The Daily Clog » Rubik’s cube

UC Berkeley Deemed a ‘Cubing Powerhouse’

Posted by Dena Fehrenbacher on Saturday, December 29, 2007 08:06 pm

While many of us can’t even do it with two hands, Dan Dzoan can sort a Rubik’s cube with one–and in a record 17.9 seconds.

This former world-record holder just graduated this past December–maybe that’s why The Oakland Tribune decided today to spontaneously salute Berkeley as a “Cubing Powerhouse.”

Or maybe they ran the awe-filled article because they just wanted an excuse to post this really awesome video.

Regardless of how newsworthy the Tribune’s praise is, Dzoan and his Cal cubing buddies can twist a Rubik’s cube really, really fast. Dzoan won third place in the world championships in Hungary in October.
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