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25 amazing Rubik's Cube facts
Top lists with similar titles are very popular, especially on YouTube so here's our list about our favorite puzzle. We all know what the Rubik’s Cube is, and we most likely have spent countless hours trying to figure out how to solve the puzzle. Apart from that, what else do you know about it?Rubik's Cube firm left puzzled after losing EU trademark
Rubik's Cube was granted the trademark for the shape of the classic puzzle game in 1999, but in 2017 the EU-wide protection was pulled.Rubik's Brand Ltd is able to appeal against the decision one final time.
The most amazing fact about the Rubik's Cube
How about this: if you mix a Rubik's cube with at least 20 turns, the probability of you ending up with a pattern that has never ever been shuffled before is more than 99.999999%The number of possible configurations of a Rubik's Cube is over 43 quintillion (43 252 003 274 489 856 000). It means if you gave every living person 6 billion Rubik's cubes, each of them could mix all of their cubes in a way that no cubes on Earth would match.
And that's for SURE.
Teen solves 3 Rubik's Cubes simultaneously, sets world record
A teenager who first impressed people by solving three Rubik's cubes while juggling them is now back with another extraordinary feat. Que Jianyu from Xiamen, China, has created a Guinness World Record by solving three Rubik's cubes simultaneously, using his hands and feet.A video which shows him solving three Rubik's cubes at once has garnered over 40,000 views since it was shared online on Thursday, along with a ton of amazed comments.
According to Guinness World Records, the 13-year-old set the fastest time to solve three Rubik's cubes simultaneously with both hands and feet in just 1 minute 36.39 seconds. He then also went on to break another record by solving a cube while hanging upside down in just 15.84 seconds!
Largest Rubik's Cube - Guiness world record
The largest Rubik's Cube measures 2.022 m (6 ft 7 in) x 2.022 m (6 ft 7 in) x 2.022 m (6 ft 7 in) and was achieved by Tony Fisher (UK) in Ipswich, UK, on 18 November 2019.He received his first Rubik’s Cube in 1980, at the age of 14. He quickly became obsessed with it and began to collect and solve similar puzzles. Since 2010 he has been making puzzles and puzzle videos as a full time job.
The outsized cube took around 330 hours to build. All layers move exactly like a regular-sized Rubik’s cube; however in order to move a vertical side / face you have to flip the whole cube over so the side you want to move is on the top.
The hardest part was getting the tensions correct – the puzzle needs to be loose enough to rotate but if too loose it would come apart, so Tony used large springs and bolts to get it just right.
He estimates the project cost around £2000 overall. He was unsupported throughout and completed the entire project alone.