Nationality Australian Other names Faz | Occupation Student Name Feliks Zemdegs | |
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Born 20 December 1995 (age 28) ( 1995-12-20 ) Melbourne, Australia Known for Rubik's Cube speedsolver Similar People Mats Valk, Erno Rubik, Jessica Fridrich Profiles | ||
Feliks zemdegs exclusive interview rubik s cube record holder
Feliks A. Zemdegs (born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver.
Contents
- Feliks zemdegs exclusive interview rubik s cube record holder
- Interview with feliks zemdegs world fastest cuber
- Biography
- Currently held world records
- Media appearances
- References
Interview with feliks zemdegs world fastest cuber
Biography
His surname is Latvian, and his maternal grandparents are from Lithuania. Zemdegs bought his first speedcube in April 2008 inspired by speedcubing videos and tutorials on YouTube. The first unofficial time he recorded was an average of 19.73 seconds on 14 June 2008. He currently uses CFOP to solve the 3x3x3, Yau method to solve the 4x4x4 and the CLL method to solve the 2x2x2.
Zemdegs won the 3x3x3 event at the first competition he attended, the New Zealand's Champs 2009 on 18 July 2009, with an average of 13.74 seconds in the final round. He also won 2x2x2, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 3x3x3 blindfolded, and 3x3x3 one-handed.
At his next competition, the Melbourne Summer Open 2010 on 30 January 2010, Zemdegs set his first world records for 3x3x3 average and 4x4x4 average, with times of 9.21 seconds and 42.01 seconds respectively. He held the 3x3x3 average world record continuously from then until 23 April 2017, improving it 8 times, eventually to 6.45 seconds. The most world records he has ever held at one time was after a competition in Melbourne in May 2011, when he held all 12 records listed in the first 12 columns of the table below. As recently as 28 January 2017, he held 11 of those records concurrently.
At the World Championship 2011 in Bangkok, Zemdegs won 2x2x2, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, and 6x6x6. He also took third in 3x3x3 after winning the first three rounds, and placed third in 7x7x7. At the next world championship, World Championship 2013 in Las Vegas, Zemdegs won 3x3x3, 4x4x4, and 3x3x3 One-handed. He also placed second in 5x5x5 and third in 7x7x7. At World Championship 2015 in São Paulo, Zemdegs won 3x3x3, 2x2x2, 4x4x4, and 5x5x5. He also placed second in 6x6x6, 7x7x7, and Megaminx. At the World Championship 2017 in Paris, Zemdegs won 5x5x5 and 7x7x7. He also took second in 6x6x6, 3x3x3 One-handed, and Megaminx, and placed third in 4x4x4.
Zemdegs has a website, cubeskills.com devoted to tutorials on solving the Rubik's cube and other puzzles. There are free algorithm sheets, and some free speed solving tutorial videos. Zemdegs also offers a premium membership, where you can view more advanced speed solving videos. Also, members can submit their own solving videos which Zemdegs will critique.
Currently held world records
Following are the World Cube Association world records held by Zemdegs.