The Rubik's cube was first invented by Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik in 1974. Google is commemorating this achievement with one of its trademark Doodles that lets you play with the legendary toy in the comfort of your own web browser.
This fancy machine just broke the world record for solving a Rubik's cube. While pathetic humans can take minutes to get the job done, the CUBESTORMER 3 takes just 3.25 seconds.
Watch as Rubik's master Kevin Hays takes on six increasingly larger jumbled cubes — from 2x2 to 7x7 — to set the world record for making sides look the same.
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As soon as it gets bored with the cubes, we are all going to die.
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Not only did Endrey break the world speed record for solving a…
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Last weekend, a new Rubik's cube world champion was crowned in Bangkok. Polish speedcuber Michal Pleskowicz won the event by completing a Rubik's Cube in 8.65 seconds, almost a second faster than the first runner-up, American Rowe Hessler, who clocked in at 9.56 seconds.
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Why is the number 20 God's Number? New research has proven that every possible position for the Rubik's Cube can be solved in 20 moves or less.
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Sonic the Hedgehog rendered by 784 Rubik's Cubes. As seen on Technabob via Gizmodo.]
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