True devotees of The Cube have long abandoned the classic Rubik's brand puzzle for faster, sleeker (and more expensive) 'speed cubes' that can twist at the high rates that racers demand ...

I assumed that successfully unscrambling a cube would forever remain on my bucket list, but a smart Rubik’s Cube is finally teaching me the strategies to solve one.

Earlier this year, while putting together a video about the world’s fastest solvers of the Rubik’s Cube, I decided to devote some time to learning to solve the classic puzzle myself. Tyson Mao ...