The world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube while juggling two balls was set by a 10-year-old from Singapore. Zirui Mason Zhou accomplished the feat on April 21, 2024, and it took him 10.43 seconds, according to Guinness World Records. The agency added, “Mason has a passion for playing with different cube puzzles and has thoroughly enjoyed his journey preparing for the world record attempt.” Zhou set a world record by juggling a 2x2x2 rotating puzzle cube.
On May 29, more than a month after the record, Guinness World Records posted a video of the boy’s amazing accomplishment on Instagram.
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It has received more than 13,000 likes with users praising Zhou for achieving the feat at such young age.
“This is what we are talking about,” said one user. “Bruh has 20 eyes,” commented another.
“Now this is a record, children are killing it,” a third user said.
Last year, another Singapore national Daryl Tan Hong An set the record for “Fastest time to solve a rotating puzzle cube (3x3x3) under water” after he solved the cube in just 9.29 seconds.
The cube puzzle was invented by Erno Rubik 50 years ago. More than 500 million copies of the cult object have been sold – not counting the myriad of counterfeits.
The 79-year-old Hungarian national claimed in an interview with news agency AFP that using the cube “reminds us we have hands,” something he claimed people are forgetting in the age of digital technology.
The “connection between the mind and hands” that the cube facilitates has been “a very important” aspect of human development, according to Mr. Rubik.
More than 43 quintillion ways exist to solve Rubik’s Cube, which is one of the best-selling puzzle games in the world. A quintillion is equivalent to a billion trillion.