The Magic Cube was invented by Ernő Rubik in 1974. Then in the 1980s it was renamed to the Rubik's Cube. The Speed Cube is a special version of the Rubik's Cube that is meant to be solved very quickly ...

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ALISO VIEJO – The community room of the Aliso Viejo Library was filled with the sound of rapid clicks as 100 people worked to solve Rubik’s Cubes as quickly as possible. Speed cubing, as the practice ...

Most of us have solved one, maybe two Rubik’s cubes in our lifetimes, if that. But there’s a subset of the population who have solved hundreds and hundreds of those brightly colored cube puzzles not ...

Netflix’s The Speed Cubers is what happens when you find your niche and fill it — with love? Yes, people throughout this world — which is indeed full of all kinds — enjoy ludicrously fleet-fingered ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - There's an old game in town that is creating a new class of celebrities: "speed cubers" who can solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle blindfolded, one-handed or even with their feet.

Speedcubing is the sport of solving a classic Rubik’s Cube — or a related combination puzzle — in the shortest amount of time possible. And, no, it is not for the faint of heart. The Speed Cubers ...

Director Sue Kim shares how her first-ever documentary, which has made the Oscars shortlist, explores the unique competitive spirit between two of the world's most prolific speedcubing champions. By ...

HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) -- The East Bay became the epicenter for a gathering of California's best Rubik's Cube competitors. An elite group of "Speed Cubers," as they're called, showed off their ...

Will Arnold is working up a sweat as he twists and turns a Rubik's Cube - with his toes. A birth defect left him with limited use of his arms. But that hasn't stopped him from joining 40 other ...

Sue Kim, director of an Oscar-shortlisted short documentary about competitive Rubik’s Cubers, can solve a complex storytelling puzzle in under 40 minutes. In The Speed Cubers Kim rotates between two ...