An 18-year-old student from Georgia solved six Rubik’s Cubes under water in one breath on Friday, in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record.
Vako Marchelashvili was submerged in a glass tank for just over one minute and 44 seconds as he flipped, turned and solved the cubes in front of a crowd at the Gino Paradise aqua park Tbilisi.
He said he had been preparing for the underwater challenge for six months, training several hours a day.
“I trained a lot planning to break a record - and to ensure my safety, because even a small mistake could be dangerous and life-altering,” Mr. Marchelashvili said afterwards. “I think my result will stay as a record for a long time. I hope to break many other records.”
The current underwater record of five cubes was set by Anthony Brooks of U.S. in 2014.
