A new world record for the 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube has been set. Max Park, 21, beat the previous record holder at a competition in Long Beach, California, by 0.34 seconds, solving the popular cubed puzzle ...

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Park, of Cerritos, set a new world record for the fastest 3x3x3 Rubik's cube time, with 3.13 seconds, on June 11 at a competition in Southern California. He stunned the speedcubing community, those ...

As a preteen, Max Park couldn't unscrew the cap of a water bottle, let alone try to tackle a Rubik's cube. He lacked the fine motor skills, a symptom of his autism. Now, at 21, Max can solve a Rubik's ...

A man from Cerritos now holds the world record for the shortest time it took to solve a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube. Max Park was able to solve the puzzle – which has approximately 43 quintillion possibilities – ...

This weekend, the best Rubik’s Cube solvers in the world are competing at the Rubik’s World Cube Association World Championship, held at the Seattle Convention Center. The sold-out event will feature ...

At the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, a bunch of students just invented a machine called Ruby, which can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 10.69 seconds—the fastest ever for a robot. The robot ...

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