Titan submarine victim wanted to break underwater Rubik's cube solving record

Suleman Dawood (left) and his father were in an accident on the Titan submersible.

BBC reported on June 26 that 19-year-old Suleman Dawood, who died on the Titan submersible while visiting the Titanic wreck, had wanted to break the world record for solving a Rubik's cube at the bottom of the sea.

Suleman registered with Guinness World Records and his father, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, brought a camera with him, intending to capture the moment.

While the father and son and three others went on a diving boat to the wreck of the Titanic on June 18, the mother, Christine Dawood, and her daughter stayed on the support ship, Polar Prince, waiting on the surface.

Why didn't the man who escaped death by refusing to board the Titan submersible during the tragic trip participate?

In her first interview since her husband and son died, Mrs. Dawood said she had planned to go see the Titanic wreck with her husband, but the tour was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Then I withdrew and gave way to Suleman because he really wanted to go," the mother said, adding that her son loved solving the Rubik's Cube so much that he always carried it with him and surprised many people when he was able to solve it in 12 seconds.

"He said he would solve a Rubik's cube at a depth of 3,700 meters below the seabed near the Titanic wreck," she said.

Suleman is a student at Strathclyde University in Glasgow (UK). Mr. Shahzada Dawood, who holds British, Pakistani and Maltese citizenship, comes from one of the richest families in Pakistan.

Suleman wearing a rubik's cube

BBC SCREENSHOT

The couple have two children, daughter Alina (17) was on the Polar Prince. Mrs. Dawood said that on June 18, which was also “Father’s Day,” they hugged and laughed before her husband and son boarded the Titan submersible.

"I'm so happy because both of them really wanted to do it for a long time," the mother said, adding that her husband is someone who is always curious about the world around him, the type of person who always shows the whole family documentaries after dinner.

The mother and child were on the submersible as the search and rescue turned from hopeful to desperate. "I thought I was done with life when I passed the 96-hour mark," she said, referring to the maximum oxygen time in the submersible.

Daughter Alina held out hope for longer and only gave up when she called the US Coast Guard and they said they had found the wreckage.

The family returned to St. John’s on June 24 and held funeral prayers for their loved one. Mrs. Dawood said she and her daughter will try to learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube in memory of Suleman, and she plans to continue her husband’s business.

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