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PK Arumugam
Born6 December 1999
Chennai, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materKendriya Vidyalaya IIT Chennai
Years active2013-Present
Known forRubik's Cube speed solving

Arumugam PK or PK Arumugam (born 6 December 1999) is an Indian Rubik's Cube speed solver. He is a three-time world record holder and the first person to solve more than 1000 Rubik's cubes while riding a bicycle.

Arumugam got his first SpeedCube in June 2013 after being inspired by his senior and then got to know about the World Cube Association (WCA) in December 2013.[1]

Then he learnt CFOP method to solve the Rubik's cube and participated in his first WCA competition of Shaastra Cube Open 2014 which was held in January.[2]

Arumugam solved 5 cubes with an average of 36.51 seconds and a single solve of 27.78 seconds.[3] After this he got to know about the culture of speed cubing and started admiring it which in turn turned out to be his passion. In 2015 The Indian Nationals happened in Chennai for the first time[4] and Arumugam met Bhargav Narasimhan who is a multiple national record holder and an Guinness World Record holder for the fastest time to solve 5 Rubik's cubes one handed. Arumugam was inspired by him he wanted to break an Guinness World Record.

While he was checking with the Guinness World Records[5] in the website, he found a category of solving the Rubik's Cube while riding a Bicycle and started practising it for few months. On 4 June 2017, Arumugam set his first world record by solving 1,010 Rubik's Cubes while riding a bicycle[6][7][8][9][10] for 6 hours 7 minutes and 4 seconds without resting his legs on the floor, beating the former record of 751 Rubik's Cubes held by Shreevatsh Rajkumar.[11]

On 25 June 2017 at VGP Chennai, he was awarded with Young Achiever's Record conducted by India events and sports. On 5 May 2019 at Gopalan Innovation Mall, Bangalore Arumugam was a part of the team consisting of 293 people to create a portrait of a tiger, consisting of 1200 Rubik's Cubes to support the cause of Tiger Conservation in India. This attempt was listed in Guinness Book of World Records as most contributions to a Rubik's Cube Mosaic.

On 12 October 2019 Arumugam set his third Guinness World Record at Chennai Citi Centre, Dr Radha Krishnan Salai by solving 2815 Rubik's Cubes one-handed in 24hrs, beating the former record of 2176 held by Krishnam Raju Gadiraju.[12]

World Records

Arumugam PK with his word Records
  • Most Rubik's Cubes solved on a bicycle[13]
  • Most contributions to a Rubik's Cube mosaic (was a part of the team)[14]
  • Most Rubik's Cubes solved one handed in 24 hours[15]

Personal life

Arumugam pk was born on 6 December 1999 to PP Kumaravel and PPK Shyamala, residents of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has an younger sister named Sai Maha Lakshmi. Arumugam has done his pre schooling in Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, Adayar and completed his schooling in 2017 at Kendriya Vidyalaya IIT Chennai. Now he is currently pursuing his graduation in SRM Institute of Science and Technology[16] in Electronic and Instrumentation Engineering. Arumugam's hobbies are playing Chess and Photography.

Media Appearences

References

  1. ^ "PK Arumugam | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. ^ "Shaastra Cube Open 2014 | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  3. ^ "Shaastra Cube Open 2014 | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. ^ "Indian Nationals 2015 | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  5. ^ "Most Rubik's cubes solved on a bicycle". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  6. ^ "Most Insane Cycling World Records". Reid Bikes. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  7. ^ "7 Awesome records set on bikes". Silverback Bikes (in German). 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  8. ^ Andrew Daniels (2019-07-18). "Insane Cycling World Records That You Won't Believe". Bicycling. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  9. ^ "Kid smashes Guinness World Record for solving Rubik's Cubes while cycling". road.cc. 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  10. ^ "Submit a world record". m.worldrecordacademy.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  11. ^ "Shreevatsh Rajkumar | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  12. ^ "Krishnam Raju Gadiraju | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  13. ^ "Un ragazzo indiano ha risolto 1000 cubi di Rubik pedalando". Bikeitalia.it (in Italian). 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  14. ^ "Rubik's Cube tiger portrait a world record". Deccan Herald. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  15. ^ a b ஒற்றைக்கையால் அதிகபட்ச பஸில் புதிர் விளையாட்டுகளுக்கு தீர்வு, retrieved 2019-12-03
  16. ^ gayathri (2019-10-15). "Most Number of Rubik's Cubes Solved One Handed in 24 Hrs - A Guinness World Record". Welcome to SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University) – India’s Premier Educational Institution. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  17. ^ Chennai : Most Rubik's cubes solved on a bicycle | Guinness World Records, retrieved 2019-12-03
  18. ^ "Chennai boy sets new record for solving Rubik's cube while cycling". Deccan Chronicle. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  19. ^ "Chennai Teenager Creates World Record By Solving 1,010 Rubik's Cubes While Riding A Bicycle". HuffPost India. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  20. ^ "Chennai boy creates world record; solves Rubik's Cubes while pushing pedals - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  21. ^ "Neelankarai resident sets new record by solving 2815 Rubik's cubes in 24 hours". The Hindu. 2019-10-20. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  22. ^ "ரூபிக்ஸ் கியூப் புதிர் விடுவிப்பு விளையாட்டில் சென்னை மாணவர் உலக சாதனை! | Dinamalar". www.dinamalarnellai.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  23. ^ "Welcome to Adyartimes". www.adyartimes.in. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  24. ^ "கின்னஸ் கில்லாடிகள்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  25. ^ "Indians who made it to the list of Guinness World Records 2020 - Guinness World Records 2020". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
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