22.95 second solve by Minh Thai
A history of 3x3 world records has been added. Three separate pages have been created and are in a new "World Records" category. These pages include single solve records, average records, and a history of the World Cube Association.
A history of the idea and development of Rubik's Cube has been added. The page covers some puzzles and patents that came before the Rubik's Cube patent and the idea, design, patent, and manufacturing of Rubik's Cube. Click below to see the page.
Welcome to cubinghistory.com. The goal is to cover as much of the history of the puzzle community as possible. A lot has been uncovered and many questions have been answered, but there is still much more to do.
The most recent example is the origin of 2GLL. The last layer has been generated by several people. However, for the specific singling out of 2GLL as a useful step, Bernard Helmstetter's algorithms are the earliest found. Helmstetter generated this algorithm set for the Petrus method, which traditionally ends the solve by orienting the corners then permuting the edges. Helmstetter is the same one who identified solving the last layer in a single step when all edges are oriented and generated the algorithms. This was also done for the Petrus method.
Additional discoveries that have been made since the start of this project.
