What region is strange enough to hold a rubik's cube world championship? Budapest, birthplace of the colorful, frustrating block that's sold more than 300 million units since it's creation by Hungarian architect Emo Rubik.
The nation lucky enough to boast supreme rubik's abilities is Japan, whose Yu Nakajima took first place for a 12.46 second solve of the 3x3 cube.
Nearly 300 people felt confident enough in their skills to enter the competition. Believe it or not, the battle's been going on for 25 years. That means there are thousands of people who can accomplish in half a minute what I have never been able to do (although i did once peel off all the colored stickers and arrange them in winning order. Take THAT, Hungary).
I'll leave you with a picture of Finnland's Anssi Vanhala, who won in his category with a time of 49.33
(WARNING: feet!)
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/01/daily.snapshot/index.html
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