Teenager on sub took Rubik's Cube to break record, mother tells BBC

[Tony Fisher]

The loss of 5 lives on the Titan submersible was incredibly sad. Today I discovered the youngest person on board was a 19 year old cuber called Suleman Dawood. According to his mother he took his Rubik's Cube everywhere and was planning to solve it during the dive in the hope it would be the deepest solve underwater ever.

 

[pjk]

Teenager on sub took Rubik's Cube to break record, mother tells BBC

Christine Dawood told the BBC she lost hope of her son being found alive when the 96-hour mark passed.

www.bbc.com

Front page of BBC. Very sad to hear about this story, and Suleman was a member of the community and had competed in a WCA comp in 2022.

 

[abunickabhi]

This is very sad incident.

However the article states that (I do not believe this) the family want to complete the Rubik's cube in honor of their son.

 

[Spencer131]

Even if there's no way to prove it, he most likely still attained the record. That's no consolation for losing a loved one, but at least it's something

 

[ProStar]

Yeah, I saw he was going for a world record. It’s super sad what happened regardless, but in some ways the fact that there was a cuber on board makes it seem more real and relatable

 

[coinman]

I just read in a newspaper here in Sweden that Suleman Dawood, one of the victims in the Titan submarine accident going to Titanic, was in contact with Guinness book of record regarding a attempt to solve the Rubik's cube at the wreck of Titanic.​

I found his profile at WCA. He only attended one competition, Farnworth Spring D 2022. Anyone here remember meeting him?

 

[FenTheGoat]

I just read in a newspaper here in Sweden that Suleman Dawood, one of the victims in the Titan submarine accident going to Titanic, was in contact with Guinness book of record regarding a attempt to solve the Rubik's at the wreck of Titanic.​

I found his profile at WCA. He only attended one competition, Farnworth Spring D 2022. Anyone here remember meeting him?

I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A THREAD ON THIS!!

edit: https://www.yahoo.com/news/19-old-died-titan-submersible-043130510.html

 

[An Animating Cuber]

Yeah his dad apparently took a camera on the sub to record the solve

 

[Tony Fisher]

This is very sad incident.

However the article states that (I do not believe this) the family want to complete the Rubik's cube in honor of their son.

I fully believe it. This was the kind of family that did things and not just talk about them.

 

[Davian]

I have heard that the boy didnt want to go in the Submarine. Maybe that is false information.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

I have heard that the boy didnt want to go in the Submarine. Maybe that is false information.

I think it's true, a lot of articles have said it, apparently he went because it was near father's day.

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

I have heard that the boy didnt want to go in the Submarine. Maybe that is false information.

It is true that he didn't want to go. His father really wanted to go see the Titanic, and his dad asked him to come. Because it was father's day, he wanted to make his dad happy so he went.

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

I remember we had 1 minute silence at the next 5 comps in the uk

 

[Gecko777]

The loss of 5 lives on the Titan submersible was incredibly sad. Today I discovered the youngest person on board was a 19 year old cuber called Suleman Dawood. According to his mother he took his Rubik's Cube everywhere and was planning to solve it during the dive in the hope it would be the deepest solve underwater ever.

That's crushing. I will be praying for this family.

 

[MeGrimlockKing]

May God help this family.

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

That's crushing. I will be praying for this family.

Why the mad reactions?

 

[ILCubing]

Why the mad reactions?

offensive

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

Why the mad reactions?

“Crushing” is probably a mean spirited reference to how the submarine imploded underwater. Very uncool for someone who literally died

 

[Fred]

And also the 2 year bump.

 

[Gecko777]

“Crushing” is probably a mean spirited reference to how the submarine imploded underwater. Very uncool for someone who literally died

That's disgusting that you thought I meant it that way. No way in hell would I ever talk that way intentionally. I see that it could techincally be read that way but that is not what I meant