Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scramble a Rubik’s cube, and you will create one of 43 quintillion ...

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 ...

For Northeastern University computer scientists Gene Cooperman and Daniel Kunkle, Rubik’s Cube isn’t a game—it’s the ultimate combinatorial puzzle, and their solution promises to improve all our lives ...

A Rubik’s cube solver has become the first person to show proof of successfully combining the final two steps of solving the mechanical puzzle into one move. The feat required the memorisation of ...

The Rubik’s Cube has only six faces, each presenting only nine cubelets, but the end result is to offer a mind-boggling number of permutations, only one of which embodies the desired solution. The ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For those outside the fold, the Rubik’s cube is cognitive ...

Now, puzzle fan and “twisty puzzle” solver Kenneth Brandon, better known as YouTube user RedKB, has tackled one of van Deventer’s Over-the-Top cubes to see how long it takes to solve one in real time.

A robot recently completed the Rubik’s Cube in about the time it takes a human to make even one turn of the popular puzzle. The lightning-quick Sub1 Reloaded robot, which was built by engineer Albert ...

The simple Rubik's Cube is a harder problem than most people realize. Using the currently provided best algorithm for solving the cube, for example, would take the computer you're reading this on now ...