Dude Finally Solves Rubik's Cube -- After 26 Years

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"It has taken most of his life - but, after 26 years, builder Graham Parker has finally solved the puzzle of the Rubik's Cube.

When he bought the toy in 1983, Yuri Andropov was leader of the Soviet Union, breakfast TV was a novelty and music CDs were in the shops for the first time.

'I cannot tell you what a relief it was to finally solve it,' the 45-year-old from Portchester, Hampshire, said. 'It has driven me mad over the years - it felt like it had taken over my life." http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Man_takes_26_years_to_solve_Rubik%92s_Cube&in_article_id=471180&in_page_id=2

I'm not one of those geeks who can solve the Rubik's Cube blindfolded, it took me about an hour to solve the damn thing the first time. I admired the the solved cube for a few minutes, and then I tossed it into my closet never to play with the damn thing again. The Rubik's Cube is one of those things from the 80's, like big hair rock bands that I want to forget about.

I admire Parker's patience and dedication, after 26 years he must feel a tremendous sense of relief. I was pulling out my hair after 26 minutes, and had I not solved it after an hour I would have smashed the cube to smithereens.

If I were in Parker's situation I wouldn't have told anyone about my predicament. The poor guy is probably going to be the butt of jokes for the rest of his life.

I pray that a new and improved (and more difficult) Rubik's Cube won't hit the store shelves anytime soon. Parker would probably spend the rest of his life trying to solve it.

Robert Paul Reyes is a NewsBlaze writer on Politics, Pop Culture and Pointless Pontificating. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze.

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