Yiheng Wang (China) set a record in the semifinals of the Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 event .
The 9-year-old prodigy broke the record for solving a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube with an average time of 5 times of 4.69 seconds.
Yiheng Wang (China) set a record in the semifinals of the Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 12.
The 9-year-old prodigy broke the record for solving a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube with an average time of 5 times of 4.69 seconds. Even the boy achieved the best result in the second round with a record of 3.90 seconds.
According to the rules of the World Rubik’s Association, the fastest and slowest times must be subtracted from the average time. Yiheng broke the joint record with a time of 4.86 seconds of Max Park (USA) and Tymon Kolasiński (Poland).
Yiheng’s second tackle in 3.90 seconds was the fifth fastest ever recorded in the competition.
But unfortunately in the first round of Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023, Yiheng averaged 4.75 seconds, but the Rubik’s cube was jumbled leading to incorrect solving, hence the boy’s record-breaking time. is reduced.
Fortunately, Yiheng has now reached an even faster time and can breathe a sigh of relief.
At the 2023 Singapore Championship, Yiheng defeated Chinese cubing prodigy Ruihang Xu in the final.
Ruihang Xu (14 years old) is one of the few people to solve a machine Rubik’s cube in less than three seconds. However, it was not held in the official WCA competition, thus ineligible to set a world record. All records for the fastest Rubik’s rotation are approved by the WCA, and then recognized by the Guinness World Records.
Yiheng and Ruihang are among China’s talented kids in the field of speed jigsaw puzzles in recent years, and now that the WCA competitions have officially returned around the world, the kids This kid is expected to break many records and set the fastest time ever.