Feliks Zemdegs
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Feliks Zemdegs at the Australian Nationals in Canberra in September 2013.
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20 December 1995 Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Faz |
| Occupation | Intern, Investment Strategy & Risk |
| Known for | Rubik's Cube speedsolver |
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Representing  Australia
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2011 Bangkok, Thailand | 3x3x3 |
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2013 Las Vegas, NV | 3x3x3 |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | 3x3x3 |
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2011 Bangkok, Thailand | 4x4x4 |
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2013 Las Vegas, NV | 4x4x4 |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | 4x4x4 |
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2011 Bangkok, Thailand | 5x5x5 |
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2013 Las Vegas, NV | 5x5x5 |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | 5x5x5 |
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2011 Bangkok, Thailand | 2x2x2 |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | 2x2x2 |
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2013 Las Vegas, NV | 3x3x3 One-Handed |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | 3x3x3 One-Handed |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | Megaminx |
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2011 Bangkok, Thailand | 6x6x6 |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | 6x6x6 |
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2011 Bangkok, Thailand | 7x7x7 |
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2013 Las Vegas, NV | 7x7x7 |
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2015 São Paulo, SP | 7x7x7 |
Feliks A. Zemdegs (/fɛliks/) (born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver.
His surname is Latvian, and his maternal grandparents are from Lithuania. Zemdegs bought his first speedcube in April 2008 inspired by speedcubing videos and tutorials on YouTube. The first unofficial time he recorded was an average of 19.73 seconds on 14 June 2008. He currently uses CFOP to solve the 3x3x3, Yau method to solve the 4x4x4 and the CLL method to solve the 2x2x2.
Zemdegs won the 3x3x3 event at the first competition he attended, the New Zealand's Championships (July 2009) with an average of 13.74 seconds in the final round. He also won 2x2x2, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 3x3x3 blindfolded, and 3x3x3 one-handed.
At his next competition, the Melbourne Summer Open (January 2010), Zemdegs set his first world records for 3x3x3 average and 4x4x4 average, with times of 9.21 seconds and 42.01 seconds respectively. He held the 3x3x3 average world record continuously from then until 23 April 2017, improving it 8 times, eventually to 6.45 seconds. The most world records he has ever held at one time was after a competition in Melbourne in May 2011, when he held all 12 records listed in the first 12 columns of the table below. As recently as 28 January 2017, he held 11 of those records concurrently.
Zemdegs won the 3x3x3 event at the Rubik's Cube world championship in Las Vegas in July 2013 with an average of 8.18 seconds and also placed first in 4x4x4 and 3x3x3 one-handed. At the next Rubik's Cube World Championships in São Paulo in July 2015, Zemdegs won 3x3x3, 2x2x2, 4x4x4, and 5x5x5. He also placed second in 6x6x6, 7x7x7, and Megaminx.
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