The cube’s success appeared to be short-lived: In 1982, The New York Times declared it had “become passe,” and labeled it a “fad”, an assertion that would not stand the test of time.

I also had almost all the Rubik's puzzles: a 4-by-4-inch cube, and several versions of Rubik's Magic. But that original cube, while it always made me dream of other dimensions, also fried my brain.

Among this subset of keeners were Bram Cohen, a computer programmer (and the inventor of BitTorrent, a file-sharing protocol) who devises Rubik’s-like puzzles, such as the Maltese Gear Cube (in ...

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The world's smallest Rubik's Cube has been unveiled -- and it comes with a hefty price tag. The fully functional six-sided puzzle cube by Japanese toymaker MegaHouse is so tiny it could fit under ...

Bailey Burns learned how to 'speed cube' to solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle in 19 seconds during a parabolic flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

So, when the Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to his record-breaking $700-million contract in late 2023, Dreyer decided to commemorate the moment with a unique piece of art, creating a Rubik’s Cube ...

It was a contest to see who could solve a 3-by-3 Rubik's Cube the fastest. Three brackets of competition separated students into beginners who could solve the cube in 10 minutes or less, intermediate ...

Since its invention, the Rubik’s Cube has turned up regularly in blockbuster movies and TV shows. As you might imagine, a wildly popular 3D puzzle is an easily identifiable metaphor — for life ...