Six-year-old Chinese girl sets women's Rubik's Cube world record
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Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi from Sichuan province broke the women's Rubik's Cube world record twice in three days, achieving an average solve time of 4.27 seconds at WCA-certified competitions, becoming the first female cuber under 4.5 seconds average.
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Lian Yunzhi trained two to three hours daily for a year, mastering over 1,300 Rubik's Cube algorithms, and trained in Shanghai with professional coaches before breaking the women's world record.
A six-year-old Chinese girl has set a women's world record after solving the Rubik's Cube in just seconds.
Lian Yunzhi from south-west China's Sichuan province broke the world record twice in three days at two recent World Cube Association (WCA) certified competitions, according to state news agency CNS.
Lian's average speed was 4.52 seconds before she got it down to 4.27 seconds, making her the world's only female "cuber" to have an average time under 4.5 seconds, CNS said.
The state news agency reported Lian had mastered more than 1,300 Rubik's Cube solving algorithms, spending about two to three hours a day training over the past year.
Her parents took her to Shanghai to train with top professional coaches where her results improved dramatically, CNS said.
The world record for the fastest single solving of the 3x3x3 puzzle is just 2.76 seconds, set by nine-year-old Polish boy Teodor Zajder earlier this year.
His performance in Gdańsk, Poland, saw him break the previous record of 3.05 seconds.
The world of competitive Rubik's Cube solving, known as speedcubing, involves a range of different competitions including blindfolded and one-handed races, with cube faces of up to 7x7x7 squares.
World records in speedcubing are ratified by the WCA.
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Lian Yunzhi will continue to improve her Rubik's Cube solving times and may break additional world records in her age group.
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What specific algorithms did Lian Yunzhi master?
- Will Lian Yunzhi compete in upcoming international speedcubing events?
- How does her training regimen compare to other elite junior cubers?