Collin Burns is a
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 ...
from the
United States
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who formerly held the world record for solving the Rubik’s cube in 5.25 seconds.
Biography
On April 25, 2015 he set the world record for the fastest 3x3x3
Rubik's Cube single solve with a time of 5.25. He set that time (which was the world record for approximately eight months) using the YuXin brand 3x3 cube.
Burns solved the cube 0.3 seconds faster than the previous world record of 5.55 seconds, set by
Mats Valk. His record was broken b
Lucas Etteron November 21, 2015.
Burns had his 5.25 solve recorded at a Rubik's Cube competition at
Central Bucks West High School in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough and the county seat of Bucks County in Pennsylvania, United States. It is located northwest of Trenton,
north of Center City, Philadelphia,
southeast of Allentown, and southwest of New York City.
As of the 2020 ...
.
He was described as a "teenager" in reports of the event.
In 2014, Burns set a North American continental record of 5.93 seconds for solving the 3x3x3 cube,
and he beat world champion at the time,
Feliks Zemdegs
Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs (, lv, Fēlikss Zemdegs; born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He is the only speedcuber ever to win the World Cube Association World Championship twice, winning in 2013 and 2015, and is ...
in the US Nationals 2014 speedcubing competition.
Collin is now a researcher in the field of
AI alignment
In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), AI alignment research aims to steer AI systems towards their designers’ intended goals and interests. An ''aligned'' AI system advances the intended objective; a ''misaligned'' AI system is compete ...
.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American speedcubers
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