With in excess 43 quintillion (43 quintillion) set ups and only 1 solution, the rubiks cube, has its 25th anniversary in the current year is still the greatest puzzle ever invented.
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Its impossible to put down - there's even a Cubaholics Anonymous - the is an icon of the times, and its the best-selling puzzle in the planet. The current world record is an impressive 12.54 seconds and there are also records for doing it 1-handed, currently 27.62 seconds, and believe it or not doing it blindfolded at 2 minutes 41.54 seconds.
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It's quite usual that these types of records are beyond the talents of typical people - because there is nothing typical about finishing a 1 in 43 quintillion puzzle in 13 seconds - but whether it takes minutes, hours or days, the rubiks cube is still the king of un-putdownable puzzles. Are you set for the challenge?
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The rubiks cube was created by Hungarian born citizen Erno Rubik, a professor teaching the Budapest College of Applied Arts, who produced a teaching prototype in nineteen seventy four. Within 1 year of its launch in 1980 rubiks cube had became the greatest-selling puzzle the world had ever known. rubiks cube is now the top selling puzzle ever invented with over 250 million rubiks cube sold.
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Rubik abodes in Budapest. Tibor Laczi, a work aquintance, 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.'
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Ensuing Rubik's success having travlelled home from a business meeting in the USA, Laczi said, '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 only thing he did was start smoking more expensive cigarettes!'
