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Anna Halsdorf, 14, an eighth-grader at James Madison Middle School has mastered the Rubik’s Cube but is still working on how quickly she can solve the three-dimensional puzzle. She can complete ...
Want to solve a Rubik’s Cube? Then you have to know the numbers. Here’s the amazing math behind the legendary toy, and how to use it to solve the puzzle.
Anna Halsdorf, 14, an eighth-grader at James Madison Middle School in Roanoke, helped start a Rubik’s Cube club at the school.
A deep reinforcement learning algorithm can solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle in a fraction of a second. The work is a step toward making AI systems that can think, reason, plan and make decisions.
Thirteen-year-old Orion Cahill holds the state record for the fastest 2×2 Rubik’s Cube solved by a California middle school student in sixth through eighth grade, despite only being a Rubik’s ...
WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez learned to solve a Rubik's cube from Tyson Mao, one of the co-founders of the World Cube Association. In two weeks, Robbie got his solve time down from 45 minutes with ...
The UCI algorithm is impressive, but it’s not the fastest nonhuman conqueror of the Rubik’s Cube. In Germany, researchers built a robot in 2016 named Sub1 Reloaded that solved the puzzle in 0. ...
Anna Halsdorf, 14, an eighth grader at James Madison Middle School has mastered the Rubik's Cube and with enthusiasm, helped start a club at the school. The club members will be competing at ...