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{{Infobox
 
{{Infobox
 
|NAME=Feliks A Zemdegs
 
|NAME=Feliks A Zemdegs
|IMAGE=FeliksZemdegs.jpg
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|IMAGE=Faz.jpg
|IMAGEYEAR=
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|IMAGEYEAR=2013
 
|ALIASES=faz<br/>fazrulz
 
|ALIASES=faz<br/>fazrulz
 
|COUNTRY=Australia
 
|COUNTRY=Australia
 
|BIRTHDATE=20 December 1995
 
|BIRTHDATE=20 December 1995
|AGE=20
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|AGE={{Age|1995|12|20}}
 
|JOBS=Student
 
|JOBS=Student
 
|YEARSACTIVE=2009-present
 
|YEARSACTIVE=2009-present
 
|ID=2009ZEMD01
 
|ID=2009ZEMD01
|FAMOUSFOR= 3x3 average, 4x4 single, 5x5 single and average, 6x6 average, 7x7 single and average, 3x3 OH single WRs, former 4x4 blindfolded and 3x3 single, former 4x4, 3x3 OH, and 2x2 average WRs, as well as multiple continental records
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|FAMOUSFOR=First to 100 speedcubing [[WR]]s, 3x3-7x7 and [[OH]] WRs, and Megaminx [[Continental Record|CR]]s.
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''Feliks Zemdegs''' is an [[Australia]]n speedcuber from Melbourne, Australia. He is the current world record holder for 3x3 average (6.45), 4x4 single (21.54), 5x5 single and average (44.83 and 49.32), 3x3 OH single and average (6.88 and 10.70), 6x6 average (1:43.21), and 7x7 single and average (2:20.66 and 2:25.06). He is widely considered to be the most successful competitive cuber in history.
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'''Feliks Zemdegs''' is an [[Australia]]n speedcuber from Melbourne, Australia. Feliks is the first to have ever gotten the achievement of taking all single and average records for 3x3 through 7x7. He is widely considered to be the most successful competitive speedcuber in history.
  
In the beginning, he sped up on the 3x3 Rubik's cube swiftly. By about 4 months in, he achieved sub-20 averages.
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He is currently sponsored by [[Gans]].
  
Feliks is often joked about for being outstandingly good at [[3x3 with feet]], although he has never officially done a feet solve.
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== Trivia ==
 
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* Feliks is often joked about for being outstandingly good at [[3x3x3 With Feet]], although he has never officially done a feet solve nor publicly posted any videos of him unofficially solving with feet.
He is currently sponsored by [[GansCube]] and [http://www.speedcube.com.au SpeedCube.com.au]
 
  
 
== Style ==
 
== Style ==
Feliks is a [[Color neutrality|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.
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Feliks Zemdegs is a [[Color neutrality|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.
  
 
=== Methods ===
 
=== Methods ===
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* 3x3x3: [[CFOP]] + [[subsets]]
 
* 3x3x3: [[CFOP]] + [[subsets]]
 
* 4x4x4: [[Yau method]]
 
* 4x4x4: [[Yau method]]
* 5x5x5-7x7x7: [[Reduction]]
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* 5x5x5-7x7x7: [[Reduction]] + [[Freeslice]]
  
== Achievements ==
 
 
=== Milestones ===
 
=== Milestones ===
 
Feliks was the first cuber to achieve the following milestones:
 
Feliks was the first cuber to achieve the following milestones:
  
 
=== Official ===
 
=== Official ===
* 3x3 speedsolve average: sub-10, sub-9, sub-8, sub-7
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* 3x3 speedsolve average: sub-10, sub-9, sub-8, sub-7, sub-6
 
* 3x3 speedsolve single: sub-7, sub-6
 
* 3x3 speedsolve single: sub-7, sub-6
* 4x4 speedsolve average: sub-40, sub-35
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* 4x4 speedsolve average: sub-40, sub-35, sub-26
 
