World Cube Association

Less time than it takes to reheat a cup of coffee in the microwave.

Around that time, the World Cube Association formed a global organization dedicated to hosting Rubik's Cube championships.

It sets the rules for official competitions of these twisty puzzles.

Today, the championships are serious business.

That was World News Sports is up next.

World News Sports at just six years old lian yunji from china has stunned the world with her extraordinary speed and talent breaking the women's three by three by three rubik's cube world record twice in just three days in september of 2026 the young speed cubing sensation affectionately known as Zizi, made history by becoming the first female competitor to achieve an average solving time of under 4.5 seconds at World Cube Association's certified competitions.

Her incredible achievement began in Wuhan, where she set a new women's world record with an average time of 4.52 seconds.

But she wasn't finished making history.

So a 12-year-old against a nine-year-old.

They have both held the World Cube Association record back and forth.

They keep on beating one against the other.

What the hell are we talking about? The Speed Cube competition.

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WCA.

That's exactly right.

Yes.

Now, this is all for timing, getting ranked internationally, your best times for solving.

How do you know that they're the best in Africa? Because we've got this.

So the WCA, once you register with them and get involved in one of the events like we have, you track all of the times that you take.

Oh, I see.

The new world record holder's name is Lian Yunzhu, and Lian didn't just break the world record once, she did it twice in three days.

Leanne was competing at two events run by the World Cube Association.

Her first record-breaking time was 4.52 seconds, but then she did even better with 4.27. Leanne lives in China, where she attends speedcubing classes to help her get faster and faster.

She says solving Rubik's cubes helps her to improve her concentration, memory, logical thinking and spatial awareness.

Speedcubing, the name given to competitive Rubik's Cube solving, has become popular around the world.

Official competitions are organized by the World Cube Association, which records times and world records.

Leanne's record is for the women's average time for a 3x3x3 cube.

She is not the fastest person overall, however.

She also said that her daughter has become much more confident since she started competing.

Speedcubing, the name given to competitive Rubik's cube solving, has become popular around the world.

Official competitions are organized by the World Cube Association, which records times and world records.

Leanne's record is for the women's average time for a 3x3x3 cube.

This is Lian Yunzhi, who's from Chengdu in China's southwest Sichuan province, and she's now broken the women's world record for solving a standard Rubik's Cube with average times of 4.52 seconds and 4.27 seconds.

[crowd noise] These took place at two different World Cube Association events in China.

Lian has become the only female competitor in the world with an average time of solving the cube in under 4.5 seconds, and she has mastered more than 1,300 different solving algorithms.

She first began learning how to use the Rubik's Cube when she was four years old after her parents bought her one as a gift.

A new women's world record for solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube has been set by a 6-year-old child in China.

According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Monday, speed cuber Lian Yunji broke the women's 3x3 average world record twice in three days at a pair of World Cube Association certified competitions.

She posted averages of 4.52 and 4.27 seconds, breaking her own record.

I'm Tammy Trujillo.