There are many addicting and popular puzzles, but one of the most famous is the Rubik's Cube. There are many techniques and algorithms for assembling it, which its many fans share with each other. The secret of the cube's popularity lies in the seeming elementary nature of its assembly.
What is Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's cube, or, as it is popularly called, the Rubik's cube is a mechanical puzzle, a plastic cube with dimensions of 3 × 3 × 3 elements. Its outer elements are 54 faces of small cubes, which make up one large cube. Each such cube is capable of rotating around three axes. Each face consists of nine elements and is colored in one of six colors, which in turn are located in pairs opposite each other.
The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and architecture teacher Erne Rubik. He also patented it in 1975. This puzzle was originally called the Magic Cube.
The essence of the puzzle is to arrange the faces of the small cubes by color and make the large face of the cube with elements of the same color, by turning the faces of the small cubes. to collect the Rubik's cube.
The history of the creation of the Rubik's cube
The Rubik's Cube was not originally a toy. Erne Rubik taught industrial design and architecture and created this cube as a teaching aid, with the help of which he wanted to visually explain to students the basics of mathematical group theory. However, the young people liked the cube so much that it gradually became a toy.
The first release of cubes took place at the end of 1977. The cube was produced by a small Budapest cooperative, and the release of the cube was timed to coincide with Christmas 1978.
However, the puzzle gained wide popularity and popularity only after a certain Tibor Lakzi became interested in it. He was a computer entrepreneur with a passion for mathematics. He took up the promotion of the toy with Tom Kremer, the inventor of games and founder of Seven Towns Ltd.
After that, the peak in popularity of the Rubik's cube came in 1980. The toy appeared in the USSR in 1981. The magazines published entire articles on techniques for collecting an intricate cube.
And in 1982, Hungary hosted the first Rubik's Cube World Championship. It was attended by representatives of 19 countries. The contestants had to collect the cube in no more than one minute. The best build time was 22.95 seconds. To date, the record is 8 seconds.
After 1983, interest in the toy began to gradually subside, and it received a second wind only in the 90s. This is due to the advent of personal computers and the creation of a Rubik's cube simulation game for them.
This puzzle has become a toy for all time. In 1980, she received the Hungarian National Prize for Best Invention and won the Best Toy Competition in the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany. In 1981, the cube was placed in the gallery of the New York Museum of Modern Art.
