Vincent Sheu facts for kids

Vincent Sheu, born in 1990, is an American speedcuber from Saratoga, California. He is well-known for organizing World Cube Association (WCA) competitions. He also holds world records for solving the 2×2×2 cube very quickly and for the "Fewest Moves Challenge" (FMC). From 2012 to 2015, he helped write the official rules for WCA competitions. Vincent has also been featured in many popular online videos and images from college sports events.

Vincent Sheu's Education

Vincent Sheu studied at Stanford University. He earned two advanced degrees there in June 2018: a law degree (called a J.D.) and a master's degree (M.S.) in Computer Science.

Before Stanford, Vincent went to the University of California, Berkeley. He earned degrees in Statistics and Molecular & Cell Biology in 2012, and a master's degree in Bioengineering in 2014. At Berkeley, he was the president of the Berkeley Cube Club. He even taught popular classes on how to solve the Rubik's Cube and how to solve it quickly!

Rubik's Cube Achievements

Vincent Sheu has been an active speedcuber since 2006. He often uses the CFOP method, which is a popular way to solve the Rubik's Cube layer by layer.

In 2011, he matched the world record for solving the 2×2×2 cube in an amazing 0.96 seconds! This happened at the Berkeley Winter Cube Competition.

At the 2014 US Nationals Competition, he tied the world record for the Fewest Moves Competition (FMC). In this event, cubers try to solve a 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube using the fewest possible moves. Vincent's average was 25 moves across three solves. He also set a North American record in the FMC event with a single solve of just 22 moves. Because of these achievements, he became the 2014 National Champion in the FMC category.

Media Appearances

In February 2014, Vincent Sheu became famous online. He was filmed solving a Rubik's Cube during a college basketball game. He was sitting right behind the sportscasters Bill Walton and Dave Pasch who were talking about the game on ESPN2. The video of him solving the cube quickly went viral on YouTube.

After this, ESPN2 producers often placed Vincent behind sportscasters during other California basketball games. He would solve more cubes and puzzles on live TV. Bill Walton even featured him in a short ESPN2 segment about his cubing and college life.

The University of California, Berkeley later featured Vincent in a video about student life. This video was shown on Pac-12 Networks.

Vincent also appeared in "Will We Become God?," an episode of Through the Wormhole, a science TV show hosted by Morgan Freeman. This episode aired on July 9, 2014.

Vincent was also seen in the Netflix documentary, The Speed Cubers, which came out on July 29, 2020. He was one of several speedcubers who made a short appearance in the film.

See also

• Tyson Mao
• Anthony Michael Brooks
• Eric Limeback
• Macky Makisumi
• Lars Petrus
• Feliks Zemdegs
• Mats Valk
• Rowe Hessler