A man from Cerritos now holds the world record for the shortest time it took to solve a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube. Max Park was able to solve the puzzle – which has approximately 43 quintillion possibilities – ...

As a preteen, Max Park couldn't unscrew the cap of a water bottle, let alone try to tackle a Rubik's cube. He lacked the fine motor skills, a symptom of his autism. Now, at 21, Max can solve a Rubik's ...

Purdue University undergraduates designed the robot, which they have dubbed the “Purdubik’s Cube” getty A team of four students at Purdue University has built a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in ...

The Rubik’s Cube has only six faces, each presenting only nine cubelets, but the end result is to offer a mind-boggling number of permutations, only one of which embodies the desired solution. The ...

NEW YORK (WCBS) — Have you ever tried to solve a Rubik’s Cube? It’s not easy for some people, while others are a whiz at it. Over the weekend, professor Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, ...

Quantum physics already feels like a puzzle, but now scientists have made it more literal. A team of mathematicians from the University of Colorado Boulder has designed a quantum Rubik's cube, with ...

He's also officially the oldest. The average age of kids in the club is about 9 years old, but that did not deter 94-year-old ...

A team of four students at Purdue University has built a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in about one-tenth of a second The robot, which the team has dubbed the “Purdubik’s Cube,” solves the ...

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