6-year-old Chinese girl breaks Rubic's Cube world record (female). A six-year-old girl from China has stunned the speedcubing world after breaking the women's 3x3 Rubik's Cube average world record twice within three days, becoming the first female speedcuber to record an average time of less than 4.5 seconds.Lian Yunzhi, from Chengdu in China's Sichuan province, first set the women's record with an average solve time of 4.52 seconds at a World Cube Association-certified competition in Wuhan. Three days later, she lowered her own mark to 4.27 seconds at another WCA-certified competition in Guangzhou.The average was calculated from five attempts, with Lian completing the individual solves in times that included a remarkable 4.02 seconds. Her new 4.27-second average made her the only female speedcuber in the world to have officially averaged below 4.5 seconds, according to reports citing Chinese state media.Lian, who is nicknamed "Zhizhi", was introduced to the Rubik's Cube through a class when she was younger. Her mother, Lin Yangxi, told local media that she initially enrolled her daughter in the activity along with other extracurricular classes, including dance and music.The family...








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