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Even on my laptop’s tinny speakers, the sound is unmis­takable: the click-clacking, slip-sliding sound of a Rubik’s Cube whipping into shape. “It’s my first solve of the day,” says Australian ...

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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 ...

The Rubik's cube is a toy that pretty much everyone is familiar with, but it also has become a proving ground for researchers in fields as diverse as artificial intelligence, operations, and search ...

When it comes to solving the Rubik’s Cube, the focus is usually on speed rather than on how it’s actually achieved. So how about this super-cool video showing a Rubik’s Cube solving itself. Now that’d ...

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 ...

The current world record for solving a Rubik's cube is 3.47 seconds. Could it be faster? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez explores the mind-boggling math and finger-twisting world of speed cubing. in a few ...

Forget what you remember about the Rubik’s Cube that’s gathering dust in your mother’s attic with your old He-Mans. The iconic puzzle that gripped the public’s imagination and fell into disfavor just ...

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