

Things that happen in five seconds:
- The average person will blink
- A sloth will travel approximately 1ft
All in all, it’s difficult for most living things to get anything serious done in this timeframe. It’s entirely possible that it’s the exact same length of time that it’s taken you to read this far down the page.
Well, in less than that time a 14-year-old boy called Lucas Etter managed to solve a Rubik’s cube. Which is just incredible. In five seconds he’s basically already achieved more than we’ll likely do all day.
Bravo, Lucas, Bravo.
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As a Staff Writer at Shortlist, Holly dabbles in a bit of everything. Having started her career as a news reporter, she has since decided to return to the world of the living.