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MEGAN: THIS IS A FAMILIAR SOUND IN THE CALLAN HOUSE. AND THIS IS THE SIGHT THAT GOES A LONG WITH IT. WILL CALLAN IS AN 18-YEAR-OLD WHO CAN SOLVE A RUBIX CUBE VERY QUICKLY. >> I AVERAGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT SECONDS AND PRETTY MUCH UNDER 10. MEGAN: IT DEPENDS ON THE SHAPE AND SIZE. WILL CAN SOLVE THIS ONE, THE TWO BY TWO IN AROUND A SECOND. >> MOST CAP ADDITIONS I MAKE IT INTO THE TOP THREE OR SO. MEGAN HE SAYS IT’S CALMING AND : CHALLENGING. >> 43 QUINTILLION COMBINATIONS A RUBIK YOU CAN HAVE. -- A RUBIK’S CUBE CAN HAVE. MEGAN WILL STARTED IN THE FIFTH : GRADE. HE SAYS HE WASN’T SPEEDY BACK THEN, BUT HE WAS INSPIRED. >> I REALIZED I HAD POTENTIAL TO BE REALLY FAST. MEGAN HE SAYS THE FIRST PART OF : THE PUZZLE IS INTUITIVE, THE REST HE NOW HAS DOWN TO A SCIENCE. >> ONCE YOU START GETTING THE LAST PHASES OF THE CUBE THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE SPECIFIC ALGORITHMS THAT YOU KNOW WILL ONLY AFFECT SPECIFIC BASIS. MEGAN: WILL HAS BEEN IN 79 COMPETITIONS, DOING EVERYTHING FROM COMPETING BLINDFOLDED, USING ONE HAND, EVEN USING HIS FEET. NEXT MONTH, HE’LL TRY HIS HAND WHEN HE COMPETES IN THE RUBIK’S CUBE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN BALTIMORE. >> NATIONALS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BUILDING UP TO THAT COMPETITION AND PRACTICING FOR THAT ONE. MEGAN IN THE FALL, HE’S HEADING : OFF TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE, WHICH MEANS THE SOUNDS OF PUZZLE SOLVING WILL BE MISSED IN HIS HOUSE, BUT HE’LL TAKE HIS SOME CUBES WITH HIM. IN ELDERSBURG, MEGAN PRINGLE, WBAL TV 11

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Some people find the Rubik's Cube a frustrating and even impossible puzzle to solve.Will Callan, of Eldersburg, is an 18-year-old who can solve a Rubik's Cube very quickly. "For the traditional Rubik's Cube, I can solve it in 7 and 8 seconds. I pretty much always solve that in under 10," Callan said.It depends on the shape and size of the 3D puzzle. He can solve the 2-inch by 2-inch version in around one second. He says it's calming and challenging."There's, like, 43 quintillion different combinations a Rubik's Cube can have, so every time you do it, it's going to be completely different and that's one of the things I really enjoy," he said.Callan started in the fifth grade. He says he wasn't speedy back then, but he was inspired."As the years went on, I realized I had the potential to be really fast," he said.Callan said the first part of the puzzle is intuitive, and the rest he has down to a science. "Once you start getting to algorithm, and that's when you start using specific algorithms that you know will only affect specific pieces," he said.Callan has been in 79 competitions, doing everything from competing blindfolded, to using one hand and even using his feet. Next month, he'll try his hand at making his way into the top three when he competes in the Rubik's Cube National Tournament in Baltimore."Nationals is one of the most significant ones of the year. People are always building out that competition and practicing for that one," he said.In the fall, Callan is heading off to the University of Maryland College Park to study computer science, which means the sounds of puzzle solving will be missed in his house, but he'll take some cubes with him.​