Toby Mao

Tobias "Toby" Mao (born December 21, 1988) is one of the world's top competitive Rubik's Cube solvers. Hailing from Hillsborough, California, Toby graduated from Crystal Springs Uplands School in 2007 and is now a sophomore at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he is a music performance major in cello. He is the younger brother of Beauty and the Geek second-season participant Tyson Mao, with whom he taught Will Smith to solve a Rubik's Cube for the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness. [cite web
url = http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=01409b2fc8628455bce738da54af1343
title = Speed Solvers to Battle in Rubik's Cube Competition
author = Angela Pang
accessdate=2008-03-20
date=January 5, 2007
work=AsianWeek.com
publisher=AsianWeek.com] In 2006, Toby set the world record in speedcubing by solving the 3x3x3 cube in 10.48 seconds.

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* [http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2007/11/5286/cube-conqueror-freshman-toby-maos-special-talent/ Cube conqueror: Freshman Toby Mao's special talent - North by Northwestern]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/01/13/BAG3DGMRAV1.DTL&o=0 Photo of Toby and Tyson Mao]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pqUedt1HdI YouTube - Rubik's Cube Former World Record]