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New Rubik's Cube World Record Set

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i-still-hate-the-rubik's-cube dept.

LinuxCowboy writes "CNN is reporting that a 20 year old Cal Tech student set a new record by solving a 3x3 rubrics cube in 11.13 seconds. In addition, he was blindfolded while doing it." From the article: "Still, the world record alone didn't gain Lo the overall champion's title at the event, which was determined by averaging three of five solution times in the final round. For that title, Lo went up against the teenager widely considered the fastest Rubik's Cube solver on the planet -- Shotaro "Macky" Makisumi, a 15-year-old from Pasadena."

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  1. Minor Correction to Article Summary... by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny


    a 20 year old Cal Tech student set a new record by solving a 3x3 rubrics cube in 11.13 seconds.

    <pedant>
    Surely it was a 3x3x3 cube, since '3x3' doesn't describe a cube at all.
    </pedant>

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    1. Re:Minor Correction to Article Summary... by nomadic · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well then it's a hypercube since we have a fourth dimension. So 3x3x3x11.13s.

    2. Re:Minor Correction to Article Summary... by Kelson · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, for some reason the 3x3 Rubik's Square never caught on.

  2. Hmmm by Otter · · Score: 2, Funny
    So is the guy on Beauty and the Geek 2 now more or less of a dork now that he's the ex-record holder?

    My advice to Ashton Kutcher is to kick him off the show and replace him with Leyan Lo, in a stunning plot twist. Unless Leyan Lo has a girlfriend, but that seems implausible.

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  3. Stuff that Matters by jazman_777 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Slashdot:
    News for nerds, stuff that matters.

    I see that that really means:
    stuff that doesn't matter, stuff that matters.

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  4. Re:Does it have anything to do with age by Stuart+Gibson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Probably

    next up...... the clitoris. nature's rubik's cube.....

    Stuart

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  5. Re:Does it have anything to do with age by ArsonSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yea I think something happens at age 21 that suddely our brain power begins to drop off faster than usual. I don't know what it would be either. Guess I'll drink a beer and think about it.

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  6. What the cube has taught me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I spent a lot of time in high school getting good at the cube. I was never in the range of these guys, but I could do it in about a minute and a half. What did I learn?

    -- Rubix Cube skills transfer to absolutely nothing
    -- In no manner whatsoever does it impress members of the opposite sex

    1. Re:What the cube has taught me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, but it builds up your right-hand finger muscles, which has certain additional self-recreational utility.

  7. Re:NOT blindfolded by ecryder · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the audience yells out "hotter" and "colder."