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To solve the Rubik's cube, all you need is a slightly expensive connected cube, and time to kill. A movie based on the invention of the iconic, colorful 3D puzzle toy the Rubik’s Cube is in the works ...

To solve the puzzle, you must twist the cubes so that eventually each side returns to its original color: The challenge is the astounding number of potential variations — more than 43 quintillion of ...

If you’ve ever dabbled with a Rubik’s Cube, you know it isn’t the easiest puzzle to crack. Despite the challenging nature of the game, it’s endured longer than most other toys of its generation—think ...

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The colorful, cubed puzzle has become synonymous with ‘80s pop culture, but the Rubik’s Cube actually was created in the ‘70s by a Hungarian teacher. When creator Erno Rubik first thought of the idea ...

This guy’s thinking outside the box. Florian Kastenmeier, of Germany, now holds the Guinness World Record for assembling the largest collection of rotating puzzles in the world — a whopping 1,519. The ...

Solving Rubik’s Cubes is a learnable skill. However, to compete at the top level, you’ll have to train hard. Speed cubers can solve a 3×3 cube in under ten seconds these days, after all. [aaedmusa] ...