* 4x4 speedsolve single: sub-35
 
* 4x4 speedsolve single: sub-35
* 5x5 speedsolve average: sub-70, sub-65, sub-60, sub-55, sub-50
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* 5x5 speedsolve average: sub-70, sub-65, sub-60, sub-55, sub-50, sub-45
* 5x5 speedsolve single: sub-60, sub-50, sub-45
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* 5x5 speedsolve single: sub-60, sub-50, sub-45, sub-40
 
* 3x3 one-handed average: sub-15
 
* 3x3 one-handed average: sub-15
 
* 3x3 one-handed single: sub-8, sub-7
 
* 3x3 one-handed single: sub-8, sub-7
* 6x6 speedsolve average: sub-200, sub-170
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* 6x6 speedsolve average: sub-200, sub-170, sub-90
* 6x6 speedsolve single: sub-190, sub-180
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* 6x6 speedsolve single: sub-190, sub-180, sub-90
* 7x7 speedsolve average: sub-230, sub-220
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* 7x7 speedsolve average: sub-230, sub-220, sub-140, sub-135
* 7x7 speedsolve single: sub-220
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* 7x7 speedsolve single: sub-220, sub-130
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* Holding all 3x3-7x7 records at the same time for both single and average
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* Breaking more than 100 official WCA world records
  
 
=== World Records ===
 
=== World Records ===
Feliks currently holds (as of 15 Sep. 2016) 9 world records; 4 single records and 5 average records.
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Feliks currently holds (as of 31st December 2018) 2 world records; 1 single record and 1 average record.
He is the cuber with world records in the most events (current and past), with world records in 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 2x2, 3x3 One-handed, 6x6, 7x7, and 4x4: Blindfolded. He is also the cuber with the most world records (current and past), with 78 world records. Additionally, he is the only speedcuber to have ever gotten any official sub-7 averages. Of course, because of this, he holds the most sub-7 averages with a total of 8.
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He is the cuber with world records in the most events (current and past), with world records in 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 2x2, 3x3 One-handed, 6x6, 7x7, and 4x4 Blindfolded.
  
'''Single'''
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Current world records are displayed with a red background.
*3x3x3 cube One Handed: 6.88
 
