Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Marilyn monroe out of Rubik's cubes

I'm back after a long time..

Anyways, for people who don't know, I'm a little bit of Rubik's cube freak.. Here's an interesting thing that happened that I'd like to share..

But first let me give an intro..
Bernett Orlando is a 12 year old prodigy who's made his mark in the cubing world..
Some of the records that he's bagged are:
1)World record for solving 4 Rubik's(3x3x3) cubes blindfolded in the fastest time..
2)World record for solving a 5x5x5 blindfolded in the fastest time..
3)And so many other National records
a) fastest 2x2x2, 3x3x3, 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 solve..
b) fastest 3x3x3 solve with feet
c) fastest 4x4x4, 5x5x5 blindfold solve..
and a lot more... for more details check here

Anyhoo, two days ago on 21st feb.. he decided to arrange 1521 rubik's cubes to make a portrait of Marilyn Monroe..
Here are some pics of that event..
Here you can see him half done and

Here's the image completed


Another view..

This was done at Spencer Plaza in Chennai..
He used 1521 cubes, 39 rows * 39 columns. Each cube was scrambled to a predetermined position to get that appearance.
It took him nearly 13 hours or so to completely finish the portrait.
And also the whole process was filmed for the international best ad film for cannes film festival..
I'm hoping to see how that would come out...

I'll fill in more details soon...