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Rubik's Cube Record Broken

Posted by simoniker on from the rubik's-kubrick-rubrick dept.

martinX writes "The Courier Mail has a story about a San Fran software developer who spins the cube faster than anyone else on the planet: 20 seconds to solve Rubik's Cube. I didn't think anyone still played with them." The winner, Dan Knights, said "It's sort of a dream come true", and credited Jessica Fridrich's cube-solving method as the key to winning, leaving the originator of the method in second place at the World Rubik's Cube Championships in Toronto at the weekend.

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  1. 20 seconds??????? by Eager+Newbie · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's way faster than I could solve the cube...

    By peeling and re-applying the stickers.

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  2. I think I saw him... by whorfin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I saw him doing a little sidewalk show at Fisherman's Wharf a couple weeks ago. I thought "this is odd, there's a guy showing people he can solve the cube in under 30 seconds...", and just walked past.

    Little did I know I was passing by my chance to meet a world champion. I just hope he doesn't let it go to his head and end up screwed up like Mike Tyson or Todd Marinovich.

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  3. Just a question of time and monkeys by janaagaard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Given enough time and enough monkeys they will eventually solve the cube in 19 seconds.