A Bristol University student has created a robot which has broken the world record for solving a four-by-four Rubik’s Cube by ...

Having children means being a puzzle-solver in ways big and small.

A University of Bristol student has smashed the world record for solving a 4x4 Rubik’s Cube with a robot. Matthew Pidden, 22, ...

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Solving Rubik’s Cubes is a learnable skill. However, to compete at the top level, you’ll have to train hard. Speed cubers can solve a 3×3 cube in under ten seconds these days, after all.

We’ve all seen videos of Rubik’s cube champions who can solve the puzzle in less than 5 seconds. And there are cube-twisting robots that can solve the cube even faster, often in under a second.

Rubik's cube is one such puzzle. The applet below was written by Werner Randelshofer (CubeTwister). In this course we'll investigate the cube, learn how to model it using group theory, uncover a ...

To solve the Rubik's cube, all you need is a slightly expensive connected cube, and time to kill. A movie based on the invention of the iconic, colorful 3D puzzle toy the Rubik’s Cube is in the ...

With rubber bands, paper clips and wooden blocks, Rubik fashioned a fist-size cube from smaller cubes that could turn while still hewing to the whole. The cube was built to symbolize symmetry ...

AOMORI—A tourism official’s attempt to produce an apple-themed version of Rubik’s Cube has led to several red faces. Apples are a specialty of Aomori Prefecture, and images of six varieties ...