The Magic Cube Solver is a free app for iOS that calculates the fastest route to solving a Rubik's Cube based on its current pattern. To use it, start by inputting your cube's information by ...

Erno Rubik invented what we now know as the Rubik’s Cube in 1974, though it was first released as the Magic Cube, according to the puzzle company’s website.

Realizing the cube could be restored to its original state, he submitted an application to the Hungarian Patent Office for a "spatial logic toy" called the "Magic Cube." A competitor solves a ...

The cube, originally called the Magic Cube, was made with wood, paper, rubber bands and paper clips, the Smithsonian also said. By the 1980s, the kid-friendly mind game was in stores.

It was originally called the Magic Cube before being renamed after its creator. The puzzle reached its peak popularity in the '80s as a hot kids toy, with an estimated 350 million sold worldwide ...