Brainstorming - Magic Cube

43,252,003,274,489,856,000 variations

INTRODUCTION

3×3x3 Magic Cube

Rubik’s Cube (originally named Magic Cube), an educational toy invented by Hungarian architecture professor Rubik Ernő in 1974.

In the following decades, Rubik’s cube fans developed a variety of restoration methods in order to restore it in different scenarios, and it has become a global hot fingertip competitive sport.

A standard 3x3x3 Magic Cube consists of six sides: red, orange, yellow, white (or black), green and blue, which include 6 central blocks, 12 edge blocks, and 8 corner blocks. Although it only has 26 small blocks, it has totally amazing (8!x38x12!x212) / (3x2x2) = 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 variations.

This site will teach you the simplest way to solve a Rubik’s cube in no more than 5 minutes by only using 4 steps.

In addition, some advanced development of Magic cube and its advantages to the intellectual development of teenagers will be discussed.

How to solve a Rubik’s Cube? – Layer first way

Cross & First 2 Layers

Step 1 : Reposition the four edges on one side.

Step 2 : The side of the correctly placed edge above is used as the top or bottom surface, and the corresponding 4 corner blocks and 4 second layer edges are restored

Orientation of the Last Layer

Step 3 :

Adjust the orientation of the edges and corner blocks on the last layer so that this side is the same color first

Permutation of the Last Layer

Step 4 :

Adjust the position of the edges and corners blocks on the last layer, so that the cube is completely restored.

More Cubes

Since the 21st century, more and more kinds of magic cubes have been invented, and these new cubes have more axes, faces, edges, corner blocks, and even different sizes of blocks. Their changed appearance is so strange, hence the name Alien Cube.

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After transformation

They will be very strange

More beneficial.

This video is about the previous 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube speed twist world record holder, who is also autistic, Max Park.

This shows that magic cube can not only help young people develop their brains and increase spatial imagination. It can also improve their ability to receive and follow instructions and enhance their communication skills. This makes it possible for even children with autism and other disorders to achieve extraordinary success.

Moreover, under the leadership of the World Cube Association, a large number of international cube competitions are held around the world.

Develop intelligence

How does the Magic Cube boost intelligence?

Competition

What is the Magic Cube Competition?