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Quotes by Erno Rubik - III
- Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down.
- Our whole life is solving puzzles.
- The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three layers of three blocks has an important meaning.
- The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.
- The idea is that a simple combination of elements can yield quintillions of combinations.
- The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.
- This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it.
- Usually we are saying only part of the truth.
- We turn the Cube and it twists us.
- Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.
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Beginners
Learn the notation
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This is an essential step before you start manipulating the Cube. Note that every solution provider may have a different way of denoting the faces, rows and columns of a Rubik's cube. More...
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Facts and figures
Did you know...
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... that there is only one correct answer but exactly 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 wrong ones for Rubik's Cube? More...
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Quotes
by Erno Rubik
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"A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you."
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First world champion
Minh Thai in 22.95s
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The first world championship took place on June 5, 1982 in Budapest. More...
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