Feliks Zemdegs is an Australian Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...

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Speedcubing

Speedcubing is the activity of solving a Rubik's Cube or related puzzle as quickly as possible...

. The surname is Latvia

Latvia

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He bought his first cube in April 2008 inspired by speedcubing videos and tutorials on Youtube

YouTube

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. The first unofficial time he recorded was an average of 19.73 seconds on 14 June 2008. He currently uses the Fridrich method

Fridrich Method

The CFOP system, simply known as the Fridrich Method is one of the most commonly used methods in speedsolving a Rubik's Cube...

 to solve the 3x3x3 cube and the CLL method to solve the 2x2x2 cube.

He won the first competition he attended, the New Zealand Championships (July 2009) with an average of 13.74 seconds in the final round. He also won 2x2, 4x4, 5x5, 3x3 Blindfolded, and 3x3 One-Handed.

At his next competition, the Melbourne Summer Open (January 2010), he set his first world records for 3x3x3 and 4x4x4 average, with times of 9.21 seconds and 42.01 seconds respectively. Since then he has broken more records as listed in the table below.

Current world records

Record type	Result	Set at
2x2x2 Cube Pocket Cube The Pocket Cube is the 2×2×2 equivalent of a Rubik's Cube. The cube consists of 8 pieces, all corners.-Permutations:...  Average	2.12 seconds	Melbourne Cube Day Nov 2010
3x3x3 Cube Rubik's Cube Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...  Single	5.66 seconds	Melbourne Winter Open 2011
3x3x3 Cube Rubik's Cube Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...  Average	7.64 seconds	Melbourne Winter Open 2011
4x4x4 Cube Rubik's Revenge The Rubik's Revenge is the 4×4×4 version of Rubik's Cube. Invented by Péter Sebestény, the Rubik's Revenge was nearly called the Sebestény Cube until a somewhat last-minute decision changed the puzzle's name to attract fans of the original Rubik's Cube...  Single	30.28 seconds	Australian Nationals 2011
4x4x4 Cube Rubik's Revenge The Rubik's Revenge is the 4×4×4 version of Rubik's Cube. Invented by Péter Sebestény, the Rubik's Revenge was nearly called the Sebestény Cube until a somewhat last-minute decision changed the puzzle's name to attract fans of the original Rubik's Cube...  Average	35.22 seconds	World Championships 2011
5x5x5 Cube Professor's Cube The Professor's Cube is a mechanical puzzle, a 5×5×5 version of the Rubik's Cube. It has qualities in common with both the original 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube and the 4×4×4 Rubik's Revenge, and knowing the solution to either can help when working on the 5×5×5 cube....  Single	56.22 seconds	World Championships 2011
5x5x5 Cube Professor's Cube The Professor's Cube is a mechanical puzzle, a 5×5×5 version of the Rubik's Cube. It has qualities in common with both the original 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube and the 4×4×4 Rubik's Revenge, and knowing the solution to either can help when working on the 5×5×5 cube....  Average	59.94 seconds	World Championships 2011
6×6×6 Cube V-Cube 6 The V-Cube 6 is the 6×6×6 version of Rubik's Cube. Unlike the original puzzle , it has no fixed facets: the center facets are free to move to different positions... Single	1 min 56.96 seconds	Australian Nationals 2011

Competitions attended

Competition Name

City

Date

World records set (Current records in green)

3x3 avg

4x4 avg

4x4 single

OH avg

5x5 single

5x5 avg

2x2 avg

3x3 single

6x6 single

6x6 avg

4x4 blindfold

OH single

New Zealand Championships

Wellington

Jul 2009

Melbourne Summer Open

Melbourne

Jan 2010

9.21

42.01

Melbourne Winter Open

Melbourne

Jun 2010

New Zealand Championships

Wellington

Jul 2010

8.52

35.55

Australian Nationals

Melbourne

Sep 2010

14.76

1:02.93

1:07.59

Asian Championship

Bangkok

Oct 2010

34.72,34.41

2.35

Melbourne Cube Day

Melbourne

Nov 2010

7.91

39.73,35.80

31.97

2.12

7.03, 6.77

Melbourne Summer Open

Melbourne

Jan 2011

7.87

1:01.59

1:07.01

6.65

2:05.88

2:15.64

3:37.80

Kubaroo Open

Melbourne

May 2011

31.05

14.41

6.24

11.16

Melbourne Winter Open

Melbourne

Jun 2011

7.64

30.88

6.18, 5.66

Australian Nationals 2011

Melbourne

Aug 2011

30.28

1:00.27

1:04.20

1:56.96

World Championship 2011

Bangkok

Oct 2011

35.22

59.27, 56.22

59.94

Media appearances

2 Jun 2009 - Herald Sun article (Australia)

3 Jun 2009 - Channel 9 Today program (Australia)

18 July 2009 - TVNZ One News (New Zealand)

20 Jul 2009 - Dominion Post article (New Zealand)

21 Jan 2010 - Stonnington Leader article (Australia)

17 Jul 2010 - The Australian newspaper article (Australia)

21 Jul 2010 - Herald Sun article (Australia)

25 Jul 2010 - The Epoch Times (United States)

26 Jul 2010 - Sydney Morning Herald video (Australia)

27 Jul 2010 - The Age newspaper article (Australia)

6 Sep 2010 - Melbourne Leader article (Australia)

9 Sep 2010 - Channel 9 National IQ Test television program (Australia) solving the Rubik's cube in 8.96 seconds.

16 Nov 2010 - Ninemsn article (Australia)

19 Nov 2010 - Yahoo News (United States) video

2 Jun 2011 - ABC Science Program "Catalyst" (Australia) video

External links

• Feliks Zemdegs' YouTube channel