In 1980, Ideal Toys considered renaming the Magic Cube 'The Gordian Knot'. Then somebody suggested 'Rubik's Cube' - and the rest is history! Over 100 million Rubik's Cubes were sold in the period 1980-1982 and over 300 million to date. Did you know that 'Rubik's Cube' is now an official part of the English language with an entry in the Oxford Dictionary? It's place in our popular culture is so defined that we often just call any mechanical puzzle "those cube puzzles".
The original 3x3 Cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different possible configurations. One, and only one, of these possibilities presents the 'solved' Cube, having a single color on each of its 6 sides. If you allow one second for each turn, it would take you 1400 million million years to go through ALL the possible configurations. In comparison, the whole universe is only 14 thousand million years old. To read more about the Rubik's Cube click this link to the entry in Wikipedia.
We've listed a few other Twisty type puzzles here. Although they are not made under the Rubik's brand they are definitely part of the same group of puzzles.
Photos: Brian Young (alias Mr Puzzle) and his friend Frans de Vreugd outside Rubik Studio on a visit to Budapest, Hungary a few years ago.
Recently on the Australian ABC TV's Collectors Program: The Rubik's Cube. Watch here.
This puzzle was designed by Adam G. Cowan in 2009 and is part of the Pyraminx/Skewb family. It looks a lot like a rounded version of a Pyraminx but it has the same number of pieces as a Skewb. The Jing’s Pyraminx has only 4 corners, which are indeed connected to one another via the inner core but unlike the Pyraminx it also has 4 center pieces, and it is these that correspond to the other corners of the Skewb.
First there was the Floppy Cube. Then came the Super Floppy Cube. "The Scramble Cube" is the new release name of the Super Floppy Cube in it's original Japanese packaging made by Gentosha Education. It is clearly not a cube. Rather it is a single 1x3x3 layer of a cube which does some very extraordinary moves.
The Super Floppy Cube was invented by Katsuhiko Okamoto and awarded "Puzzle of the Year" in the 2009 International Puzzle Design Competition winning both the Jury Grand Prize and the prestigious Puzzler's Choice Award. Katsuhiko's development of the amazing new mechanism that enables the Void Cube to work was what also led him to be able to create the Floppy Cube and many more puzzles that have come since.
The goal is to first scramble the 1x3x3 figure then restore all faces to a solid colour pattern like you would with the Rubik's Cube.
Just like the Rubik's Cube but there's no centre cubes; you can see straight through the cube from all axes. Apart from being a great puzzle it's also an engineering marvel. Just how can it turn with no centre mechanism? Designer Katsuhiko Okamoto came up with an entirely different mechanism from a regular Rubik's Cube because with no centre there is no central spider for turning the cube.
Could it be harder than the Rubik's Cube? Yes, it definitely is. In some cases it will appear that there is no solution to this cube. It is a second puzzle to figure out why this happens. The goal is the same as the regular Rubik's Cube. Scramble the cube and then restore all faces to a solid colour.
Designer Katsuhiko Okamoto of Japan won the Jury Grand Prize at the 2007 International Puzzle Design Competition. Katsuhiko came up with an entirely different mechanism from a regular Rubik's Cube because with no centre there is no central spider for turning the cube.
Prepare to be absolutely amazed by the smoothness and sturdiness of this cube! This is the original patented V-CUBE 5™ made in Greece not a Magic Cube cheap copy. It's a multicoloured, five-layered cube with exceptional quality and incredibly smooth rotation.
Prepare to be absolutely amazed by the smoothness and sturdiness of this cube! V-CUBE 7™ is a multicoloured, seven-layered cube with exceptional quality and incredibly smooth rotation. The sides have a nice pillowed shape that feels great under the fingers. This is the original patented V-CUBE 7™ made in Greece not a cheap Magic Cube copy.
The puzzle is to return the cube to its original state... every side finally having one solid color. With "43 Quintillion" possible moves and only "ONE" solution... nearly one in every five people in the world has twisted, jumbled and enjoyed this immensely popular puzzle.
There is no Solution booklet in this Hexagonal packaging however at time we do have some Secondhand copies of various original Solution Booklets for sale on our "Collectible Puzzles" page. Click here to see current stocks. You can also view the latest techniques to solve the cube at the Official Rubiks website http://www.youcandothecube.com/secret-unlocked/solution-stage-one.aspx
LATEST NEWS! July 2010. Researches have found that the Rubik's Cube can be solved in 20 moves or less from any mixed up state. Don't believe it's possible? I'ts true. Morley Davidson, John Dethridge, Herbert Kociemba, and Tomas Rokicki did some serious number crunching with the aid of Google's computers and proved it. Read more here.... Watch a recent ABC documentary about "God's Number" 20 http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3233961.htm
The puzzle is to return the cube to its original state... every side finally having one solid color. The Rubik's 4x4 cube (otherwise known as Rubiks Revenge) was released more than 20 years ago and remains one of the classic Rubik's must have puzzles.
The puzzle is to return the cube to its original state... every side finally having one solid color. The Rubik's 5x5 cube (otherwise known as Rubiks Professor Cube®) is the most complex of all Rubik's Cube levels.
Get all three classic Rubik's cubes in the series and save $2.00 on each puzzle. Set of 3x3 plus 4x4 plus 5x5 cubes.
