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 ...

Did you know there are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 ways to scramble the 54 colored squares on a Rubik’s Cube? So how do those record-holding geniuses manage to solve them so quickly? As Mike Boyd ...

A quantum Rubik’s cube would be infinitely more complex than the traditional puzzle, but mathematical modelling shows it wouldn’t be unsolvable. In the summer of 2022, Noah Lordi and Maedée ...

A machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without human assistance, according to a group of UC Irvine researchers. Two algorithms developed by the researchers, collectively called Deep Cube, ...

My family had one when I was a kid. I’d pick it up, twist the sides around a few times, and maybe get three blue squares in a row before I’d throw it back in the toy bin in frustration. So when my ...

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Researchers have developed an AI algorithm which can solve a Rubik's Cube in a fraction of a second, according to a study published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence. The system, known as ...

I’VE SOLVED a Rubik’s Cube only once, if you consider peeling off the stickers and reattaching them “correctly” a solution. As a 10-year-old, I considered it a stroke of brilliance; my cousin, whose ...

DENTON, Texas – Give Channae Anderson 14 seconds and she can solve a Rubik’s Cube. Give her a minute and she can solve it four times. Her personal best is nine seconds. That’s the time this 28-year ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- In a flash, the squares spin around, up and down, as Airon Servais twists his large hands around a Rubik’s cube. After each series of movements, the Syracuse football offensive ...