The Rubik's cube is an educational puzzle. Erno Rubik  Gan 13 created the Rubik's cube to help students understand three-dimensional geometry. Little did he know, that his invention for students would become one of the world's best-selling puzzles.

The rules of the Rubik's cube are simple. The puzzle is to be solved by making each face of the cube one solid colour, and not a mixture of colours. The rules are simple, however, it is extremely challenging to complete. The Rubik's cube has many possible scenarios or configurations, but there is only one solution. It has been mathematically calculated that the Rubik's cube has 43, 252, 003, 274, 489, 856, 000 possible configurations.

To solve the Rubik's Gan 13  cube needs logic and reason. If approached logically the Rubik Cube can be solved quite straightforwardly in a fairly short period of time. The challenge however, is to find ways of solving the Rubik cube to puzzle in the least number of moves. It has been proved that the Rubik's cube can be solved in 23 stages but the challenge is to do it in less.

The Rubik's cube is an excellent learning tool for children. In order to solve the cube the child needs to think slowly and logically before making a move. It also develops patience. By rushing to solve the puzzle of the cube or by guessing, the puzzle solver can easily destroy the previous hour of work of moving closer to the solution. By insisting that the child approaches the Rubik's cube with logical reasoning child will learn to be more systematic and disciplined in approaching pasts in the future.