Times Online: His cube was one of the most popular and infuriating toys of all time. Now Professor Ernö Rubik is hoping that the sphere will bring sleepless nights to the world’s obsessive puzzlers.
The creator of Rubik’s Cube is back with his first new puzzle for almost 20 years and early indications are that it is going to be every bit as irritating as the original.
Rubik’s 360, which goes on sale next week, features six small balls inside three interlocking spheres. The task is to lock each ball into colour-coded capsules on the outermost sphere. Professor Rubik said of his cube that it was “easy to understand the task, but hard to work out the solution”. It is just as aggravating to crack the 360.
Rubik Cube inventor devises new puzzle to drive us all to distraction [Times Online]
The New Rubik’s Cube
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Hmmm…that’s interesting. The closest I came to completing the original Rubix was having 2 matching sides. The more I tried the more I screwed it up until I ran out of time. Hopefully the nest time I pick it up & I work it out.
Now that a new one’s out, I’ll consider working on it. Like the article said, I found the task easy to understand but might have to wait to get my hands on one to see if I can actually solve the problem – I’d hope so 🙂
Bring it on…
Good for you for keeping your promise.It’s such an impor tant message!