We may not be seeing Rubik’s cubes used in Olympic events just yet, but competitions known as speedcubing seem to be gaining traction in Australia.

Speedcubing is where people try to solve different types of Rubik's cubes in the fastest possible time with the quickest competitors moving up in rounds until they reach the final.

Orange hosted its own competition on Sunday, January 8 at the Orange Ex-Services’ Club. It’s the second tournament of its kind in the Colour City, with 58 people in attendance.

Locals stepped up to the challenge, joining competitors from as far as Queensland and Melbourne.

The best time during the Orange tournament was taken by the New South Wales champion ‘cuber’, Bryan Eng with an impressive time of 6.54 seconds.

Organiser of the event, John Cook, said tournaments create a sense of community and he had fond memories of he and his children competing together.
While no locals placed this time around, Bryan assured us they will be back and he hopes to see more people from the Central West take up the speedcubing challenge. “I like Orange, it’s a nice place. It’s great to bring the competition here,” he enthused.