Minh Thai (born 1965 as Thái Minh) is a Vietnamese-American speedcuber. As a sixteen-year-old Eagle Rock High School student from Los Angeles, he won the first Rubik's Cube world championship on June 5, 1982, in Budapest by solving a Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds. He is also the author of the book The Winning Solution (1982), a guide to solving the Rubik's cube. Later, the Ortega Corners-First Solution Method was developed based on Thai's Winning Solution.
Solving method
Thai's solution was based on The Ideal Solution, published in 1980 by the Ideal Toy Company. It involves solving the top, bottom, and middle layers, in that order.
World records
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|rowspan="1"| 3×3×3 || Single || 22.95s <br> World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982 <br> 5 June || 22.95s <br> World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982 <br> 5 June || 1
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See also
- Jeff Varasano, unofficial Rubik's Cube United States record holder in 1981
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