{"id":6804,"date":"2019-11-12T07:51:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T11:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/?p=6804"},"modified":"2020-01-14T02:47:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T06:47:02","slug":"world-record-apnea-rubik-cubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/world-record-apnea-rubik-cubes\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Kevin Hays of the USA solves 10 Rubik&#8217;s cubes in apnea surpassing his world record in Spain + Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuborubik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuborubik.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuborubik-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuborubik-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Sportalsub.net \/ El Hormiguero \/ Kevin Hays)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/blog\/record-mundial-apnea-cubos-rubik\">Leer en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although apnea or freediving as a sport has its modalities and events well defined and regulated by world organizations such as AIDA and CMAS, there are many daily activities or games that can be performed underwater and where the human being tests their physical abilities, not only to hold your breath, but also mental or mathematical, such as solving a Rubik&#8217;s cube.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, November 11, 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Hays_(speedcuber)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Hays<\/a>, a 25-year-old American man who has been practicing this curious discipline for 10 years, managed to overcome his own world record (which was in 8 cubes in 2015), by solving 10 cubes submerged underwater in a time of 2 minutes with 12 seconds, in the renowned TV Show &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.antena3.com\/programas\/el-hormiguero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">El Hormiguero<\/a>&#8221; of Antena 3 in Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VIDEO RECORD 10 CUBES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antena3.com\/embed\/kevin-hays-resuelve-10-cubos-rubik-apnea-superando-record-mundial\/video\/6\/2019\/11\/11\/5dc9d7597ed1a89cd4aa4c1a\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full note and original video on the Antena 3 website:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.antena3.com\/programas\/el-hormiguero\/secciones\/ciencia-marron\/kevin-hays-resuelve-10-cubos-rubik-apnea-superando-record-mundial_201911115dc9d82b0cf26ce45591052c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kevin Hays resuelve 10 cubos de Rubik en apnea superando su r\u00e9cord mundial en &#8216;El Hormiguero 3.0&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see his previous records on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMbINWhsEpQYwBg--G-LqIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kevin Hays channel on YouTube<\/strong><\/a> and access his social networks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VIDEO PREVIOUS RECORD 8 CUBES (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ianENTXpVmM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is obviously a somewhat different record for those who are familiar with freediving as a sport, but that is still interesting and fun for those who live this lifestyle &#8220;BeUnderwater.&#8221; Would you dare to solve at least one Rubik cube in apnea?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Sportalsub.net \/ El Hormiguero \/ Kevin Hays) Leer en Espa\u00f1ol Although apnea or freediving as a sport has its modalities and events well defined and regulated by world organizations such as AIDA and CMAS, there are many daily activities or games that can be performed underwater and where the human being tests their physical abilities, not only to hold your [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,9,33,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-freediving","category-spain","category-usa"],"modified_by":"sportalsub","views":4171,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cuborubik.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59VZb-1LK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15647,"url":"https:\/\/www.sportalsub.net\/en\/the-biggest-records-in-freediving\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":0},"title":"\ud83c\udf0e The biggest records in freediving","author":"sportalsub","date":"January 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"For many, nothing sounds scarier then ditching the scuba tank and diving into the deep depths of the sea or ocean with no equipment, but the sport of freediving is growing rapidly both at an amateur and professional level with many placing bets through sites like findbettingsites.co.uk. 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