Sunday, January 15, 2006

Man solves Rubik's Cube in 11.13 seconds

Man solves Rubik's Cube in 11.13 seconds: "Man solves Rubik's Cube in 11.13 seconds

(AP PHoto/Erin Lubin) :: Brian Kim, 18, James Shi, 17, and Mu Jing, 18, from left, practice on their Rubik's Cube before competing in the International Rubik's Cube Competition in San Francisco on Saturday Jan. 14, 2006.

By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO
Updated: 01/15/06

A 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student set a new world's record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.

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Leyan Lo is part of Caltech's Rubik's Cube Club, a brainy clutch of students that hosted the competition at the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco. Lo's record-setting time came early in the day, among his first five tries in the preliminary rounds."

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