A Ripon Grammar School student pitted himself against the best in Europe at a Rubik’s Cube speed solving competition.
Year 7 student Kris Lim qualified for the prestigious European Championships in Copenhagen, where competitors gathered to determine who’s fastest at solving the popular puzzle.
The championship, hosted by the World Cube Association, saw 550 competitors go head-to-head as they solved puzzles such as the 7×7 and the original 3×3 cube, with one world and several national and continental records broken.
Kris, from outside Harrogate, solved a 3×3 in 10.72 seconds, his best score in a competition.
The 12-year-old is currently placed 96th in the UK in 3×3 one-handed with a time of 18.17 seconds. He’s also 98th in the UK in 2×2 with a single solve of 1.99 seconds.
He spends an hour a day cubing and solved his first cube when he was eight years old, peaking at around one minute.
“I started getting faster when I was 11 and people thought it was cool. I can solve a 3×3 blindfolded too, although I haven’t done this at a competition yet,” he says.
“The most enjoyable part at the competition was meeting other cubers, as cubing is a rare hobby. My ambition is to get a sub 10 3×3 average in a competition one day.”
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