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Have you ever tried to solve a Rubik's cube?
It may look like a toy, but it's actually really hard and most people haven't been able to solve it. 😵
Max Park, however, has had a passion for speedcubing from a very young age and, after years of relentless practice and attending many competitions, he now holds almost every speedcubing world record!
Isn't that incredible?!
Last year, Max solved a standard 3x3x3 cube in the fastest time ever (3.13 seconds), and he recently broke one of his own records for the fastest average time to solve a 7x7x7 rotating puzzle cube (yes, those exist!), with the time of 1 minute 41.78 seconds.
Fun fact - a 7x7x7 cube has more possible combinations than the number of atoms in the universe. 🤯
Max is significantly faster at solving it than anyone else in the world – his record is almost 8 seconds quicker than the personal best of the second-fastest 7x7x7 cuber, Seung Hyuk Nahm.
But did you know that Max was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2?
Having autism affects the way a person’s brain thinks, learns and solves problems.
He was taught how to solve a puzzle cube by his mother, Miki.
Fast forward a few years, when he was just 10 years old, Max surprised his parents by winning a cubing competition against graduates from 2 of the top colleges in America (MIT and Caltech)! 😎
His motto is "Don't think, just solve".
Max is a trendsetter - he has introduced a new trend to the cubing world known as the “AO100” (average over 100 solves).
This involves:
Today, the AO100 is seen as the ultimate test in speedcubing and is used to measure how good someone TRULY is!
Here’s the complete list of records that Max has set or broken in his career of over 10 years: