Rubik's Cube comes home to Hungary for world championship

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

BUDAPEST (AFP) — Some 300 participants are expected to puzzle over a small multicoloured cube this weekend as Budapest welcomes the 2007 World Championships of the Hungarian-born Rubik's Cube.

Besides returning to the birthplace of the cult puzzle, this year's competition will also be held in the presence of the man behind the cube, Hungarian inventor Erno Rubik.

Some 300 candidates from 33 countries, including reigning champion Jean Pons from France, are expected to take part in the competition on October 5, 6 and 7, organisers said in a statement.

Since it was launched in 1977, the Rubik's Cube has fascinated young and old.

Each side features a different colour -- red, green, yellow, blue, white or orange -- and consists of several smaller squares...