Rubik's cube (puzzle type)

Rubik's Cube 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

See Also

• 3x3x3 speedsolving methods
• Rubik's Brand Cube
• 3x3x3 notation
• World Records
• Rubik's Cube Fact sheet

External Links

• Wikipedia: Rubik's Cube

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	9x9x9
10x10x10	11x11x11	12x12x12 SengSo 12x12	13x13x13 MoYu 13x13	14x14x14 SengSo 14x14
15x15x15 MoYu 15x15	16x16x16 SengSo	17x17x17 Over The Top	18x18x18	19x19x19 SengSo
20x20x20	21x21x21 MoYu	22x22x22	23x23x23 YJ	24x24x24
25x25x25	26x26x26	27x27x27	28x28x28	29x29x29
30x30x30	31x31x31	32x32x32	33x33x33	34x34x34
Key:	Mass-produced	Exists, not manufactured	Work in progress	Not existent

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