Speedcubing are also different shapes of the famous puzzles, including Pyraminx, Megaminx, Skewb, and Square-1. The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by Hungarian professor of architecture, Ernő Rubik. A widespread international interest in the cube began in 1980, which soon developed into a global craze. On June 5, 1982, the first world championship was held in Budapest, Hungary. 19 people competed in the event and the American Minh Thai won with a single solve time of 22.95 seconds. Other notable attendees include Jessica Fridrich and Lars Petrus, two people who would later be influential in the development of solving methods
The Puzzle (band) in the summer of 2000. The Puzzle won the first prize on "Pepsi Starmaker" Competition: a record deal with Universal Music Hungary. The recordings had started in December 2000, but unfortunately due to the poor conditions of the Hungarian record industry it broke off soon after. After almost 3 years The Puzzle finalized the album, which was finally released in 2003 October by Universal Hungary. By that time the band knew that it's impossible to reach success with such kind of music in Hungary, therefore they decided to start again right from the beginning, but not in Hungary though in