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PUPILS at an Amersham school clicked into action this week as they set a new world record.

Students and staff at Dr Challoner's Grammar School were looking to break the record for the highest number of people to simultaneously complete a Rubik's Cube.

And 134 of them clicked the cubes into shape in just 12 minutes 38 seconds on Wednesday.

Once witness reports and evidence have been compiled, an new official world record will be confirmed.

Simon Burn, a maths teacher at the Chesham Road school, said: “We're very happy indeed. It's been a long time coming but the hard work's really paid off.

“I'm really hoping they actually put us in the Guinness Book of Records itself. That would be exciting to see and fantastic for the school.”

The record attempt came about after pupils told Mr Burn's colleague, Chris Savvides, they could solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle, which has been confusing people since 1980.

Mr Burn said: “It came about through a boy in Year Eight, who said 'I can solve a Rubik's Cube'. Mr Savvides didn't quite believe him so he proved it to him.

“That got Mr Savvides interested himself and he found quite a few boys can learn to solve it quite easily.

“When we saw about the world record, we thought we might have a go at it.”

Some members of staff, including Mr Burn, had a go at solving the problem as well.

Headteacher Dr Mark Fenton wasn't among them, but Mr Burn said he had been “very enthusiastic about the whole thing”.

The current record stands at 96, who solved the Austrian-invented puzzle at the same time in California in 2008.

Dutchman Erik Akkersdijk holds the world record for the quickest completion of a Rubik's Cube when he solved one in an incredible 7.08 seconds.

None of the Dr Challoner's pupils quite managed to beat that, but many are able to finish the puzzle in under 30 seconds.

Year Seven pupil Tristram Newman, from Chesham, is one of the youngsters who can finish the Rubik's Cube quickly.

On Wednesday he managed it in one minute 13 seconds, but said afterwards: “I felt a bit nervous taking part.”