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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Yu-chen Li and Amy Hawkins

Specialist coaches and hours of practice a day: the making of China’s six-year-old Rubik’s Cube prodigy

The mother of the six-year-old girl who broke the women’s world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in an average time of just over four seconds said the accolade was a “dream come true” for her daughter, who trains for up to three hours a day for competitions.

“She was overjoyed and felt that all her hard work had paid off,” Lin Yangxi told the Guardian of her daughter’s feat.

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