The Rubik's cube was invented by a Hungarian design teacher Erno Rubik in 1974, first calling it the Magic Cube that was later renamed in 1980 by Ideal Toy & Novelty Company. The game hit shelves ...

and art movement (Rubik Cubism). Besotted mathematicians outdid one another formulating speed- solving algorithms. The magic cube, the cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter gushed in Scientific ...

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 ...

Originally called Magic Cube, the item eventually made its international debut at fairs in London, Paris, Nuremberg and New York in 1980 before then being rebranded as the Rubik's Cube.