Six-year-old Cao Qixian of China set the new women’s world record of solving the 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube in 5.97 seconds at the World Cube Association (WCA) Rubik’s Cube International Open in Singapore in September.
Cao’s average time of 5.97 seconds after five rounds made her win and become the first female (女性) Rubik’s Cube solver to solve it within six seconds. “I like speed cubing,” Cao said. “I have been practicing two to three hours a day every day.”
Cao became interested in solving the Rubik’s Cube four years ago and saw it in her cousin’s class. Having been learning from her cousin for a year, Cao had her own coach and began to work even harder on it. “She was stuck at 12 seconds when she tried to speed to 10 seconds for three months,” Cao’s mother Qian Jingjing said. “She practices a lot but made no progress and almost △ .” In order to help Cao improve her performance, her whole family began to learn speed cubing. They even joined in adult competitions.
Qian added that practicing speed cubing made her daughter grow more focused (专注的) and calmer (镇静的) when she was dealing with other problems in life. Cao’s next goal is to challenge the women’s single-time record.
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