Think about that for a second: Any Rubik'sĬube starting position can be solved in 20 moves.
Rubik's cube starting point, and it took mathematicians over thirty years toĬrack it, and declare that it's 20. This is the proven minimum number of moves it takes to solve any Into this diabolical puzzle-a number colloquially called 'God's Number' amongĬube enthusiasts.
But I learned about a different named number during my research Quintillion (I got that from, you guessed it, the internet). Look at the number that is my title: it's 20 digits long and over 40 How's that for entrepreneurship in aĬommunist country? I know McDonald's talks about its billions sold, but 350 Internet research, over 350 million Rubik's cubes have sold since they firstĪppeared in Budapest around 1970. The most widely-known 'toys' in the world. Many scientific papers written on the Rubik's cube-maybe because it is one of If you are like me, you feel good if you can solve one, and occasionally two, With that? It's the total number of possible combinations for a Rubik'sĬube.
