IT WAS hailed as the world’s first “sub-4”. On November 24th 2018, Yusheng Du, a Chinese Rubik’s Cube enthusiast, solved a standard 3x3x3 cube in an astonishing 3.47 seconds. The feat, now an official ...

December 18, 2019 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google A Rubik’s Cube or “magic cube” can be configured over 43 quintillion ways, and every configuration can ...

If you thought solving a Rubik’s cube was difficult, you were right and maths can back you up. A recent study shows that the question of whether a scrambled Rubik’s cube of any size can be solved in a ...

This floating, self-solving Rubik’s Cube utilizes motors and magnets to create what can only be described as a technological work of art. In another apparent step toward entering the Platonic Realm of ...

Earlier this year, while putting together a video about the world’s fastest solvers of the Rubik’s Cube, I decided to devote some time to learning to solve the classic puzzle myself. Tyson Mao, a ...

Did you know there are over 43 quintillion possibilities when it comes to solving a Rubik’s cube? Sounds mind-blowing, but there are some hacks to help you succeed – plus lots of fun facts about this ...

Forget what you remember about the Rubik’s Cube that’s gathering dust in your mother’s attic with your old He-Mans. The iconic puzzle that gripped the public’s imagination and fell into disfavor just ...

What does it mean to actually “solve” a puzzle? Can it be a purely mechanical process? Or does there need to be cognition involved? This is the question at the core of a debate that has raged on ...