With in excess 43 quintillion (that's 43 43,252,003,274,489,856,000) different set ups and just 1 solution, the rubiks cube 5x5, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in this year is still the smartest puzzle ever.
rubiks cube 5x5
Almost not possible to put down - there's a Cubaholics Anonymous - the is an icon of design, and its the best-selling puzzle on the planet. The current record is an astonishing 12.54 secs and there are also records for working at it 1-handed, and believe it or not completing it blindfolded.
rubiks cube 5x5
It's quite anticipated that such records are well outside of the ability of normal folks - because there's nothing typical about solving a 1 in 43 quintillion puzzle in 13 seconds - but whether it takes minutes, hrs or days, the rubiks cube 5x5 is nonetheless the king of un-putdownable puzzles. Are you up to the challenge?
rubiks cube 5x5
The rubiks cube 5x5 was created by Hungarian born resident Erno Rubik, a teacher teaching the Budapest College of Applied Arts, who invented a teaching prototype in 1974. Within the span of one year of its launch in 1980 rubiks cube 5x5 had developed into the quickest-selling puzzle the planet had ever known. rubiks cube 5x5 is now the best-selling puzzle ever created with over 250 million rubiks cube 5x5 sold.
rubiks cube 5x5
Rubik lived in Budapest. Tibor Laczi, a business aquintance, 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.'
rubiks cube 5x5
After Rubik's feat having travelled home from a business conference in the United States, Laczi declared, '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 on smoking better cigarettes!'
