A Sea Of Red

Rulin' the Cube
By Josie Roberts
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 21, 2007

It's the impossible puzzle, an icon of the '80s and a child's toy making a dramatic comeback in a competitive niche.
It's the Rubik's cube.

Manipulating a jumbled 3x3x3 block into six color-coordinated sides is like climbing Mt. Everest -- it's a crowning achievement, universally admired.

For Jason Baum, 20, of Bethel Park, solving a Rubik's Cube is the easy part.


Jason Baum of Bethel Park placed third in the National Rubik's Cube Competition.
James Knox/Tribune-Review

On Sunday, Baum placed third in the Rubik's Cube U.S. Open held at the City of Chicago's Art of Play event.

His average time: 15.25 seconds.

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He did it at Christmas Convo this year. in something like 15 seconds. very impressive.

He was a snare drummer in the marching band for 2 years and actually is gonna go back to Duquesne starting this year (from what he told me last semester)

BJWilliams wrote:He was a snare drummer in the marching band for 2 years and actually is gonna go back to Duquesne starting this year (from what he told me last semester)

Incredible (and completely beside the point)

Did anyone else see this and just think "nerd?"

I know how to do a Rubik's cube. It normally take me about 10 minutes though

same here. You break it apart and snap all the pieces back together. 2 min, tops.

Option 2 is to remove the stickers entirely and redo them- the problem is they never go back on very nicely, and the corners all stay flipped up.

the kid actually isn't socially awkward which is what you would expect...he was in my brother's dorm...