How does he do that???????!!!!!!!!
                • jenine
                  jeninealmost 11 years
                  I LOVE RUBIKS CUBES MY RECORD IS 56 SECONDS WHICH IS NOTHING COMPARED TO FELIX
                  • POKEMON VICTINIabout 11 years
                    I LOVE CUBING