Gleaming the cube

I didn't even know they still made Rubik's Cubes. Much less that people spent lots of free time trying to, like, solve them or whatever you call it. Then I read this:

A 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student set a new world's record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.

There's lots of good stuff in the story about the contest, as well as this totally unnecessary record-setting feat.