Rubik's Cubes for Kids: Discover the Different Types
Rubik's Cube is one of the most popular and favoured types of toy among both children and adults. Invented in 1974 by the Hungarian architecture professor Erno Rubik, this 3D cube became a global cultural icon six years later, in the 1980s. Initially, this cube was created to solve a structural engineering problem about how to move parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. In fact, he was trying to help his students understand 3D objects and spatial movement. What's interesting is that Erno Rubik spent more than one month solving its own invention for the first time, and today, the fastest record for solving 3x3 is 3.08 seconds, achieved by Yiheng Wang from China. He beat the record at the XMUM Cube Open 2025 in Malaysia on 16th of February, 2025.