Krishnam Raju Gadiraju
Krishnam Raju Gadiraju | |
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| Born | 24 May 1989 Visakhapatnam, India |
| Nationality |  Indian |
Krishnam Raju Gadiraju (born 24 May 1989)[1] is an accomplished Indian speedcuber[2][3] and unicyclist.[4] He is a six-time world record holder[5] and the first Indian to ever set a world record in speedcubing and unicycling.[4]
On 19 October 2014, Gadiraju solved 2,176 rubik's cubes with one hand in 24 hours and entered into the Guinness World Records.[6] On 19 October 2016, Gadiraju achieved his second Guinness World Record title after he solved 170 rubik's cubes on a unicycle, beating the former record of 117 cubes held by Owen Farmer, USA.[5][7][8] Gadiraju is currently the world's fastest Soma cube solver.[3] On 19 October 2017, he solved the soma cube officially in 2.93 seconds.[9] On the same day, with a time of 53.86 seconds, Gadiraju broke the world record for the fastest time to complete two Rubik's cubes simultaneously underwater.[10][11] On 19 October 2018, he solved a Gear Cube in a world record time of 3.79 seconds and a Rubik's Magic blindfolded in 2.99 seconds, also a world record.[5]
He is a competitive chess player representing Karnataka at World Chess Federation competitions.[12][13] He holds the title Arena Candidate Master.[12] Gadiraju is also a memory athlete.[14]
In February 2017, he was featured in the Limca Book of Records.[10]
Media appearances
- 19 Oct 2014 - The Hindu[15]
- 20 Oct 2014 - The New Indian Express[16]
- 21 Oct 2016 - The Hindu[17]
- 19 Mar 2017 - Bangalore Mirror Indiatimes[18]
- 13 Nov 2017 - Times of India[19]
- 10 Jan 2018 - Coca-Cola [20]
- 2 Sep 2018 - BBC News[21]
- 6 Nov 2018 - The New Indian Express[10]
- 19 Nov 2018 - Times Top10[22]
References
- ^ "WR: One-Hand Rubik's Cube Solving (24 hr)". coca-colaindia.com.
- ^ "'World Cube Association - Official Results'".
- ^ a b Burli, Deepika (13 November 2017). "He can solve Rubik's Cube underwater". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ a b Damodaran, Akhila (6 November 2018). "Bangalore boy becomes first Indian to set record in speed solving, unicycling". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Faster than Bolt, on a different field". The Times of India. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Instagram post by Vamsi K Raju Gadiraju • Mar 9, 2015 at 3:32am UTC". instagram.com.
- ^ "Youth solves Rubik's Cube 165 times while riding a unicycle". thehindu.com.
- ^ "Krishnam Raju Gadiraju • 2 February 2017". instagram.com.
- ^ "Fastest time to complete a Soma cube". guinnessworldrecords.com.
- ^ a b c "'Bangalore boy becomes first Indian to set record in speed solving, unicycling'". The New Indian Express. 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Krishnam Raju Gadiraju • 6 January 2018". instagram.com.
- ^ a b "Krishnam Raju Gadiraju FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ "Player - Page 25683144 - All India Chess Federation". aicf.in.
- ^ "Competitors: Krishnam Raju GADIRAJU". world-memory-statistics.com.
- ^ "'City youth ensures Guinness record'". The Hindu. 19 October 2014.
- ^ "'World's Fastest Rubik's Cube Solver'". The New Indian Express. 20 October 2014.
- ^ "'Youth solves Rubik's Cube 165 times while riding a unicycle'". The Hindu. 21 October 2016.
- ^ "'Fastest Finger First'". Bangalore Mirror Indiatimes. 19 March 2017.
- ^ "'He can solve Rubik's Cube underwater'". Times of India. 13 November 2017.
- ^ "'WR: One-Hand Rubik's Cube Solving (24 hr)'". Coca-Cola. 10 January 2018.
- ^ "'Solving two Rubik Cubes underwater with two hands at a time BBC News Telugu'". BBC News. 2 September 2018.
- ^ "'Faster than Bolt, on a different field'". Times Top10. 19 November 2018.