A nine-year-old Polish child completed a standard Rubik’s Cube in 2.76 seconds, setting a world record, local outlet TVP reported on the 9th (local time).

According to the report, Teodor Zajder (9) broke the world record by solving the 3x3x3 cube in 2.76 seconds at a speedcubing competition held at Primary School No. 48 in Gdansk, Poland, on the 8th (local time). The previous fastest time was 3.05 seconds, set last year by Chinese child Gengxuan.

In the standard 3x3x3 event, a sub-3-second time had long been considered the limit of human ability and was called the ‘3-second barrier’. As for machine-set records, a robot developed by a Purdue University research team achieved 0.103 seconds, which was listed in the Guinness Book last year.

Earlier, Zajder completed the 2x2x2 cube in 0.43 seconds in November 2023, also setting a world record in that category. That record was broken last year when Chinese child Ye Ziyu lowered it by 0.04 seconds.

Poland is a powerhouse in cubing, also home to champions in the 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 events recognized by the World Cube Association.