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JAPANESE teenager Yu Nakajima has won the main event at the 2007 Rubik's cube world championship.
The 16-year-old was able to solve the standard 3x3 cube in an average time of 12.46 seconds in five attempts.
A Rubik's cube has six sides of different colours, with each side having nine tiles. When the puzzle is solved, each face of the cube is a solid colour.
The Japanese teen earned the top award of US$7,000 (S$10,300) from total prize money of US$28,000 on Sunday.
Andrew Kang from the US was second, while Japan's Mitsuki Gunji came in third.
More than 250 competitors from 33 countries took part in the event, which was the fourth world championship and the first to be held in Hungary - where the game was invented by Erno Rubik in 1974 - since the competition began in 1982.
Others showed their skill at solving the cube blindfolded, with one hand or with their feet.
Finland's Anssi Vanhala was fastest with his feet at 49.33 seconds, while Ryan Patricio, 18, from California defended his world title in the one-hand category with a new world record, averaging 21.13 seconds in five attempts.
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