rubik's cube

Student Journalists

Into The World Of Cubing

4:19pm September 04, 2018

by Alejandro Hortal

What can you do in 12 seconds?

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An image from a YouTube video shows a robot (right) that uses a computer to quickly analyze and solve a Rubik's Cube.

Don't Blink: Robot Solves Rubik's Cube In Just Over 1 Second

6:20pm January 25, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Some of the times registered by the robot built by two engineers in Kansas City are under 1.2 seconds; they'll go for a world record next week.

National

WATCH: Teen Solves Rubik's Cube In Record Time; Fellow 'Speed Cubers' Go Wild

2:53pm November 24, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Fourteen-year-old Lucas Etter unmixed a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube in 4.904 seconds, setting a world record and becoming the first person to break the 5-second mark for solving the puzzle.