*4x4x4 cube: 21.54
 
*5x5x5 cube: 44.83
 
*7x7x7 cube: 2:20.66
 
  
'''Average'''
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
*3x3x3 Cube: 6.45
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! Event !! Type !! First World Record !! Latest World Record !! Total
*5x5x5 Cube: 49.32
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*6x6x6 Cube: 1:43.21
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|rowspan="2"| [[Rubik's Cube (puzzle type)|3×3×3]] || Single || '''7.03s''' <br> ''Melbourne Cube Day 2010'' <br> 13 November ||  '''4.22s''' <br> ''Cube for Cambodia 2018'' <br> 6 May || 10
*7x7x7 Cube: 2:25.06
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|-
*3x3x3 Cube One-handed: 10.70
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|| Average || '''9.21s''' <br> ''Melbourne Summer Open 2010'' <br> 13 November ||style="background: #ffaaa0;" | '''5.69s''' <br> ''Koalification Brisbane 2019'' <br> 6-7 April || 12
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|-
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|[[2x2x2 Cube|2×2×2]] || Average|| '''2.35s''' <br> ''Asian Championship 2010'' <br> 9–10 October || '''2.12s''' <br> ''Melbourne Cube Day 2010'' <br> 13 November || 2
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|-
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|rowspan="2"| [[4x4x4 Cube|4×4×4]] || Single || '''35.55s''' <br> ''New Zealand Champs 2010'' <br> 10 July || '''19.36s''' <br> ''LatAm Tour - Arequipa 2017'' <br> 22 June || 12
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|-
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|| Average || '''42.01s''' <br> ''Melbourne Summer Open 2010'' <br> 13 November || '''25.97s''' <br> ''Adelaide Summer 2017'' <br> 21 January || 7
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|-
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|rowspan="2"| [[5x5x5 Cube|5×5×5]] || Single || '''1:02.93'''  <br> ''Australian Nationals 2010'' <br> 4–5 September || '''37.93s''' <br> ''Canberra Autumn 2018'' <br> 21–22 April || 16
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|-
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|| Average || '''1:07.59''' <br> ''Australian Nationals 2010'' <br> 4–5 September || '''43.21s''' <br> ''Melbourne Cube Days 2017'' <br> 18–19 November || 21
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|-
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|rowspan="2"| [[6x6x6 Cube|6×6×6]] || Single || '''2:05.88''' <br> ''Melbourne Summer 2011'' <br> 29–30 January || '''1:20.03''' <br> ''World Championship 2017'' <br> 13–16 July || 6
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|-
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|| Average || '''2:15.64''' <br> ''Melbourne Summer 2011'' <br> 29–30 January || '''1:27.79''' <br> ''World Championship 2017'' <br> 13–16 July || 8
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|-
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|rowspan="2"| [[7x7x7 Cube|7×7×7]] || Single || '''2:23.55''' <br> ''World Championship 2015'' <br> 17–19 July || '''2:06.73''' <br> ''World Championship 2017'' <br> 13–16 July || 5
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|-
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|| Average || '''2:52.09''' <br> ''Australian Nationals 2013'' <br> 7-8 September || '''2:14.04''' <br> ''China's 10th Anniversary 2017'' <br> 1–2 October || 11
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|rowspan="2"| 3×3×3 One-handed || Single || '''11.16s''' <br> ''Kubaroo Open 2011'' <br> 7 May ||style="background: #ffaaa0;" | '''6.88s''' <br> ''Canberra Autumn 2015'' <br> 9–10 May || 4
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|-
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|| Average || '''14.76s''' <br> ''Australian Nationals 2010'' <br> 4–5 September || '''10.21s''' <br> ''Malaysia Cube Open 2017'' <br> 14–15 October || 5
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| 4×4×4 Blindfolded || Single || '''3:37.80''' <br> ''Melbourne Summer 2011'' <br> 29–30 January || — || 1
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|}
  
 
=== Titles ===
 
=== Titles ===
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{{S-title-bef| before=[[Michał Pleskowicz]] | year=2011 }}
 
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Michał Pleskowicz]] | year=2011 }}
{{S-title| title=3x3 Speedsolve World Champion | year=2013, 2015 }}
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{{S-title| title=3x3x3 World Champion | year=2013, 2015 }}
{{S-inc}}
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{{S-title-aft| after=[[Max Park]] | year=2017 }}
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{{S-title-bef| before=[[Rowe Hessler]] | year=2009 }}
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{{S-title| title=2x2x2 World Champion | year=2011 }}
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{{S-title-aft| after=[[Cameron Stollery]] | year=2013 }}
  
 
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Cameron Stollery]] | year=2013 }}
 
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Cameron Stollery]] | year=2013 }}
{{S-title| title=2x2 Speedsolve World Champion | year=2015 }}
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{{S-title| title=2x2x2 World Champion | year=2015 }}
{{S-inc}}
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{{S-title-aft| after=[[Antonie Paterakis]] | year=2017 }}
  
 
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Syuhei Omura]] | year=2009 }}
 
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Syuhei Omura]] | year=2009 }}
{{S-title| title=4x4 Speedsolve World Champion | year=2011, 2013, 2015 }}
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{{S-title| title=4x4x4 World Champion | year=2011, 2013, 2015 }}
{{S-inc}}
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{{S-title-aft| after=[[Sebastian Weyer]] | year=2017 }}
  
 
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Dan Cohen]] | year=2009 }}
 
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Dan Cohen]] | year=2009 }}
{{S-title| title=5x5 Speedsolve World Champion | year=2011, 2015 }}
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{{S-title| title=5x5x5 World Champion | year=2011 }}
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{{S-title-aft| after=[[Kevin Hays]] | year=2013 }}
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{{S-title-bef| before=[[Kevin Hays]] | year=2013 }}
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{{S-title| title=5x5x5 World Champion | year=2015, 2017 }}
 
