Australian wins Rubik’s Cube competition in Brazil

No problem. Getting fancy with a cube can help one get out of a speeding ticket, but the world’s largest cube can take several hours to solve, even for the most accomplished puzzlers. Tap to watch on News app.

Feliks Zemdegs, a 19-year-old from Australia, won the 2015 Rubik’s Cube World Championship in Brazil after solving one of the puzzle boxes in just 5.695 seconds.

Zemdegs, who also won past year, was just short of the world record of 5.25 seconds held by an American.

A lot of people struggle to solve a Rubik’s Cube, let alone do it in six seconds.

Zemdegs beet out Mats Valk of the Netherlands, who had a time of 7.40 seconds, and Jakub Kipa of Poland, who finished in 7.95 seconds.

So while Zemdegs is undoubtedly delighted to be a champion, he’s not yet a world record holder.

The popular toy was first invented by Hungarian professor Emo Rubik in 1974, as a way to challenge his architecture students. Contenders in the 3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded challenge complete a series of puzzles one after the other without ever removing their blindfolds – a remarkable feat by any standard.

This year’s championships, which have been held since 1982, includes a total of 17 different events involving Rubik’s Cubes as large as 7x7x7.

Many are familiar with the Rubik’s Cube puzzle, but few have completed it – without peeling off the stickers.