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6-Year-Old Chinese Girl Shatters Rubik's Cube Women's World Record
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News18•23-09-2026, 14:30
6-Year-Old Chinese Girl Shatters Rubik's Cube Women's World Record
- •Lian Yunzhi, a 6-year-old Chinese girl, set a new women's world record for solving Rubik's Cubes, averaging just over four seconds per cube.
- •She first broke the record with 4.52 seconds in Wuhan and then improved to 4.27 seconds in Guangzhou, becoming the only female speedcuber to average below 4.5 seconds.
- •Lian is listed by the World Cube Association as the record holder for the fastest women's average time solving the 3x3x3 cube.
- •She began solving Rubik's Cubes at age 4, initially taking 90 seconds, and now masters over 1,300 solving formulas.
- •Lian's parents support her training, bringing her to Shanghai for top coaches, and her mother notes that the sport has transformed her from an introverted child to a confident one.
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Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi set a new women's world record by solving 3x3x3 Rubik's cubes at an average pace of 4.27 seconds at a competition in Guangzhou.
Lian first tried solving a Rubik's Cube at age four when it took her 90 seconds. She eventually mastered over 1,300 formulas, trained two to three hours daily, and traveled to Shanghai to learn from top coaches.
Lian achieved her record-breaking average times at competitions certified by the World Cube Association, which subsequently listed her on its website as the record holder.
