The cameras scan the cube, feed that information into a Rubik's cube-solving algorithm called Kociemba, and the algorithm tells the robotic motors a sequence of moves that will quickly solve the cube.

Aa couple of software engineers have now built a robot that can crack a Rubik's Cube puzzle in just over one second.

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.

Discover the tricks the planet's fastest speedcubers use to challenge for the Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Cup. And now, you can learn and compete alongside the pros without leaving your sofa.

Two software engineers who built a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 1 second are hoping to beat a world record.

Artificial intelligence, which may at some point automate your job and can already defeat professionals in six-player poker, is now able to solve Rubik's Cube faster than any human.

They’re known as "speedcubers," young people who can solve the puzzles presented by the colourful cubes in just a few short seconds. Alisa Siegel takes us to a Toronto competition where teens ...

Earlier this year, while putting together a video about the world’s fastest solvers of the Rubik’s Cube, I decided to devote some time to learning to solve the classic puzzle myself. Tyson Mao ...

Few things reveal the limits of someone’s problem-solving skills faster than a Rubik’s Cube, the multicolored, three-dimensional puzzle that has befuddled so many since the 1970s. Though the ...

Will Callan, of Eldersburg, practices solving a 2x2x2 cube using a Speed Stacks competition timer. He is competing in Rubiks CubingUSA Nationals 2019 August 1-4 at the Baltimore Convention Center.