Krishnam Raju Gadiraju (born 24 May 1989) is an accomplished Indian

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 ...

and unicyclist. He is a six-time world record holder and the first Indian to ever set a world record in

speedcubing 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 ...

and unicycling. On 19 October 2014, Gadiraju solved 2,176 rubik's cubes with one hand in 24 hours and entered into the

Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

. On 19 October 2016, Gadiraju achieved his second Guinness World Record title after he solved 170 rubik's cubes on a unicycle, beating the former record of 117 cubes held by Owen Farmer, USA. Gadiraju held the world record for the fastest time to solve the

Soma cube The Soma cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Danish polymath Piet Hein in 1933 during a lecture on quantum mechanics conducted by Werner Heisenberg. Seven pieces made out of unit cubes must be assembled into a 3×3×3 cube. The pie ...

. On 19 October 2017, with a time of 53.86 seconds, Gadiraju broke the world record for the fastest time to complete two Rubik's cubes simultaneously underwater. One year later, he solved a

Gear Cube The Gear Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle designed and created by Dutch puzzle maker Oskar van Deventer based on an idea by Bram Cohen. It was initially produced by Shapeways in 2009 and known as "Caution Cube" due to the likelihood of getting o ...

in a world record time of 3.79 seconds and a

Rubik's Magic Rubik's Magic, like the Rubik's Cube, is a mechanical puzzle invented by Ernő Rubik and first manufactured by Matchbox in the mid-1980s. The puzzle consists of eight black square tiles (changed to red squares with goldish rings in 1997) arrang ...

blindfolded in 2.99 seconds, also a world record. He is a competitive chess player representing

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

World Chess Federation The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

competitions. He holds the title Arena Candidate Master. Gadiraju is also a memory athlete. In February 2017, he was featured in the

Limca Book of Records The ''Limca Book of Records'' is an annual reference book published in India documenting world records held by Indians. The records are further categorized into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, advent ...

Media appearances

*19 Oct 2014 - The Hindu *20 Oct 2014 - The New Indian Express *21 Oct 2016 - The Hindu *19 Mar 2017 - Bangalore Mirror Indiatimes *13 Nov 2017 - Times of India *10 Jan 2018 - Coca-Cola *2 Sep 2018 - BBC News *6 Nov 2018 - The New Indian Express *19 Nov 2018 - Times Top10

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gadiraju, Krishnam Raju Living people 1989 births Indian speedcubers Sportspeople from Visakhapatnam Game players from Andhra Pradesh