A student's robot has beaten the world record for solving a four-by-four Rubik's cube – by 33 seconds. Matthew Pidden, a 22-year-old University of Bristol student, built and trained the ...

Rubik’s Cube inventor offers advice for solving the timeless puzzle “Problem solving is a very basic activity of the human mind and if a problem is complex you need to divide the problem into ...

Rubik's Cube inventor has seen his color-matching puzzle go from a classroom teaching tool in Cold War-era Hungary to a worldwide phenomenon with over 450 million cubes sold and a mini-empire of ...

Rubik’s Cube inventor reflects on lasting impact of beloved toy December 4, 2022 at 4:00 a.m. by The Associated Press ...

Travis Dumaran,13, worked to solve a 4x4 Rubik’s Cube. 5/5. Swipe or click to see more. KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER.

The world's smallest Rubik's Cube has been unveiled -- and it comes with a hefty price tag. The fully functional six-sided puzzle cube by Japanese toymaker MegaHouse is so tiny it could fit under ...

The robot solved the cube in 45.305 seconds, obliterating the world record of 1 minute 18 seconds. However, the human record for solving the cube is 15.71 seconds. "I was into Rubik's cubes as a kid.

Student's robot obliterates 4x4 Rubik's cube world record. 12 May 2025. Share Save. Clara Bullock. BBC News, Bristol. Share Save. Matthew Pidden designed, built and trained the robot over 15 weeks.

Looking for a suitable a project for his final dissertation, the Rubik’s Cube once again sprang to mind. Matt was aware the record for the classic 3x3 Rubik’s Cube would be insurmountable due to ...