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Ever since its invention and public release, the Rubik’s Cube has been an entertaining pastime for millions. If you try to solve the Rubik’s Cube as quickly as possible, then the Speed Cube is definitely made for you and if you are curious to learn more about speed cubes, visit here.
Speedcubers need Speed Cubes to make quick turns and corner cuts. It is predicted that more than a billion people globally have tried to solve a speed cube or even a Rubik’s Cube at some point in their lives. Let’s walk through some of the most fascinating and lesser-known facts about the Speed Cube that you might not know.
15 Facts about speed cube that you don’t know
1. The best-selling toy
The Cube has been the best-selling toy since 1980, and approximately 400 million Rubik’s Cube have been sold since. It was the best-selling toy at Walmart in 2015 with $111 Million in retail sales.
2. The first-ever solving solution
The ‘You Can Do the Cube’ was the first-ever Cube solving solution guide. It was written in 1981 by 13-year-old Patrick Bossert. It sold over more than 1.5 million copies.
3. The largest NxNxN Cube
The twisty cube designs are pushing the limits of the big NxN cubes. The largest NxNxN Cube is the 33x33x33 Cube made by Greg’s Puzzles. It contains 6153 3D printed parts!
4. Moves required to speed solve
The most interesting Speed Cube fact is that it does not really take a whole month or endless moves for speedcubers to complete the moves. In fact, it has been declared that the puzzle can be solved in less than 20 moves in total!
5. The first-ever speed cube competition
Back in 1982, people began competing for the best solve time for a cube. The first-ever world championship was held in Budapest, and the winner was Minh Thai from the United States with a solve time of 22.95 seconds!
6. Speed Cubing world record
The record for the fastest Rubik’s cube solve is currently at 3.47 seconds held by Yusheng Du, who beat the previous record by 0.75 seconds.
7. The world’s largest and smallest speed cubes
The largest Cube in the world, made by Tony Fisher, weighs around 100Kg and is 1.56 meters tall. On the other hand, the smallest Cube is just 6mm!
8. Robots can speedsolve too
The fastest robot to solve a cube is the ‘Sub1Reloaded’ with a solve time of 0.637 seconds. It is built by Albert Beer (Germany) and was demonstrated at the Infineon booth at the electronica trade fair in Munich on November 09, 2016.
9. Speedcubing
The WCA (World Cube Association) regulates and holds Rubik’s Cube competitions worldwide since 2004 with officials in 70 countries. There are a variety of Rubik’s Cube events like the one-handed blindfold, feet only, fewest moves challenge, etc.
10. A question worth millions
A 27-year-old student won the great prize of the German ‘Who wants to be a millionaire by answering the question ‘How many cubies does the Rubik’s Cube consist of?’
11. God’s number
A team of researchers in 2010 proved that any scramble could be solved in 20 steps or less. Finding this number, called the God’s Number, has been a huge mathematical mystery for decades.
12. Cubers won ‘Romania’s Got Talent’ in 2015
Speedcubing can definitely make a good show. This was proved by three speedcubers on the most popular Romanian talent show, which impressed the judges and the audience with an amazing show for weeks in a row! Their impressive moves eliminated singers, dancers, magicians and other performers.
13. The number of combinations
The Rubik’s Cube has 43 quintillion possible scrambles! If these many cubes were lined up together, it would reach out to 260 light-years, or it could even cover the Earth with 300 layers of Cube!
14. It can be solved blindfolded
The 3x3x3, 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 blindfolded solves are official competition events. The competitor has to memorize the scramble and then solve the Cube blindfolded.
15. Rubikcubism
Rubikcubism pixel art is the art of using only Rubik’s Cubes to draw images. The world record with 12,090 Rubik’s Cube Mosaic was built by Josh Chalom in October 2009. It is a 17×8.5 foot depiction of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’.
Conclusion
Although the speed cube has been categorized as a toy, it is more of a complex 3D geometrical handheld puzzle. Since its inception, many variations of the Cube have been developed. Speedsolving or Speed cubing is now gaining momentum in global popular culture and continues to encourage people to learn how to solve it and put their skills to the test!
About the author
Sharan Phillora
Writer at cubelelo.com. Her specialties include business research and content strategy. When she’s not working, she enjoys travel adventures and reading literary masterpieces.
