The classic (and classical) Rubik's cube is what's known as a permutation puzzle, which requires players to perform certain actions to rearrange one of a number of possible permutations into a ...

The Rubik's Cube was created 50 years ago by Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik. Over 500 million of them have been sold. Needless to say, the 3D puzzle has captured the imagination of countless ...

A famous example is the 1990 study of the ... Studying the scrambling problem for the standard 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube is currently a fascinating unsolved challenge. However, it becomes quite ...

This part involves a fair bit of twisting, but the video also covers common problems that crop up in completing the white side. Next up is solving the second layer edges of your Rubik’s Cube.

The current world record for solving a Rubik's cube is 3.47 seconds. Could it be faster? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez explores the mind-boggling math and finger-twisting world of speed cubing.