Following the success of the Rubik's Cube (3x3x3), the Rubik's Brand (currently owned by Canadian toy corporation Spin Master) patented their own design of this puzzle in 1983 and has been selling it ever since.ĭue to its simpler layout and fewer moving parts, the number of possible permutations is relatively low - only 3,674,160. He called it the 'Twist Cube' and used magents for its mechanism. This puzzle was actually invented 4 years before the Rubik's cube, in 1970, by Larry D. It is constructed simply from the 8 corner pieces of the Rubik's Cube while omitting the edge and center pieces, thus having a 2x2x2 layout instead of the familiar 3x3x3 of its older sibling.
The Rubik's Mini Cube (aka the Pocket Cube) is a simpler version of the original Rubik's Cube.
