One of my trainees Bernett Orlando has taken the memory tricks he learned to the next level to win many awards in National and International championships.
Bernett Orlando in the 4th Rubik's cube world championship-2007, Budapest, Hungary, photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/johnlouismemory/WorldCup2007#
Bernett Orlando receives award in world championship-2007 , video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8wRMXZITps
BERNETT ORLANDO
DATE OF BIRTH – 23 MAY 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH – TRICHY, TAMILNADU
TRAINER – John Louis, Grand Master of memory, International Memory Trainer,
Indian National Memory Champion
website - www.benacademy.com, email – info@benacademy.com
Mobile number – 9 715 333 175
BERNETT ORLANDO’S WORLD RECORDS –
Individual Mosaic made by an individual using Rubik's cube ( at least 90 % of the total number of cubes should have been twisted)
1). Bernett Orlando made the portrait of Marilyn Monroe using 1521 Rubik's cubes in 15 hours on 19th and 20th Feb-2009 (daily 7 hours 30 min) in Chennai, India.
(photos attached herewith for your verification). The video of it can be watched here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqzXsrtMA0w
2). Bernett Orlando broke his own world record by making the portrait of X'mas scenery using 2025 Rubik's cubes in 9 hours (daily 3 hours) on 7th, 8th and 9th Dec-2009 in Cologne, Germany
Video proof - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_JPjKIKOs
Photos proof - http://picasaweb.google.com/johnloui...ANY789DEC2009#
BERNETT’S INDIAN NATIONAL RECORDS –
If you want to verify all these records, you can do so in the WCA official website here - http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2006ORLA01
| S.No | Event | Time | Bernett’s Indian Rank |
| 1 | 333 Rubik’s cube single solve | 10.84 sec | 1 |
| 2 | 333 Rubik’s cube avg of 5 solves | 13.72 sec | 1 |
| 3 | 333 Rubik’s cube with feet single solve | 1 min 55.57 sec | 1 |
| 4 | 333 Rubik’s cube with feet mean of 3 solves | 2 min 14.12 sec | 1 |
| 5 | 333 Rubik’s cube one handed avg of 5 solves | 30.69 sec | 1 |
| 6 | 333 Rubik’s cube multiple blindfolded | 7 out of 7 cubes in 51 min 55 sec | 1 |
| 7 | 444 Revenge cube single solve | 49.21 sec | 1 |
| 8 | 444 Revenge cube avg of 5 solves | 60.02 sec | 1 |
| 9 | 444 Revenge cube blindfolded | 18 min 7 sec | 1 |
| 10 | 555 Professor cube single solve | 1 min 33.88 sec | 1 |
| 11 | 555 professor cube avg of 5 solves | 1 min 48.19 sec | 1 |
| 12 | 555 professor cube blindfolded | 55 min 39 sec | 1(world champion) |
| 13 | Square-1 single solve | 23.91 sec | 1 |
| 14 | Square-1 avg of 5 solves | 31. 84 sec | 1 |
| 15 | Pyraminx avg of 5 solves | 16.94 sec | 1 |
| 16 | 222 mini cube single solve | 3,18 sec | 1 |
| 17 | 222 mini cube avg of 5 solves | 5.58 sec | 1 |
| 18 | Master magic single solve | 5.97 sec | 1 |
| 19 | Master magic avg of 5 solves | 7.17 sec | 1 |
| 20 | 333 Rubik’s cube blindfolded | 2 min 24.44 sec | 2 |
| 21 | 333 Rubik’s cube one handed single solve | 28.96 sec | 2 |
| 22 | Megaminx single solve | 2 min 8.96 sec | 2 |
| 23 | Megaminx avg of 5 solves | 2 min 23.85 sec | 2 |
| 24 | Pyraminx single solve | 15.03 sec | 2 |
| 25 | Rubik’s magic avg of 5 solves | 3.88 sec | 2 |
| 26 | Rubik’s magic single solve | 2.42 sec | 3 |
Some out standing features of Bernett’s records –
- Youngest to become a world champion at the age of just 11
- The first person in the world to have solved a 555 professor cube blindfolded in the history of Rubik’s cube world championships
- 3 times Rubik’s cube Indian national champion consecutively since its inception – 2008, 2009 and 2009.
- Youngest in the world to have won a national championship
- Youngest to have solved 333, 444 and 555 blindfolded
- Has broken his own national records 79 times in official competitions in various events
- Held 6 Asian records in the year 2006 - 2007
His other memory feats are as follows –
1). Memorized a deck of cards in 162 sec
2). Memorised 300 binary digits in 5 min
3). Memorised 120 random numbers in 5 min
4). Can call the day instantly for any date between the years 1600 and 2100.
