Jul. 9—The Rubik's Cube, once the ubiquitous toy of the 1970s and'80s, has made a fast and furious comeback in recent years, and Hawaii cubers, as competitors are called, have been making their mark.

“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 ...

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Speedcubing is the sport of solving a classic Rubik’s Cube — or a related combination puzzle — in the shortest amount of time possible. And, no, it is not for the faint of heart. The Speed Cubers ...

The Rubik’s Cube has been around for decades. I’ve toyed with the cube, probably in the very late ‘80s or early ‘90s, but never imagined being able to solve one. But wouldn’t it be satisfying if I ...

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Most of us have solved one, maybe two Rubik’s cubes in our lifetimes, if that. But there’s a subset of the population who have solved hundreds and hundreds of those brightly colored cube puzzles not ...

In some sports, time is everything. The fastest one to the finish wins. Speed skating, running, cycling, biathlon. It matters, too, in the world of speed cubing. Never heard of it? True, it doesn’t ...