Rubik's Cube, the multicolored puzzle with 43,252,003,274, 489,856,000 possible combinations and only one solution, baffled many a partygoer in the early 1980s, when it briefly seized America's attention. The quintessential Reagan-era toy...

A puzzle that confounded people worldwide during the late 1970s and early 1980s was patented by Hungarian inventor Erno Rubik in 1977. The puzzle was a cube, assembled around a sphere, so that all six sides moved in all directions. When the puzzle was...

Rubik's Cube (commonly misspelled rubix, rubick's or rubics cube) is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974[1] by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the "Magic Cube" by its inventor, this puzzle was renamed...

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After 25 years, the cube has come home.Hundreds of competitors met for the fourth Rubik's Cube world championship on Friday in Budapest, a three-day event offering prizes for solving the puzzle with two hands, one hand, and even their feet.The mechanical puzzle, invented in 1974...

Matt Cline wasn't even born when the Rubik's Cube hit the market in 1980 and became a worldwide fad. But the multicolor toy is the 20-year-old's constant companion, giving him a way to pass the time or compete with his friends."If I'm on an airplane...

A 16-year-old took the top prize at the Rubik's Cube world championship Sunday, solving the puzzle five times in an average of 12.46 seconds.But the fastest single attempt was a cool 10.88 seconds, just off the world record of 9.86 seconds.Yu Nakajima of Japan won...