Wilkes said being in the North makes it a bit more difficult to compete. Competitions are fun to have, but I do a lot of them online and those are fun too." "It'd be nice to go to competitions, but I just have no clue if that's happening or not. In the last year he's been excited trying online competitions, since COVID-19 made it difficult to travel out of province. Wilkes has never had the chance to compete in person in a tournament. So we're obviously pretty proud of that." "He puts in the time, he puts in the effort to learn the algorithms and to learn the skills. It's something that he enjoys and he's spending the time practising like any athlete. "He always has a Rubik's Cube in his hand. Winsor said she's proud of her son and what he's been able to accomplish, and will support his passion wherever that might take him in the future. It's kind of the same with everything else, though." If you want to become really good, you have to practise. "You have to practise every day as hard as you can - there's no breaks. The official world record is 3.47 seconds. On average, Wilkes said he can solve a cube in between four to five seconds. His sponsorship, and the subsequent discovery of the scam, was first reported by Cabin Radio earlier this week. Wilkes was introduced to the Rubik's Cube by his music teacher three years ago, and he's been hooked on the popular puzzle ever since.
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"It's not clear why this person did what they did, but Owen is handling it well and still plans to teach and share his passion," along with participating in competitions, she wrote on Facebook. Wilkes's mother, Cherish Winsor, said it was disappointing to learn the sponsorship opportunity wasn't real.
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It'd be smaller competitions with groups and stuff, but I'm just trying to make it bigger here, especially because it's not that common here to see somebody solving Rubik's Cube." "I'd like to get a bigger community going in Yellowknife and then start up competitions here," Owen Wilkes, 13, told CBC News.
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(Chantal Dubuc/CBC - image credit)Ī young Yellowknifer still wants to share his skills for solving Rubik's Cubes in the North, after he was targeted by a scammer who offered a fake sponsorship for a world-leading speed-cubing team. He says he can usually solve a Rubik's Cube in four to five seconds. Owen Wilkes, 13, has been competing in online speed-cubing competitions over the past year.