SINGAPORE – While other children his age spend their leisure time playing games on online platform Roblox or watching television, 10-year-old Luis Tan devotes up to eight hours a day puzzling over a Rubik’s Cube.
Luis’ most memorable competition was the Please Be Quiet Bukit Jalil 2023 competition in June, as he achieved a personal record of 24 moves in the category, winning the honour of being ranked fourth nationally and cementing him as one to watch. Mr Wong, who started cubing at age 11, said: “Competitors are given one hour to find the fewest moves to solve the same cube configuration on a question paper.”
Leading up to competitions, he would practise for eight hours a day on weekends. On weekdays, he maintains his cubing acuity with two hours of practice. He said: “According to Google, children learn faster than adults. I learnt how to solve the cube in an hour and never forgot the technique. But my father took a whole week to learn the most basic method and, shortly after, he had to relearn a few steps.”
Luis is the younger child of Mr Tan Kuo Ping, 44, head of enterprise risk management at Jurong Port, and Ms Ho Lai Ying, 44, a marketing manager. His 13-year-old brother Lucas attends cubing lessons with him.
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