JOE³… Happy 40th Birthday to the head-wrecking Rubik’s Cube

Today marks the 40th Birthday of the world famous puzzle game, the Rubik’s Cube, so to commemorate the occasion we’ve picked out five our of favourite Rubik’s Cube solving videos.

The ‘Rubik’s Cube’ – originally named the ‘Magic Cube’ – was invented back in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture, Mr Ernő Rubik (pictured), in order to help him understand the structural problem of moving the parts of the cube independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. So in other words, it was never meant to be a bestselling toy… However, when it came to putting the cube back to its original position, Mr Rubik found that the task was actually quite puzzling, but in a fun way. So a few years, and a few patents, later, Rubik’s new puzzle was exported from Hungry to toy shops all around the world becoming an instant award winning success. Here’s a look at the original packaging from 1980…

And in case you’ve ever wondered, here’s a look at a partially dismantled Rubik’s Cube…

Now, without further ado, here’s a look at five of the best Rubik’s Cube solving videos that we could find on the net… Man solves Rubik’s Cube while doing one-handed push ups http://youtu.be/930AihL3Q90 3-year-old solves Rubik’s Cube in under 2-minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqUcrFJ498 Guy solves a Rubik’s Cube while he juggles it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAIPL5O9Uwk Same guy solves three Rubik’s Cubes while juggling them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_gHa2x2OQA Cubestormer 3 Smashes Rubik's Cube Speed Record… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0pFZG7j5cE Don’t forget, you can have a go at solving the Rubik’s Cube yourself with the very cool Google Doodle that’s on the Google Homepage today.

Mr Rubik in 2013

Need help solving your cube? Check out the videos below… Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQIoPyfQzM Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW_BBp3FPMQ