▲ Max Park 21 from California set a new world record for fast 3x3x3 Cube
A young Korean-American set a new world record by setting a 3x3x3 cube in just 313 seconds Guinness World Records announced on the 14th local time that Max Park 21 from California broke the 347-second record held by Chinese Du Woo-saeng for more than four years and set a new world record
According to reports, Park hit the 3X3X3 cube in an instant at a competition held in Long Beach, California on the 12th, especially when Park’s record was set at 313 seconds on the scoreboard, he and others shouted loudly and were surprised
Park, who appeared like a comet at the Cube competition and now commands the world, was surprisingly diagnosed with severe autism at the age of two It began when Park’s parents, who were told they might need lifelong care, were taught a cube that relieves autism symptoms and helps develop emotions
Since then, Park has shown tremendous talent in cubes and eventually began to break various cube records In particular, in the 2017 tournament, Park beat Australian champion Felix Gemdex, who has long dominated the world’s cube world, and his story is contained in Netflix documentary Speed Cube’s Geniuses 2020