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The Rubik's Cube is a toy with moving parts with 6 differently colored sides that was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik. It was meant to be a toy and a puzzle but now, there is an entire community around the world dedicating their time to solve them as fast as they can.
The Rubik's Cube now looks completely different than the first ever Rubik's Cube.
This is what the Rubik's Cube originally looked like during 1974. (To the left)
It was made out of woods and it didn't have any stickers or tiles.
This is what the Rubik's Cube looks like now in 2022.
It is made of plastic instead of wood and it has tiles that can't be peeled off unlike stickers.
This is what a Rubik's cube would looks like after the stickers were taken off and put back on again and this is why people usually prefer stickerless cubes or tiles over a normal cube with stickers.
This happens to the people who do the "Peel the stickers and put them back on" method to "solve" their cubes.
There are different brands that make Rubik's Cubes that are easier to use. These cubes are usually referred to as speed cubes.
Normally the Rubik's Cube is very hard to turn and is usually very loud, but many different companies like GAN make modified versions to help people solve it faster.
People prefer these types of cubes over the normal Rubik's brand since speed cubes make many modifications to make solving them easier. Some modifications that theses brands make are like adding magnets or having the pieces shaped differently. What this does is that it makes sure the cube is always aligned correctly and the cube doesn't have to be completely straight when turning it.
Most cubers use a cup stacking timer. It works by putting your hands down on some pads and when you take them off the timer starts, and when the cuber is done with their solve they slam their hands down to stop the timer.
Almost everyone uses these timers to time their solves. Even the World Cubing Association uses these to time solves
There is the normal Rubik's cube with the three layers and the six sides but there are many different types of puzzles and modifications that people have created
The picture to the left is a pyraminx. Instead of the traditional cube shape with six sides, it has only four sides with a pyramid look to it.
This is the Rubik's four by four, it is bigger and harder to solve than the normal three by three cube. People usually solve it be turning it into a three by three and then solving it like a normal three by three.
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