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Feliks Zemdegs

{{Short description|Australian speedcuber (born 1995)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Feliks Zemdegs

| image = Feliks_Zemdegs_10000.jpg

| alt = Feliks Zemdegs moments before attempting to solve a Rubik's Cube

| caption = Zemdegs in March 2024

| birth_name = Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|12|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| other_names = Faz

| occupation =

| known_for = Speedcubing

| module = {{Infobox medal templates

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{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}

{{MedalSport | Speedcubing}}

{{MedalCompetition | WCA World Championship}}

{{MedalCount

|3×3×3|2|0|1

|2×2×2|2|0|0

|4×4×4|3|0|1

|5×5×5|3|1|1

|6×6×6|1|2|0

|7×7×7|1|1|2

|3×3×3 One-Handed|2|1|0

|Megaminx|0|2|0

|Total|14|7|5

}}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Bangkok|2×2×2}}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Bangkok|4×4×4}}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Bangkok|5×5×5}}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Bangkok|6×6×6}}

{{MedalGold | 2013 Las Vegas|3×3×3}}

{{MedalGold | 2013 Las Vegas|4×4×4}}

{{MedalGold | 2013 Las Vegas|3×3×3 One-Handed}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 São Paulo|3×3×3}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 São Paulo|2×2×2}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 São Paulo|4×4×4}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 São Paulo|5×5×5}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 São Paulo|3×3×3 One-Handed}}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Paris|5×5×5}}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Paris|7×7×7}}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Las Vegas|5×5×5}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 São Paulo|6×6×6}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 São Paulo|7×7×7}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 São Paulo|Megaminx}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Paris|6×6×6}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Paris|3×3×3 One-Handed}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Paris|Megaminx}}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Bangkok|3×3×3}}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Bangkok|7×7×7}}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Las Vegas|7×7×7}}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Paris|4×4×4}}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Melbourne|5×5×5}}

{{MedalCompetition | Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup}}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Boston|Speedcubing}}

{{MedalSilver | 2019 Moscow|3×3×3 One-Handed}}

{{MedalSilver | 2020 |Speedcubing}}

{{MedalCompetition | WCA Oceanic Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Melbourne|4×4×4}}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Melbourne|5×5×5}}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Melbourne|6×6×6}}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Melbourne|7×7×7}}

{{MedalSilver | 2022 Melbourne|3×3×3}}

{{MedalSilver | 2022 Melbourne|Megaminx}}

{{MedalBronze | 2022 Melbourne|3×3×3 One-Handed}}

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Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs{{cite web |url=http://www.abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View/40697737850 |title=Current details for ABN 40 697 737 850 (Feliks' ABN entry, linked to his company "Cubeskills International" |language=en |publisher=abm.business.gov.au |date=14 November 2016 |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214214022/http://www.abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View/40697737850 |url-status=dead }} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɛ|l|ɪ|k|s|_|ˈ|z|ɛ|m|d|ɛ|ɡ|z}}, {{langx|lv|Fēlikss Zemdegs}}; born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He is the only person to have won the World Cube Association World Championship twice consecutively, in 2013 and 2015, and is often considered the greatest speedcuber of all time.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2015 |title=2015 WCA World Championship Results |date=15 June 2019 |access-date=15 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2013 |title=2013 WCA World Championship Results |date=15 June 2019 |access-date=15 June 2019}} He has set more than 350 records across various speedcubing events: 121 world records, 223 continental records, and 7 national records.{{Cite web|title=The top 5 most influential Rubik's Cube speedsolvers of all time|url=https://ruwix.com/the-rubiks-cube/speedcubers/|access-date=25 February 2021|website=ruwix.com|language=en}}

Biography

Feliks Zemdegs is of Latvian descent, and his maternal grandmother is Lithuanian.{{cite web |url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/dzive--stils/tehnologijas-un-zinatne/latviesu-izcelsmes-australietis-zemdegs-klust-par-divkartejo-pasaules-cempionu-rubika-kuba-saliksana.a138623/ |title=Latviešu izcelsmes austrālietis Zemdegs kļūst par divkārtējo pasaules čempionu Rubika kuba salikšanā (Latvian-Australian Zemdegs becomes two-time world champion in Rubik's Cube speedsolving) |language=lv |publisher=Lsm.lv |date=22 July 2015 |access-date=12 April 2018}} Zemdegs bought his first speedcube in April 2008 after being inspired by speedcubing videos and tutorials on YouTube.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/feliks-zemdegs-cracking-the-rubiks-cube-20150821-gj50m9.html |first=Mark |last=Saunokonoko |title=Feliks Zemdegs: cracking the Rubik's Cube |date=11 September 2015 |access-date=11 September 2015}} The first unofficial time he recorded was an average of 19.73 seconds on 14 June 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?4611-Weekly-competition-2008-24&p=58412&viewfull=1#post58412|title=First posted average}}

