I haven’t been following the Rubik’s cube scene too closely the past few decades, but it’s doing well according to news.com:
On Saturday, at the International Rubik’s Cube competition held at the Exploratorium here, Lo took just 11.13 seconds to set the world record for solving of one of the iconic red, white, blue, green, yellow and red cubes.
For updates, check speedcubing.com.
Not that “world records” for the Rubik’s Cube are that important – a lot of luck involved in the way a cube is scrambled. I admire the focus that people bring to the thing, I never thought about being so systematic about it. Old puzzles never die.
I just saw Beauty and the Geek on WB, and one of the “geeks” is the blinfold cubing champion, Tyson.. I was so suprised to see him on tv.. and being treated like a normal guy.. He’s the world champion!!
This world is screwed up..
Off-topic: but do you have game related articles or research papers available? I would be interesting to receive & heard about them (either in this blog – or via email…)
You can see them at http://www.jesperjuul.net/text
I myself have just got back into the Rubik’s Cube scene. I got a little too involved some might say and created my own website.
Cube Obsession
I hope people find it useful.