The Rubik’s Cube has puzzled the minds of millions for decades, with most people giving up before ever coming close to finishing the notoriously difficult game.

But not teenager Collin Burns, who has completed a cube in just 5.25 seconds, smashing the world record.

The U.S. national “speedcubing” champion was at an official Rubik’s Cube event in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, when he shaved 0.3 of a second off the record.

Other teenagers could be seen chatting in the background as they completed their own puzzles at the official World Cube Association (WCA) meeting.

Meanwhile Collin was focused on his cube, quickly spinning the rows of tiles round as the clock counted upward from zero.

As the 3x3 Rubik’s Cube’s colors aligned, he dropped it down on to a pressure sensor which stopped the watch, bringing gasps from his fellow enthusiasts as they realized he set a new fastest time.

Collin broke into a huge smile when he saw his accomplishment, which was 0.3 seconds quicker than the previous world record of 5.55 seconds, set by Dutchman Mats Valk.

The gathered teenagers suddenly broke into cheers as they crowded round to get a closer look, patting Collin on the back and shaking his hand.

A WCA representative told Mashable that the teenager had officially broken the record.

“Although this result has not been uploaded to the WCA database just yet, we can confirm that this is (or will be soon) the new official WCA world record for the 3x3x3 single solve category,” the spokesman said.

“To our best knowledge, it has been performed in an official competition, with all the rules being followed. Even the scramble has been checked for its correctness.”

数十年来，极其难解的鲁比克魔方困扰了数以百万计的挑战者，他们中的大部分人都在破解到一定程度时放弃了。

但这些人中不包括男青年柯林·伯恩

斯：他日前以5.25秒的成绩破解了魔方，刷新了世界纪录。

在宾夕法尼亚州多来斯镇举行的官方比赛中，这个美国少年以领先上一纪录0.3秒的成绩拿下速解魔方冠军。

此次世界魔方协会官方挑战赛于近期举

办，我们能看到背景中还有不少青少年已完成了魔方挑战，正在互相攀谈。

与此同时，柯林则紧盯着自己的魔方，当计时器开始计时的一瞬间，他手中的魔方块就飞速旋转了起来。

当他将3x3魔方的所有颜色对齐后，他放下魔方，同时触发了下面的压力传感器，计时器于是被锁定。旁边的其他魔方爱好者们倒吸了一口气，因为他们意识到新纪录产生了。

看到自己的成绩后，柯林开怀大笑：他以领先0.3秒的成绩，打破了之前由荷兰人麦茨·沃尔克创造的5.55秒纪录。

聚拢过来的少年们也突然欢呼起来，纷纷跟他拍肩、握手。

据新闻博客Mashable报道，一位世界魔方协会的代表透露，柯林创造的新纪录正式诞生。

该发言人称，“虽然这项成绩还没有上传到世界魔方协会的数据库中，但我们可以确定这是（或即将成为）世界魔方协会3x3x3单人挑战赛新的世界纪录。”

“就我们所知，这属于官方比赛纪录，包括速解准确度在内的此次竞赛的所有程序都符合比赛规则。

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

    【打破】dǎpò smash surpass or outdo by a large margin

    【排成一列】páichéng yīliè align come into line