Sitka High School student Rianna Bergman poses with three Rubik's Cubes in varying designs. (Katherine Rose/KCAW) Sitka High School student Rianna Bergman is showing ...

The stage is set for the first ever all-digital Red Bull Rubik’s Cube World Cup. More than 2,000 hopefuls have been whittled down to the world’s 30 fastest cubers ahead of November’s virtual final.

“It’s a little plastic toy,” said Jessica Fridrich, tossing a Rubik’s Cube between her long-fingered hands on a stormy afternoon in her office at Binghamton University in upstate New York, her ...

Speedcubing is the sport of solving a classic Rubik’s Cube — or a related combination puzzle — in the shortest amount of time possible. And, no, it is not for the faint of heart. The Speed Cubers ...

A Speed Cube is a special kind of Rubik's Cube that is meant to be solved quickly. ⌚Timestamps: 00:00-Intro 00:48-Cube History 01:25-Solve It Fast 02:11-Tips for solving 03:12-CFOP 05:30-Inside ...

Most of us have solved one, maybe two Rubik’s cubes in our lifetimes, if that. But there’s a subset of the population who have solved hundreds and hundreds of those brightly colored cube puzzles not ...

For some, trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube is a way to pass the time – without the guarantee of satisfaction. For competitive “speedcubers,” solving the 3-D puzzle is a given, with the goal of achieving ...

One second makes all the difference in the world to Tristan Heartt of Napa. Heartt, 14, is a competitive “speedcuber.” ...