With over 43 quintillion (43 43,252,003,274,489,856,000) configurations & merely 1 key, the photo of rubiks cube, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in this year is still the best puzzle in the world.
photo of rubiks cube
Its impossible to put down - there's even a Cubaholics Anonymous - the is an icon of the age, and remains the best-selling puzzle in the planet. The current world record is an amazing 12.54 s and there are also records for doing it one-handed, and believe it or not working at it blindfolded.
photo of rubiks cube
It's quite likely that these records are well beyond the talents of regular people - because there is nothing normal about solving a 1 in 43 quintillion puzzle in 13 s - but whether it takes mins, hrs or days, the photo of rubiks cube is nonetheless the king of un-putdownable puzzles. Are you up to the challenge?
photo of rubiks cube
The photo of rubiks cube was invented by Hungarian born citizen Erno Rubik, a professor working the Budapest College of Applied Arts, who produced a completed prototype in 1974. Within the duration of 1 year of the launch in 1980 photo of rubiks cube had become the greatest-selling puzzle the country had ever known. photo of rubiks cube is now the number one selling puzzle in the world with over 250 million photo of rubiks cube sold.
photo of rubiks cube
Rubik lived in Budapest. Tibor Laczi, a work associate, said when he initially 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.'
photo of rubiks cube
After Rubik's triumph having travlelled home from a meeting in the United States, 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 Hungarians 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 first thing he did was start on smoking more expensive cigarettes!'
