Written by: Ruhjen Jung Khadka - 32014, Grade IV
Posted on: 25 May, 2023
Rubik’s cube is a 3D puzzle which is very hard to solve. According to the information I found in the box of my Rubik's cube, it was invented in 1974 by Hungarian architecture professor Erno Rubik. Some other names for the Rubik’s cube are Magic cube, Speed cube and Puzzle cube.
The tiny cubes called “cubies” create a truly challenging puzzle. A Rubik’s cube has six sides with nine little cubies attached to it and each side has the same colour. Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange, White and Green are the most common colours. The cubes can be rotated and twisted along rows and faces. The aim of this puzzle is to make each face of the cube possess the same coloured cubies.
There are many kinds of Rubik’s cube like 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, etc. The original Rubik’s cube is the 3x3. I got to know from my research on the Internet that the fastest 3x3 solution was done by a talented 9-year-old Chinese boy named Yiheng Wang. Different patterns of Rubik’s cube are available these days. Some of them are megaminx cube, pyraminx cube, rubik's clock, mirror cube, square 1 etc.
Rubik’s cube is an exciting puzzle and we can use many methods to solve it.
