Embroidered Rubik’s Cube Patch – I Love the 1980’s 4 1/4″ X 4 1/4″ with a wax backing

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Embroidered Rubik’s Cube Patch – I Love the 1980’s 4 1/4″ X 4 1/4″ with a wax backing

At the end of 1980, Rubik’s Cube won a German Game of the Year special award and won similar awards for best toy in the UK, France, and the US. By 1981, Rubik’s Cube had become a craze, and it is estimated that in the period from 1980 to 1983 around 200 million Rubik’s Cubes were sold worldwide.

Whether a Rubik’s Cube fan was a self-solver, speed-cuber, or a smasher, they had all become obsessed with the small, simple-looking puzzle. During the height of its popularity, Rubik’s Cubes could be found everywhere—at school, on buses, in movie theaters, and even at work. The design and colors of Rubik’s Cubes also appeared on t-shirts, posters, and board games.

In 1983, Rubik’s Cube even had its own television show, called “Rubik, the Amazing Cube.” In this kids’ show, a talking, flying Rubik’s Cube worked with the aid of three children to foil the evil plans of the show’s villain.

Mathematicians have tried to determine how many moves are needed to solve a completely jumbled up cube: in 2008, it was announced as 22, but the computations to get there took decades of processor time. In 2019, Chinese topologists reported a way to map the mechanism—results that may have implications in other multi-structure mechanisms from laser printing to deep space exploration aircraft.

To date, more than 300 million Rubik’s Cubes have been sold, making it one of the most popular toys of the 20th century.