THE RUBIKS CUBE

THE HISTORY OF THE RUBIKS CUBE

• Invented in 1974 released to stores in 1980
• The inventor of the cube was Ernö Rubik
• Also known as büvös kocka (magic cube)
• Was so popular because people were hooked on solving it
• There were so many "cheat sheets" to solving the cube

INTO THE CUBE

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pOqN1_qWoA

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THE TAKE OVER

• In the first 2 years of sales over 100 million cubes were sold
• Today more than 300 million cubes have been sold
• The cubes had t-shirts, posters,board games, and a TV show
• These things were everywhere at school, on buses,and even at work
• 1/8 of the worlds population (about 1 billion people) have tried to solve the cubes

SUMMARY

• Ernö Rubik is the creator or the Rubik's cube
• Over three million cubes have been sold
• 43252003274489856000 ways to solve the cube