I assumed that successfully unscrambling a cube would forever remain on my bucket list, but a smart Rubik’s Cube is finally teaching me the strategies to solve one.

RUBIK’s Cube has stumped tinkerers worldwide since it was created more than four decades ago by Hungarian sculptor Ernő Rubik. Originally called “Magic Cube”, the combination puzz… ...

If you're trying to solve a Rubik's Cube, the key is to break the puzzle down into several smaller steps.

VIDEO: You start with the "white cross" and the rest comes naturally. If not, we've broken it down into 6 simple steps to solve the Rubik's cube.

Earlier this year, while putting together a video about the world’s fastest solvers of the Rubik’s Cube, I decided to devote some time to learning to solve the classic puzzle myself. Tyson Mao ...

So how do the likes of Lucas Etter work out how to solve Rubik’s cube so quickly? They could read instructions, but that rather spoils the fun.

Scrambling it is much easier than solving it. But it still involves some fascinating questions, such as the number of random moves needed to consider the cube truly messed up.