Florian Kastenmeier, of Germany, now holds the Guinness World Record for assembling the largest collection of rotating puzzles in the world — a whopping 1,519.
Guinness World RecordThe Bavarian 40-year-old’s obsession with Rubik’s Cubes began when he was a kid and he and his three brothers attempted to solve the puzzle. Defeated by the challenge, he gave up on the head-scratching game.
“There is no unsolved cube in my home, as I always have to solve them,” he told NeedToKnow.Online. “I can solve a normal 3×3 cube in about 40 seconds. That’s not as fast as [Rubik’s Cube speedsolver] Max Park, but still the fastest at home.” “I don’t really have a favorite one because there are so many, but there’s definitely a few specials,” he added. “For example, [I have] a Rubik’s Cube, which looks like a tennis ball with Boris Becker’s autograph on [it], and this was given for the wedding of Princess Diana and King Charles.”His cubes come in all shapes and sizes, and some are even gifted to him.
“I even get cubes from companies who hear about my collection,” he said. “I keep all my cubes arranged on shelves in a large room at home, and so far, people have reacted positively.”
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