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Amazing Rubik's Cube Facts
1. The best selling toy
There have been roughly 400 million Rubik's Cubes sold since 1980 and one fifth of the globe had played with it,
making this puzzle the best selling toy in history, and helping its inventor, Erno Rubik to become the richest man
in the communist Hungary back then.
You might think about the Rubik's Cube as a retro game but it was still the best selling toy at Walmart in 2015 with
$111 million retail sales.
2. So many combinations!
The Rubik's Cube has
43 quintillion (43.252.003.274.489.856.000) possible scrambles. If we'd line up that many
cubes it
would reach out 260 light years or it could cover the Earth with 275 layers of cubes. Each piece in this huge pile
would
be showing a unique pattern and only one of them would be solved.
Good luck finding that one piece!
3. Its inventor couldn't solve it
After it was invented in 1974 by the Hungarian professor of architecture Rubik Erno it took one month to finally figure
out the solution despite a whole university looking for it. At first they weren't even sure a human could solve it.
4. The solution can be learned
The solution can be learned easily by memorizing a few algorithms and how to apply them. To solve the cube with the
beginner's method we have to divide the puzzle into layers and to apply algorithms in each step not messing up the
pieces already in place. Most Rubik's solving methods are based on this idea.
5. There is a Rubik's Cube solver program
Herbert Kociemba's Cube Explorer program can find the optimal solution in 20 steps. The algorithm is open source and free to download. There is an online Rubik's Cube solver which runs in your web browser without download and installation.
6. The start of the twisty puzzle mania
The Rubik's Cube inspired countless twisty puzzle models which all have their unique mechanism, shape, solution method and of course a huge fan-base.
7. Speedcubing
The World Cube Association regulates and holds Rubik’s Cube competitions worldwide since 2004 with officials in 70 countries.
The most important event is the Rubik's Cube single but there are one-handed, blindfolded, feet only and fewest moves challenges.