# Minh Thai

> Minh Thai is a Vietnamese-American speedcuber. As a sixteen-year-old Eagle Rock High School student from Los Angeles, he won the first Rubik's Cube world championship on June 5, 1982, in Budapest by solving a Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds. He is also the author of the book The Winning Solution (1982), a guide to solving the Rubik's cube. Later, the Ortega Corners-First Solution Method was developed based on Thai's Winning Solution.

*American speedcuber*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/minh-thai

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1966
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 29.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Minh Thai](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Thai)
- [Minh Thai](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Thai)
- [مينه تاى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%89)
- [Minh Thái (Rubik)](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Th%C3%A1i_(Rubik))
- [Minh Thai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Thai)
- [Minh Thai](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minh_Thai)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1172987)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/minh-thai