Zemdegs has a website, CubeSkills, which includes tutorials on solving the Rubik's Cube and other puzzles. There are free algorithm sheets and speedsolving tutorial videos. The site also offers a premium membership which enables access to advanced speedsolving videos.{{cite web |url=https://www.cubeskills.com/|title=Cubeskills.com}}

Zemdegs attended St Kevin's College, Toorak, and graduated in 2013 with a perfect study score in VCE English and an ATAR of 99.90.{{Cite web|last=Saunokonoko|first=Mark|date=2015-09-12|title=Feliks Zemdegs: cracking the Rubik's Cube|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/feliks-zemdegs-cracking-the-rubiks-cube-20150821-gj50m9.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=St Kevin's College Toorak - VCE Study Score Archive 2013|url=https://www.quppa.net/studyscores/browse/2013/Grouped%20by%20School/Sorted%20by%20Total%20Scores/St%20Kevin%E2%80%99s%20College%20Toorak.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=www.quppa.net}} Zemdegs has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, majoring in economics, with a breadth study track in mechanical engineering.{{cite web |title=About Feliks |url=https://www.cubeskills.com/about |website=CubeSkills |access-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082321/https://www.cubeskills.com/about |archive-date=12 April 2018}}

{{As of|2025|7}}, Zemdegs' YouTube channel has more than 477,000 subscribers.{{Cite web|title=Feliks Zemdegs - Youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/fazrulz1 |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=YouTube}}

In 2020, Zemdegs was one of the primary subjects of the Netflix documentary The Speed Cubers.{{Cite web |last=Bajgrowicz |first=Brooke |date=2020-07-29 |title='The Speed Cubers' takes on the world of competitive Rubik's Cube solving |url=https://mashable.com/article/the-speed-cubers-review |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Mashable |language=en}}

Career

Zemdegs won the 3×3×3 event at the first competition he attended, the New Zealand Championships 2009 on 18 July 2009, with an average of 13.74 seconds in the final round. He also won 2×2×2, 4×4×4, 5×5×5, 3×3×3 blindfolded, and 3×3×3 one-handed.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=NewZealandChamps2009 |title=New Zealand Championships 2009 results |date=18 July 2009 |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115636/https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=NewZealandChamps2009 |url-status=dead }} He set 11 Oceanic records at this competition.

At his next competition, the Melbourne Summer Open 2010 on 30 January 2010, Zemdegs set his first world records for 3×3×3 average and 4×4×4 average, with times of 9.21 seconds and 42.01 seconds, respectively.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/MelbourneSummerOpen2010|title=Melbourne Summer Open 2010 {{!}} World Cube Association|website=www.worldcubeassociation.org|access-date=11 December 2019}} He held the 3×3×3 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 held at one time is 12 in May 2011.

At the World Championship 2011 in Bangkok, Zemdegs won 2×2×2, 4×4×4, 5×5×5, and 6×6×6. He also took third in 3×3×3 after winning the first three rounds and placed third in 7×7×7.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2011/results/podiums|title=Worlds 2011 podiums}}

At the World Championship 2013 in Las Vegas, Zemdegs won 3×3×3, 4×4×4, and 3×3×3 One-handed. He also placed second in 5×5×5 and third in 7×7×7.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2013/results/podiums|title=Worlds 2013 podiums}}

At the World Championship 2015 in São Paulo, Zemdegs won 3×3×3, 2×2×2, 4×4×4, and 5×5×5. He also placed second in 6×6×6, 7×7×7, and Megaminx.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2015/results/podiums|title=Worlds 2015 podiums}}

At the World Championship 2017 in Paris, Zemdegs won 5×5×5 and 7×7×7. He also took second in 6×6×6, 3×3×3 One-handed, and Megaminx, and placed third in 4×4×4.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2017/results/podiums|title=Worlds 2017 podiums}}

At the World Championship 2019 in Melbourne, Zemdegs only placed in the top three in one event, getting third in 5x5x5.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2019/results/podiums|title=Worlds 2019 podiums.}}

On 5 June 2021, Zemdegs lost his last world record (his 5.53 3x3x3 average) to Chinese speedcuber Ruihang Xu.{{Cite web |title=Records {{!}} World Cube Association |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/records?show=history |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.worldcubeassociation.org}}

