With in excess 43 quintillion (that's 43 43,252,003,274,489,856,000) configurations & only 1 solution, the Complete a Rubik Cube, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in the current year is still the best puzzle in the world.
Complete a Rubik Cube
Almost very hard to put down - there's even a Cubaholics Anonymous - the is an icon of design, and remains the best-selling puzzle on the earth. The current record is an astounding 12.54 seconds and there are also records for doing it one-handed, currently 27.62 seconds, and believe it or not doing it blind folded at 2 minutes 41.54 seconds.
Complete a Rubik Cube
It's rather anticipated that these types of records are well past the talents of typical folks - as there's nothing normal about solving a 1 in 43 quintillion puzzle in 13 secs - but whether it takes minutes, hours or days, the Complete a Rubik Cube is still the king of un-putdownable puzzles. Are you willing for the challenge?
Complete a Rubik Cube
The Complete a Rubik Cube was invented by Hungarian citizen Erno Rubik, a professor at the Budapest College of Applied Arts, who invented a working prototype in 1974. Within one yr of its release in '80 Complete a Rubik Cube had developed into the best-selling puzzle the planet had ever known. Complete a Rubik Cube is now the top selling puzzle in the world with over 250 million Complete a Rubik Cube sold.
Complete a Rubik Cube
Rubik lives in Budapest. Tibor Laczi, a business associate, said when he first met him, 'When Rubik walked into the room I felt like giving him some money. He looked like a beggar! He was terribly dressed, and he had a cheap Hungarian cigarette hanging out of his mouth. But I knew I had a genius on my hands.'
Complete a Rubik Cube
Ensuing Rubik's feat having returned from a work conference in the US, Laczi commented, 'It was his first trip to the West, and he didn't ask me to take him anywhere after the press conference.
Most Hungarian visitors that come here want to look at shops or buy jewellery or visit a bar. Rubik went back to his hotel. He was always that way, even after the money started. The only thing Rubik did was begin using proper cigarettes!'
