The Rubik’s Cube has been around for decades. I’ve toyed with the cube, probably in the very late ‘80s or early ‘90s, but never imagined being able to solve one. But wouldn’t it be satisfying if I ...

A Rubik’s Cube or “magic cube” can be configured over 43 quintillion ways, and every configuration can technically be solved in 20 moves or less. In practice, the most expert human cube solvers ...

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The Rubik’s Cube has remained a classic and beloved toy for so long for multiple reasons. Even if you don’t know how to solve it, the puzzle just feels good to twist around and jumble up. If you do ...

For their final project for ECE 5760 at Cornell, [Alex], [Sungjoon], and [Rameez] are solving Rubik’s Cubes. They’re doing it with an FPGA, with homebrew robot arms to twist and turn a rainbow cube ...

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 student's robot has beaten the world record for solving a four-by-four Rubik's cube – by 33 seconds. Matthew Pidden, a 22-year-old University of Bristol student, built and trained the "Revenger" ...

Today's Google Doodle marks the 40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube: the toy and/or puzzle that has rapidly infuriated and then eternally haunted almost person to have walked this fair Earth since ...

The Rubik’s Cube changed a young Xenia man’s life. Drew Brads, a 21-year-old sophomore at Cedarville University, grew up thinking he wanted to be an engineer because he liked to solve puzzles. He got ...

WILLIAMSTOWN -- Staring down four championship competitions, Kevin Costello III kept distracted by fussily fiddling with a Rubik's Cube. The 15-year-old from Great Barrington was entered in a Rubik's ...

Rubik’s Cube has been around for what seems like forever now, and has spawned an entire subculture devoted to solving the puzzle with automation. Most Rubik robots put the cube in a specially designed ...