The largest mosaic made from scrambled Rubik's Cubes measured 68 m [220 ft] x 4 m [13 ft]. The mosaic, showing the Macau skyline, was created in December 2012 by Cube Works Studio from 85,794 cubes. It took 90 days from design to completion. VIDEO

previous records:

10.28 m [33 ft 8 in] x 4.40 m [14 ft 5 in], created at Hotel Loi Suites Iguazú, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina on 8 March 2012.

a replica of the hand of god in Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam" from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican made from 12,090 cubes by Cube Works Studio in Toronto (Canada), measuring 8.8 x 4.4 m [29 ft x 14.5 ft].

9,071 cubes, students of the Machidashiritsu Yamasaki School in Tokyo at the Tokyo Toy Show on 15 July 2010

a replica of "The Last Supper", made of 4,050 cubes by Cube Works Studio in Toronto (Canada) in 2009.

The photo shows the first record in this category, set in Galicia, Spain. Five people needed 5 hours to solve and assemble 1848 cubes.

(see photo, with permission from David Calvo)

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The individual record was a Christmas tree composed by Bernett Orlando (India) from 2025 cubes in Cologne (Germany) in December 2009 (see photo, more photos can be found HERE.)



The fastest robot to solve a Rubik's Cube is Sub1 Reloaded, constructed by Albert Beer (Germany). It solved the cube in 0.637 seconds on 9 November 2016 at the electronica trade fair in Munich, Germany VIDEO

MultiCuber 3, constructed by David Gilday set a record for completing a 4x4x4 cube by a robot in 1:16.68 minutes on 15 March 2014 at Big Bang Fair in Birmingham.

previous record holders:



0.887 seconds, Sub1, constructed by Albert Beer (Germany), 23 January 2016 at the Cubikon Store in Munich. VIDEO

0.9 seconds by Paul Rose and Jay Flatland (USA) VIDEO

2.4 seconds by Zackary Gromko (USA) at Saint Stephens, Bradenton, Florida, USA, on 15 October 2015 VIDEO

CubeStormer III, developed by Mike Dobson and David Gilday. It solved a Rubik's Cube in 3.253 seconds on 15 March 2014 at Big Bang Fair in Birmingham. VIDEO

CubeStormer II, developed by Mike Dobson and David Gilday solved a Rubik's Cube in 5.27 seconds. DETAILS AND VIDEO

Ruby, developed by Swinburne University students (Australia), 10.18 seconds

Rubot II, developed by Peter Redmond (Ireland), solved a scrambled Rubik's Cube within 64 seconds (including the time to scan the initial position) on 8 January 2009 at the Young Scientist show in the Royal Dublin Society . DETAILS VIDEO



The largest Rubik’s Cube solved by a robot is a 9x9x9 cube successfully solved in 34:25.89 minutes by MultiCuber 999, built by David Gilday (UK), on 15 March 2014 at Big Bang Fair in Birmingham.

The largest Rubik's Cube was built by Tony Fischer (UK). It has an edge length of 1.57m. VIDEO



The most working layers has a 22x22x22 cube. It has an edge length of 200mm and contains 2691 working parts. The cube can be ordered by Thingverse. VIDEO

The largest mass-produced and commercially available cube is the YuXin 17x17x17 cube.



The smallest working Rubik's Cube is 5.7 mm wide. It was created using a 3D-printer by Evgeniy Grigeriev (Russia). The miniature cube can be obtained here.

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The best known algorithm for solving the cube needs only 20 face turns, details can be found at cube20.org. MORE DETAILS



The most expensive Rubik's Cube was the Masterpiece Cube, produced by Diamond Cutters International in 1995. The actual-size, fully functional cube features 22.5 karats of amethyst, 34 karats of rubies, and 34 karats of emeralds, all set in 18-karat gold. It has been valued at about US-$ 1.5 mio.



The youngest person who solved a Rubik's Cub