More than 100 competitive puzzlers competed Saturday at the University of Arizona to quickly solve an assortment Rubik’s Cube challenges.

Fastest Hands Win: Aliso Niguel High hosts a speedcube competition The official World Cube Association event included about 175 competitors from across Southern California.

Cube solving is a whiz for Rochester kid Everett McCauley, 8, took up solving Rubic-style cubes last year, and he's already a national competitor.

Solving a Rubik’s Cube would take some hours, even days. However, competitors at a cubing competition in Salt Lake City have practiced so that some of them can solve it in under a minute.

Ouellette, who’s been cubing for five years, is set to compete in seven of the 17 events at the 2025 Rubik’s World Cube Association World Championship.