A Blue and his Rubik's Cube

By Daniel Cherny
Updated May 20 2017 - 12:03pm, first published 11:54am

Lachie Plowman's hands move rapidly around the Rubik's Cube. A couple of quick flicks, then three turns, then a twist, brief pause for thought, then flick, flick, flick. Now his teammates are watching. "You can't solve that Plow!" one teammate says, incredulous. But just as on the footy field, Plowman is unflappable. Flick. Turn. Flick. It looks as though he's made 10 moves in a couple of seconds. The expression on the face of fellow Blue Dylan Buckley says it all. "He's actually doing it!" In less than two minutes, Plowman has lined up the colours. White. Red. Green. Orange. Yellow. Blue. He looks up, smiling. Solved.

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