Krishnam Raju Gadiraju
Born (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989
Visakhapatnam, India
NationalityIndia 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.[5] 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][6] Gadiraju held the world record for the fastest time to solve the Soma cube.[3] On 19 October 2017, with a time of 53.86 seconds, Gadiraju broke the world record for the fastest time to complete two Rubik's cubes simultaneously underwater.[7] One year later, 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.[8][9] He holds the title Arena Candidate Master.[8] Gadiraju is also a memory athlete.[10]

In February 2017, he was featured in the Limca Book of Records.[7]

Media appearances

  • 19 Oct 2014 - The Hindu[11]
  • 20 Oct 2014 - The New Indian Express[12]
  • 21 Oct 2016 - The Hindu[13]
  • 19 Mar 2017 - Bangalore Mirror Indiatimes[14]
  • 13 Nov 2017 - Times of India[15]
  • 10 Jan 2018 - Coca-Cola [16]
  • 2 Sep 2018 - BBC News[17]
  • 6 Nov 2018 - The New Indian Express[7]
  • 19 Nov 2018 - Times Top10[18]

References

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