Collin Burns is an American
speedcuber
Speedcubing or speedsolving is a competitive mind sport centered around the rapid solving of various combination puzzles. The most prominent puzzle in this category is the 3×3×3 puzzle, commonly known as the Rubik's Cube. Participants in this ...
who formerly held the world record for solving the
Rubik’s Cube in 5.25 seconds.
Biography
On April 25, 2015, Burns set the world record for the fastest 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube single solve with a time of 5.25. He set that time (which was the world record for approximately eight months) using the YuXin brand 3×3×3 cube.
He solved the cube 0.3 seconds faster than the previous world record of 5.55 seconds, set by
Mats Valk. His record was later broken b
Lucas Etterwith a time of 4.90 on November 21, 2015.
Burns had his 5.25 solve recorded at a Rubik's Cube competition at
Central Bucks West High School in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the borough population was 8,300.
Doylestown is located northwest of Trent ...
.
He was described as a "teenager" in reports of the event.
In 2014, he set a North American continental record of 5.93 seconds for solving the 3×3×3 cube,
and he beat the world champion at the time,
Feliks Zemdegs
Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs (, ; born 20 December 1995) is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He is the only speedcuber ever to win the World Cube Association World Championship twice back to back, winning in 2013 and 2015, and is widely ...
in the US Nationals 2014 speedcubing competition.
Burns is now a researcher in the field of
AI alignment
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.
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Living people
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Place of birth missing (living people)
American speedcubers
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