"And then I was just like, 'How fast can I do it?' You know, three minutes, two minutes, eventually one minute. And then I had to look it up to know how to solve it. I got the first two layers, and the third layer is actually the hardest. "So with the Rubik's Cubes, I picked one up one day and I was like, 'OK let's see if I can solve it with no help, nothing on the internet, no algorithms'. "For me, part of the Rubik's Cube and the problem solving was to study something for a little bit and see how good I can get in a certain amount of time," he explained. What do a Rubik’s Cube and a sport climber have in common?Ī lot, according to boulder and lead specialist McColl whose innate urge to solve problems - and keep doing it faster and faster - ignited the moment he first held the cube. Sean McColl on mastering both climbing and Rubik's Cube: 'I love problem-solving' Sean McColl: A panache for problem solving The Olympics qualification system explained How to qualify for sport climbing (speed) at Paris 2024.How to qualify for sport climbing (boulder and lead) at Paris 2024.Pan American Games Santiago 2023: Preview, schedule, mascot, stars involved, and how to watch live action.spoke to the veteran sport climber ahead of his appearance at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, to find out his approach to problems, and how solving the Rubik's Cube makes him a better athlete. It is also the secret behind his other hidden talents, be that playing lightning-fast piano scales or getting through an extreme obstacle course on a reality show.Īnd the next puzzle McColl needs to solve is the biggest one yet - qualifying for his second Olympic Games, Paris 2024. This prowess in problem-solving is what initially attracted McColl to sport climbing and kept him in the sport for 26 years.
I'm very happy."Ī perfectionist through and through, the Olympian from Tokyo 2020 in 2021 devoted a year of his free time from training to studying the algorithms of the 3-D puzzle until it took him consistently under a minute to get all the colours matched up. “My personal best was 32 seconds,” the Canadian athlete told about his record for solving the Rubik’s Cube. Thirty-two seconds is a competition time that Olympic speed climbers, who typically take less than five seconds to scale a wall, would be horrified with.įour-time world champion in sport climbing Sean McColl could not be more proud of it.
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