The 64-year old Hungarian Professor and inventor Erno Rubik is back with a bang with his latest invention ‘Rubik 360’. This brain teasing puzzle will be storming the market in Hamleys on 15th July, 2009. Each 360 will cost £ 18 and is already reported to be the most popular item in the London Toy Store’s website. It’s anticipated that Rubik 360 is going to be the most sought-after puzzle game in this Christmas-holiday season. 
Let’s see what 360 or Rubik 360 is all about…
360 is a transparent plastic ball. Inside this plastic ball there are 3 interlocking sphere. These three interlocking sphere contain 6 balls of different colours. The challenge is to take these balls into the matching colour coded slots in the outer sphere by shaking them through the middle sphere, which has only two holes. Prof Rubik claims that it involves a lot of kinetic and physical challenge because of gravity involved. It took The Times, 5 hrs to roll the first ball to its correct slot. The first Rubik 360 tournament is scheduled to be held in Dusseldorf in October.
Some Interesting facts about Rubik Cube that will influence you to raise your expectations from Rubik 360:
1. 350 million units of Rubik Cube sold after its invention in 1974 by Prof.Erno Rubik in Budapest, Hungary
2. The world record for completing the cube was 7.08 sec in 2008.
3. The largest cube weighs 500kgs and is 3 metres tall, is in display in Tennessee.
4. The 25 move solution, named God’s Algorithm is the shortest solution.
5. ‘Rubik Cube’ made its place in Oxford English Dictionary just after two years of its launch and is permanently exhibited in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
This is what David Hedley, the senior vice-president of the Rubik brand had to say about Rubik 360 “It can’t be that hard. But it is incredibly complicated — there are some really cunning tricks to it.”
As Rubik 360 hits the market, we will see how many of us grab a 360 and test our patience to solve the puzzle.
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July 15th, 2009 at 10:28 am
A great post indeed.
Brain teasers are real solution to keep your cognitive faculties kicking. So all games are not time waste and if its a brain game spend at least 10 minutes a day. Do you ?
July 17th, 2009 at 11:13 am
any idea when it will be avilable worldwide ?
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 am
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July 24th, 2009 at 3:21 am
Great idea, but will this work over the long run?