[Explanation] Xia Yan, a 28-year-old guy from Xi’an, is a senior Rubik's Cube player. With his amazing hand speed and memory, over the past few years, he has broken the three-order Rubik’s Cube and restored the Three Kingdoms Huarong Dao with one hand. Record. On July 23, the reporter came to Xia Yan's studio and visited him.
In Xia Yan's studio, all kinds of Rubik's Cubes and educational teaching aids can be seen everywhere, such as triangles, circles, and giants are particularly conspicuous. In the classroom, Xia Yan is demonstrating the blind twist of the Rubik's Cube and the double twisting of the Rubik's Cube to the children who come to class.
[Concurrent] Xia Yan, holder of five Guinness World Records
I got the first world record on December 1, 2018. It was the record of a Rubik's Cube with my partner. Then in the following two years, I won the second, third, fourth, and fifth world records, a total of five world records. These records are related to the field of Huarong Road and this field of typing.
[Explanation] Xia Yan said that he had been in contact with Rubik's Cube since high school and was obsessed with various gameplays. He often used his spare time to check Rubik's Cube skills online and practice secretly. After graduating from university, with a passion for Rubik's Cube, he quit his well-paid job and returned to Xi'an to set up his own studio to teach Rubik's Cube.
[Concurrent] Xia Yan, holder of five Guinness World Records
Like this Rubik's Cube, at first everyone was just playing, just entertainment. Since I was in college, I started to conduct a systematic study, and then I began to memorize many formulas, delve into some of the truths, and read many examples of restoration by these world masters. Since then, the results of my Rubik's Cube have gradually improved. Since my freshman year in college, I have started to participate in a lot of Rubik's Cube competitions, like this WCA World Rubik's Cube Association, I also often participate.
[Explanation] Xia Yan told reporters that in addition to the various gameplay developments of Rubik's Cube and Huarong Dao, in recent years, he has also focused on the field of fast typing. On February 20, 2020, Xia Yan was officially certified by Guinness as the "record holder for the fastest alphabet typing on a mobile phone keyboard" with a score of 3.91 seconds.
[Explanation] Xia Yan said that through her own efforts, more people can like Rubik's Cube and enjoy the fun of Rubik's Cube, so that the entire Rubik's Cube industry can develop actively, and at the same time, the Rubik's Cube record will become higher and more important. Faster and stronger.
Zhao Xiaoyan, an intern from the party field, reports from Xi'an
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】