Since its invention in the 1970s, there have only been a few things that have revealed the limits of problem solving skills in humans faster than a Rubik’s Cube. The 3D multicoloured, logic puzzle has ...

If you've ever got to grips with a Rubik's Cube, you'll know that the handheld puzzle can be quite challenging to complete. Things only get harder when you go from the standard three-by-three to the ...

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

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 ...

BRIGHT and early on the first Saturday in January, Tomas Rokicki and a few hundred fellow enthusiasts gathered in a vast lecture hall at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. A big math ...

University of Bristol student Matt Pidden has shattered the world record for solving a 4x4 Rubik's Cube, using a robot he designed, built and trained in just 15 weeks. In front of an audience ...

Practice and persistence usually pay off when seeking results but patience and much more is needed when trying to solve the puzzle that is the Rubik's Cube. The Rubik's Cube is fast approaching its ...

When R Chandrika was gifted a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube by an aunt from United States, she could have had no inkling of how the gadget would come to rule her life. Chandrika was just a nine-year-old child at ...

Ernő Rubik, who turns 80 on July 13, finished the prototype of his "Magic Cube" 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, as he sat in his mother’s apartment in Budapest, Hungary, young professor, Ernő Rubik, ...