Talk:Rubik's Cube

Pedestal
Does anyone know when the pedestal (triangular stand) was first sold with the cube? Dhrm77 (talk) 14:28, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2023
The current world record of 3.13 is held by the USA's Max Park, who got the record on June 11 of 2023. The world record has changed a lot since the first record of 22.95 in 1982. The technology has also changed the original Rubik's Cube was made of hard to turn plastic and you could try to make it faster by putting chemicals that will temporarily allow it to turn faster by melting the plastic. Nowadays we have cubes that turn smoothly on their own and even have magnets in them. Who knows what innovation they will make next. D2-0n31 (talk) 16:27, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 16:40, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2023
change blindfolded wr to 12.10 by Charlie Eggins Xxezrabxxx (talk) 03:46, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ EnIRtpf09b (talk) 07:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2023
I wish to add the text "(Bűvös kocka)" Next to when Wikipedia says: originally called Magic Cube. Ex. It was originally called the Magic Cube (Bűvös kocka) HowBoutThatBoys (talk) 13:42, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: no reason given for the proposed change. M.Bitton (talk) 14:12, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The implied reason is obviously that "Bűvös kocka" means "magic cube" in Hungarian. And that probably that this is what some early releases were branded as in Hungary. However, this is the English Wikipedia, and that statement probably referred to what it was called in English speaking countries. Therefore the Hungarian translation is probably not needed. Dhrm77 (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

(off-topic comment removed) Noahthegreat1234 (talk) 16:47, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

== New top ten 3x3 singles 1	Max Park	3.13	 United States	 Pride in Long Beach 2023	 2	Luke Garrett	3.44	 United States	 Flag City Summer 2023	 3	Yusheng Du (杜宇生)	3.47	 China	 Wuhu Open 2018	 4	Tymon Kolasiński	3.78	 Poland	 Great Lakes Championship 2023	 5	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.83	 China	 IUKL SOR 2023	 6	Jode Brewster	3.88	 Australia	 Tassie Summer 2023	 7	Asher Kim-Magierek	3.89	 United States	 Rose City 2022	 8	Ruihang Xu (许瑞航)	4.01	 China	 Vietnam Championship 2023	 9	Natthaphat Mahtani (ณัฐภัทร จี มาทานี)	4.02	 Thailand	 Bangkok Cube Day Winter 2024	 10	Max Siauw	4.03	 United States	 BC Cubing Springback A 2022	 ==

Theres a new top ten 3x3 single Natthaphat Mahtani (ณัฐภัทร จี มาทานี) 4.02 At Thailand Bangkok Cube Day Winter 2024 is now 9th Noahthegreat1234 (talk) 17:27, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2024
Under the subsection "Speedcubing methods", there is an error in the sentence: "There are a total of 120 algorithms for Fridrich's method, however they are not all required to used the..." (Change 'used' to 'use') 71.162.254.231 (talk) 14:16, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks! NotAGenious (talk) 14:59, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2024
Change the incorrect spelling of the word "practice" in the sentence "Many speedcubers continue to practise it and similar puzzles" in the paragraph just before the history section of the article. Collectioncard (talk) 07:53, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The page includes the Use British English template. In British English practise is the verb form of practice, so the spelling is correct. Jamedeus (talk) 08:03, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2024
I'd like to change "As of March 2021, over 450 million cubes had been sold worldwide." to "As of January 2024, about 500 million cubes have been sold worldwide."

Source: https://fortune.com/europe/2024/01/14/rubiks-cube-erno-rubik-spin-master-50-years-speed-cubing-games-gen-z/ paragraph 2, "...selling roughly 500 million units as it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year..." Squarular (talk) 21:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you! Irltoad (talk) 22:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Replacing dead link to Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle
In the “External links” section, the link to the Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle is broken. (Google has removed it from their Doodle archive without explanation.) The dead link appears on this line: "Rubik's Cube". [|Google Doodle]. Retrieved 19 May 2014. (Working model)

I would like to replace the dead link in that line with the following link instead: Rubik’s Cube

That linked article describes some of the origins of the Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle as well as Chrome Cube Lab, both of which are no longer accessible. (Full disclosure: that is my article and I’m the creator of the guts of the Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle, ie the “working model” as it were. I’m attempting to preserve the memory of that very public work now that it’s 10 years on and the pieces are rapidly vanishing.) StewartSmith-Wiki (talk) 11:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)


 * That doodle has been archived at the Internet Archive here: https://web.archive.org/web/20140523015504/https://www.google.com/doodles/rubiks-cube Dhrm77 (talk) 12:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Rubik's Cube in popular culture
For those of us who are looking for the "Rubik's Cube in popular culture" page, that was recently deleted, on the premise that it would be merged into this page, yet very little of it was merged into this article. Thankfully, it has been preserved at the wayback machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20230501142649/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube_in_popular_culture Dhrm77 (talk) 12:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Damaged references
This edit damaged several references, including the ones that are currently [12] (completely destroying needed bibliographic information), [53] (removing the author), [54] (completely destroyed), [55] (mostly destroyed), and [80] (removing the author). Could someone please repair the damage? (Simply replacing the "improved" references with what was there before would do the trick.) 100.36.106.199 (talk) 13:37, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: It appears to have replaced the citations with the proper citation templates, simply replacing them wouldn't fix the references, what specifically would you like me to add to the templates? Geardona (talk to me?) 00:33, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * No, in all cases it removed the content from the citations: for example, in the first one, it replaced this bibliographic content
 * Marshall, Ray. Squaring up to the Rubchallenge. icNewcastle. Retrieved 15 August 2005.
 * with this garbage
 * The former has a dead link in it, but it includes a URL at which relevant content once appeared, along with other useful bibliographic information that would allow a person to track down the original. The latter is utterly useless (it does not have and never has had any content related to this article, nor any information about where to find such content).  For more information on this problem, see this.  The edit should just be reverted; if you want to also add citation templates (or other appropriate templates like deadlink), too, please be my guest. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 01:42, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Can’t revert it as it’s way too old, I’ll run a citation fixer on it, see what I can get… Geardona (talk to me?) 02:15, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I doubt a citation fixer will help, given the nature of the damage. If it were not semi-protected, I would have copy-pasted the content from the old version to replace what’s there now in all five cases. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 11:57, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Yep, I would do the same if this revision was not 2 years old and had a major re-write in between it. I’ll copy and paste those references. (No luck on the citation expander) Geardona (talk to me?) 12:35, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Here is the text of those references, pre-destruction, whose content should be restored:
 * Marshall, Ray. Squaring up to the Rubchallenge. icNewcastle. Retrieved 15 August 2005.
 * Martin Schönert "Analyzing Rubik's Cube with GAP": the permutation group of Rubik's Cube is examined with GAP computer algebra system
 * Counting the Permutations of the Rubik's Cube, Scott Vaughen. Professor of Mathematics. Miami Dade College.
 * Scientific American, p28, vol 246, 1982 retrieved online 29 January 2009.
 * Philip Marshall (2005), The Ultimate Solution to Rubik's Cube.
 * 100.36.106.199 (talk) 11:59, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Geardona (talk to me?) 15:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, looks good! 100.36.106.199 (talk) 01:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, looks good! 100.36.106.199 (talk) 01:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)