Inside the mind of world's fastest speedcuber, Max Park

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.

Did you know...

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).

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