They’re known as "speedcubers," young people who can solve the puzzles presented by the colourful cubes in just a few short seconds. Alisa Siegel takes us to a Toronto competition where teens race to ...

The Rubik’s Cube is the combination puzzle that has confounded brainiacs for more than forty years. Impressive algorithms capable of solving the Rubik’s Cube 3D puzzle have appeared before. However, a ...

Discover the tricks the planet's fastest speedcubers use to challenge for the Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup. And now, you can learn and compete alongside the pros without leaving your sofa. The ...

So much for the glory of man. Absolutely obliterating the current human record for solving a Rubik’s Cube (4.904 seconds), a robot managed to crack the code to the famous puzzle in a mere 1.019 ...

If you've ever picked up a Rubik's cube with no instruction on how to solve one, you know how frustrating and how useless it is to try. Teenager Lucas Etter holds the world record for fastest Rubik's ...

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, a ...

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The stage is set for the first ever all-digital Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Cup. More than 2,000 hopefuls have been whittled down to the world’s 30 fastest cubers ahead of November’s virtual final.

Two software engineers who built a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 1 second are hoping to beat a world record. Jay Flatland and Paul Rose say their machine can finish the 3D combination puzzle ...