Running a Marathon and Solving Rubik's Cubes
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68875280
A runner is awaiting confirmation he has broken the world record for solving the Rubik's Cube while running the London Marathon.
George Scholey, 22, originally from Northampton, said it felt "special" to smash the record by completing about 520 of the puzzles while completing the course.
The previous record was 420.
Mr Scholey has submitted details of his achievement to Guinness World Records for verification.
Interesting enough, but this really catches my eye!!
Mr Scholey is a professional Rubik's Cube solver
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I checked and he's on LinkedIn...
"As an ambitious and diligent individual having recently completed my degree in English literature"
Well that explains it.
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@89th That's solving one every 30 seconds...while running. I wonder what rules are involved in the record. For instance, couldn't someone beat the record, by solving at the same rate, and just run slower?
One of my kids got into speedcubing for a bit...Basically, just memorizing more and more algorithms, to be able to solve from any point in the fewest amount of turns. Yeah, he's almost as cool as me....Almost.
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