Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs Feliks Zemdegs Background Information Alias(es): faz Country: Australia Born: 20 December 1995 (age 15) Occupation(s): Student Years Active: 2009-present WCA ID: 2009ZEMD01 Claim to Fame: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 3x3OH WRs

Feliks Zemdegs is an Australian speedcuber from Melbourne, Australia. He is the current world record holder for 2x2 average, 3x3 single and average, 4x4 single and average, 5x5 single and average, and 3x3OH average. He is widely considered to be the most successful competitive cuber in history.

Style

Feliks is a color-neutral CFOP user. His meteoric rise in 2009, together with Rowe Hessler's earlier success, were the catalysts for the current popularity of Color Neutrality in 3x3 speedsolving. (Also, str8baq)

Milestones

Feliks was the first cuber to achieve the following milestones:

Official

• 3x3 speedsolve average: sub-10, sub-9, sub-8
• 3x3 speedsolve single: sub-7, sub-6
• 4x4 speedsolve average: sub-40 (in fact almost sub-35)
• 4x4 speedsolve single: sub-35 (in fact almost sub-30)
• 5x5 speedsolve average: sub-1:10 (in fact almost sub-1:00)
• 5x5 speedsolve single: sub-1:00
• 3x3 one-handed average: sub-15, sub-15

Unofficial

• 5x5 speedsolve sub-1min average of 5 [1]

Achievements

9 world records: 4 single records, 5 average records

Single

• 3x3x3 Cube: 5.66
• 4x4x4 Cube: 30.28
• 5x5x5 Cube: 56.22
• 6x6x6 Cube: 1:56.96

Average

• 2x2x2 Cube Average: 2.12
• 3x3x3 Cube Average: 7.64
• 4x4x4 Cube Average: 35.22
• 5x5x5 Cube Average: 59.94
• 6x6x6 Cube Average: 2:09.29

See Also

• Color Neutrality

External Links

• Wikipedia entry for Feliks Zemdegs
• Speedsolving.com: Interview with Feliks Zemdegs
• Feliks Zemdegs's YouTube channel
• CubeCast Podcast: Episode 02 - Feliks Zemdegs

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