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6-Year-Old Chinese Girl Sets Women’s Rubik’s Cube Speed Record

The six-year-old posted 4.52-second and 4.27-second averages, becoming the only female speedcuber with an average under 4.5 seconds.

  • At World Cube Association certified competitions in Wuhan and Guangzhou, six-year-old Lian Yunzhi broke the women's Cube average world record twice this month, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
  • Introduced to the Cube as a child alongside other activities, Lian saw her mother Lin Yangxi shift focus to cubing after realizing it was an 'excellent activity for fostering a child's comprehensive abilities.'
  • The Chengdu native has mastered over 1,300 solving algorithms through daily practice and is the 'first female speedcuber to average under 4.5 seconds', CCTV added.
  • Posting an average of 4.52 seconds at these events, the young speedcuber demonstrated her ability to solve the puzzle in rapid succession as shown in video footage.
  • Lin said 'solving a Rubik's Cube improves focus, memory, logical thinking, spatial awareness, and helps develop a healthy mindset toward winning and losing,' adding that her daughter displays her trophies at home.
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While many six-year-olds are just getting to know the Rubik's Cube, Chinese Lian Yunzhi solves it in just over four seconds. The girl has set a women's world record for the average time it takes to solve the classic 3x3 cube. But behind the incredible four seconds are years of training, specialized coaches, more than 1,300 formulas learned, and up to six hours of practice a day. Her mother says the record is a dream come true for the girl, and o…

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Lian Yunzhi has achieved an average of 4.27 seconds after beating twice in just three days the best female brand in the 3x3 cube

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A Chinese girl of only six years has rewrote twice, in just three days, the female world record in the resolution average of the Cube of Rubik 3x3x3, also winning the attention of the international media. The protagonist of the story is Lian Yunzhi, Chengdu, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, known by the speedcubing enthusiasts with the [...] L'articolo Six years, a Rubik cube and two world records in three days: the child prodigy that is…

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The young Lian Yunzhi twice beat the average world record on the famous square puzzle in September, in two competitions certified by the World Cube Association, the international organization that governs the Rubik's Cube competitions, according to public television CCTV (International).

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Ecns broke the news in Beijing, China on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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