SAN FRANCISCO — A 20-year-old Caltech student set a world’s record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik’s Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.

The combination puzzle known as Rubik's Cube has been giving people carpal tunnel for 50 years now. The cube's creator explains why he did that to us. MARTÍNEZ: Yeah, the creator is an 80-year-old ...

It took a month of twisting and turning for the first person to solve a Rubik's Cube. That person was Erno Rubik, now 79, the iconic puzzle toy's creator. Conceived as a mathematical tool to help his ...

An underrated event of every child’s life is when they’re given their first Rubik’s Cube. The 3D combination puzzle is universally recognizable. There are no shortage of players, amateur and ...

Though the original Rubik’s Cube was invented by Ernő Rubik in the ’70s, toy and game company Spin Master acquired the puzzle cube — and the brand that owned it, Rubik’s Brand, Ltd. — in 2021, with ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

The world’s best-selling toy is 40 years old. The first Rubik’s cube was created in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a professor of architecture in Budapest, Hungary. Then known as the “Magic Cube,” it took its ...

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The Rubik’s Cube remains one of the most popular puzzles in the world and seems to be getting a new dimension thanks to the efforts of physicists from the University of Colorado at Boulder. It is ...

The Rubik's Cube turns 50 this year and, under the ownership of Spin Master, it shows no signs of retirement. The iconic 3-by-3 grid has graced T-shirts, been turned into keychains, inspired ...