The puzzle is to return the cube to its original state... every side finally having one solid color.
Rubik's Cube 3x3 is the incredibly addictive, multi-dimensional challenge that has fascinated puzzle fans aroudn the world since 1980. The Rubik's 4x4 cube (otherwise known as Rubiks Revenge) was released more than 20 years ago and remains one of the classic Rubik's must have puzzles. The Rubik's 5x5 cube (otherwise known as Rubiks Professor Cube®) is the most complex of all Rubik's Cube levels.
Six coloured balls. Three transparent spheres. Only one solution. The challenge is to start with all six balls inside the centre sphere with the locking rings open and move the balls into their matching coloured domes on the outside sphere.
This is not the Magic 360 but rather the genuine Rubik's 360 puzzle. In general this is a much high quality puzzle. Unlike the non-genuine Rubik's puzzle the spheres cannot be taken apart; they turn very smoothly and are weighted to make the puzzle much more difficult.
The puzzle is to return the cube to its original state... every side should make a completed Australian Road Sign. Six different Australian road signs. Kangaroos next 10 kms.Koalas next 80km. Wombats next 2kms. Platypus next 50kms. Wombat next 2km. Echidna next 80km. Crocodiles next 10km.
The puzzle is to return the cube to its original state... every side should make a completed Australian Animal. Australian animals featured are Kanagaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Wombat, Platypus and Echidna. Great Aussie gift.
The puzzle is to return the cube to its original state... every side should make a completed aboriginal dot painting by artist Deborah Coertse. While not having as many different combinations as it's big brother the 3x3 cube, the 2x2 cube could prove to be just as perplexing.
Get all three cubes in the series and save $7.50 that's $2.50 off per cube.
Australian Road Signs Aboriginal Dot Paintings Australian Animals
Although it is less intimidating in appearance, the 2x2 cube still provides a perplexing challenge. A great place to learn how to solve a Rubik's puzzle.
3x3 original Rubik's Cube designed by Kit Grover in 2006 for Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
This New York themed Rubik's Cube features a line drawing of midtown Manhattan with MoMA in its center. Designed by London Artist, Kit Grover, to celebrate the special relationship the museum shares with the city as a cultural landmark and a destination for tourists throughout the world. You'll be occupied for hours with this authentic Rubik's cube.
Cube is in it's original package as it was sold by MoMA.
The puzzle is to return the 3 x 3 cube to its original state... every side finally having a solid pattern.
This very classy makeover of the Rubik's Cube puzzle gives the icon of the 1980's a modern look with it's stainless steel fabrication. Each side uses stylised etched patterns to represent the six differently coloured sides. It is well made so that it turns very smoothly and is presented on a highly polished stainless steel cube stand for display. The rubik cube itself is the same size as the original Rubik's Cube.
This funky clock is styled after the puzzle that's frustrated us all since the 80's, the Rubik's Cube. You won't be confused and frustrated by this puzzle; in fact it might just be the easiest puzzle you ever have to do. All you have to do is set the time and that's as easy as it gets! Just three buttons; Set, Up & Down and it's done. Rotate the top just like the Rubiks Cube and you'll change the display between Time, Temperature, Date and Alarm functions.
This funky retro 80's Cube Clock will look good on any desk at work, brighten up your kids room, and is an absolute must for any twisty puzzle collector or Rubik's cube puzzle lover!
With "43 Quintillion" possible moves and only ONE solution... Yep! you're going to need the book to solve the Rubik's Cube. And there's a book to solve the Rubik's Magic as well.
Choose from the used books we have in stock:
1. You Can Do - You Can Do The Cube by Patrick Bossert (1981) 2. Mastering - Mastering Rubik's Cube by Don Taylor (1980) 3. Cube - Cube by John and Lyn St Clair-Thomas and Steve Shackel (1981) 4. Games - Cube Games by Don Taylor and Leanne Rylands (1981) 5. Simple Solution - The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube by James G. Nourse (June 1981) 6. Magic - Making Rubik's Magic by Albie Fiore (1986)
Condition: All books are in "as is" condition. Used, slightly faded covers, worn around edges of cover, no ripped pages.
We sell the genuine Rubik's cube as well. Click here.
Designed by Oskar van Deventer, and inspired by a gearing idea from Bram Cohen, the Gear Cube is a brand new concept in cube design using a full gear mechanism that requires twelve 90 degree turns to complete one rotation. The Gear Cube was awarded Meffert's Puzzle of the Year for 2010.
There are a number of challenges with this cube. - First to make a cube with a solid colour on each face like you would with a regular Rubik's Cube. - Another is getting the puzzle to a state where each face has only two colors (on opposite faces). This is a bit harder, but achievable for many people. - Hardest is solving the puzzle as a whole, which is still easier than the original Rubik’s Cube.
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In 1980, Ideal Toys considered renaming the Magic Cube 'The Gordian Knot'. Then somebody suggested 'Rubik's Cube' - and the rest is history! Over 100 million Rubik's Cubes were sold in the period 1980-1982 and over 300 million to date. Did you know that 'Rubik's Cube' is now an official part of the English language with an entry in the Oxford Dictionary? It's place in our popular culture is so defined that we often just call any mechanical puzzle "those cube puzzles".
