Tommy Cherry
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| Born | 30 May 2005 (age 20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Rubik's Cube speedcubing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tommy Cherry (born May 30, 2005) is an American Rubik's Cube speedcuber. He holds the world records for the fastest 3×3×3 blindfolded single solve with a time of 12.00 seconds[1] and fastest 3×3×3 blindfolded mean solve with an average time of 14.05 seconds.[2]
Life
[edit]Cherry formerly competed in the Scripp's National Spelling Bee in 2019, after winning the 2018 and 2019 Regional Southeastern Florida Scripps Spelling Bees.[3][4]
Cherry is currently a student at Florida State University.[5]
Rubik's Cube career
[edit]Cherry set the world record for the fastest Rubik's Cube solve blindfolded with a time of 12.00 seconds (the time includes memorization and solving) on February 11, 2024 at Triton Tricubealon 2024 in San Diego, California, United States.[6]
He also set the world record for the mean of three blindfolded solves with at time of 14.05 seconds on July 28, 2024 at the Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 in Pamplona, Spain.[7]
Cherry has achieved national, continental, and world championship podiums in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. He is the current US National Champion and North American champion, the 2023 World Champion, and the 2025 first runner-up for the event.[8]
Cherry is also a skilled Rubik's Clock solver, developing the 7-simultaneous moves (7simul) method that is currently the method of choice for most top clock solvers. He previously held world records in the event, and was the 2023 World Champion and US National Champion for the event.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rankings | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
- ^ "Rankings | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
- ^ "8th grade student at Christa McAuliffe Middle School competing in Scripps National Spelling Bee". WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm. May 28, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
- ^ Isger, Emily Sullivan,Sonja. "County sends three to Scripps National Spelling Bee". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Tommy Cherry (August 31, 2023). Revealing where I'm going to College 👀. Retrieved July 13, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Fastest time to solve a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube blindfolded | Guinness World Records". February 6, 2025. Archived from the original on February 6, 2025. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
- ^ "Rankings | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "Tommy Cherry | World Cube Association". www.worldcubeassociation.org. Retrieved July 13, 2025.