Singapore marathoner solves 200 Rubik’s Cubes to unofficially set world record

Runner solves 200 Rubik’s Cubes in the five-hour allowable time limit

A runner at the Singapore Chartered Marathon on Sunday not only ran the entire race barefoot, but did so while solving a Rubik’s cube 200 times over the span off 42.2K, good enough for a world record.

Ranjith Vijayan, 37, completed the 3-D combination puzzle in excess of the previous mark of 175 and completed the marathon in 4:55:55. The allowable time limit for setting the Guinness World Record is five-hours.

Two pacers ran alongside Vijayan and dropped off and picked up Rubik’s Cubes throughout the race.

“When I started running, I found it very difficult to keep running for long distances, so I took the cube one day with me for my training, and I found that I can push myself more when I’m doing the cubing,” Vijayan told Channel News Asia before the race.

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Runners like Vijayan are known as multi-tasking runners, a type of running that many marathons have banned for security reasons. Canadian Michael Kapral, a joggler and world record holder for juggling while running, was barred from doing so at the New York City Marathon in November.

Kenya’s Julius Kiplimo Maisei won the overall race in 2:17:26 while first-time marathoner Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo, also of Kenya, won the women’s race in 2:44:26.