Leyan Andrew Lo (born November 24, 1985) held the world record of 11.13 seconds for the fastest
Rubik's Cube solve until
Toby Mao in 2006 had a solve of 10.48 at the U.S. nationals competition in
San Francisco
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. Leyan appeared on ''
The Tonight Show
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'' with
Jay Leno, where he solved a
Rubik's Cube in 18.9 seconds. He also holds the former world record for the fastest blindfolded Rubik's Cube solve, at 1:28.82.
Not only a former and current world champion, Leyan teaches different methods of solving the
Rubik's Cube. On hi
website one can find multiple methods of solving a Rubik's Cube, including algorithms and diagrams for a "Beginners' Solution", and "Speedcubing", and algorithms for "Blindfold Cubing". Keys for how to interpret the different algorithm annotations can be found at the top of the "Beginners' Solution" page.
Leyan graduated from
California Institute of Technology
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in June 2007 with a
Bachelor of Science
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in
Physics
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.
In 2011, Leyan was selected to be among 101 musicians to perform in the
YouTube Symphony Orchestra
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on violin.
References
*''Man solves Rubik’s Cube in 11.13 seconds'' Associated Press NBC News Updated: 11:48 a.m. ET Jan 15, 200
* Leyan Lo's website: http://www.leyanlo.com/
External links
Leyan's web site at StanfordLeyan's Xanga
Leyan's official resultsLeyan's LiveJournal*
Video of 11.13 world record solve
Video of 1:28.82 world record blindfolded solve
1985 births
Living people
American speedcubers
California Institute of Technology alumni
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