Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ernő Rubik, who turns 80 on July 13, finished the prototype of his "Magic Cube" 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, as he sat in his ...

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Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the iconic Rubik's Cube. A 22-year-old in Australia can solve it in a record 4.22 seconds. Others might spend hours, days, weeks, or even ...

A 6-year-old girl from China has turned a puzzle into a record-setting performance. Lian Yunzhi, also known as “Zhizhi,” set the women’s world record for the fastest average time solving a 3x3 Rubik’s ...

Walking through a toy store, one of the most recognizable items you’ll see is the iconic cube with six colored sides: the Rubik’s Cube. Chances are you’ve played with one, received it as a gift, or ...

Rubik's Cube has just got to keep twisting and turning. With the 40 enduring years of rise and fall in the toy industry, with the unfailing devotion to agonize its patrons and problem solvers along ...

WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — It started as a hobby in the 1970's. In 2026, Frank Zieminski etched his name in Rubik's Cube history, breaking three world records. "I was relieved," said Zieminski. "It’s ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Rubik's Cube fever was sweeping the nation in the summer of 1981 when Eyewitness News reporter Josh Howell decided to take the temperature of the pop-culture phenomenon. He ...

Fifty years ago, as he sat in his mother's apartment in Budapest, Hungary, young professor, Ernő Rubik, finally finished the prototype of his "Magic Cube." A teacher at the Department of Interior ...