Rubik's Cube

76 entries in Rubik's Cube
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner Rubik Cube Swindles
  • solving cube by touch with marked colors
  • divining thought-of colors with cube ("can you see your color on this side?")
  • mis-colored cube as practical joke
 		1981
Octet
23
Father Cyprian Rubik Con suggestions without details:
  • Colorvision with mini Rubik's Cube
  • Colorvision with jumbled cube, a duplicate of configuration is drawn
  • mini cube is solved under dice cup, suggestion of (partial) shell
  • to force a color, either with counting procedure or loaded
  • pop-up cube for production
  • stage size cube that twists and person is produced
  • coding information
Related to 1981
Octet
24
Dennis Marks Grand Strategy color chip chosen by spectator, scrambled cube solved by performer blindfolded, first chosen color then rest, cube really brute-force solved
Also published here 1981
Magick (Issue 277)
1382
Tony Andruzzi Cubelet small cube solved behind back apparently by memory, switch
Also published here 1981
Magick (Issue 280)
1398
Philip T. Goldstein Cubicle spectator scrambles Rubik's cube and throws it, number of yellow squares on top predicted
Also published here 1981
Magick (Issue 287)
1432
Jack Kent Tillar Dark Vision color vision with rubik's cube, in box, color is divined
 		1981
Magick (Issue 288)
1437
Norman van Tubergen Cube Power rubik's cube solves under cover, without touching, sound of moving cube can be heared
 		1981
Magick (Issue 295)
1473
John Chesterman The Magic Cube
Also published here
  • "The Magic Cube" in "Curious Facts Monthly"
 1981
Babel (Issue 1)
7
Stuart R. Patterson, David Britland The Magic Cube inner working of the cube
 		1981
Babel (Issue 2)
25
Jon Brunelle Quick Rubik rightening routine with small cubes
 		June 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 6)
647
A Few Facts about the Rubiks Cube facts, trivia and recommended books about it
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
5
Donald Bevan On the Square or Rubik Cubology collection of ideas, first published in Abra #1873
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
7
Jim Moore Rubik's Cube Shell three-sided or five-sided shell, for solve underneath handkerchief or sliding it through tube
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
7
Jim Moore Solving Competition solving cubes with spectators, performer wins, one cube is mixed by only five memorized moves
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
7
Jim Moore Rubik's Die Box cube in die box, solves there
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
8
David Wood Rubik's Cube Shell Routine routine in which spectator scrambles cube himself and it solves itself underneath cover and can be examined, with switch and shell
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
9
Neville Wiltshire Cube Production fold-flat rubik's cubes as production items
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
10
Neville Wiltshire Die Thru Silk effect proposition in which spots are lost during silk penetration
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
11
Neville Wiltshire Zombie Cube effect suggestion
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
11
Neville Wiltshire Sympathetic Rubik's Cubes two cubes scrambled by magician and spectator, they end up in same arrangement, three methods (it's unclear whether the methods are also Wiltshire's)
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
11
George Schindler Rubik's Prediction color chosen via six card, only chosen color magically solves itself
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
12
George Schindler Switch Out - An Instant Assembly small Rubik's cube solves itself in spectator's pocket or paper bag, switch
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
15
George Schindler Flaming Assembly small Rubik's cube solves itself when covered in flash paper and ignited, switch
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
15
Dennis Marks Grand Strategy color chip chosen by spectator, scrambled cube solved by performer blindfolded, first chosen color then rest, cube really brute-force solved
Also published here 1982
The Magic of the Cube
15
Tony Andruzzi Cubelet small cube solved behind back apparently by memory, switch
Also published here 1982
The Magic of the Cube
18
Philip T. Goldstein Cubicle spectator scrambles Rubik's cube and throws it, number of yellow squares on top predicted
Also published here 1982
The Magic of the Cube
19
Jack Kent Tillar Dark Vision using solved Rubik's cube for Color Vision, effect also suggested by Bill Wisch & Fr. Cyprian
