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POPSRubik's Cube inventor is back with Rubik's 360 RUBIK’S CUBE FACTS :) * It has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations on its six faces * It has only one solution * More than 350,000,000 Cubes sold worldwide * Invented in 1974 but not exported from Hungary until 1980 * A standard 3x3 Rubik’s cube measures 2¼ inches (5.7cm) on each side * It has 39,600 entries on YouTube * The first international 'speedcubing’ championship was held in Hungary in 1982 and was won by Los Angeles student Minh Thai with a time of 22.95 seconds. * The current world 'speedcubing’ Eric Akkersdijk with an official time of 7.08 seconds. * Variations on 'speedcubing’ include solving the cube with a single hand, with feet, blindfolded or underwater in a single breath. * The slowest solver is thought to be Graham Parker, 45, a builder from Portchester, Hants, who finished his Cube earlier this month 26 years after he bought it.