AI algorithm, named DeepCubeA, has solved a Rubik's Cube in a fraction of a second without having any specific knowledge of the domain or in-game coaching from humans.

Anna Halsdorf, 14, an eighth-grader at James Madison Middle School has mastered the Rubik’s Cube but is still working on how quickly she can solve the three-dimensional puzzle. She can complete ...

But no matter the cube, the process of solving one involves math — specifically, algorithms. Roman Chavez loved Rubik's Cubes so much, he founded the Jr. Oakland Cubers in high school.

RUBIK’s Cube has stumped tinkerers worldwide since it was created more than four decades ago by Hungarian sculptor Ernő Rubik. Originally called “Magic Cube”, the combination puzz… ...

Ms Marshall said her fastest Rubik's Cube solve at home was in seven seconds, and she had registered a time of nine seconds at a recent competition.

The new top speed is a massive improvement on previous Rubik’s cube robots—in 2009, for example, the record was one minute and four seconds.

A real-world Rubik’s Cube has a gadget at its core to facilitate rotation, but let’s imagine a simpler picture where it comprises 27 identical “cubelets”: three layers of nine cubelets each.