00:01When he was 9, Lim Hung discovered a Rubik's Cube in a Kadath toy shop.
00:06Curious, he decided to give it a try.
00:08It took some time and help from YouTube, but Lim eventually solved it.
00:13The experience sparked a passion in him he never knew he had.
00:17Now 19, the Pataling Jaya-born college student is a champion of the cube,
00:22having won over 360 medals on national, regional and even global levels.
00:28Recently, Lim clocked a world record single solve of 1 minute, 32 seconds and 92 milliseconds
00:34for the 7x7x7 cube under the official regulations of the World Cube Association.
00:40He then followed this with a new world record average of 1 minute, 4 seconds and 94 milliseconds
00:46for the 6x6x6 cube.
00:49Cubing, he says, has helped him develop skills such as analytical thinking,
00:54time management and hand-eye coordination.
00:56Beyond that, he simply finds the pastime deeply enjoyable.
01:01A lot of people ask me, like, how, like, does it not get boring?
01:04And I say, no, this is not a chore to me.
01:07It doesn't feel like a chore.
01:08It just feels like, oh, I'm bored, I want to pastime.
01:11I mean, ah, it's soft, ah.
01:13Study, finish, then no, ah.
01:14Or, like, come back from school.
01:16Even, like, those days that I cannot sleep, I was also cube.
01:18It's something that I love.
01:21His advice to aspiring cubers is simple.
01:24Practice, practice, practice.
01:26But do not be afraid to take breaks to avoid burnout.
01:29Lim will soon be furthering his studies at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
01:35Cube-wise, he hopes to get even faster and hopefully win a gold medal at the World Championships.
01:40He believes that while still niche, the Malaysian cubing scene is full of potential
01:45and hopes more parents will introduce their children to the joy and challenges of solving the puzzle.
01:51I hope that speedcubing becomes more of a spectator event.
01:55If you watch, like, the 2019 World Championship livestream versus the 2025 one,
02:01I feel like it's really come a long way.
02:04It's to the point where it's more of, like, oh, I'm watching a sport now
02:07instead of just, oh, I'm just looking at people's soft cubes.
02:11Sibia Ragu and Terence Tove, FMT.
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