{"id":254595,"date":"2024-08-15T15:58:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/15\/pommel-horse-guy-stephen-nedoroscik-solved-rubix-cube-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:21","slug":"pommel-horse-guy-stephen-nedoroscik-solved-rubix-cube-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/15\/pommel-horse-guy-stephen-nedoroscik-solved-rubix-cube-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pommel Horse Guy\u2019 Stephen Nedoroscik Solved Rubix Cube \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2166085568_0950b3-e1723734141489.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 13: Stephen Nedoroscik is seen exiting 'Watch What Happens Live' on August 13, 2024 in New York City.  (Photo by Jason Howard\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2166085568_0950b3-e1723734141489.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2166085568_0950b3-e1723734141489.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=768&amp;h=432&amp;crop=1 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2166085568_0950b3-e1723734141489.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=1536&amp;h=864&amp;crop=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: GC Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">USA Olympian <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/meet-the-pommel-horse-guy-stephen-nedoroscik-5305582\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Stephen Nedoroscik<\/strong><\/a>, famously known for his 2024 Paris Olympics bronze win on the pommel horse, made history again on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-pbK0CiKbaY?si=SCAuXSvk9NOT3MKK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/a> by solving a Rubik\u2019s Cube in just 15 seconds.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">The 25-year-old\u2019s remarkable performance during the men\u2019s gymnastics competition at the Games gained him significant attention, even earning him the nickname \u2018Clark Kent\u2019 for his scholarly look with glasses which resemble the superhero. The Penn State scholar once again showcased his skills to the world, competitively solving the colorful cube during his interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/jimmy-fallon\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Jimmy Fallon<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Stephen revealed that he has had this talent since he was 12 years old. During the show, he was challenged to demonstrate his skills and completed the Rubik\u2019s Cube in 15.42 seconds, receiving a roar of cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Stephen Nedoroscik Talks Becoming a Viral Meme at Paris Olympics; Solves Rubik&#039;s Cube in 15 Seconds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-pbK0CiKbaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">His talents shone not only in this fun challenge but also during the Paris Games, where he executed an excellent pommel horse routine. With two bronze medals, he helped lead his team to victory. Specializing in this specific apparatus, he shared that his years of practice date back to when he was a junior in high school.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">\u201cI started getting really good at pommel horse, and one of the club coaches came up to me and said, \u2018I think you can be a national champion one day,\u2019 and that just spoke to me. I really started grinding, and sure enough, that year, I won my first junior national title in pommel horse, which got me into college at Penn State. That\u2019s when I decided to specialize in it,\u201d he shared with the former\u00a0<i>Saturday\u00a0Night Live<\/i> star.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">As the conversation continued, he expressed his thought process while performing, particularly the moments he was \u201cworried\u201d about, especially when doing tricky twists and turns on the beam.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">He knew he had to stick through his whole performance, noting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C-CedBMuIe5\/?igsh=MWJ3eTRwZDMxajg4YQ==\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">post-interview with NBC<\/span><\/a> during the Olympics, \u201cGoing up to pommel horse, last guy up in the whole competition, I had a good feeling that our team was in a great spot. I just knew I had to go up there and do my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/08\/15\/stephen-nedoroscik-solves-rubix-cube-on-jimmy-fallon\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: GC Images USA Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik, famously known for his 2024 Paris Olympics bronze win on the pommel horse, made history again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}