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 ...

This week, 14-year-old Lucas Etter set a new world record for solving the classic Rubik’s cube in Clarksville, Maryland, in the US, solving the scrambled cube in an astonishing 4.904 seconds. The ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scramble a Rubik’s cube, and you will create one of 43 ...

If you’ve ever had trouble solving a Rubik’s Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It’s worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it. “Problem solving is a very ...

A robot built out of Lego can solve a Rubik’s Cube in about 3.2 seconds, but some 40 years after I first picked up the iconic puzzle, I’ve yet to solve it on my own. I assumed that successfully ...

From square one, 8-year-old Everett McCauley is learning to think outside the box in order to solve one. A third-grader at Bamber Valley Elementary School, Everett is a “cuber” who can solve a 2-by-2 ...

Ever since the Rubik’s Cube was released, it’s taunted almost a half billion tinkerers who think they can crack its confounding mysteries, only to be stymied by its maddening secrets. Now, it’s time ...

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