Mumbai:Mumbai resident Chinmay Prabhu has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records by solving nine Pyraminx (pyramid shaped Rubik's cube) under water. The 20-year-old, who received the Guinness certificate on March 15, had achieved the feat on December 9 last year by solving the Pyraminx sitting underwater in a pool in just one minute and forty-eight seconds.
Talking about his unique achievement, Prabhu said, "I like cubing and swimming, so I thought of mixing the two and creating a new title. I had to ask Guinness to create a new title for underwater cubing as there was no such title on their list earlier."
Looking back at his initial days of practicing underwater five years ago, he said, "Initially I could hold my breath only for 30-35 seconds. Gradually the breath holding capacity increased to one and a half minute."
Guinness had set Prabhu a target of four Pyraminxes, but he went on to solve nine. "I thought if I scored only four or five, somebody will break the record some day. So I took it to nine Pyraminxes," says Prabhu, who underwent rigorous five-month training to achieve his goal.