Beginning With the End in Mind

Eva Petrič, Rubik’s Cube 3, 2019. According to a study just published in Nature Machine Intelligence, DeepCubeA, an artificial intelligence algorithm created by researchers at the University of California, has solved the Rubik’s Cube in just over a second. Photo courtesy of Mourlot Editions, New York/Artnet.

Through Closed Eyes

A blindfolded competitor races against the clock to solve a Rubik’s Cube in an event at the 10th World Cube Association (WCA) World Championship which took place from July 11–14, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: William West/AFP/Getty Images.