Chris Hardwick (speedcuber)
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| Born | December 6, 1983 Merritt Island, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Speedcubing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Michael Hardwick (born December 6, 1983) is an American competitive speedcuber.
Born in Merritt Island, Florida, he attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (class of 2002) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (class of 2005).
He is known especially for his blindfolded world record solution times of Rubik's Revenge and Rubik's Professor's Cube puzzles, though he started out as a top one-handed cuber. Chris holds the former world record for the blindfolded solve time of the Rubik's Professor's Cube with 15 minutes 22 seconds.
Hardwick has made a number of television appearances demonstrating the
Chris Hardwick, the comedian, referenced this particular Chris Hardwick on Web Soup in 2009[1] when a comment about the Rubik's Cube was made. The two met during the comedian's show at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 11, 2015.[2]
References
- ^ "Chris Hardwick (Comedian) knows about Chris Hardwick (Cuber)!!!". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ^ "Two Chris Hardwicks". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- "Hardwick's appearance on Web Junk 20 Episode 105 on IFILM". Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- "Photos of Hardwick's appearance on Canada AM in 2003". Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- "Axe parody of a home video by Hardwick on YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- "Hardwick's original video to the parody mentioned above". Archived from the original on 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- "4x4 Blindfolded World Records". World Cube Association website. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- "5x5 Blindfolded World Records". World Cube Association website. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- "The Daily Californian". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- "Rubik's 'Speed Cubers' Earning Celebrity Status". Information Week. Archived from the original (archive) on 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- "Hardwick on CollegeHumor". Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- "Hardwick on Digg". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
External links
- Chris Hardwick's listing at the World Cube Association
- Chris Hardwick's webpage