PM Modi's Portrait With 99 Rubik's Cubes In 20 Minutes: Telangana's 6-Year-Old Makes Heads Turn
Vidhat's journey with the Rubik's cube began when he was three
In the town of Karimnagar, Telangana, a six-year-old boy is making heads turn with his extraordinary talent.
Vidhat, the son of Sujatha and Nithin Reddy, is creating stunning portraits using Rubik's cubes, an art that even trained professionals often find challenging.
What makes Vidhat's skill remarkable isn't just his ability to solve the 3×3 puzzles — it's the way he turns them into works of art. At an age when most children are just learning basic puzzles, Vidhat has already gone a step further. He recently created a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in just 20 minutes using 99 Rubik's cubes. The likeness is so precise that it's hard to believe it was made by a child barely out of kindergarten.
Vidhat's journey with the Rubik's cube began when he was three. With regular practice and online training, he quickly mastered not only solving the cube but also creating portraits of faces using cube arrangements. His first experiments included making pictures of his parents — and even his own face — from memory and reference images.
Encouraged by his growing talent, his parents arranged for online training to nurture his skill. Now, they are planning to provide him with advanced training in Hyderabad to help him go even further. 'We're amazed at what he can do. Watching him create portraits of personalities like Modi and Pawan Kalyan using only Rubik's Cubes is surreal. We want to support his dream of setting a world record," his parents shared.
Vidhat has already participated in competitions such as the Telangana Cube Championship 2024 and DC Open July Hyderabad 2024, showcasing his ability in solving 3x3x3 and 2x2x2 cubes among older participants.
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