Bent on getting my nine-year-old to crack the code of Rubik’s Cube
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More than 500 million units of Rubik’s Cube have been sold around the world.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
Raymond Goh
Published Nov 15, 2026, 10:35 AM
Updated Nov 15, 2026, 10:35 AM
SINGAPORE – 4.27 seconds.
That is how long it took for Chengdu native Lian Yunzhi to solve the Rubik’s Cube at a recent Speedcuber tournament in China. This also means that by the time you are done reading this sentence, she has already solved all six sides of the classic cube puzzle.
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