Krishnam Raju Gadiraju
Krishnam Raju Gadiraju is an accomplished Indian speedcuber and unicyclist. He is a six-time world record holder and the first Indian to ever set a world record in speedcubing and unicycling.
On 19 October 2014, Gadiraju solved 2,176 rubik's cubes with one hand in 24 hours and entered into the Guinness World Records. 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. Gadiraju is currently the world's fastest Soma cube solver. On 19 October 2017, he solved the soma cube officially in 2.93 seconds. On the same day, with a time of 53.86 seconds, Gadiraju broke the world record for the fastest time to complete two Rubik's cubes simultaneously underwater. On 19 October 2018, 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.
He is a competitive chess player representing Karnataka at World Chess Federation competitions. He holds the title Arena Candidate Master. Gadiraju is also a memory athlete.
In February 2017, he was featured in the Limca Book of Records.Media appearances
