A STUDENT shaved 0.01 seconds off the Rubik’s cube speed-solving world record as the previous champion looked on.

    The video, shot in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, shows Feliks Zemdegs, 20, solving the famous 1980s toy in just 4.73 seconds.

    The previous world record was set by Mats Valk, 20, who is sitting next to Zemdegs as he breaks his record.

    Zemdegs, a commerce student at the University of Melbourne, gets 10 seconds to inspect the Rubik’s cube before he has to solve it. He tells the judge he is ready and the clock starts. His hands move so fast the camera struggles to pick up his individual finger movements.

    He throws the cube down, prompting a big cheer from the crowd. When Zemdegs realizes he has broken the record he throws his hands up in celebration.

    A devastated Valk lets out a swearword and throws his head on the table.

    But the misery does not last long and Valk is soon clapping and congratulating his rival on his amazing achievement.

    Zemdegs is famous in the “speedcubing” world and has been posting videos and tutorials on YouTube since around 2008. The first unofficial time he recorded was an average of 19.73 seconds in June 2008 and won the first competition he attended with an average solving time of 13.74 seconds in the final round.(SD-Agencies)