Man sets new world record solving Rubik’s Cube in three seconds

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A 21-year-old California man solved a Rubik’s Cube and set a new world record in less than the time it took to read this sentence.

Max Park broke the previous 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube record at a speed-cubing event in Long Beach, Calif., with a time of 3.13 seconds.

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Let us reiterate: 3.13 seconds. An average person might take that time to take a sip of a drink or check a notification on their phone.

But Park is not your average person.

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The previous record was 3.47 seconds, set by China’s Yusheng Du in 2018, according to Guinness World Records.

“Before this, Max’s fastest single solve was 3.63 seconds, which put him in second place behind Yusheng Du’s 3.47,” the site reported.

Park also holds the record for the fastest time to solve 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 6x6x6 and 7x7x7 rotating puzzle cubes.

The Internet was in awe, rightfully so.

“Madness,” “genius,” “amazing,” “beast” and “alien” were some of the descriptors online used to describe Park, while others simply admired how “impressive” the feat was.

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“I knew a guy once who could do these in 10 seconds and that was already mind-boggling to me but to be able to look at the cube and see in your mind how to solve it in such a short space of time is wild,” another fan wrote.

Park has autism, according to Guinness, and his parents Schwan and Miki said that cubing has been “good therapy” for him.

“There was a time when Max couldn’t even open water bottles, but he showed interest in solving Rubik’s Cubes,” they said.

Park has become an icon in the cubing community and was featured in the 2020 Netflix documentary The Speed Cubers.