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New women's record to solve a Rubik's cube

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Today's story: Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi from China set a new Rubik’s cube world record with an average time of 4.27 seconds, breaking her own record just three days after setting it. The Rubik’s cube has fascinated and frustrated puzzle lovers for decades, but competitive speedcubers have mastered the art of solving it in seconds. Lian began learning to solve cubes at age four and now trains for hours each day to compete at the highest level. Transcript & Exercises: <a href="https://plainenglish.com/902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://plainenglish.com/902</a>Get the full story and learning resources: https://plainenglish.com/902--Plain English helps you improve your English:<ul><li>Learn about the world and improve your English</li><li>Clear, natural English at a speed you can understand</li><li>New stories every week</li><li>Learn even more at PlainEnglish.com</li></ul> Mentioned in this episode:Hard words? No problemNever be confused by difficult words in Plain English again!

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