Robot Solves Rubik Cube Puzzle Faser Than A Blink

NEW YORK, May 16: Four students from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, have solved rubik's cube faster than a blink using a robot they built. According to NBC News, this student team created a robot to solve a Rubik’s cube in just 0.103 seconds, setting a Guinness World Record last month.

Their Rubik’s Cube, aptly named “Purdubik’s Cube,” surpassed the previous record set by Mitsubishi Electric engineers in May 2024, whose robot could solve the puzzle in 0.305 seconds. The video shared by Guinness World Records on their Instagram account is going viral due to the lightning speed at which the robot completes the puzzle.

At the beginning of the video, the robot solves the cube at regular speed, making the rapid resolution almost unbelievable. Later in the clip, it is slowed down to reveal the intricate workings of the robot as it solves the cube. The video has garnered 4.8 million views and is posted with the caption, “Fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube: 0.103 seconds by Matthew Patrohay, Junpei Ota, Aden Hurd, and Alex Berta of @purdue.ece.”

In the comments section, the Guinness World Records account said, “Blink and you’ll miss it!” A student named Matthew Patrohay from Purdue University’s Purdubik’s Cube team told the GSW, “We solve it in 103 milliseconds. A human blink takes about 200 to 300 milliseconds. So, before you even realise it’s moving, we’ve already solved it.”

The team, consisting of engineering students Junpei Ota, Aden Hurd, Matthew Patrohay, and Alex Berta, initially designed their robot for the Spark Challenge, a design competition held in December 2024 at Purdue’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. After winning first place, they continued to enhance the robot with sponsorship support from Purdue’s Institute for Control, Optimisation, and Networks as reported by NBC News.