Rubik's toys are one of the intellectual toys that are extremely popular with parents. The product can train children's patience, logical thinking skills... Although this type of toy is extremely popular, there are some interesting stories behind this type of toy. Let's find out together
The name Rubik comes from the "father" of the product
Going back in time, back to the time when the Rubik's toy was first introduced to the public in 1974, this toy was known as the 'Magic Cube' (English name is Magic Cube). or 'Bűvös Kocka' in Hungarian.
Unfortunately, Hungary later became entangled in international copyright issues. To overcome these challenges, Ideal Toy Corporation - the company that bought the copyright of this toy - officially changed the product's name to 'Rubik's Cube' in 1980, taking the name of its "father". gave birth to this toy: Ernő Rubik.
Erno Rubik is the creator of this toy
Rubik's toys have made... Rubik himself struggle
One of the interesting facts about the Rubik's toy is that Mr. Ernő Rubik had to spend a whole month to find the exact steps to solve the cube. Although it was he who invented the Rubik's Cube, he did not always find the correct solution steps for the Magic Cube.
Throughout that month, Mr. Rubik tried different steps to solve the puzzles. As soon as he did it, he made the whole world "wake up" because many people were inspired to try their hand at this intellectual toy.
Rubik's toys have so many different answers that even Rubik himself has difficulty
The first Rubik's Cube instruction book came from a 13-year-old boy
In the years 1980 - 1981, when the Rubik's Toy was born, the product received the prestigious "Toy of the Year" award in the United Kingdom. In the first three years of release, the Rubik's Cube sold 100 million units, making the Rubik's Cube the best-selling toy of all time.
Grasping the situation at that time, a 13-year-old boy named Patrick Bossert released a book called "You Can Do the Cube" to teach readers how to solve the Rubik's Cube in 1981. The book sold more than 1.5 million copies. and became the best-selling book of its time. Currently, you can still buy this book both in book and ebook form.
The era of Speedcubing - a form of speed playing Rubik's Cube
Following the popularity of Rubik's toys, tournaments were born one after another. The first world tournament called the World Championship was held in Budapest in 1982, Minh Thai from the US became the champion at that time, with a Rubik's Cube solving achievement of 22.95 seconds. The peak performance at that time compared to current competitions was a bit slow.
Currently, people who specialize in solving Rubik's toys at high speed, also known as speedcubers, have even surpassed the 5-second threshold. In November 2015, Lucas Etter became the first person to achieve that feat by finishing in under 5 seconds (4.90 seconds).
The world's most expensive and masterpiece Rubik's Cube
In 1995, the Masterpiece Cube was produced for the 15th anniversary by Fred Cuellar and his Diamond Cutters International store. Fred is one of the world's leading diamond experts, creating many stories for products made from sparkling gems.
The masterpiece Rubik's cube is made up of many precious stones
This Rubik's Cube is not made from plastic as usual, but was created by Fred Cuellar with 18 carats of gold and precious stones, including amethysts, emeralds and rubies. Its estimated value is about 1.5 million USD, about 35 billion VND. It was the highest quality materials that created the price of 1.5 million dollars at that time. However, since 2016, the masterpiece Rubik's Cube has been raised to 2.5 million USD. This Rubik's Cube has become a work of art and is now part of the "Beyond Rubik's Cube" exhibition.
Above are extremely interesting facts about Rubik's toys . The Rubik's Cube will help children think logically to solve each side of the toy. In addition, toys also contribute to increased competitiveness because children can compete with friends to see who can solve all the Rubik's faces faster. In addition to the traditional form, you can buy your baby other types of Rubik's toys from the SPIN GAMES brand with extremely diverse shapes and numbers of faces to solve.
