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The Rubik's Cube is a 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 [ 2][ 3] by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, [ 4] the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Pentangle Puzzles in the UK in 1978, [ 5] and then by Ideal Toy Corp in 1980 [ 6] via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns ...
Ernő Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 13 July 1944, [ 3] during World War II, and has lived all of his life in Hungary. His father, Ernő Rubik, was a flight engineer at the Esztergom aircraft factory, and his mother, Magdolna Szántó, was a poet. [ 4]
Tony Fisher is a British puzzle designer who specialises in creating custom rotational puzzles. He is acknowledged by cubing enthusiasts as a pioneer in the creation of new puzzle designs and new manufacturing techniques. [1] [2] [3] In 2017 the Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged Fisher as the creator of the world's largest Rubik's cube.
Thomas Kremer (26 May 1930 – 24 June 2017) was a game inventor and marketer who acquired the rights to market the Rubik's Cube.. Tom Kremer was a games designer, entrepreneur and publisher, best known for his discovery and popularisation of the Rubik's Cube.
The Cube’s earliest boost in sales came in the 1980s, when Rubik took his creation to a fair in New York—in the three years that followed, roughly 100 million Cubes were sold, creating a ...
In 1957, 17 years before Dr. Rubik’s invention popularly known as the “Rubik's Cube”, Dr. Nichols conceived of a twist cube puzzle with six colored faces. It was a 2×2×2 cube assembled from eight unit cubes with magnets on their inside faces, allowing the cubes to rotate in groups of four around three axes.
Ph.D. in optics. Gear cube. Oskar van Deventer (born 1965) is a Dutch puzzle maker. [1] He prototypes puzzles using 3D printing. His work combines mathematics, physics, and design, and he collaborates at academic institutions. [2] [3] [4] Many of his combination puzzles are in mass production by Uwe Mèffert and WitEden.
Well-known puzzles of this sort are the Rubik's Cube and the Tower of Hanoi. This category also includes those puzzles in which one or more pieces have to be slid into the right position, of which the N-puzzle is the best known. Rush Hour or Sokoban are other examples. The Rubik's Cube caused an unprecedented boom of this category. A large ...