Young Japanese teen wins Rubik's Cube world title  
Monday, October 8th, 2007

 

Yu Nakajima, a 16-year old boy from Japan, won the Rubik's Cube world championship yesterday in Budapest (where the cube was invented three decades ago).  Yu arranged the puzzle correctly five times in about 12.46 seconds.  The fastest single attempt was won by Andrew Kang of the U.S., who came in second place.

Participants from 33 countries took part in the contest, and Erno Rubik himself showed up, the inventor of the Rubik's cube.

"I'm glad the cube is reaching new generations, who face it with fresh wonder, curiosity and enthusiasm," he said.

Although Nakajima won the world championship, the world record of 9.86 seconds is still held by Thibaut Jacquinot of France, from just a few months ago.  Now I'm totally jealous because I haven't solved a Rubik's cube once.

Boy, I thought I was the world's master speller until I started news blogging.  I always thought it was spelled Reubik's Cube.  Then again, that's a name, so it doesn't really count as a misspell, does it?...

   

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