Rubik’s Cube can be solved in 20 moves or less, despite over 43 quintillion possible positions. It took 35 CPU years to find all solutions. Other facts: 18 positions can be solved in one move, created by Hungarian scientist Erik Rubik, and fastest human solve is 5.55 seconds.
Each Rubik’s Cube position can be solved in 20 moves or less. That might not sound impressive until you realize there are over 43 quintillion (43,252,003,274,489,856,000) locations. It took 35 CPU years (i.e. the time a computer takes) to find all the solutions.
Other curiosities about the Rubik’s cube:
18 positions of the Rubik’s cube can be solved in one move or less.
Rubik’s cube was created by Hungarian scientist Erik Rubik. It was first shown at the Nuremberg Toy Show in 1979, and by 1982, over a million cubes had been sold.
The fastest Rubik’s cube solving time by a human is 5.55 seconds. The fastest resolution time of a robot is 64 seconds.
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