Lucas Etter, a ninth-grader at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, has set what is largely considered the most coveted and recognized world record in the speedcubing community. His time for a single solve of the Rubik’s cube 3×3 – only 4.90 seconds – was marked on Nov. 21 during a World Cube Association-sponsored competition outside of Baltimore, Maryland.
He is the first person to solve a Rubik’s cube in less than five seconds under sanctioned competitive conditions.
His time will be a Guinness World record as well after the two-month application process, according to his mother, Dana Mendenhall-Etter, a LAN/WAN technician for Fayette County Public Schools.
Lucas practices various cubes daily, but specializes in the 2×2 (for which he holds the world record average), 3×3 and 4×4. A competitor since age 9, he attributes his success to algorithm memorization, spatial skills, muscle memory and lots of practice.
Watch his record-breaking feat here:
From Fayette County Public Schools