Competitions held in school gymnasiums are usually loud. But this one was different: All that was heard amid the silence was ...

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Few things reveal the limits of someone’s problem-solving skills faster than a Rubik’s Cube, the multicolored, three-dimensional puzzle that has befuddled so many since the 1970s. Though the cube has ...

If you’ve ever had trouble solving a Rubik’s Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It’s worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it. “Problem solving is a very ...

On Saturday, Lafayette High graduate Benson Kim and about 85 other participants will be in a speed cuber competition in Williamsburg.

Maggie Jordan feverishly studies the multicolored cube. You can see the gears turning in the 15-year-old’s mind as the puzzle turns in her hands. She whispers to herself as she memorizes the pattern.

Few things reveal the limits of someone's problem-solving skills faster than a Rubik's cube, the multi-colored, three-dimensional puzzle that has befuddled so many since the 1970s. Though the cube has ...