Bob Burton Jr.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bob Burton Jr.
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1985(1985-02-21)
Age	39
Birthplace	Newark
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Aquarius

Bob Burton Jr. Biography

Bob Burton Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Speedcuber who was born on February 21, 1985 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Bob Burton (born Robert Russell Burton Jr. 21 February 1985) 21 1985) is an American speedcuber best known for his participation in and organizing races all over the globe as well as his world records for Rubik’s Magic and Rubik’s Master Magic.

Burton was among the first people to solve Rubik’s Magic in the United States. After he learned how it was possible to figure out the problem, he insists that it be an official competition event. Ian Winokur offered an Rubik’s Magic competition at the Horace Mann Spring 2005 tournament during which Burton beat record after record. American record for the fastest single-solve (1.56 minutes) and an average 5 seconds (1.85 second). In his subsequent competition, Burton also insisted on having his Rubik’s Master Magic to be an event. Tyson Mao agreed, so at the Caltech Summer 2005 tournament, Burton broke the single-solve World Record for Rubik’s Magic (1.28 seconds) as well as the single-solve (3.05 second) and the average for five (3.54 second) the world record of Rubik’s Master Magic. In the Trumbull Spring tournament in 2006, Burton also broke the world record for the Rubik’s Magic standard (1.40 minutes). Burton was the National champion of 2006 in the Rubik’s Magic as well as the Rubik’s Master Magic.

Burton was the national champion at the 2006 US National Championships in San Francisco for the Square-1. He is also credited with creating a method for the Pyraminx, known as the “Bob Burton Method.”

Bob Burton grew up in Kearny, New Jersey. He graduated from Kearny High School in 2003. He studied mathematics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and graduated in May 2007. He rowed for the Rutgers Lightweight Crew team and was the president and founder of the Rutgers University Rubik’s Cube Club. On March 14, 2015 at 9:26:53 a.m., Bob married Jaclyn Sawler in the Beyond Rubik’s Cube exhibit at Liberty Science Center. He currently teaches high school mathematics in New York City.

In 2005, at the Dutch Open Championship, Burton established records. American records for Rubik’s Clock for single solve (24.12 seconds) and the mean (32.68 minutes).

Bob Burton Jr. Net Worth

Bob Burton Jr. is one of the richest Speedcuber from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bob Burton Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Burton began speedsolving using his 3x3x3-Rubik’s Cube in May 2001. He was initially challenged by a few of his peers in a friendly contest to determine who could solve a side the fastest. He was always the last person to finish the puzzle, so he decided to purchase an Rubik’s Cube and began to play using it. He was capable of solving the cube in less than an hour in just a couple of months, using an easy layer-by-layer method. He participated at the 2003 Rubik’s World Games Championships.

Burton also teaches the art of cubing with one hand where the contestant has only one of their hands to complete the puzzle. He was among the top players in the world, finishing fifth all-around (of 661) in the opening stage of the Rubik’s Cube World Championship. Since then, he’s been a bit lower in the rankings however, he competes in the one-handed challenge however.

In May 2006, Burton successfully solved the Rubik’s Cube blindfolded in an official competition at the Trumbull Spring 2006 tournament in a time of 6 minutes 21.87 seconds. He had failed his first ten attempts before that, dating back to May of the previous year. Burton uses the Pochmann system to solve a cube blindfolded, which solves one piece at a time.

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Facts & Trivia

Bob Ranked on the list of most popular Speedcuber. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bob Burton Jr. celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.