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Rubik's Cube World Championships

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-thrill-of-athletic-competition dept.

cadaeibfed writes "Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the iconic puzzle's introduction to the world was the second Rubik's world championship, held in Orlando, FL this weekend. Competing under official World Cube Association rules, competitors from around the world vied for recognition in this nerd olympiad. Some new world records set include the 4x4 solve, solving using only feet, and blindfolded solving. The winner, Jean Pons of France, finished with an average solution time of 15.10 seconds on a standard 3x3 cube. Here are the full results."

5 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. MOD PARENT UP, FUNNY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, I was playing the lottery the other day, and I only got 5 out of the 6 numbers right, so I threw the ticket away.

  2. Yuo fail iT!x? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FrreBSD showed our abili7y to many of us are

  3. Re:Nope... by maxwell+demon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, I self-corrected just 5 minutes before you posted this, even referring to your earlier correct number. Seems I'm not the only one who doesn't read all other answers before replying :-)

    --
    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
  4. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Um, that wasn't sarcasm. It was funny, but it wasn't sarcasm.

  5. Re:Fun with Rubik's Cube geeks... by wizrd_nml · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    serious slashdotter

    What was that???