At the World Championship 2023 in Incheon, Zemdegs failed to place top 3 in any event and did not make the semi-finals in the 3x3x3 event, his first time failing to do so since beginning in 2011.{{Cite web |title=Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 {{!}} World Cube Association |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2023/results/all?event=333 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.worldcubeassociation.org}}

At the World Championship 2025 in Seattle, Zemdegs advanced to the semi-finals in the main 3x3x3 event but did not qualify for the finals.{{Cite web |title=Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 {{!}} World Cube Association |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2025/results/all?event=333 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=World Cube Association}}

As of July 2025, Zemdegs is currently ranked 32nd in the world for 3x3x3 average with a result of 5.53, set in 2019 and 43rd in the world for 3x3x3 single, with a result of 4.16, set in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Rankings {{!}} World Cube Association |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/333/average |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=www.worldcubeassociation.org}}{{Cite web |title=Rankings {{!}} World Cube Association |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/rankings/333/single |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=www.worldcubeassociation.org}}

World records

World records by Zemdegs.{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/regions.php?regionId=&eventId=&years=&history=History |title=History of WCA world records |access-date=28 September 2018 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929041319/https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/regions.php?regionId=&eventId=&years=&history=History |url-status=dead }}

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! Event !! Type !! First world record !! Latest world record !! Total

rowspan="2"| 3×3×3Single7.03s
Melbourne Cube Day 2010
13 November		4.22s
Cube For Cambodia 2018
6 May		10
| Average9.21s
Melbourne Summer Open 2010
30 January		5.53s
Odd Day in Sydney 2019
10 November		13
2×2×2Average2.35s
Asian Championship 2010
9–10 October		2.12s
Melbourne Cube Day 2010
13 November		2
rowspan="2"| 4×4×4Single35.55s
New Zealand Champs 2010
10 July		19.36s
LatAm Tour – Arequipa 2017
22 June		12
| Average42.01s
Melbourne Summer Open 2010
30 January		25.97s
Adelaide Summer 2017
21 January		7
rowspan="2"| 5×5×5Single1:02.93
Australian Nationals 2010
4–5 September		37.93s
Canberra Autumn 2018
21–22 April		16
| Average1:07.59
Australian Nationals 2010
4–5 September		43.21s
Melbourne Cube Days 2017
18–19 November		21
rowspan="2"| 6×6×6Single2:05.88
Melbourne Summer 2011
29–30 January		1:20.03
World Championship 2017
13–16 July		6
| Average2:15.64
Melbourne Summer 2011
29–30 January		1:27.79
World Championship 2017
13–16 July		8
rowspan="2"| 7×7×7Single2:23.55
World Championship 2015
17–19 July		2:06.73
World Championship 2017
13–16 July		5
| Average2:52.09
Australian Nationals 2013
7–8 September		2:14.04
China's 10th Anniversary 2017
1–2 October		11
rowspan="2"| 3×3×3 One-handedSingle11.16s
Kubaroo Open 2011
7 May		6.88s
Canberra Autumn 2015
9–10 May		4
| Average14.76s
Australian Nationals 2010
4–5 September		10.21s
Malaysia Cube Open 2017
14–15 October		5
4×4×4 BlindfoldedSingle3:37.80
Melbourne Summer 2011
29–30 January		3:37.80
Melbourne Summer 2011
29–30 January		1

Official personal records

Listed below are Zemdegs' personal records achieved in official World Cube Association competitions as of January 2025.{{cite web |title=Feliks Zemdegs |url=https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2009ZEMD01 |url-status=live |access-date=9 July 2025 |publisher=World Cube Association}}

