With in excess 43 quintillion (that's 43 quintillion) sets yet merely 1 key, the Solve Rubik's Cube, has its 25th anniversary in this year is still the best puzzle ever.
Solve Rubik's Cube
Its very hard stop playing - there's even a Cubaholics Anonymous - the is an icon of the age, and its the top selling puzzle in the planet. The current world 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 working at it blindfolded at 2 minutes 41.54 seconds.
Solve Rubik's Cube
It's pretty anticipated these types of records are well beyond the talents of usual people - because there's nothing average about completing a 1 in 43 quintillion puzzle in 13 s - but whether it takes mins, hours or days, the Solve Rubik's Cube is still the king of un-putdownable puzzles. Are you set for the challenge?
Solve Rubik's Cube
The Solve Rubik's Cube was created by Hungarian born resident Erno Rubik, a lecturer teaching the Budapest College of Applied Arts, who invented a completed prototype in 1974. Within one year of its launch in 1980 Solve Rubik's Cube had developed into the fastest-selling puzzle the planet had ever known. Solve Rubik's Cube is now the best-selling puzzle in the world with over 250 million Solve Rubik's Cube sold.
Solve Rubik's Cube
Rubik lived in Budapest. Tibor Laczi, a business associate, said when he first introduced himself 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.'
Solve Rubik's Cube
Ensuing Rubik's triumph having travelled back from a meeting in the United States of America, 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 smoking better tobacco!'
