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Feliks Aleksanders 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 GAN.
Contents
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.
- Feliks is the only cuber to have ever won the 3x3x3 event at a World Championship more than once.
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 |
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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 |
Succeeded by Max Park 2019 |
Preceded by Dan Cohen 2009 |
6x6x6 World Champion 2011 |
Succeeded by Kevin Hays 2013 |
Preceded by Kevin Hays 2015 |
7x7x7 World Champion 2017 |
Succeeded by Max Park 2019 |
Preceded by Arifumi Fushimi 2011 |
3x3x3 OH World Champion 2013, 2015 |
Succeeded by Max Park 2017 |
See also
External links
- Feliks's at-home personal best sheet (updated within minutes of each personal best). Includes mains, upcoming competitions, and FAQ
- Feliks Zemdegs's YouTube channel
- CubeCast Podcast: Episode 02 - Feliks Zemdegs
Interviews
- The Faztest
- Speedsolving.com: Interview with Feliks Zemdegs
- Interview with Jessica Fridrich and Zbigniew Zborowski about Feliks Zemdegs
- Feliks Zemdegs Exclusive Interview - Rubik's Cube record holder
Tribute Videos
- Speedsolving.com: (video) My name is Feliks Zemdegs
- Youtube.com: My name is Feliks Zemdegs