A University of Michigan student is one of the world’s top “speedcubers,” a person able to quickly solve a Rubik’s Cube. He also is a talented violinist. Stanley Chapel says the two activities work well together. He adds that he has equal interest in both. But the 21-year-old says the violin has helped him succeed in speedcubing. Chapel is studying violin performance at the university’s school of music, theater and dance. He said that ideas he learned from music study such as repetition and “breaking things down into their smallest” elements helped him get better at cubing.

密歇根大学的一名学生是世界顶尖的“魔方魔方”之一，他能够快速解开魔方。他还是一位才华横溢的小提琴家。 Stanley Chapel 说这两项活动配合得很好。他补充说，他对两者都有同等的兴趣。但这位 21 岁的年轻人表示，小提琴帮助他在速滑方面取得了成功。 Chapel 在该大学的音乐、戏剧和舞蹈学院学习小提琴演奏。他说，他从音乐研究中学到的想法，例如重复和“将事物分解成最小的”元素，帮助他在立方体方面做得更好。

Chapel grew up in Ann Arbor, not far from where the University of Michigan is located. He solved his first 3x3 Rubik’s Cube as a 14-year-old. Five weeks later, Chapel entered his first competition, solving the cube in an average of 22 seconds.↳ In 2017 in Paris, Chapel placed fifth in both the 4x4 blindfolded and 5x5 blindfolded groups at the World Cube Association World Championship. At the 2019 world championship in Melbourne, Australia, he won both events.

Chapel 在 Ann Arbor 长大，离密歇根大学不远。他在 14 岁时解决了他的第一个 3x3 魔方。五周后，查佩尔参加了他的第一场比赛，平均用时 22 秒解决了魔方。↳ 2017 年在巴黎举行的世界魔方协会世界锦标赛上，查佩尔在 4x4 蒙眼组和 5x5 蒙眼组中均获得第五名。在澳大利亚墨尔本举行的 2019 年世界锦标赛上，他赢得了两项赛事的冠军。

Accounting for the time it takes for him to study the cube before placing the blindfold over his eyes, Chapel can solve one in around 17 seconds. “The deeper I go into ... cubing technique, the more I find interest in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible there,” he said.↳ Chapel has some strong natural abilities. He is able to remember thousands of ways to solve a Rubik’s Cube and perform one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s violin pieces from memory.

考虑到他在将眼罩蒙上眼睛之前研究立方体所花费的时间，Chapel 可以在大约 17 秒内解决一个问题。他说：“我对......立方体技术的了解越深，我就越有兴趣突破那里可能发生的事情的界限。”↳ Chapel 有一些强大的天赋。他能够记住数以千计的解魔方的方法，并凭记忆演奏约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫的一首小提琴曲。

But Chapel also spends many hours working on his skills. In addition, he does regular hand exercises that help him avoid the kinds of pains that come with the large amounts of time turning the cube’s sides. Chapel says years of playing the violin also has helped him have “very, very fine motor control already built up.” Later this year, Chapel plans to defend his world titles in South Korea. Once he is done with school, though, Chapel is not sure how speedcubing fits into his future plans.

但查佩尔也花了很多时间来提高自己的技能。此外，他还定期进行手部锻炼，帮助他避免长时间转动立方体边带来的各种疼痛。 Chapel 说，多年的小提琴演奏也帮助他“建立了非常非常好的运动控制能力。”今年晚些时候，查佩尔计划在韩国卫冕他的世界冠军头衔。不过，一旦完成学业，查佩尔就不确定速成魔方如何融入他未来的计划。

“I guess it’s cool to know that nobody is able to do this,” he said. “But, at the same time, giving myself a little bit of a reality check, it’s like, ‘How much does that actually matter?’” “It’s not going to pay the bills when I’m older,” Chapel said, laughing.

“我想知道没有人能够做到这一点很酷，”他说。 “但是，与此同时，给自己一点现实检查，就像，‘这到底有多大关系？’”笑。