Rubik's cube

Fancy taking part in a Rubik's Cube contest? If your fingers are nimble enough, you may just want to do that!

The fastest I've ever seen anyone unravel the Rubik's Cube was about 30 seconds and I was thinking to myself: "Wow, that's fast!" When the Rubik's Cube storm hit Malaysia in 1982, being able to solve it was already an achievement in itself, let alone solving the puzzle with one hand or even blindfolded. Yes, there are people doing just that.

But if you think that 30 seconds was fast, there are people who are even faster. In May this year, Thibaut Jacquinot of France set a world record of 9.86 seconds at the Rubik's Spanish Open. And next month, more than 300 people from 32 nations are expected at the fourth Rubik's Speedcubing Championship in Budapest, Hungary.

Want to see how the Rubik's Cube is solved? Here it is, in s-l-o-w motion. Watch closely and don't blink!