Watch: Six-year-old girl from China sets new Rubik's Cube world record
Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi from China has set a new world record for Rubik's Cube solving, becoming the fastest female cuber globally. She achieved this feat after a year of intensive training and mastering over 1,300 algorithms.
Why it matters
This highlights exceptional youth achievement and the growing popularity of competitive cubing as a skill-based sport.
At age six, Lian Yunzhi has become the only female cuber in the world to have an average time under 4.5 seconds. She first broke the record with an average of 4.52 seconds and then 4.27 seconds at competitions in Wuhan and Guangzhou, China.
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