We all know this tiny 3×3-tiled cube with 6 colors that
made many of us fall in despair when trying to solve it.
There are people, however, who manage to solve it in
a blazing fast speed. Also robots can do that well.

The human speedcubing world record is at a mere 4.22 seconds…

And then there’s a robot doing it in under one second (0.38 seconds – also world record):

But machines aren’t always successful or breaking the cube:

And for those who think, the 3×3 cube is the non-plus-ultra… WRONG?

This guy is speedcubing a 13×13 cube in under 80 minutes (timelapse video)!

but nothing against this speedcuber – he solved the same monster in unter half an hour!
(he took 29:14.83 to solve it – also a world record!):

Oh and speaking of statistics… here you go…

A 3×3 Rubik’s Cube can be arranged in 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 ways.
(~43.25 quintillion – or 43.25×10¹⁸)

A 13×13 Rubik’s Cube can be arranged in 8 763 572 317 083 138 899 666 771 506 115 448 810 197 988 548 417 152 607 403 264 125 553 225 032 193 212 273 441 405 302 436 314 766 538 801 856 031 356 263 342 723 209 131 492 152 513 934 956 377 943 679 818 337 540 924 470 803 427 841 954 840 974 498 164 317 911 513 147 720 460 230 834 431 517 038 890 897 934 643 613 854 843 859 025 199 191 195 215 176 116 490 497 193 888 533 584 558 263 178 669 850 587 892 778 108 968 904 539 149 570 097 514 125 281 329 326 317 330 500 078 663 925 608 728 704 612 920 139 592 231 421 618 737 966 492 537 338 284 916 915 238 170 408 357 616 663 717 846 089 475 949 173 145 600 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 ways.
(~8.76 duocentillion – or 8.76×10²⁰⁰)

NOW you have a task for the weekend! Enjoy the saturday!