“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 ...

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 ...

The world of speed cubing — where people solve Rubik’s Cubes really, really fast — was shaken up last year when Lucas Etter, a 15-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky, broke the world record. At a ...

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

Those of us who are both privileged and lucky enough to find ourselves with more time on our hands than usual during this pandemic are diving into all kinds of homebound hobbies, from baking, to DIY, ...