Feliks Zemdegs

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Feliks Zemdegs (2018)

Feliks Zemdegs (born December 20, 1995 in Melbourne , Australia ) is an Australian speed cuber and currently runner-up in the fastest solving of the Rubik's Cube .

Life

Zemdeg's paternal grandparents come from Latvia , and maternal from Lithuania . He grew up in Melbourne and bought his first Speedcube in 2008.

In 2010, Zemdegs was the first world record holder for the fastest solving of the 3 × 3 × 3 Rubik's Cube with a time of 7.03 seconds, set up at Melbourne Cube Day 2010 . He subsequently improved this record six times to a time of 5.66 seconds, which was set at the Melbourne Winter Open 2011 . In 2013 he was replaced as record holder by Mats Valk , who set the then record time of 5.55 seconds at the Zonhoven Open 2013 . On December 11, 2016, Zemdegs beat Mats Valk's previous world record (4.74 seconds) with 4.73 seconds. In January 2018 he tied the then world record holder SeungBeom Cho with a time of 4.59 seconds. Both of them held this record together until Zemdegs achieved a time of 4.22 seconds at Cube for Cambodia 2018 on May 6, 2018 . The record was clearly undercut by Yusheng Du on November 24, 2018 with a time of 3.47. On March 1, 2020, he set a new oceanic record with 4.16 seconds.

Zemdegs currently holds a world record: in normal solving of the 3x3x3 average (average of 5 attempts). He took part in numerous championships, was two-time world champion of the 3 × 3 × 3 cube and achieved a total of 121 world records in eight disciplines. Zemdegs' personal best time for the 3 × 3 × 3 Rubik's Cube is 3.01 seconds according to his own statement, but this was not achieved in a competition and is therefore not officially recognized.

On March 13, 2017, Zemdegs announced that he had created a website with speedcubing tutorials.

Official best times for N × N × N rotating puzzles

puzzle single Average
2 × 2 × 2 : 0.71 seconds 1.54 seconds
3 × 3 × 3 : 4.16 seconds 5.53 seconds
4 × 4 × 4 : 18.39 seconds 22.80 seconds
5 × 5 × 5 : 37.93 seconds 42.09 seconds
6 × 6 × 6 : 1: 18.28 minutes 1: 21.90 minutes
7 × 7 × 7 : 1: 53.62 minutes 2: 00.63 minutes
3 × 3 × 3 blind: 34.37 seconds 47.13 seconds
3 × 3 × 3 Fewest Moves: 24 trains 27.33 moves
3 × 3 × 3 one- handed: 6.88 seconds 9.73 seconds
4 × 4 × 4 blind: 3: 37.80 minutes
5 × 5 × 5 blind: 11: 56.00 minutes
3 × 3 × 3 multiple blinds: 11/11 dice
in 47:01 minutes

(As of March 8, 2020)

  1. ↑ The discipline 3 × 3 × 3 multiblind has no average rating at all.

Official best times in other WCA puzzles

puzzle single Average
Megaminx : 33.11 seconds 36.65 seconds
Pyraminx : 2.27 seconds 4.53 seconds
Rubik's Clock : 8.81 seconds 11.80 seconds
Skewb : 2.76 seconds 5.49 seconds
Square-1 : 8.99 seconds 12.58 seconds

(As of March 8, 2020)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Official best times ranking of the WCA for the Rubik's Cube (accessed on November 12, 2019)
  2. ↑ https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2009ZEMD01?tab=championship-podiums
  3. ↑ Feliks Zemdegs: CubeSkills - Speedcubing Tutorials by Feliks Zemdegs. March 14, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b WCA Website Team: World Cube Association - Official Results. In: www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved January 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Zemdegs, Feliks
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian speedcuber
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia