"A British man has finally solved the Rubik’s Cube after 26 years of trying. Construction worker Graham Parker, now 45, first picked up the puzzle in 1983 at the peak of its global popularity, and though it stymied him, he kept at it obsessively after the world moved on. “I have had wrist and back problems from spending hours on it,” said Parker, “but it was all worth it. When I clicked that last bit into place and each face was a solid color, I wept."
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Perhaps the saddest news item I’ve read in a while, via The Week. It flows like illuminating poetry about the human condition— and someone left behind of the times. (via chfdigital)
back problems? it sounds like he had a very unique style (strategy?) to working that cube- that may have contributed to the 26 years time.
(via kzski)
maybe he would sleep on it and try to discover its secrets through osmosis?
