With over 43 quintillion (that's 43 43,252,003,274,489,856,000) different set ups yet just one solution, the rubiks cube trick, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2005 is still the best puzzle ever created.
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Its very hard to put down - there's even a Cubaholics Anonymous - the is an icon of the times, and remains the best-selling puzzle on the planet. The current world record is an impressive 12.54 s and there are also records for finishing it one-handed, currently 27.62 seconds, and believe it or not working at it blindfolded at 2 minutes 41.54 seconds.
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It's quite usual these kinds of records are well beyond the talents of ordinary folks - due to the fact that there's nothing regular about solving a 1 in 43 quintillion puzzle in 13 seconds - but whether it takes minutes, hours or days, the rubiks cube trick is still the king of un-putdownable puzzles. Are you set for the challenge?
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The rubiks cube trick was invented by Hungarian resident Erno Rubik, a professor teaching the Budapest College of Applied Arts, who produced a teaching prototype in 1974. Within the time period of 1 yr of the release in 1980 rubiks cube trick had turned out to be the quickest-selling puzzle the planet had ever known. rubiks cube trick is now the number one selling puzzle ever with over 250 million rubiks cube trick sold.
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Rubik lived in Budapest. Tibor Laczi, a business 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.'
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After Rubik's feat having travlelled home from a business conference in the United States, 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 People from Hungary 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!'
