Rubik's cube (puzzle type)

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Rubik's Cube
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Rubik's Cube into a solved position
Alternative names: Regular cube, 3x3x3, 3x3, Magic cube
Shape: Cube
Internal Mechanism: 3x3x3
Inventor: Erno Rubik
Year: 1974
Produced by: Rubik's Brand
Twisty Puzzles museum link: PKEY657
Jaap's puzzle page link: cube3

This page is about the puzzle. For the Rubik's Brand 3x3x3 Cube, see Rubik's Brand Cube.

The Rubik's cube (also known as the 3x3x3 cube, and normally referred to in the cubing community as the 3x3x3 or 3x3) is a twistable puzzle in the shape of a cube that is cut two times along each of three axes. It is said to be the best-selling toy in history, with well over 300 million cubes sold, and because of this popularity it is the most commonly practiced cube in speedsolving. The most popular brand is Rubik's Brand Cube, which was first patented by Erno Rubik in 1975, and which began being produced on a wide scale in the early 1980s. From around 2007 the cubing community has seen the development of speedcubes made in China that have made significant improvements on Rubik's design.

This puzzle has 6 fixed centers, 12 edges, and 8 corners, and a total of 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 (or ~ 4.3 x 10^19) positions. It has been proven that every position can be solved in 20 or fewer moves (https://cube20.org/).

Current flagship 3x3 cubes (as of December 2022):

- MoYu WeiLong WR M 2021 MagLev
- X-Man Tornado V3 M
- GAN 13 MagLev
- DaYan TengYun V2 M
- YuXin HuangLong M

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Regular cubic twisty puzzles
0x0x0
1x1x1
2x2x2
Pocket Cube
3x3x3
Rubik's Cube
4x4x4
Rubik's Revenge
5x5x5
Professor's Cube
6x6x6
V-Cube 6
7x7x7
V-Cube 7
8x8x8
V-Cube 8
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SengSo 12x12
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MoYu 13x13
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MoYu 15x15
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SengSo
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SengSo
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MoYu
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YJ
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