Rubik’s Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture ErnÅ‘ Rubik. Originally called the “Magic Cube” by its inventor, this puzzle was renamed “Rubik’s Cube” by Ideal Toys in 1980 and also won the 1980 German “Game of the Year” (Spiel des Jahres) special award for Best Puzzle. It is said to be the world’s best-selling toy, with some 900,000,000 Rubik’s Cubes and imitations sold worldwide.
Typically, the faces of the cube are covered by 9 stickers in 6 solid colors; there is one color for each side of the cube. When the puzzle is solved, each face of the cube is a solid color. The cube celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2005, when a special edition cube in a presentation box was released, featuring a sticker in the centre of the reflective face (which replaced the white face) with a “Rubik’s Cube 1980-2005″ logo.
Solving the Rubik’s Cube has always been a tricky business, but these days there are books and guides as to how you should go about it using algorithms, etc. Here is a video, in two parts, which I found on YouTube.
Give it a bash!
