There are few puzzles as famous and enduring than the Rubik’s Cube, and there are few countries that have embraced the puzzle game quite like Japan has. In the years since 1980 when the love affair ...

For most people, there’s little appeal in mastering the Rubik’s Cube — especially two years into a pandemic, when crawling out of bed and going to work seems like enough of a challenge most days.

I’ve never solved a Rubik’s Cube in my life and I never will. I don’t have anything against the toy personally. I merely hate its very existence because it always makes me feel stupid. An old friend ...