{"id":55764,"date":"2021-01-29T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=55764"},"modified":"2021-01-29T00:06:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T08:06:48","slug":"why-the-fastest-person-in-the-world-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube-is-autistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/why-the-fastest-person-in-the-world-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube-is-autistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the fastest person in the world to solve a Rubik’s cube is autistic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNobody could think 35 years ago that a puzzle would become the best-selling toy in the\u00a0world<\/a>\u00a0, but the fact is that on January 30, 1978, the Hungarian sculptor and architect\u00a0Hern\u00f6 Rubik<\/a>\u00a0applied for a patent on what he then called “magic cube” .<\/p>\n

Completing this three-dimensional puzzle, better known as a Rubik’s cube, requires a series of skills such as concentration, memory, eye-hand coordination, mathematics, good psychomotor skills and mental agility, among others.<\/p>\n

The world record for running speed is held by a young man with autism.\u00a0You might think that this guy has all those abilities.\u00a0However, this is not the case.\u00a0Precisely the documentary\u00a0The Speedcuber<\/em><\/a>\u00a0, which can be seen on Netflix, describes him as a teenager with hand-eye coordination difficulties and very poor motor skills.<\/p>\n