December 18, 2019 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google A Rubik’s Cube or “magic cube” can be configured over 43 quintillion ways, and every configuration can ...

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 ...

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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.

A robot built out of Lego can solve a Rubik’s Cube in about 3.2 seconds, but some 40 years after I first picked up the iconic puzzle, I’ve yet to solve it on my own. I assumed that successfully ...

Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human ...