The Rubik's Cube was at its prime in the 1980s, among Care Bears and big hair. In fact, more than 100 million of these puzzles were sold in that decade. But while many 80s fads went the way of the ...

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 ...

Blink and you'll miss it: A Purdue University student engineering team has built a robot that can solve a Rubik's cube in one-tenth of a second — faster than the average time it takes to blink an eye.

You might recall that during the Olympics, American gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik (better known as Pommel Horse Guy) was the hero of STEM types everywhere when it was revealed that, as a Rubik’s Cube ...

Purdue University undergraduates designed the robot, which they have dubbed the “Purdubik’s Cube” getty A team of four students at Purdue University has built a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in ...

How do you gain instant popularity in a room full of smart teenagers? Try solving a Rubik's Cube in 4.9 seconds. Lucas Etter, 14, completed a Rubik's Cube in 4.9 seconds Saturday at a competition at ...

Stephen Nedoroscik proved that not all heroes wear capes after his stunning pommel horse routine during the men’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Olympics. Some wear glasses. The bespectacled ...

Ernő Rubik, who turns 80 on July 13, finished the prototype of his "Magic Cube" 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, as he sat in his mother’s apartment in Budapest, Hungary, young professor, Ernő Rubik, ...

While the Rubik's WowCube might be the most exciting model on the horizon, cubers looking for another interesting take on the classic puzzle should check out the Pulse Cube. An official Rubik's brand ...