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Facts
1. The best selling toy
There have been roughly 400 million Rubiks Cubes sold
since 1980 and one fifth of the globe had played with it,
making this puzzle the best selling toy in history, and helping
its inventor, Erno Rubik to become the richest man in the
communist Hungary back then.
You might think about the Rubiks Cube as a retro game but
it was still the best selling toy at Walmart in 2015 with $111
million retail sales.
2. So many combinations!
The Rubiks Cube has 43 quintillion
(43.252.003.274.489.856.000) possible scrambles. If wed
line up that many cubes it would reach out 260 light years or
it could cover the Earth with 275 layers of cubes. Each piece
in this huge pile would be showing a unique pattern and only
one of them would be solved.
Good luck finding that one piece!
7. Speedcubing
The World Cube Association regulates and holds Rubiks
Cube competitions worldwide since 2004 with officials in
70 countries.
The most important event is the Rubiks Cube single but
there are one-handed, blindfolded, feet only and fewest
moves challenges.
25. Rubikubism
Rubikubism pixel art is using only Rubiks Cubes to draw
pictures. The biggest mosaic was built by Josh Chalom (USA)
and it contains 85.794 puzzles.