Eric Limeback

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Eric Limeback
Born (1992-11-05) November 5, 1992 (age 31)
Toronto, Ontario
Education Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute
OccupationSpeedcuber
Known forMost Rubik's Cubes solved in 24 hours

Eric Limeback (born November 5, 1992) is a Canadian speedcuber. [1] [2] He is known for his 11/11 3x3x3 multiblindfold Canadian record solve, [1] as well as his standard 3x3x3 blindfolded solving. Limeback was the first Canadian to record a sub-30 second official 3x3x3 blindfolded solve. Limeback began solving the Rubik's Cube in 9th grade. He graduated from Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in 2010. [1] He formerly held the Guinness World Record for the most 3x3x3 cubes solved in 24 hours, 5800, set from 3–4 October 2013 at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

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Rubik's cubes

Eric Limeback first began solving Rubik's Cubes at the age of 14 in 2007. [3] [4] Within five months he had entered a Canadian National speedcubing competition, and managed to finish in the top 25 in the country. [5] In 2009 a YouTube video of him solving 11 cubes blindfolded aired on an Oprah Winfrey Show segment. [1] By 2010 he had become one of Canada's top solvers, with a personal best time of as little as 7.1 seconds to solve a fully scrambled cube. [3] He came to national attention in August of that year, becoming involved in a project to create Rubik's Cube mosaics worth tens of thousands of dollars. [3] In 2011 he was the subject of a short documentary called The Cuber for the National Screen Institute. [6] [7] At this time he was already the second fastest cuber in the country. [6] By 2013 he had broken a total of eight Canadian Rubik's records, and was also ranked first in Canada for solving Rubik's cubes blindfolded. [8]

World Record

On 3–4 October 2013 Eric Limeback set a world record for solving the most Rubik's Cubes in a 24-hour period. He set the record at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. [4] He had ten cubes set up in front of him for the record breaking attempt, with a team of volunteers randomly mixing up the cubes and handing them back to keep a cube in his hands at all times. [8] In total he solved a Rubik's cube 5,800 times in 24 hours, ending just before 1 pm Friday. [8] He broke the previous record of 4,786 with 4 hours and 7 minutes left. [9] He finished the 5,800th cube in 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59.7 seconds, with an average solve time of 14.89 seconds per cube. [9]

National Records

Limeback formerly held the following Canadian speedcubing records:

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