Minh Thai
Minh Thai is a Vietnamese-American speedcuber. As a sixteen-year-old Eagle Rock High School student from Los Angeles, he won the first Rubik's Cube world championship on June 5, 1982 in Budapest by solving a Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds. He is also the author of the book The Winning Solution, a guide to solving the Rubik's cube. Later, the Ortega Corners-First Solution Method was developed based on Thai's Winning Solution.
Solving method
Thai's solution was based on The Ideal Solution, published in 1980 by the Ideal Toy Company. It involves solving the top, bottom, and middle layers, in that order.World records
| Event | Type | First World Record | Latest World Record | Total |
| 3×3×3 | Single | 22.95s 1982 World Rubik's [Cube Championship|World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982] 5 June | 22.95s World Rubik's Cube Championship 1982 5 June | 1 |