OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — Hundreds of Rubik’s Cube competitors, also known as cubers, flocked to the Oklahoma City Convention Center for the Cubing USA Southern Championship.
While many arrived to solve puzzles, most of them are there for the community.
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“It’s nothing like what you’d expect,” said Cy Hamilton, a competitor celebrating his 18th birthday at the championships. “It’s very addicting.”
Cubers of all ages were in one room at the convention center, participating in the Cubing USA Southern Championship.
“I think the youngest today is seven and we get people all the way up to 60s and 70s,” said Michael Conard, the Southern United States Region Leader of the World Cube Association.
Competitors bring their own puzzles and give it to a scrambler to mix it up.
“We have computer generated scrambles, so everyone competing in that same heat will get the same exact puzzle state,” said Conard. “They’re all doing the same thing.”