The Rubik’s cube, although seemingly simple, is a complex mathematical puzzle. It is often used to teach fractions, proportions, and permutation & combination to students. Twisting and turning the cube yields unlimited combinations. In fact, established studies show that there are 43 quintillion possible combinations of the cube. If that number seems incomprehensible, it sort of is. […]

An artist has made a portrait of Danish footballer Christian Eriksen using Rubik’s cubes. It took David Wright, from Huddersfield, more than five hours to arrange the colourful 3D puzzlers into the likeness of the Danish midfielder. Mr Wright was inspired to create the tribute after Eriksen – who suffered a cardiac arrest on the

Rubik’s Cube has lost the right to a trade mark in the EU. The General Court of the European Union cancelled the EU trade mark consisting of the shape of the brightly-coloured puzzle. It had been registered as a trade mark in 1999. In its ruling it said: “Given that the essential characteristics of that