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The Cube

By: King Cuber

Cubes at their best

Dayan speed cube

You may think solving a Rubik’s cube is impossible but it is the opposite. There are over 100 ways to solve a Rubik’s cube. The cube was engineered by a Hungarian engineer named Erno Rubik in 1974. The little bundle of frustration is more than just a cube 3x3x3 with 54 tiles and each side is a different color. If you didn’t know already the goal is to scramble and then make each face the same color. The only part of the cube that spins is the middle piece. It rotates 360 degrees and that is the magic. Erno was not the only one to come up with the puzzle. Terutoshi Ishigi, a Japanese inventor independently came up with an identical design in 1976. Today pro cubers prefer ZhanChi made by Dayan, a Chinese company, because of its smooth mechanism. Dayan makes the cube for speed. The ZhanChi 5 is my favorite because in my opinion it spins the best and it also cuts corners best. In fact I like the Dayan better than any other cube. The speed is incredible. My best solving time is 30 seconds!!!! Yes I know, many people can beat me since the fastest time is 5.5 seconds!!!!!!!!! I strongly suggest that people should buy the Dayan but there is one problem. If you are not careful the pieces can snap off the cube. On the Rubik’s cube it is easy to put back together but on the Dayan every piece is attached to the center. If you do not put all of the pieces on in the right order the pieces will again fall out.