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Magnets, tension springs, and mechanisms built for speed — this animation explains how a speed cube differs from a regular ...

Lian Yunzhi, age six, broke the record earlier this month with an average time of 4.52 seconds at a World Cube Association-certified competition in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Most of us have solved one, maybe two Rubik’s cubes in our lifetimes, if that. But there’s a subset of the population who have solved hundreds and hundreds of those brightly colored cube puzzles not ...

Rubik's Cube Championships reveal athletic fingers and masters of memorization as speed-cubing records tumble around the world. Even a cursory glance around the playground during morning drop-off will ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The world of speedcubing is surprisingly vast. Those who once ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In-person competition is a no-go in many disciplines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but speed cubers will be still able to battle opponents ...