40 posts tagged ‘Puzzles’
This six-year-old now holds the women's world record for the speediest solving of a Rubik's Cube
Boing Boing,
At the recent World Cube Association Rubik's Cube International Open in Singapore, Cao Quixian set the new women's world record of 5.97 seconds. She is six years old. Watch below. The 5.97 is an average time after five rounds. For her next trick, she plans to beat the women's single-time record of 4.4 seconds. — Read the rest
The Crossword: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The New Yorker,
Part of a Tuskegee-trained force in the Second World War: six letters.
The Crossword: Monday, December 11, 2023
Home of Zeno and Parmenides: four letters.
The Crossword: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Bachata instruments: six letters.
Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Impossible Geography
Gizmodo,
Here’s a mind-blowing geography fact: The northernmost part of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost part of Brazil. Facts like this partly speak to truly unusual geographical features of Earth (like Brazil’s massive land area) but also to how warped our perception can be of our own home. We’ve… Read more...
The Crossword: Monday, November 27, 2023
Figure sometimes depicted holding a pomegranate: four letters.
The Crossword: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Claude who painted “Impression, Sunrise” and “Water Lilies”: five letters.
The Crossword: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Athlete who co-founded a restaurant called Tracks & Records: nine letters.