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Rubik’s UK Open Championship

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Nov 13 2007

Almost 30 years on, professor Erno Rubik’s cube that took the world by storm during the early 80’s is back. It’s having such a great revival, it’s estimated 12 million cubes will have been sold worldwide in this year alone! I can only remember the 3x3x3 from my childhood, but there are now 2x2x2, 4x4x4, and 5x5x5 cubes to solve, not to mention the Clock and Megaminx!

There was some huge talent at the event in Birmingham on Saturday. Matyas Kuti, a 14 year old from Hungary, in particular, did brilliantly winning most events, though British hopefuls Dan Harris and Joey Gouly certainly gave him a run for his money. Joey (17 years old) from Leeds and a relative newcomer to Rubik’s Cubing, finished 2nd with a new UK record of 2.27 minutes in the 3x3x3 Blindfold Cubing, He smashed his own previous record.

 

 

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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