Fun Facts

Fun facts about the Rubik's Cube

This is a Rubik's Cube broken up into the individual cubies

When invented, the Rubik's Cube was originally called the 'Magic Cube'. It was renamed the Rubik's Cube in 1980 when it was introduced to America.
The Cube measures 2 1/4 inches on each side and contains 26 unique miniature cubes called cubies or cubletes.
As of January 2009 350 million Cubes had been sold worldwide, making it 'the world's most asked-for plaything'.
In the 1980's, the Rubik's Cube craze began and it was estimated that about one fifth of the world population had at least tried a Rubik's Cube once.
It was so popular pirated edition began popping up in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and some American cities.
‘Cubing’ still infects people of all ages. ‘Cubaholics’ are said to suffer from ‘Rubik's wrist’ and ‘Cubist's thumb’!
There are edible cubes, jewel-encrusted Cubes and even MP3 playing cubes! The biggest Cube in the world, on display in Knoxville, Tennessee, is 3 metres tall and weighs over 500kg.

The fastest time for finishing a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube is 6.65 seconds by Feliks Zemdegs at the January 2011 Melbourne Summer open competition in Australia.
Other competitions other than speed cubing are:

Blindfolded solving - RECORD: 30.9 sec. by Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas
One person blindfolded and another person tell the steps solving "Team Blindfold" - RECORD: 25.4 sec. Jason Baum (solving) and Ian Winokur (calling)
Underwater in one breath solving - RECORD: 19.02 sec. by Ibrahim Vajgel-Shedid
Using one hand solving - RECORD: 11.19 sec. by Piotr Alexandrowicz
Using feet solving - RECORD: 31.56 sec. by Anssi Vanhala
How many can you do in 24 hours? - RECORD: 4,786 Rubik's Cubes by Milán Baticz
How many can you do blindfolded? - RECORD: 24 Rubik's Cubes by Tim Habermaas