Few things reveal the limits of someone’s problem-solving skills faster than a Rubik’s Cube, the multicolored, three-dimensional puzzle that has befuddled so many since the 1970s. Though the cube has ...

SUNNYVALE — Solving a Rubik’s Cube puzzle is relatively simple, insists Nathaniel Knopf. Anyone can do it with practice. “It’s really about recognizing patterns,” said Knopf, 17, a junior at Tamalpais ...

A machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without human assistance, according to a group of UC Irvine researchers. Two algorithms developed by the researchers, collectively called Deep Cube, ...

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On Saturday, Lafayette High graduate Benson Kim and about 85 other participants will be in a speed cuber competition in Williamsburg.

If you’ve ever had trouble solving a Rubik’s Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It’s worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it. “Problem solving is a very ...

Maggie Jordan feverishly studies the multicolored cube. You can see the gears turning in the 15-year-old’s mind as the puzzle turns in her hands. She whispers to herself as she memorizes the pattern.

You should be able to complete this step just by playing around with the cube. Make sure that the edges of the cross match the center squares on the adjacent sides. Step 2: Finish First Layer Step 3: ...

Solving a Rubik’s Cube with two hands is hard for most people. Solving a Rubik’s Cube with one hand is even harder. Harder still: Designing a lone robot hand capable of solving a Rubik’s Cube all by ...

Logic says he almost went by the name Psychological. “My best friend [Big Lenbo] gave me the name Logic because for a while I was going with Psychological, but that’s a f—ing horrible rap name,” the ...

A machine learned to teach itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without human assistance, according to a group of UC Irvine researchers. Two algorithms, collectively called Deep Cube, typically can solve ...