Yu Nakajima

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Yu Nakajima (中島 悠, Yu Nakajima^? born February 15, 1991 in Kushiro, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese Rubik's Cube solver.

Yu holds the current world record both for average (11.28 seconds) and for single times (8.72 seconds) on the standard 3×3×3 cube solution^[1]. Both records were set up on May 4, 2008, at Kawashi Open 2008. He beat the previous record holder Edouard Chambon, who had a single solve record of 9.18 seconds^[2].

[edit] References

1. ^ Official results of Yu Nakajima.. worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
2. ^ Official results of Edouard Chambon.. worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.

• Record page. worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.

• Yu's YouTube account.
• Yu's cubingtechniques site.

• International Herald Tribune article about Rubik's Cube world championship 2007. iht.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
• USA Today article about Rubik's Cube world championship 2007. usatoday.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.

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