Introduction
Since its invention several decades ago, the Rubik's Cube has become a world-famous puzzle game. Below are some interesting, unknown facts about the Rubik's Cube including details of changes that were made to the game to adapt to the modern age of technology.
Fun and Interesting Facts
Since its invention several decades ago, the Rubik's Cube has become a world-famous puzzle game. Below are some interesting, unknown facts about the Rubik's Cube including details of changes that were made to the game to adapt to the modern age of technology.
Fun and Interesting Facts
- The Rubik's Cube was awarded German Game of the Year in 1980, the very same year it entered the market.
- By the middle of the 1980s, 1 in 5 people on Earth played with a Rubik's Cube.
- The Cube's inventor, Erno Rubik, admitted that it initially took him over a month to solve the cube. According to his interview with CNN, he still needed a minute to solve it even after practicing. This is a stark contrast to avid
speedcubers who solve the puzzle is under 10 seconds. - The puzzle inspired a new form of Cubism, Rubik's Cubism, in which artists use the colored cubes to
pixelate mosaic artwork. Josh Chalom is a notable artist of the movement, who recreated more than "40 well-known artworks" with cubes. His works include LeonardoDa Vinci's "Last Supper" and Michelangelo's "Hand of God." - Solving a Rubik's Cube is linked to the practice of mindfulness in which a person is aware of their movements and is
undividedly focused on one thing. - In 2003, Dan Knights solved the cube while skydiving from a plane 20,000 feet in the air.
- Since the creation of the classic colored puzzle, different variations have entered the
market including the Grayscale Cube, the Sudoku Cube, Cube Earth, and the personalized Photo Cube. - In 1982, the Rubik's Cube transitioned into electronic media with the introduction of Atari Video Cube for the Atari 2600 home console.
- The puzzle continued to enter the world of gaming with the publication of Rubik’s Games by Hasbro Interactive in 1999 and Rubik’s Puzzle World by Nintendo in 2008. The former was designed for PC gaming while the
later was created for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS game consoles. - In recent years, fully electronic handheld Rubik's Cubes were created to accommodate the current technological age. For instance, The Giiker Cube was released in 2018 and is "the world's first smart 3x3". It can be connected to a smartphone using Bluetooth and has a feature that tracks the moves of the cube.