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Lian Yunzhi, a six-year-old girl from China, has broken the women’s world record for solving a 3x3 Rubik’s Cube twice in three days, first with an average time of 4.52 seconds and then improving to 4.27 seconds. The article includes footage showing her solving one cube in approximately 3.54 seconds. Lian started learning to solve the Rubik’s Cube at age four and has mastered over 1,300 formulas.
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Lian Yunzhi, a six-year-old girl from Sichuan Province, China, broke the women's world record for solving a 3x3 Rubik’s Cube twice in three days. Her first attempt at a competition in Wuhan yielded an average time of 4.52 seconds, which she then improved to 4.27 seconds in Guangzhou, making her the only female cuber with an average time under 4.5 seconds. Lian has mastered over 1,300 Rubik's Cube solving algorithms and practices for about two to three hours daily. She began learning at age four and improved dramatically after training with top professional coaches in Shanghai.

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She first set a record with an average time of 4.52 seconds at a competition in Wuhan, before improving it to 4.27 seconds in Guangzhou.
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Six-year-old Chinese girl Lian Yunzhi has twice broken the women’s world record for solving a 3x3 Rubik’s Cube in just three days. asserted
Yunzhi → break → days
She first set a record with an average time of 4.52 seconds at a competition in Wuhan, before improving it to 4.27 seconds in Guangzhou. asserted
She → set → Guangzhou
Footage from Wuhan shows Lian moving her fingers rapidly through the cube, completing one solve in around 3.54 seconds. asserted
Lian → show → seconds
She began solving cubes at the age of four and has since mastered more than 1,300 formulas. asserted
She → begin → formulas
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