What could be more nerdy than a Rubik's Cube?

Just then, one of those guys who usually sell batteries or bootleg DVD's came walking through the car. Except this guy wasn't selling batteries or DVD's. He was selling Rubik's Cubes. I'm serious. This is true. And this other guy, sitting kitty-corner from the original cube guy, stopped the vendor and bought one. He unwrapped it and started messing around with his new Rubik's Cube. And then what ensued was this kind of Rubik's Cube-off on the subway.

A Rubik's Cube-off! (The ending's kinda disappointing but the story is still great)

And I just love when people attach "-off" to words in creative ways. Like in Rome section when someone described the Minerva vs. Ariadne spinning competition as a "weave-off". Too cute!