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|+

!Event

!Type

!Time

!Competition

rowspan="2" |3x3x3

|Single

|4.16

|Auckland Summer Open 2020

Average

|5.53

|Odd Day in Sydney 2019

rowspan="2" |2x2x2

|Single

|0.71

|Rijswijk Open 2018

Average

|1.45

|Melbourne Cube Days 2023

rowspan="2" |4x4x4

|Single

|17.98

|Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021

Average

|21.57

|Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021

rowspan="2" |5x5x5

|Single

|36.37

|Palais Open 2024

Average

|40.10

|VIC State Championship 2025

rowspan="2" |6x6x6

|Single

|1:09.26

|VIC Side State Championship 2025

Average

|1:16.08

|VIC Side State Championship 2025

rowspan="2" |7x7x7

|Single

|1:49.12

|Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024

Average

|2:00.63

|Australian Nationals 2018

rowspan="2" |3x3x3 Blindfolded

|Single

|34.37

|Odd Day in Sydney 2019

Average

|47.13

|Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018

rowspan="2" |3x3x3 Fewest Moves

|Single

|24

|Koalafication Sydney 2019

Average

|27.33

|Canberra Autumn 2015

rowspan="2" |3x3x3 One-handed

|Single

|6.88

|Canberra Autumn 2015

Average

|9.60

|Melbourne Cube Days 2023

rowspan="2" |Clock

|Single

|8.81

|Australian Nationals 2011

Average

|11.80

|Australian Nationals 2011

rowspan="2" |Megaminx

|Single

|33.11

|CubingUSA Nationals 2018

Average

|36.65

|Weston-super-Mare Open 2018

rowspan="2" |Pyraminx

|Single

|2.27

|Perth Autumn 2018

Average

|4.20

|Melbourne Summer 2022

rowspan="2" |Skewb

|Single

|2.20

|Melbourne Summer 2021

Average

|5.08

|Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021

rowspan="2" |Square-1

|Single

|8.99

|Adelaide Summer 2018

Average

|12.58

|CubingUSA Nationals 2018

4x4x4 Blindfolded

|Single

|3:37.80

|Melbourne Summer Open 2011

5x5x5 Blindfolded

|Single

|11:56.00

|Adelaide Summer 2018

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

|Single

|11/11 47:01

|Adelaide Summer 2018

Media appearances

  • 2 June 2009 – Herald Sun article (Australia){{cite web|last=Masanauskas |first=John |url= http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/melbourne-schoolboy-a-rubiks-cube-genius/story-e6frf7kx-1225720004320 |title= Melbourne schoolboy a Rubik's Cube genius |publisher= Herald Sun |date=2 June 2009 |access-date=30 September 2011}}
  • 3 June 2009 – Channel 9 Today program (Australia){{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}
  • 18 July 2009 – TVNZ 1 News (New Zealand){{cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/rubik-s-cube-craze-sweeps-nz-1-40-2852010 |title=Rubik's cube craze sweeps NZ (1:40) |date=18 July 2009 |work=Television New Zealand |access-date=30 September 2011}}
  • 20 July 2009 – The Dominion Post article (New Zealand){{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/2608244/Rubiks-cubers-a-breed-apart |title=Rubik's cubers a breed apart |date=20 July 2009 |work=The Dominion Post |access-date=30 September 2011}}
  • 21 January 2010 – Stonnington Leader article (Australia){{cite web |last=Bruce |first=Kate |url=http://stonnington-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/all-of-a-twist-up-to-persist-in-armadale/ |title=All-of-a-twist up to persist in Armadale – People – News – Stonnington Leader |publisher=Stonnington Leader |date=21 January 2010 |access-date=9 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110003309/http://stonnington-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/all-of-a-twist-up-to-persist-in-armadale/ |archive-date=10 January 2014 }}
  • 17 July 2010 – The Australian newspaper article (Australia){{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/golfers-line-up-for-bad-boys-club/story-e6frg7mf-1225893017376 | first=Simon | last=King | title=Golfers line up for bad boys' club | date=17 July 2010 | access-date=9 January 2014 | work=The Australian}}
  • 21 July 2010 – Herald Sun article (Australia){{cite web|last=Masanauskas |first=John |url= http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/feliks-corners-the-cube-market/story-e6frf7kx-1225894767482 |title= Melbourne schoolboy Feliks Zemdegs the 'Usain Bolt' of Rubik's cube |publisher= Herald Sun |date=21 July 2010 |access-date=9 January 2014}}
  • 26 July 2010 – The Sydney Morning Herald video (Australia){{cite news | url=http://media.smh.com.au/entertainment/red-carpet/can-you-cube-it-feliks-can-1716190.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Can you Cube it? Feliks can | access-date=4 February 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727183305/http://media.smh.com.au/entertainment/red-carpet/can-you-cube-it-feliks-can-1716190.html | archive-date=27 July 2010 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}
  • 27 July 2010 – The Age article (Australia){{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/feliks-speeds-his-way-to-top-of-the-cubist-world-20100726-10smb.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | first=Kellee | last=Nolan | title=Feliks speeds his way to top of the cubist world | date=27 July 2010}}
