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A Japanese teenager has won the Rubik's Cube World Championships in Hungary's capital, Budapest, taking less than 13 seconds to finish the cult '80s puzzle.

Yu Nakajima, 16, took home 5,000 euros (£3,400, $7,000) after winning the main event of the three-day tournament.

Nearly 300 contenders from 33 countries tried their hands - and feet - at the puzzle, some completing it blindfolded.

Hungarian architect Erno Rubik invented the cube in Hungary in 1974. More than 300 million cubes have been sold since.

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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 that can be moved around a central hinge.
Once scrambled, the goal is to re-arrange the squares so that each side again displays only one colour.
"National and international championships have become regular meeting places for speedcubists, solution virtuosos," the organisers said in a statement.
Originally fated to have a short life, the Rubik's Cube eventually became a cult object for the 1980s. It has been exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art and has entered into the Oxford dictionary.
Last year's event took place in Paris.

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At a press conference in Budapest this morning (03. 10. 2007) Stelios the easyGroup chairman and founder of easyHotel announced that easyHotel would be opening in the Hungarian capital during the Spring of 2007. Rooms will be available from 29 euros per night and will be on sale at easyHotel.com in the near future.

As with all easyHotel premises, easyHotel Budapest will be centrally located at Eötvös utca 25/a (VI district, Budapest) and will have approximately 57 bedrooms with en-suite facilities. The rooms will be small but, in line with the easyHotel concept, will offer great value in the heart of this major European city of cultural and historical importance. easyHotel is aimed at any travellers paying out of their own pocket, be they tourists, business travellers or those in Budapest visiting friends and relatives. easyHotel Budapest will concentrate on providing great value accommodation and will not have food and beverage outlets on the site. These are provided by numerous other independent suppliers in the centre of Budapest.

easyHotel is growing fast in many locations around the world through franchising. There are three easyHotel sites in London, one in Basel, Switzerland and a master franchise agreement has been signed for the construction of 38 easyHotels in India, the Middle East and North Africa over the next five years.

reception desk, easyHotel Budapest Oktogon

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