In a world where teenagers are often lamented for their supposed lack of focus and drive, one Australian teenager has proven the naysayers wrong in spectacular fashion. Fifteen-year-old Kaitlyn Walker has set a new world record for solving a Rubik’s cube while blindfolded, completing the puzzle in a mere 12.1 seconds. Yes, you read that correctly. Blindfolded.
It’s easy to imagine the scene: Kaitlyn, sitting at a table, her eyes tightly covered with a piece of cloth while a crowd of onlookers watches in amazement. The countdown begins, and suddenly, with lightning-fast reflexes, the young genius goes to work. Fingers flying, she twists and turns the cube, her mind whirring with the calculations necessary to align all six colors on each of the cube’s sides. And just like that, it’s done.
Asked about how she was able to achieve such an impressive feat, Kaitlyn remained coy and composed. “It just takes practice, really,” she said nonchalantly, as if she hadn’t just shattered a world record. “I’ve been doing the Rubik’s cube for a few years now, and blindfolded solving just seemed like the next logical step.” Logical, indeed.
The internet, predictably, has exploded with praise for Kaitlyn’s incredible accomplishment
