The Story of Aiman Koli, who impressed Sachin by Solving Rubik’s Cube without looking at it!! Beyond this, what qualities these whiz kids possess? The Story of Rubic’s Cube Inventor and Mathematics Behind this. Read this Interesting Perspective!!

Dear Friends and Students

Today there is a viral video of Sachin Tendulkar with a young boy, Mohammed Aiman Koli from Mumbai who solved a Rubik's cube without looking at it. This video garnered over 2 million views on Instagram in less than a day, and another 1.6 million views on Facebook. In fact, Aiman Koli made another fete with his feet: 3x3 Rubik's Cube with Feet Eternal World Record Single [15.56]. You may watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxWRLmqeLSM

We should appreciate Koli for the practice!! Great Job Koli! We wish you garner more records!

Now I have a bigger question for you! Is there any relationship between solving a Rubik's cube and one's intelligence? I did a little google research. I found a few interesting aspects!

Rubic’s Cube solving needs Pattern Recognition, 3D Movement Visualization (Spatial Intelligence), Photographic Memory. They are inborn skills. They cannot be trained easily. They are God’s gifts! On top of this, one needs practice.

Beyond this, Mohammed Aiman Koli has more skills as he is performing speedcubing. Speed Cubing needs finger agility, multitasking, and muscle memory! They need to be trained and acquired through practice.

There is no specific evidence to relate intelligence and solving Rubick’s cube. However, one thing is clear, the process of trying to understand the advanced algorithms in speedcubing helps to comprehend group theory and 3D visualization. This is one sport. One needs practice and commitment.

Rubick’s cube was invented in 1974! More than 350 million Rubik cubes are sold (2009, I am it must be 2 or 3 times by 2021)! As per World Cube Association, the USA has 27401 people who solved it, China has 2240 and in third position India with 12664! Further, Russia 6357, Brazil 5458, Canada 4707, Philippines 3485, Poland     3378, Australia 3358, and Indonesia 2972 (www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/statistics.php#most_countries).

Dear Faculty Friends,

It is an interesting story of Rubick’s Cube inventor. He is a professor! How his classroom teaching tool became a world-famous sport!! Read this story.

Rubick’s cube invented by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Ernő Rubik worked at the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. The cube was built as a teaching tool to help his students understand 3D objects and solving the structural problem of moving the parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. He got a patent in 1976!!

Dear Students

Regardless of intelligence connection, if you are already practicing Rubic’s Cube, continue to do that. It is one sport! It increases your cognitive abilities. It enhances your ability to work under pressure, it helps in problem-solving abilities. Dealing with things with patience is a sign of emotional intelligence!!

There is another interesting mathematical question! Rubik's Cube has eight corners and twelve edges right. How many ways to arrange? I am not good at mathematics. Somewhere I read this as “43 quintillion. To put this into perspective, if one had one standard-sized Rubik's Cube for each permutation, one could cover the Earth's surface 275 times, or stack them in a tower 261 light-years high.” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube)

It is beyond my conception!! Happy Rubic’s Cubing!!

Your Well-wisher

Ravi Saripalle

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Source Inspiration:https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/mumbai-teenager-solves-rubiks-cube-blindfolded-leaves-sachin-tendulkar-feeling-amazed-7209152/