Minh Thai (born 1965 as Thái Minh) is a Vietnamese-American
speedcuber
Speedcubing (also known as speedsolving, or cubing) is a competitive sport involving solving a variety of combination puzzles, the most famous being the 3x3x3 puzzle or Rubik's Cube, as quickly as possible. An individual who practices solving tw ...
. He was a sixteen-year-old
Eagles Rock High School student from
Los Angeles
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when he won the first world championship on June 5, 1982 in
Budapest
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by solving a
Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's Cube is a Three-dimensional space, 3-D combination puzzle originally invented in 1974 by Hungarians, Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik t ...
in 22.95 seconds.
He is also the author of the book ''The Winning Solution'' (1982), a guide to solving the cube. Later, Ortega Corners-First Solution Method for Rubik's Cube is based on Minh Thai's Winning Solution.
World Records
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Official personal records
References
External links
The first world championshipRubik Books
* Video at YouTube
Minh Thai's 1st World Record Rubik's Cube championship 1982
1966 births
Living people
American speedcubers
American non-fiction writers
American people of Vietnamese descent
Sports world record setters
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