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This is a list of all companies, organizations and individuals that manufacture Rubik's Cubes and other similar twisty puzzles .
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This is a list of all companies, organizations and individuals that manufacture Rubik's Cubes and other similar twisty puzzles .
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| Brand name | Parent company | Type | Comment(s) | Logo |
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| Calvin's Puzzle [1] | Commercial | |||
| Cyclone Boys [2] | Commercial | |||
| DaYan | DaYan Cube [3] | Commercial | DaYan is known for the Dayan Zhanchi. Although obsolete today, the cube was the first to use a "torpedo" design within its pieces. This prevented the cube from popping and corner twisting. Nearly every speed cube in existence today uses this design. | |
| Eastsheen | Commercial | |||
| GANCube | GANCube [4] | Commercial | Produces cubes used by former 3x3 WR holder, Feliks Zemdegs, and produces cubes used by renowned speedcubers such as Tymon Kolasinski, Leo Borromeo, Yiheng Wang, and more. | |
| GoCube [5] | Particula | Commercial | World's first Smart Cube | |
| LanLan | LanLan Toys [6] | Commercial | ||
| LeFun | Commercial | |||
| Meffert's [7] | Commercial | |||
| Monster Go | GANCube | Commercial | Monster Go is GANCube's budget cube line-up. | |
| MoYu | Moyu Culture [8] | Commercial | Produced the cube used by Yusheng Du (Moyu GTS2 M) to set the former world record single solve (3.47s) [9] | |
| Oskar [10] | Individual | Inventor of the Gear Cube | ||
| QiYi [11] | QiYi MoFangGe Science & Technology Industrial | Commercial | ||
| QJ | QJ Cube [12] | Commercial | ||
| Rubik's [13] | Commercial | Original manufacturer of the Rubik's Cube | ||
| Rubik's Connected [14] | Particula | Commercial | Designed and manufactured by Particula (the inventor of Smart Connected Cubes) | |
| ShengShou [15] | Commercial | |||
| Tony Fisher [16] | Individual | Inventor of the Fisher Cube and the world's second largest Rubik's Cube | ||
| V-Cube | Verdes Innovations [17] | Commercial | V-Cube is known for making the world's first 6x6. | |
| WitEden | GuangZhou WitEden Information & Technology [18] | Commercial | ||
| YJ | Guangdong Yongjun Technology Industrial [19] | Commercial | YJ is known for their high-end but affordable large cubes, such as the YJ MGC 4x4, 5x5,6x6 and 7x7. | |
| Yuxin cubes | Yuxin Science and Educational Toys [20] | Commercial | ||
| Z | Commercial | Non-WCA puzzle manufacturer that made the first mass-produced magnetic 3x3. | ||
| DianSheng | Commercial | WCA and Non-WCA cube manufacturer that produces high-quality magnetic big cubes and was the first to mass-produce magnetic big cubes. Specialized in giant magnetic puzzles such as the 9x9. | ||
| MsCube | DianSheng | Commercial | 3x3 Cube Manufacturer, Started and founded by former Gan Designers. Acquired by DianSheng. | |
| Giiker | Commercial | 3x3x3 “smart-cube” manufacturer responsible for creating a smart-cube without an app, a self solving Rubik's Cube. Also created a battery powered smart-2x2x2. | ||
| NexCube | MoYu and Goliath Games | Commercial | A sub-brand of MoYu, reselling their MeiLong 2x2 and 3x3 underneath the NeXCube name. These cubes do not feature the MFJS logo, however, they use an individual logo on the blue side. | |
| X-Man Design | QiYi | Commercial | QiYi X-Man Design is known for its very quiet and popular "Tornado V#" 3x3 cubes. Produced the cube used by Max Park (Tornado v3) to set the world record single solve (3.13s) |
The Rubik's Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Pentangle Puzzles in the UK in 1978, and then by Ideal Toy Corp in 1980 via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns founder Tom Kremer. The cube was released internationally in 1980 and became one of the most recognized icons in popular culture. It won the 1980 German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle. As of January 2024, around 500 million cubes had been sold worldwide, making it the world's bestselling puzzle game and bestselling toy. The Rubik's Cube was inducted into the US National Toy Hall of Fame in 2014.
The Pocket Cube is a 2×2×2 combination puzzle invented in 1970 by American puzzle designer Larry D. Nichols. The cube consists of 8 pieces, all corners.
Speedcubing, also referred to as speedsolving, is a competitive sport centered around the rapid solving of various combination puzzles. The most prominent puzzle in this category is the 3x3x3 puzzle, commonly known as the Rubik's Cube. Participants in this sport are known as "speedcubers," who focus specifically on solving these puzzles at high speeds, or more generally as "cubers". The essential aspect of solving these puzzles typically involves executing a series of predefined algorithms in a particular sequence.
The Professor's Cube is a 5×5×5 version of the original Rubik's Cube. It has qualities in common with both the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube and the 4×4×4 Rubik's Revenge, and solution strategies for both can be applied.
The Pyraminx is a regular tetrahedron puzzle in the style of Rubik's Cube. It was made and patented by Uwe Mèffert after the original 3 layered Rubik's Cube by Ernő Rubik, and introduced by Tomy Toys of Japan in 1981.
