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Jan 21, 2017

In December of last year, Australian Feliks Zemdegs broke the human world record for solving a Rubik's Cube with a time of 4.737 seconds. Well, this robot did it way, way faster by solving one in unde ...

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Dec 12, 2016

Just over a month ago, the Rubik's Cube world record was smashed by Mats Valk, a Dutch speedcuber, during the Jawa Timur Open 2016. Valk was able to shave 0.16 seconds off the previous record of 4.90 ...

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Dec 12, 2016

In 4.74 seconds, I can barely bend over to tie my shoes, and somehow this guy managed to crush the human world record for solving the Rubik's Cube in that time exactly.Update: Rubik's Cube World Recor ...

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Apr 5, 2011

The Android Megaminxer is mind-bogglingly elaborate, impressively combining multiple geeky mediums to solve an incredibly complex puzzle. ARM, the genius behind the stunt, uses LEGOs (a Mindstorms NXT ...

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Feb 8, 2011

First came the Rubik's cube, a simple 3x3 puzzle. Then came Rubik's Revenge, a 4x4 monstrosity. Eventually, the real whizzes attempted to conquer the V-Cube 6 and the V-Cube 7. Today's day and age int ...

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Dec 16, 2010

Love this Rubik's Cube stamp with movable type Chinese characters by Shaun Chung. Chung laser-etched the characters from wood, and then adhered them to a regular Rubik's Cube to create verses from a t ...

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Oct 20, 2010

Below, Evgeniy Grigoriev's fully functional Rubik's Cube has been shrunk down to 10mm (that's less than half an inch). Why? Grigoriev roped in world record status with his one-of-a-kind cube fit for f ...

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Aug 11, 2010

By "God," I mean Morley Davidson, John Dethridge, Herbert Kociemba, Tomas Rokicki and about 35 CPU-years.Ever since Erno Rubik conceived the Rubik's Cube in 1974, math-minded cubers have been trying t ...

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Aug 6, 2010

It's a puzzle. It's a gun. It's awesome.Titled "The Intimidator", this 125-piece puzzle requires a special key to disassemble. Once disassembled, 20 of the 125 pieces can be pieced to form a real work ...

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Jun 12, 2010

Holy crap. Um, I can't solve a rubik's cube, period. This baby has totally shamed me. Time to learn.Thanks for the find, toastykitten! Anybody else got something equally sick? Wonderment submissions w ...