WATERLOO - Eric Limeback appears to have twisted and turned himself to a mention in the Guinness World Records.

He solved a Rubik's cube 5,800 times in 24 hours, ending just before 1 p.m. Friday. The previous record was 4,786 times.

Limebeck is a third-year business student at Wilfrid Laurier University, and a residence life Don. He set up the puzzle marathon in the Fred Nicholas Campus Centre concourse at the Waterloo school.

Guinness still must verify the record, which will take a few weeks, said Lori Chalmers Morrison, a university spokesperson.

Limeback had 10 cubes in front of him for the record breaking attempt. A team of volunteers kept randomly mixing up the cubes and handing them back to keep a cube in his hands all the time.

He's already broken a total of eight Canadian Rubik's records. Limeback is ranked first in Canada for solving Rubik's cubes blindfolded, in 38 seconds, a university press release says.