The atmosphere was electric as Max Park (USA) broke the iconic record of fastest time to solve a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube.
On Sunday 11 June 2023, the 21yrs old achieved an astonishing time of 3.13 seconds, shaving 0.34 seconds off the previous record of 3.47, which was set by china’s Yusheng Du in 2018.
Max broke the record at the pride in long beach 2023 event in California, USA, on 11 June 2023.
According to Max parents, schwan and Miki, cubing has been a good therapy for max. since he was an autism kid.
When he was 9yrs old he couldn’t do anything with his fingers, the cube was an exercise for him. And he also started showing interest in solving Rubik’s cubes, they said.
Max has come a long way since then, and he’s now an official ambassador of Rubik’s.
Max who holds a multitude of other speed cubing record. Hold both the single solve and average solve world record for the 4x4x4 cube, 5x5x5 cube, 6x6x6 cube, and 7x7x7 cube.
He has become a prominent figure in the cubing community, and over the years he has formed a close friendship with fellow speed cubing legend Feliks Zemdegs.
The pair featured in the 2020 Netflix documentary The Speed Cubers.