Udupi: In a remarkable achievement, 21-year-old Prithveesh K, has entered the India Book of Records for the “most students trained in solving Rubik’s Cube in a year”.

Prithveesh, an engineering student from the SDM Institute of Technology, Ujire, Dakshina Kannada belongs to Cherkady in Udupi district. He has trained more than 500 students in solving the Rubik’s Cube. He has organised workshops in Pethri, Mangaluru, Cherkady, Dharmasthala and Puttur.

He started solving Rubik’s Cube two years ago. After studying solutions for it, he used simple memory techniques, to help children solve it. He has even published book ‘Rubik Magic’ which consists easy formulas to for children to solve Rubik’s Cube.

“Rubik’s Cube mainly improves ‘brain-hand-eye’ coordination level. By solving the cube, one can improve concentration power and memory power too,” he said.

He is intends on training more students and developing ‘speed-cubers’ from the region.