How to solve a Rubik’s Cube – easy step-by-step guide to completing the notoriously difficult puzzle
FOR over 40 years the Rubik's cube has been leaving people scratching their heads as they try to solve the fiendishly difficult puzzle.
Here we give some easy tips on how you can complete brainteaser.
What is a Rubik's cube and who invented it?
A Rubik's cube is a 3D-combination puzzle that sees coloured squares printed on the side of a cube.
The aim of the quiz is to get all of the colours on each side of the cube to match up.
It was invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and architecture professor Erno Rubik, who originally called it the Magic Cube.
But its name was changed to the Rubik's cube shortly after became one of the best selling toys of the 1980s.
More than 30 years on, people still love the brainteasing puzzle and more than 350million cubes have been sold worldwide.
People even take part in Rubik's cube competitions to see who can solve them in the quickest time.
How can I solve a Rubik's cube?
There are several ways in which you can solve a Rubik's cube. But experts agree that this is the best way.
- Arrange the cube so the side facing up has a cross made from white cubes with the side of the cross having matching colours.
- Then insert the rest of the white cubes to complete the first layer of the cube - meaning it is all white in colour.
- After making all the edges correct this means the first two layers of the cube should be completed.
- Then flip the cube over and repeat the process but instead of making a white cross, make a yellow cross.
- Again move the top edges around so that they match all of the sides.
- Move the corners so that they match up and flip any edges until all sides of the cube are correct.
For a more in-depth guide the video below will help solve your cube:
What is the record time for solving a Rubik's cube?
The shortest time in which someone has solved a Rubik's cube is 4.73 seconds.
According to Guinness World Records, the record was set by Australian student Feliks Zemdges at a competition in Melbourne in December 2016.
Feliks shaved a hundredth of a second of the previous record set by Dutchman Mats Valk just five weeks earlier.
