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A Rubik’s Cube is already difficult enough to solve, but can you imagine solving it with your feet?
Lim Hung doesn’t only solve the cube with his feet, he’s the second fastest in the world that can do so!
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At just 9-years-old, Lim Hung picked up his first cube and was able to solve it in two weeks after getting some help from YouTube videos. Fast forward three years later, the 11-year-old is now ranked the first in Asia for speedcubing with feet!
With an average time of 24.86 seconds, Lim Hung was able to achieve that feet at the Medan Farewell 2019 speedcubing competition in Indonesia which then, according to the World Cube association, placed him as second fastest in the world!
“I still can’t believe that I made it! I didn’t expect much because I would then get nervous. I just went to the competition and tried my best,” Lim told The Star.
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While Lim Jung’s first local speedcubing competition back in October 2016 did not go as well as he hoped, the boy was not deterred.
Instead, he continued to practice and then challenged himself to take things a step (literally) further by cubing with his feet!
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In 2017, he got his first win by placing third in the New Zealand Nationals 2017 for completing the 3x3x3 cube in the shortest time using only his feet.
“Cubing with the feet is tiring if you’re not used to it. I started to do that in 2017. At first, I just did it for fun, but over time, I got faster,” Lim Hung notes. “Then in New Zealand, I podiumed third place and that’s when I got more motivated to do it.”
From then on, the 11-year-old went on to win multiple awards and in September 2018, Lim Hung was officially listed as the Fastest Rubik’s Cube Solved With Feet at 29.352s in the Malaysia Book of Records.
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This month, Lim Hung will be heading to Melbourne to take part in the WCA World Championship 2019 where he hopes to come out of the competition as the world champion.
“That’s my next target, I guess. But I don’t want to give myself too much pressure or else I’ll mess it up during the competition. I will just try my best,” he said. “At the same time, I’ll spend a bit more time to explore my interests in other events. Hopefully, I can be an all-rounded cuber in future.”
We wish Lim Hung all the best in the competition and we can’t wait to see him make Malaysia proud in Melbourne, no matter the outcome! Good luck Lim Hung!
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