Krishnam Raju Gadiraju

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]

Krishnam Raju Gadiraju
Born (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989
Visakhapatnam, India
Nationality Indian

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]
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References
  1. "WR: One-Hand Rubik's Cube Solving (24 hr)". coca-colaindia.com.
  2. "'World Cube Association - Official Results'".
  3. Burli, Deepika (13 November 2017). "He can solve Rubik's Cube underwater". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. "Faster than Bolt, on a different field". The Times of India. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. "Instagram post by Vamsi K Raju Gadiraju • Mar 9, 2015 at 3:32am UTC". instagram.com.
  7. "Youth solves Rubik's Cube 165 times while riding a unicycle". thehindu.com.
  8. "Krishnam Raju Gadiraju • 2 February 2017". instagram.com.
  9. "Fastest time to complete a Soma cube". guinnessworldrecords.com.
  10. "'Bangalore boy becomes first Indian to set record in speed solving, unicycling'". The New Indian Express. 6 November 2018.
  11. "Krishnam Raju Gadiraju • 6 January 2018". instagram.com.
  12. "Krishnam Raju Gadiraju FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
  13. "Player - Page 25683144 - All India Chess Federation". aicf.in.
  14. "Competitors: Krishnam Raju GADIRAJU". world-memory-statistics.com.
  15. "'City youth ensures Guinness record'". The Hindu. 19 October 2014.
  16. "'World's Fastest Rubik's Cube Solver'". The New Indian Express. 20 October 2014.
  17. "'Youth solves Rubik's Cube 165 times while riding a unicycle'". The Hindu. 21 October 2016.
  18. "'Fastest Finger First'". Bangalore Mirror Indiatimes. 19 March 2017.
  19. "'He can solve Rubik's Cube underwater'". Times of India. 13 November 2017.
  20. "'WR: One-Hand Rubik's Cube Solving (24 hr)'". Coca-Cola. 10 January 2018.
  21. "'Solving two Rubik Cubes underwater with two hands at a time BBC News Telugu'". BBC News. 2 September 2018.
  22. "'Faster than Bolt, on a different field'". Times Top10. 19 November 2018.
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