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1 day agoWicklow boy (11) who solved Rubik's Cube 2,318 times wins national speedcubing title
An 11-year-old from Wicklow won a national speedcubing competition, having solved the Rubik's Cube 2,318 times.
This, says Alexey Pajitnov, while holding a scrambled Rubik's Cube, is my favorite puzzle. But I also think it's simply one of the best things humanity has ever invented. If we could only send 10 things into space, this should be one of them. Standing beside Pajitnov who revolutionized the digital world when he created Tetris, the best-selling video game of all time is the cube's creator, Erno Rubik, smiling widely.