Related to 1982
The Magic of the Cube
21
H. Penn Dark Vision - Alternate Version Color Vision type effect with forced color, gaffed Rubik's Cube
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
23
H. Penn The Cube as a Force applying Stanley Collins' count force principle
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
24
H. Penn A Novel Booktest Rubik's cube with numbers used to select page number
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
25
H. Penn Mental Blok Rubik's cube scrambled and put in box with small window by spectator, performer divines color that shows through window
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
26
Ed Harris Cartoons
1982
The Magic of the Cube
28
George Schindler Dice-A-Rubik two dice transform into small Rubik's cubes when thrown
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
30
George Schindler Great Loads using Rubik's cubes as final loads in cups & balls
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
31
George Schindler Quick Change Cube small Rubik's cube changes into normal die, pull
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
31
Meir Yedid Instant Assembly Rubik's cube mixed by three spectators, performer solves it by tossing it in the air, stooge
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
31
Meir Yedid Rubik's Coincidence sympathetic Rubik's cubes, two small cubes mixed by two spectators in paper bags, they end up in same arrangement
 		1982
The Magic of the Cube
32
Kennedy Smith Introduction
1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
3
Kennedy Smith Cube Through the Hat shell and cover
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
5
Kennedy Smith Smarty Cube hole in tray, cube in box put on top, colored spots fall through hole (smarties), cube is now black, black hole presentation
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
7
Kennedy Smith A Long Shot cube mixed by spectator, performer deals out nine color cards in a square, the layout matches a side of the cube, cube partially fixed
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
10
Kennedy Smith Clip It cube mixed by spectator, string of linked colored paper clips chosen, the color sequence of the clips matches a side of the cube, cube partially fixed
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
13
Kennedy Smith Rubik Paint cube mixed by spectator, performer paints with transparent paint on white paper and a 3x3 color layout appears, the layout matches a side of the cube, cube partially fixed
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
15
Kennedy Smith Sympathetic Cubes spectator and performer each mix a cube, their patterns match, partially fixed cubes
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
16
Kennedy Smith A Rubik for your Thoughts spectator mixed cube and looks on one side, performer divines color layout, partially fixed cube
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
19
Kennedy Smith Fly Away Spots mixed cube covered with handkerchief, spots of chosen color (with cards) fly off when handkerchief is removed
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
21
Kennedy Smith A Rubik Production cube from handkerchief
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
23
Kennedy Smith Some Ideas on Sleights with miniature cubes
  • Palms
  • Palm porper
  • Finger Palm
  • Thumb Palm
  • Back Palm
  • The French Drop
  • The Pinch (false transfer)
  • Acquittal 1 (change-over palm to show hands empty)
  • Acquittal 2 (change-over palm with another visible cube)
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
25
Kennedy Smith A Routine with Rubik Cubes small cube produced from playing card, manipulation routine with multiple cubes, hook cube
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
29
Kennedy Smith The Dehydrated Rubiks three different sized rubik's cubes vanish, spots appear on a handkerchief, cubes reappear flatted on a tray, nesting cubes
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
33
Kennedy Smith Rubik's Handkerchief rubik's cube spots appear on handkerchief
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
34
Kennedy Smith My Mind's a Blank cube mixed by spectator, color chosen from color cards, a side almost changes to chosen color, then cube becomes all black in confetti shower
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
38
Kennedy Smith Cube Through Table
1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
41
Kennedy Smith The Rationalised Rubik cube solves itself under newspaper cover, with lose cube spots on table as misdirection
