You've seen Stephen Nedoroscik on the pommel horse, but have you seen him solve a Rubik's Cube?
Is there nothing Stephen Nedoroscik can’t do?
The Team USA gymnast, who has rocketed to stardom after his stunning performance on the pommel horse that helped the squad win a bronze medal in the team final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, has also shown off another skill.
Nedoroscik solves a Rubik’s Cube almost as quickly as the time it took you to read this sentence. Team USA shared a video of him July 30 on TikTok completing the puzzle while a few of his teammates looked on.
“A man of many talents! See how fast Stephen Nedoroscik can complete a rubik’s cube!” reads the caption.
Yes, Nedoroscik put the cube together in 19.15 seconds, eliciting wonder from fans who watched the clip. Check out some of the reactions:
“Pro pommel horser AND pro Rubik’s Cuber”
“why doesn’t this surprise me at all”
“He is the cutest person ever”
“This young man is a GEM”
“bro could solve that doing the 1 hand pommel”
It's the latest reason to love Nedoroscik, who has become one of the darlings of the Games, with fans comparing him to Clark Kent for how he removes his glasses to transform into a world-class athlete.
Nedoroscik has an eye condition called strabismus — more commonly known as crossed eyes — as well as coloboma, a genetic condition in which some of the tissue that makes up the eye is missing at birth. He says his choice to remove his glasses when on the pommel horse is practical.
“It’s not necessarily clear, but the thing about pommel horse is if I keep them on, they’re going to fly somewhere,” he told TODAY on July 30 about his glasses.
“When I go up on the pommel horse, it’s all about feeling the equipment. I don’t even really see when I’m doing my gymnastics. It’s all in the hands — I can feel everything.”
The photo of him wearing his glasses before competition has also become an internet meme, a development he has embraced.
“I think they’re awesome,” he said about the memes on TODAY. “I’m representing people that wear glasses well.”
He’s also wholesome, a family man who pays homage to his late grandfather whenever he’s on TV. His girlfriend, Tess McCracken, says the portrayal of him as a calm presence who gets locked in before competing is spot on.
“He is just completely within himself (when competing) and, you know, won’t go to dinner with his parents, won’t go to dinner with me,” she told TODAY.com.
“He’s like, ‘No, I need to be all in. I need to be focusing. I cannot do anything other than this right now.’ And that has been him for at least the last six months, if not longer.”
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