Toby Mao
Toby Mao | |
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| Born | (1988-12-21) December 21, 1988 (age 35) Hillsborough, California |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Known for | Solving a Rubik's cube in 10.48 seconds |
Tobias "Toby" Mao (born December 21, 1988) is a former world-class Rubik's Cube solver. Hailing from Hillsborough, California, Toby graduated from Crystal Springs Uplands School in 2007 and went on to study mathematics at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is the younger brother of Beauty and the Geek second-season participant Tyson Mao, with whom he taught Will Smith to solve a Rubik's Cube for the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness.[1] In 2006, Toby set the world record in speedcubing by solving the 3x3x3 cube in 10.48 seconds.
References
- ^ Angela Pang (January 5, 2007). "Speed Solvers to Battle in Rubik's Cube Competition". AsianWeek.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
External links
- Cube conqueror: Freshman Toby Mao's special talent - North by Northwestern
- Photo of Toby and Tyson Mao
- YouTube - Rubik's Cube Former World Record
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Rubik's Cube
- Ernő Rubik
- Larry Nichols
- Uwe Mèffert
- Tony Fisher
- Panagiotis Verdes
- Oskar van Deventer
- Overview
- Rubik's family cubes of all sizes
- 2×2×2 (Pocket Cube)
- 3×3×3 (Rubik's Cube)
- 4×4×4 (Rubik's Revenge)
- 5×5×5 (Professor's Cube)
- 6×6×6 (V-Cube 6)
- 7×7×7 (V-Cube 7)
- 8×8×8 (V-Cube 8)
Rubik's Cube
combination puzzles
- Helicopter Cube
- Skewb
- Dino Cube
- Square 1
- Gear Cube
combination puzzles
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| Octahedron | |
| Dodecahedron | |
| Icosahedron | |
| Great dodecahedron | |
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puzzles (>3D)
- Missing Link
- Rubik's 360
- Rubik's Clock
- Rubik's Magic
- Master Edition
- Rubik's Revolution
- Rubik's Snake
- Rubik's Triamid
- Yu Nakajima
- Édouard Chambon
- Bob Burton, Jr.
- Jessica Fridrich
- Chris Hardwick
- Kevin Hays
- Rowe Hessler
- Leyan Lo
- Shotaro Makisumi
- Toby Mao
- Prithveesh K. Bhat
- Krishnam Raju Gadiraju
- Tyson Mao
- Frank Morris
- Lars Petrus
- Gilles Roux
- David Singmaster
- Ron van Bruchem
- Eric Limeback
- Anthony Michael Brooks
- Mats Valk
- Feliks Zemdegs
- Collin Burns
- Max Park
- Mátyás Kuti
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