  • 6 September 2010 – Melbourne Leader article (Australia){{cite web |last=Younger |first=Emma |url=http://melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/multimedia-fingers-fly-at-the-national-rubiks-cube-competition/ |title=MULTIMEDIA: Fingers fly at the National Rubik's Cube competition – Arts & Entertainment – Lifestyle – Melbourne Leader |publisher=Melbourne Leader |access-date=9 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110004213/http://melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/multimedia-fingers-fly-at-the-national-rubiks-cube-competition/ |archive-date=10 January 2014 }}
  • 9 November 2010 – Test Australia: The National IQ Test solving demonstration{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAxvSquazVU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019070719/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAxvSquazVU |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead|title=Feliks Zemdegs – Rubiks cube – National IQ test Channel 9 9 November 2010 |publisher=YouTube |date=9 November 2010 |access-date=9 January 2014}}
  • 16 November 2010 – Ninemsn article (Australia){{cite web|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8141760/aussie-teen-breaks-rubiks-cube-record |title=Aussie teen breaks Rubik's cube record |first=Anne |last=Lin |publisher=ninemsn |date=16 November 2010 |access-date=2 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119012353/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8141760/aussie-teen-breaks-rubiks-cube-record |archive-date=19 November 2010 }}
  • 19 November 2010 – Yahoo News video (United States){{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}
  • 2 June 2011 – ABC Catalyst video (Australia){{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3233961.htm | first=Chris | last=Spurr |title=Catalyst: God's Algorithm – ABC TV Science |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2 June 2011 |access-date=9 January 2014}}
  • 9 February 2012 – The New York Times article (United States){{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/magazine/rubiks-cube.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=rubik&st=cse | work=The New York Times | first1=Hilary | last1=Greenbaum | first2=Dana | last2=Rubinstein | title=Who Made That Rubik's Cube? | date=9 February 2012 |access-date=9 January 2014}}
  • 30 November 2012 – 92.5 Gold FM interview (Australia){{cite web |url=http://www.gold1043.com.au/shows/breakfast/videos/rubiks-cube-wizz-feliks-zemdegs |title=Rubik's Cube Wizz Feliks Zemdegs – Shows – Brig & Lehmo for Breakfast – GOLD104.3 – Good Times & Great Classic Hits |publisher=GOLD 104.3 |access-date=9 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110004926/http://www.gold1043.com.au/shows/breakfast/videos/rubiks-cube-wizz-feliks-zemdegs |archive-date=10 January 2014 }}
  • 3 May 2014 – The Guardian article (Great Britain){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/02/rubiks-cube-competitive-world-speedcubing |first=Ian |last=Scheffler |title=Beyond the Rubik's Cube: inside the competitive world of speedcubing |work=The Guardian |date=3 May 2014 |access-date=3 May 2014}}
  • 27 November 2014 – IOL South Africa{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/news/fastest-finger-to-solve-colourful-puzzle-1.1787004#.VHpjCzGkca4|title=Fastest finger to solve colourful puzzle |publisher=Independent Online | first=Nontando | last=Mposo |date=27 November 2014 |access-date=27 November 2014}}
  • 23 July 2015 – Huffington Post (United States){{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/feliks-zemdegs-rubiks-cube-interview_55afe97ce4b08f57d5d35fc6 |first=Maxwell |last=Strachan |title=Rubik's Cube Champion Feliks Zemdegs On Whether Puzzles And Intelligence Are Linked |work=The Huffington Post |date=23 July 2015 |access-date=26 July 2015}}
  • 11 September 2015 – Sydney Morning Herald
  • 25 March 2016 – The Brain (China) game show{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXY2HEVIxOw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/kXY2HEVIxOw |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Gianfranco Huanqui and Feliks Zemdegs: "The Brain" China – Semifinal 14 April 2016 |publisher=YouTube |date=9 November 2010 |access-date=16 June 2017}}{{cbignore}}
  • 27 August 2017 – Little Big Shots show (Australia)
  • 29 July 2020 – The Speed Cubers - Netflix Documentary{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81092143 |title=The Speedcubers |publisher=Netflix |date=29 July 2020 |access-date=29 July 2020}}
  • 11 December 2021 – The Guardian Rubik's Cube's second coming (Great Britain){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/10/the-popularity-has-just-completely-exploded-rubiks-cubes-second-coming |title=Rubik's Cube's second coming |work=The Guardian |date=11 December 2021 |access-date=13 December 2021}}
  • 2 October 2022 - Perthnow article{{Cite web |date=2022-10-02 |title=Netflix star speed cuber fights it out at Perth contest |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/perth-hosts-netflix-speed-cubing-star-feliks-zemdegs-at-national-titles-c-8424487 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=PerthNow |language=en}}

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15v3av/i_am_feliks_zemdegs_rubiks_cube_world_record/ Feliks Zemdegs Reddit Questionnaire] (3 January 2013)
  • [http://www.cubeskills.com/ Feliks Zemdegs tutorial website] (14 March 2017)
  • [https://www.speedcube.com.au/blogs/speedcubing_news_and_advice/78210246-november-2015-how-to-start-speedcubing How to Start Speedcubing by Feliks Zemdegs]

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