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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  • imogenabout 13 years
    i can do it faster than him
    • guyabout 13 years
      ITS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO! HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO DO THIS IN SUCH SMALL TIME?!
      • SPA-GEEEEEEEEEEEEE-TEEEEEEEEEEEEabout 13 years
        the person under me, are you really THE god of cubing
        • God of Cubingabout 13 years
          You admire me? Thanks guys! I just hear of DOGONEWS.COM!!!!
          • katiejabout 13 years
            thats awesomly cool!!!
            • disney channel guyabout 13 years
              omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
              • lulu456over 13 years
                pretty cool video!
                • lulu456over 13 years
                  I think his cube was losend up so much that it moved faster. Or hes just REALLY good at it!!
                  • brianover 13 years
                    this is so cool! i cann't move my hands that fast. it's impossible!
                    • $jack$over 13 years
                      but its hard for me