{{S-inc}}  
 
{{S-inc}}  
  
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Arifumi Fushimi]] | year=2011 }}
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{{S-title-bef| before=[[Dan Cohen]] | year=2009 }}
{{S-title| title=3x3 OH World Champion | year=2013, 2015 }}
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{{S-title| title=6x6x6 World Champion | year=2011 }}
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{{S-title-aft | after=[[Kevin Hays]] | year=2013}}
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{{S-title-bef| before=[[Kevin Hays]] | year=2015 }}
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{{S-title| title=7x7x7 World Champion | year=2017 }}
 
{{S-inc}}
 
{{S-inc}}
  
{{S-title-bef| before=[[Dan Cohen]] | year=2009 }}
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{{S-title-bef| before=[[Arifumi Fushimi]] | year=2011 }}
{{S-title| title=6x6 Speedsolve World Champion | year=2011 }}
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{{S-title| title=3x3x3 OH World Champion | year=2013, 2015 }}
{{S-title-aft | after=[[Kevin Hays]] | year=2013}}
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{{S-title-aft| after=[[Max Park]] | year=2017 }}
  
 
{{S-end}}
 
{{S-end}}
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliks_Zemdegs Wikipedia entry for Feliks Zemdegs]
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* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1etN_cYzamRragAUqp06ybWQmBOP91s3WeZNn0spiVT4/edit#gid=0 Feliks's at-home personal best sheet (updated within minutes of each personal best). Includes mains, upcoming competitions, and FAQ]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/fazrulz1 Feliks Zemdegs's YouTube channel]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/fazrulz1 Feliks Zemdegs's YouTube channel]
 
* [http://www.cubecastpodcast.com/episodes/ CubeCast Podcast: Episode 02 - Feliks Zemdegs]
 
* [http://www.cubecastpodcast.com/episodes/ CubeCast Podcast: Episode 02 - Feliks Zemdegs]
* [http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?34267-7.34-avg-12 7.34 avg 12]
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=== Interviews ===
 
=== Interviews ===
 
* [http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/entry.php?23-The-Faztest The Faztest]
 
* [http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/entry.php?23-The-Faztest The Faztest]
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[[Category:3x3x3 solvers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]
 
[[Category:4x4x4 solvers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]
 
[[Category:4x4x4 solvers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]
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[[Category:Megaminx solvers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]
 
[[Category:Speedcubers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]
 
[[Category:Speedcubers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]
 
[[Category:Cubers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]
 
[[Category:Cubers|Zemdegs, Feliks]]

Revision as of 19:11, 7 April 2019

Feliks A Zemdegs
Faz.jpg
Feliks A Zemdegs in 2013
Background Information
Alias(es): faz
fazrulz
Country: Australia
Born: 20 December 1995 (age 28)
Occupation(s): Student
Years Active: 2009-present
WCA ID: 2009ZEMD01
Claim to Fame: First to 100 speedcubing WRs, 3x3-7x7 and OH WRs, and Megaminx CRs.


Feliks Zemdegs is an Australian speedcuber from Melbourne, Australia. Feliks is the first to have ever gotten the achievement of taking all single and average records for 3x3 through 7x7. He is widely considered to be the most successful competitive speedcuber in history.

He is currently sponsored by Gans.

Trivia

  • Feliks is often joked about for being outstandingly good at 3x3x3 With Feet, although he has never officially done a feet solve nor publicly posted any videos of him unofficially solving with feet.

Style

Feliks Zemdegs 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.

