BRUSSELS ― Rubik's Cube owner Spin Master Toys UK on Wednesday lost its battle against a Greek rival as Europe's second-highest court annulled trademarks related to the shape of the famous puzzle.

Erno Rubik was an interior design instructor in Budapest in 1974 when he decided that the students in his “Form Studies” class—on the abstract properties of shape—might benefit from a ...

While the classic Rubik’s Cube has about 43 quintillion possible variations for solving the puzzle, the quantum Rubik’s Cube offers an unlimited number of options. This is achieved due to the fact ...

Quantum Rubik’s cube. “To make a quantum puzzle, we will replace the pieces with quantum particles,” explain the authors of a recent paper, not yet peer-reviewed, exploring the possibilities ...

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 ...

The makers of the Rubik’s cube went small to celebrate the iconic puzzle toy’s 50th anniversary. Thanks to a collaboration with Japan-based Megahouse and Iriso Precision Company, designers ...

The world's smallest Rubik's Cube has been unveiled -- and it comes with a hefty price tag. The fully functional six-sided puzzle cube by Japanese toymaker MegaHouse is so tiny it could fit under ...

Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube — one so tiny that you might need a pair of tweezers to solve it.

Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube — one so tiny that you might need a pair of tweezers to solve it.

Mathematicians and hobbyists have had a half-century of fun exploring the 43 billion billion permutations of Erno Rubik’s creation.

Watch a 6-axis motor solve a Rubik’s Cube in less than a third of a second Getting an AI to distinguish red from orange was a major challenge.

If you want to become the fastest human to ever solve a Rubik’s cube, you need to beat the 3.13 second Guinness World Record set by Max Park in June 2023. Unfortunately, you’ll need superhuman ...