 		1982
Rubik Cubik Magik
43
Stephen Tucker Rubic Cube Mystery cards with printed sides of shuffled rubik's cube, change to sides of solved cube
 		Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
390
Dennis Draginis Horror House one side of a small Rubiks Cube solves itself under handkerchief, Glorpy
 		Aug. 1982
Magick (Issue 309)
1542
Chris Kenworthy Surprise! Twist instant solving of Rubik's Cube, actually only three sides are really solved but cube twisted as if all sides could be seen
 		Nov. 1982
Magick (Issue 312)
1558
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on Robert Dorian, Rubik's Cube, Dennis Marks, Craig Karges, Hugh Riley, Stanton Carlisle, Bob Haines, Al Mann
 		Oct. 1984
Magick (Issue 341)
1703
Steve Dusheck Rubik's Miracle smaller cubes, three-sided magnetic shell, with fake spinning
Also published here
  • marketed by Hank Lee
 1994
Dusheck's Close-Up Magic
37
Andreas Michel-Andino Das Rubik-Cube-Problem "Andinos Trickmonographien - Teil 4"
  • Nachtrag zur Multi-Pip-Card
  • Historisches zum Zauberwürfel (credit information)
  • Verschiedene Lösungen (bibliography)
  • Verschiedene Einsatzmöglichkeiten und Vortragsanregungen
    • für table hopping
    • für Stand-up Vorführungen
    • für Kinde
  • Ausblick
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
50
Andreas Michel-Andino Guillotinen "Andinos Trickmonographien - Teil 5"
  • Noch einmal die Multi-Pip-Card
  • Nachtrag zum Rubik-Cube
  • Historisches zu Handguillotinen (credit information)
  • Verschiedene Formen
  • Meine Routine zum Handcutter
  • Schopenhauer und die Fingerguillotine
  • Die Guillotine in der Kindervorführung?
  • Ausblick
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3)
120
Andreas Michel-Andino Der Talerfang "Andinos Trickmonographien - Teil 6"
  • Nachträglicher Nachtrag zum Rubic Cube (Rubik)
  • Korrekturen zur Geschichte der Guillotine (credit information)
  • Gedanken zum Talerfang
  • Hilfsmittel und Techniken
  • Meine Bühnenroutine
  • Finale mit Geldscheinen?
  • Der Talerfang vor oder mit Kindern?
  • Weitere Anwendungen
  • Ausblick
 		2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
156
Michel Gondry Debunk on fake video of solving Rubik's Cube with toes
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
327
Eric Leclerc Hypercube torn off sticker vanishes and appears back on cube
 		Dec. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 12)
22
Patrik Kuffs Tossed Out Rubik's Cube
  • Mind Stunts
prediction of colors chosen on cubes
Variations Jan. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 1)
26
Bob Farmer Farmer on the Tossed-Out Rubik's Cube prediction of colors chosen on cubes
Inspired by Apr. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 4)
75
Jeff Stone Droppin' The Bomb drawn Rubik's Cube becomes a real small one
 		May 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 5)
42
Tom Stone Striking Art
  • Lodestones
on anamorphic illusions, 3D/2D image of Rubik's Cube, slapping a cube with a writing pad, its pieces are now as drawing on pad
 		Nov. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 11)
30
Christoph Borer Rubiks Cube presentation, patter
 		2016
21
235
Usui Takamitsu, Henry Harrius R. N. Solve (Recurring Nightmare Solve) Instant solving of Rubik's Cube
 		2016
Pure
15
Alex Ng Rubik's Playmate Spectator thinks of a color on a Rubik's cube and an animal, magician produces a photo prediction of that animal in that color
 		2016
The Ace Assembly All-Star Lecture Notes
76
Benjamin Budzak Breakaway Rubik's Cube comedy cube that breaks apart
 		Dec. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)
63
Scott Baird Rubik's Nap cube is shuffled and solved by performer, different presentations
  • The Move (self-repairing shuffle sequence)
  • The Solve Cycle
  • I Am Very Smart
 		Jan. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Derrick Chung Everyday I'm Shufflin' Rubik's Cube false shuffle
 		2022
Conundrum (Issue 1)
73
Joe Rindfleisch Cubicle Coincidence Rubik's Cube with numbers on the fields is mixed and set down, three cards chosen with shuffle and deal procedure, they form the current time and are also found on bottom side of Rubik's cube which has a magic square for their sum
Inspired by
  • "Cubic" (Francis Menotti, marketed item)
 Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1002
Patrik Kuffs Rubik's Cube Color Force spectator mixed cube and then chooses color of center sticker on the upper side
 		Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1225