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6-year-old Chinese girl sets women’s Rubik’s Cube speed record
The Associated Press. (2026, September 23). 6-year-old Chinese girl sets women’s Rubik’s Cube speed record. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/6-year-old-chinese-girl-sets-women-s-rubik-s-cube-speed-record/article_314a25f6-b09b-5ac8-9f3e-5a9ae30eae12.html
The Associated Press. “6-year-old Chinese girl sets women’s Rubik’s Cube speed record.” Toronto Star, 23 Sept. 2026, https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/6-year-old-chinese-girl-sets-women-s-rubik-s-cube-speed-record/article_314a25f6-b09b-5ac8-9f3e-5a9ae30eae12.html.
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· collected 2026-09-23 · by The Associated Press
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A 6-year-old girl from China named Lian Yunzhi set a new women’s world record for solving Rubik’s cubes with an average time of 4.27 seconds at a competition in Guangzhou, previously achieving 4.52 seconds in Wuhan earlier this month. The World Cube Association certified both competitions where she broke the existing records.
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Lian Yunzhi, a six-year-old girl from Sichuan Province, China, broke the women's world record for solving a 3x3 Rubik’s Cube twice in three days. Her first attempt at a competition in Wuhan yielded an average time of 4.52 seconds, which she then improved to 4.27 seconds in Guangzhou, making her the only female cuber with an average time under 4.5 seconds. Lian has mastered over 1,300 Rubik's Cube solving algorithms and practices for about two to three hours daily. She began learning at age four and improved dramatically after training with top professional coaches in Shanghai.
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Toronto StarThis outlet23 Sep
A 6-year-old girl from China named Lian Yunzhi set a new women’s world record for solving Rubik’s cubes with an average time of 4.27 seconds at a competition in Guangzhou, previously achieving 4.52 seconds in Wuhan earlier this month. The World Cube Association certified both competitions where she broke the existing records.
6-year-old Chinese girl sets women’s Rubik’s Cube speed record (this article)BBC22 Sep
A six-year-old girl named Lian Yunzhi from Sichuan Province, China, set new world records in women’s Rubik’s Cube solving twice within three days at World Cube Association competitions. She achieved an average time of 4.52 seconds and then improved to 4.27 seconds in consecutive events held in Wuhan and Guangzhou. Lian has mastered over 1,300 algorithms through daily practice lasting two to three hours each day for…
Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi from China has broken the women's Rubik’s Cube world record twice within three days, achieving average solve times of 4.52 seconds and then 4.27 seconds in competitions in Wuhan and Guangzhou. With over 1300 cube algorithms under her belt, Yunzhi trains daily for two to three hours and has participated in 33 competitions across China, setting a single-record time of 3.54 seconds on the 3x3x3…
Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi from Sichuan province set a women's world record for solving a Rubik's Cube in 4.27 seconds at two recent competitions certified by the World Cube Association (WCA). She had previously averaged 4.52 seconds and has mastered over 1,300 algorithms, training two to three hours daily for about a year. Her parents took her to Shanghai to train with professional coaches, where she improved…
Lian Yunzhi, a six-year-old from China, set two women's world records for solving a Rubik’s Cube in just three days. Initially, she broke the women’s 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube record and then surpassed her own achievement shortly after. Notably, Lian is now the only female solver worldwide with an average time under 4.5 seconds.
Lian Yunzhi, a six-year-old girl from China, has broken the women’s world record for solving a 3x3 Rubik’s Cube twice in three days, first with an average time of 4.52 seconds and then improving to 4.27 seconds. The article includes footage showing her solving one cube in approximately 3.54 seconds. Lian started learning to solve the Rubik’s Cube at age four and has mastered over 1,300 formulas.
Lian Yunzhi, a six-year-old girl from China, set a new women's world record by solving a Rubik’s Cube at an average time of 4.52 seconds per cube and later improved it to 4.27 seconds in separate competitions certified by the World Cube Association. The Associated Press reported that Lian has memorized over 1,300 formulas and practices for two to three hours daily, leading her mother to note that she is now very…
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A 6-year-old Chinese girl has set a new women’s world record by solving Rubik’s cubes at an average pace of just over four seconds per cube.
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Lian Yunzhi first broke the record earlier this month with an average time of 4.52 seconds at a World Cube Association-certified competition in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and improved to 4.27 seconds at another race in the southern city of Guangzhou, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday.
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She became the only female speedcuber to achieve an average below 4.5 seconds, it said.
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