David Breyer Singmaster was an American-British mathematician who was emeritus professor of mathematics at London South Bank University, England. He had a huge personal collection of mechanical puzzles and books of brain teasers. He was most famous for being an early adopter and enthusiastic promoter of the Rubik's Cube. His Notes on Rubik's "Magic Cube" which he began compiling in 1979 provided the first mathematical analysis of the Cube as well as providing one of the first published solutions. The book contained his cube notation which allowed the recording of Rubik's Cube moves, and which quickly became the standard.
The Square-1 is a variant of the Rubik's Cube. Its distinguishing feature among the numerous Rubik's Cube variants is that it can change shape as it is twisted, due to the way it is cut, thus adding an extra level of challenge and difficulty. The Super Square One and Square Two puzzles have also been introduced. The Super Square One has two additional layers that can be scrambled and solved independently of the rest of the puzzle, and the Square Two has extra cuts made to the top and bottom layer, making the edge and corner wedges the same size.
The Megaminx or Mégaminx is a dodecahedron-shaped puzzle similar to the Rubik's Cube. It has a total of 50 movable pieces to rearrange, compared to the 20 movable pieces of the Rubik's Cube.
The World Cube Association (WCA) is the worldwide non-profit organization that regulates and holds competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as twisty puzzles. The most famous of those puzzles is the Rubik's Cube. Since the start of the WCA there have been over 10,000 competitions. The WCA was founded by Ron van Bruchem of the Netherlands and Tyson Mao of the United States in 2004. The goal of the World Cube Association is to have "more competitions in more countries with more people and more fun, under fair conditions." In 2017, they started work to become a non-profit organization and on November 20, 2017, the state of California accepted the initial registration of the World Cube Association.
Uwe Mèffert was a German puzzle designer and inventor. He manufactured and sold mechanical puzzles in the style of Rubik's Cube since the Cube craze of the 1980s. His first design was the Pyraminx – which he had developed before the original Rubik's Cube was invented. He created his own puzzle company and helped bring to market the Megaminx, Skewb, Skewb Diamond and many other puzzles.
A combination puzzle, also known as a sequential move puzzle, is a puzzle which consists of a set of pieces which can be manipulated into different combinations by a group of operations. Many such puzzles are mechanical puzzles of polyhedral shape, consisting of multiple layers of pieces along each axis which can rotate independently of each other. Collectively known as twisty puzzles, the archetype of this kind of puzzle is the Rubik's Cube. Each rotating side is usually marked with different colours, intended to be scrambled, then solved by a sequence of moves that sort the facets by colour. As a generalisation, combination puzzles also include mathematically defined examples that have not been, or are impossible to, physically construct.
Feliks Aleksanders Zemdegs is an Australian Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He is one of the only two speedcubers ever to win the World Cube Association World Championship twice, winning in 2013 and 2015, and is widely considered the most successful and greatest speedcuber of all time. He has set more than 350 records across various speedcubing events: 121 world records, 213 continental records, and 7 national records.
The Helicopter Cube is a Rubik's Cube-like puzzle invented by Adam G. Cowan in 2005 and built in 2006. It is also in the shape of a cube. At first glance, the Helicopter Cube may seem like a combination of the 2x2x2 and the Skewb, but it actually cuts differently, and twists around cube edges rather than cube faces. The purpose of the puzzle is to scramble the colors, and then restore them back to their original state of a single color per face.
Panagiotis Verdes is a Greek inventor and is known for being the first person to mass produce 6x6x6 puzzles and 7x7x7 twisty puzzles. He is also known for founding the company V-Cube. He has also worked on new designs of every Twisty Puzzle from 2x2x2 to 11x11x11.
Tony Fisher is a British puzzle designer who specialises in creating custom rotational puzzles. He is acknowledged by cubing enthusiasts as a pioneer in the creation of new puzzle designs and new manufacturing techniques. In 2017 the Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged Fisher as the creator of the world's largest Rubik's cube.
A Tuttminx is a Rubik's Cube-like twisty puzzle, in the shape of a truncated icosahedron. It was invented by Lee Tutt in 2005. It has a total of 150 movable pieces to rearrange, compared to 20 movable pieces of the Rubik's Cube.
Oskar van Deventer is a Dutch puzzle maker. He prototypes puzzles using 3D printing. His work combines mathematics, physics, and design, and he collaborates at academic institutions. Many of his combination puzzles are in mass production by Uwe Mèffert and WitEden. Oskar van Deventer has also designed puzzles for Hanayama.
The Pyraminx Duo is a tetrahedral twisty puzzle in the style of the Rubik's Cube. It was suggested by Rob Stegmann, invented by Oskar van Deventer, and has now been mass-produced by Meffert's.
The Gear Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle designed and created by Dutch puzzle maker Oskar van Deventer based on an idea by Bram Cohen. It was initially produced by Shapeways in 2009 and known as "Caution Cube" due to the likelihood of getting one's fingers stuck between the gears while speedcubing. Later, in 2010, it was mass-produced by Meffert's as the "Gear Cube".