Methods

Milestones

Feliks was the first cuber to achieve the following milestones:

Official

  • 3x3 speedsolve average: sub-10, sub-9, sub-8, sub-7, sub-6
  • 3x3 speedsolve single: sub-7, sub-6
  • 4x4 speedsolve average: sub-40, sub-35, sub-26
  • 4x4 speedsolve single: sub-35
  • 5x5 speedsolve average: sub-70, sub-65, sub-60, sub-55, sub-50, sub-45
  • 5x5 speedsolve single: sub-60, sub-50, sub-45, sub-40
  • 3x3 one-handed average: sub-15
  • 3x3 one-handed single: sub-8, sub-7
  • 6x6 speedsolve average: sub-200, sub-170, sub-90
  • 6x6 speedsolve single: sub-190, sub-180, sub-90
  • 7x7 speedsolve average: sub-230, sub-220, sub-140, sub-135
  • 7x7 speedsolve single: sub-220, sub-130
  • Holding all 3x3-7x7 records at the same time for both single and average
  • Breaking more than 100 official WCA world records

World Records

Feliks currently holds (as of 31st December 2018) 2 world records; 1 single record and 1 average record. He is the cuber with world records in the most events (current and past), with world records in 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 2x2, 3x3 One-handed, 6x6, 7x7, and 4x4 Blindfolded.

Current world records are displayed with a red background.

Event Type First World Record Latest World Record Total
3×3×3 Single 7.03s
Melbourne Cube Day 2010
13 November
4.22s
Cube for Cambodia 2018
6 May
10
Average 9.21s
Melbourne Summer Open 2010
13 November
5.69s
Koalification Brisbane 2019
6-7 April
12
2×2×2 Average 2.35s
Asian Championship 2010
9–10 October
2.12s
Melbourne Cube Day 2010
13 November
2
4×4×4 Single 35.55s
New Zealand Champs 2010
10 July
19.36s
LatAm Tour - Arequipa 2017
22 June
12
Average 42.01s
Melbourne Summer Open 2010
13 November
25.97s
Adelaide Summer 2017
21 January
7
5×5×5 Single 1:02.93
Australian Nationals 2010
4–5 September
37.93s
Canberra Autumn 2018
21–22 April
16
Average 1:07.59
Australian Nationals 2010
4–5 September
43.21s
Melbourne Cube Days 2017
18–19 November
21
6×6×6 Single 2:05.88
Melbourne Summer 2011
29–30 January
1:20.03
World Championship 2017
13–16 July
6
Average 2:15.64
Melbourne Summer 2011
29–30 January
1:27.79
World Championship 2017
13–16 July
8
7×7×7 Single 2:23.55
World Championship 2015
17–19 July
2:06.73
World Championship 2017
13–16 July
5
Average 2:52.09
Australian Nationals 2013
7-8 September
2:14.04
China's 10th Anniversary 2017
1–2 October
11
3×3×3 One-handed Single 11.16s
Kubaroo Open 2011
7 May
6.88s
Canberra Autumn 2015
9–10 May
4
Average 14.76s
Australian Nationals 2010
4–5 September
10.21s
Malaysia Cube Open 2017
14–15 October
5
4×4×4 Blindfolded Single 3:37.80
Melbourne Summer 2011
29–30 January
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Titles

World Titles
Preceded by
Michał Pleskowicz
2011
3x3x3 World Champion
2013, 2015
Succeeded by
Max Park
2017
Preceded by
Rowe Hessler
2009
2x2x2 World Champion
2011
Succeeded by
Cameron Stollery
2013
Preceded by
Cameron Stollery
2013
2x2x2 World Champion
2015
Succeeded by
Antonie Paterakis
2017
Preceded by
Syuhei Omura
2009
4x4x4 World Champion
2011, 2013, 2015
Succeeded by
Sebastian Weyer
2017
Preceded by
Dan Cohen
2009
5x5x5 World Champion
2011
Succeeded by
Kevin Hays
2013
Preceded by
Kevin Hays
2013
5x5x5 World Champion
2015, 2017
Incumbent
Preceded by
Dan Cohen
2009
6x6x6 World Champion
2011
Succeeded by
Kevin Hays
2013
Preceded by
Kevin Hays
2015
7x7x7 World Champion
2017
Incumbent
Preceded by
Arifumi Fushimi
2011
3x3x3 OH World Champion
2013, 2015
Succeeded by
Max Park
2017

See also

External links

Interviews

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