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The twists and turns of the Rubik's Cube

Stories about how cubing can become an obsession, with speed-cubing champion Feliks Zemdegs, and the puzzle's inventor Erno Rubik

Outlook's Saskia Edwards goes in search of the elusive creator of what must be one of the most maddening games - the Rubik's Cube. On route she meets one of the fastest cubers in the world, Feliks Zemdegs. He can solve the puzzle in a matter of seconds, but even he can't tell Saskia where she can find its inventor - Erno Rubik. First broadcast in 2020.

Erno Rubik has a book out called Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All’.

Picture: Rubik cube's inventor Professor Erno Rubik, 1981
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