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Updated On: 06 March, 2022 07:36 AM IST | Nimisha Patil

A three-year-old Chemburkar has been named India’s youngest cuber champ. How does a toddler’s mind wrap itself around a combination puzzle that only 5.8 per cent of the world is able to crack?

Prerna Kalra with Rachhit in the mid-day newsroom. She says her son doesn’t display any of the nervous tension she does before a competition. “He giggles and sings while solving.” Pic/Ashish Rane

In a video up on YouTube posted by the Indian Cube Association (ICA), Rachhit Kalra, 3, sits on a table, his legs crossed, fiddling with a Rubik’s Cube, sometimes too distracted to even look at the puzzle while solving it. Oscillating from intense moments of focus to giggles, he works relentlessly to solve the colour-coded puzzle, sometimes, taking a break to scratch his armpit. It’s evident that it’s difficult for bystanders and members of the association to keep a straight face.

The Rubik’s Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle that was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a sculptor from Hungary. According to a 2020 report, close to 450 million Rubik’s Cubes had been sold globally since.

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