Daniel Kunkle can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 26 moves. Or at least his computer can.
To solve a Rubik’s Cube, rotate the “facelets” so that each side of the cube is all one color. Courtesy of Matthew Fisher
Kunkle, a computer scientist at Northeastern University in Boston, has proved that 26 moves are enough to solve any Rubik’s Cube, no matter how scrambled.
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