Puzzles provide many hours of applied fun beyond any perfunctory tasks that occupy our days. When your son or daughter receives a snake cube puzzle as a Christmas gift — and it turns out to be ...

34 seconds off the previous World Record of 3.47 seconds set by China’s Yusheng Du in 2018, which marked the fastest time it ever previously took to solve a 3x3x3 rotating puzzle cube.

Quantum physics already feels like a puzzle, but now scientists have made it more literal. A team of mathematicians from the University of Colorado Boulder has designed a quantum Rubik's cube, with ...

With a special 50th anniversary retro cube on the list of this year's top toys, the puzzle's popularity is still going strong. Suitable for children (and adults) aged eight and over, the Rubik's ...

A carpenter, working with a buzz saw, wishes to cut a wooden cube, three inches on a side, into 27 one-inch cubes. This can be easily done by making six cuts through the cube, keeping the pieces ...

Sai Charan Kintali carries so many puzzle cubes with him during the day at Irving Middle School in Springfield, Virginia, he keeps them in a special black case in his backpack. He started learning ...

The cube was built to symbolize symmetry, but it threw Rubik a curve: It was also a puzzle. Even a few twists made it difficult to return the small cubes to their starting positions. It was ...

A robot developed by five young engineers at Mitsubishi Electric Corp. was recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest to solve a 3x3x3 puzzle cube--almost as quickly as the blink of an eye.

Whether you're a total Rubik's Cube novice or a seasoned solver looking for a unique new puzzle to add to your collection, the ex-Mars AI Robot Cube is worth checking out. Successfully funded by ...