this is the incredible moment that oliver frost shaved more than eight seconds off his own world record for solving a 4x4 rubik's cube whilst blindfolded the 21 year old neuroscience student from the university of westminster shortened his own best time for completing the conundrum to 2 minutes 1047 seconds he smashed his previous record of 2 minutes 1865 seconds to retain the title for a fourth time during a competition at the university of edinburgh to tackle the riddle that has stumped avid gamers for years, oliver practices extensively to hone his memory skills scroll down for video  oliver frost shaved more than eight seconds off his own world record for solving a 4x4 rubik's cube blindfolded  'it always feels great to break a world record, especially if you've worked hard for it for as long as i have to develop my memory and methods,' he said the university of westminster student used to practice his skills every night  'but ultimately the reason i compete is to meet up with some of my best friends, travel around the uk and even abroad and to keep my brain sharp 'to get to my speed it did take quite a lot of practice 'i used to practice for a few hours a day, until i got a bit older and started to focus on university and jobs' the challenge was one of several world cube association events contested by participants from 14 countries oliver added: 'the techniques for memorizing something like a rubik's cube or even other things like packs of cards or numbers have stayed the same for thousands of years 'everyone is capable   it just requires a bit of patience' the rubik's cube was invented by hungarian architect erno rubik in 1974 he created the puzzle because he wanted a working model to help explain three dimensional geometry it won toy of the year in the uk in both 1980 and 1981, despite the fact most people could not solve the riddle labour leader ed miliband is a fan of the toy and once boasted that he can do a rubik's cube in 90 seconds oliver beat his own world record at a world cube association event at the university of edinburgh  participants from more than 14 countries traveled to scotland for the international competition  oliver said the techniques for memorizing something like a rubik's cube have remained unchanged for thousands of years  after setting his fourth world record oliver said: 'it always feels great to break a world record'
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oliver frost solved the 4x4 rubik's cube in 2 minutes 1047 seconds . university of westminster student was blindfolded when he set record . the 21 year old beat his previous time by over eight seconds to retain title . after securing his fourth world record frost said he felt 'great'