Funny Holidays - Rubik's Cube Birthday

Amazing and exciting from the first minutes of meeting, the intellectual toy of the Hungarian Erne Rubik literally blew the minds of puzzle lovers A mathematician from Budapest made 27 cubes in the mid-1970s to explain group theory to students However, it was not on his first try that he succeeded in putting them into a cube with sides of the same color This is how Rubik came up with the idea of ​​creating a puzzle The patent for the "Magic (Magic) Cube", which promotes the development of logic and thinking, was received in 1975 Since then, more than 450 million copies of the world's most famous puzzle have been sold And on May 19, the day of the first demonstration to the public, the birthday of the Rubik's Cube is celebrated At the peak of its popularity, it was a favorite intellectual game among adults and children The Rubik's cube was placed for visitors to cafes and restaurants as an obligatory part of the table setting Every third inhabitant of the planet has tried to assemble a miracle puzzle at least once in his life, and some even took part in competitions Therefore, in 1980, Erne Rubik received a prize for playing in several countries and worldwide recognition The scientist organizes a fund to support young inventors, for the maintenance of which he spends money from the sale of a license to produce a puzzle In the USSR, where a lot of her fans lived, the production permit cost $3 million The efficiency of assembling a puzzle has become one of the ways to prove the speed of thinking and the presence of logic The record holder for the fastest solution to the problem in 2018 was a resident of China, Du Yusheng, who gave all sides of the “magic cube” the same color in 347 seconds But a computer program developed by an economist from the United States does this in 0887 seconds Today, intellectual ability is measured by passing an IQ test And in the 80s of the last century, a Rubik's cube was used for this There are 43 quintillion possible combinations of it Therefore, it seems that the solution to the puzzle is only available to computers However, even an ordinary person can do this The brain solves the problem of solving a cube with 6 sides through a series of stages, and at each of them the player is faced with a separate, unique task All stages and goals that are set for a person are subordinated to one common goal The skills and abilities acquired after solving a Rubik's cube can be successfully used in many areas of life Reality and the development of digital technologies dictate their own laws Today, in order to solve a Rubik's cube, it is not necessary to hold in your hands the toy invented by the Hungarian mathematician To do this, it is enough to have a computer, tablet or other gadget and access to a visual simulator For many Russians, the birthday of the Rubik's Cube is not a holiday, unlike athletes and intellectuals from other countries Professionals and amateurs spend all their free time assembling it Therefore, puzzle fans are happy to organize competitions and hold other events on May 19 in honor of E Rubik's invention