Bhargav Narasimhan

Bhargav Narasimhan
Born (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993
Chennai, India
Residence Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality Indian
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Bhargav Narasimhan is an Indian Rubik's Cube Speedcuber.[1] He was born and raised in Chennai. He studied in Srimathi Sundravalli Memorial School till 10th & Sri Sankara Vidyalaya Pammal till 12th. He currently holds the Asian record for solving a 3x3 Cube One handed in 9.52 seconds. He also holds national records for 2x2 cube, 3x3 one handed and megaminx. He is the first Indian to make it to world top 100 in each of these events. Currently he is pursuing doctorate in pharmacy from Vels University, Chennai. His sister[2] Deepshika Narasimhan is the fastest female Rubik's cube speedsolver in India. He is the 3rd person in India to solve the cube under 10 seconds. He did it in 9.06 seconds in a competition held at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad.[3]

On March 1, 2015 he achieved the Guinness World Records by solving 5 Rubik's cube in 1:23:934 minutes using one hand. He broke the previous record made by Yumu Tabuchi of Japan, on 15 March 2010 who did it in 1 min 52.232 sec.[4]

Media appearances

3 Feb 2012 - IBN Live[5]

2 March 2015 - ANI News[6]

References

  1. ↑ "'World Cube Association - Official Results'". Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "'World Cube Association - Official Results'". Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. ↑ https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2011NARA02
  4. ↑ "'Fastest time to solve 5 Rubik's Cubes by BHARGAV NARASIMHAN at Starmark'". 2 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "'Solving Rubik's cube highlights '". 3 February 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "'Indian youth enters Guinness records for speedcubing '". Mar 2, 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

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