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A Chip Off the Old Block

THE RUBIK’S CUBE OUTDOES ITSELF.

BY JACQUELINE DETWILER // PHOTOGRAPHS BY CLAIRE BENOIST

Hungarian sculptor Ernö Rubik was almost certainly not the devil, but that’s hardly comforting to the millions of people who have been fl ummoxed by his diabolical cube since it was released as a toy in 1980. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, the new Rubik’s Mirror Blocks Cube—an asymmetrical, single-color brain-boggler you (attempt to) solve by returning it to its original cubic shape—promises at least another three decades of befuddlement. Thankfully, it’s still small enough not to damage your wall when you resort to throwing it.

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OUTSIDE THE BOX Rubik’s Mirror Blocks Cube $18 / thinkgeek.com

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