On June 5, at the 2021 WCA Wuhan Rubik's Cube Open, Xu Ruihang, a 13-year-old boy from Lishui, Zhejiang Province, broke the third-order average world record with an average of 5.48 seconds, which was the first time Chinese won the third-order Rubik's Cube average world record. At present, the three-order single-time and average world records are maintained by Chinese.
This Xu Ruihang, we have also reported. Just two months ago, he just broke the Asian record!
At the 2021 Hangzhou Rubik's Cube Open held on the morning of April 18, Xu Ruihang, a 12-year-old teenager from Lishui, broke the Asian record of the third-order Rubik's Cube (average) of 5.96 seconds (five times in the competition, removing one fastest result and one slowest result, the average of the remaining three results) held by himself, and the new Asian record was 5.69 seconds.
And this result, ranked third in the world.
"Xu Shen! Take a picture with me and I'll sign it! Xu Ruihang, who finished the game, was surrounded by "magic friends", and the whole large-scale star chasing scene. Xu Ruihang, who is accustomed to seeing big scenes, looks calm on the surface, but he is still very excited in his heart: "A little excited." I came to this goal (to break my own record). ”
The 5.96 seconds was created by Xu Ruihang in the competition two weeks ago, such a short time, once again breaking the record, the teenager is really a bit strong. No wonder netizens laughed and said: "Xu Ruihang single-handedly raised the Chinese Rubik's Cube (third order/three singles) to a world-class level." ”
Xu Ruihang was born in 2008 and is currently enrolled in the sixth grade of Lishui Liandu District Yuanshan Primary School, and in the second half of this year, Xiao Xu will come to Hangzhou to study junior high school.
Xu's mother, who accompanied her son to Hangzhou to participate in the competition, said that when she went out to play in the first grade, she accidentally saw other children restoring the Rubik's Cube, and Xiao Xu revealed that in addition to some interest, after returning home, her mother found a Rubik's Cube teacher to take her son to learn. "But after he learned to recover, he was not interested, and he felt that there was no challenge." Xu's mother recalled that until the second grade, some students in the class recovered the Rubik's Cube very quickly, which stimulated Xu Ruihang's competitive interest again, "He wants to learn, he wants to surpass others in grades." ”
Counting up, this year is the fifth year that Xu Ruihang has played rubik's cube, and the young man's performance has progressed significantly. In January this year, in the preliminary round of the third order of the 2021 wca Nanchang Cube Afternoon Contest, with an average of 6.21 seconds in five times, the project broke the original record of 6.55 seconds in China. In Beijing in April, the score improved to 5.96, and this time, it was refreshed to 5.69 seconds.
"He's more sensitive to color blocks, and his memory is not bad, so he probably helps a bit." The mother said that the son's personality is stronger and more true, like the Rubik's Cube on the head planted, the family piled up hundreds of Rubik's Cube, usually under the premise of ensuring learning, using the school, car, bedtime and other fragmented time to practice hand speed, remember the formula, a little also do not play games, "He has passed the most time-consuming stage, now about 40 minutes a day to practice hand speed." ”
Before Xu Ruihang, the third-order Rubik's Cube (average) world record was set by Australia's Feliks zemdegs in 2019, and Xu Ruihang also regarded surpassing the world record as his ultimate goal. Today, he finally made it happen! Congratulations to him!
Source| City Express