Meet Jayden McNeill: the Canberran who is a world champion in cubing.
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He's solved a Rubik's cube in 4.97 seconds. When it came to the 2x2 cube, he cracked it in 0.69 seconds. And he is also the current world champion in the Square-1 puzzle after he solved it 7.47 seconds.
But when it comes to his world-class skills impressing the ladies, the young speedcuber compares it with being a gym junkie. The more muscle you build up, the more likely you're just going to attract other guys admiring your gains.
"It's basically a sausage fest," he jokes.
Picking up women aside, McNeill's skills have seen him soar up the Australian rankings, and after competing in 83 competitions, in 18 different events, he is considered the second best speedcuber in the country.
These events have not only included different puzzles but have seen the Canberran solve a Rubik's cube - also known as a 3x3 - blindfolded, one-handed and with his feet - in separate events. Meanwhile, most of the rest of the population struggles to solve a Rubik's cube full stop.
"You know how everyone will always say that they can only get one side and then they get stuck? That's the problem," McNeill says.
"You don't go side by side, you go by layers. More specifically I start with the cross, so I get four edges and get them with their centres. The centrepiece doesn't move no matter what you do.
"With the orange centre, for example, that's how you know that side is meant to be orange. It's kind of like the reference."
McNeill says it comes down to algorithms. Not mathematics per se, but the recognition of patterns.
"What actually goes through my mind, obviously I'm recognising patterns and with that, I'm trying to decode it as quickly as I can," he says.
"Because I've practised so much, I can usually see a little bit of information and be like, OK my hands need to do this and while my hands are doing that I actually look for the next thing.
"It's muscle memory and learning sequences and turns. So doing one side clockwise, and another counterclockwise, and so on."
It's enough to give anyone a headache just thinking about it, but for McNeill, it's relaxing - something which plays in his favour come World Cube Association Speedcubing World Championship time.
Held in Melbourne on July 11-13, the event will see the world's best speedcubers come together to compete in the 18 different events. Canberra will also host a warm event at the Ainslie Football Club on Wednesday.
"I've pretty much done everything I wanted to do as a competitor. I've had world records, I've had a world title, and I've done well on the national stage as well," McNeill says.
"So this year I'm actually going to be a commentator on the live stream for all four days of the world championship and I just want to do a good job with that.
"Other than that, I would like to get to the final round for the 3x3 [cube]. The next time the worlds are in Australia, I'm not going to be anywhere near as competitive. It's going to be in another decade's time and cubing is a young man's game, in my opinion."