

Some later versions of the cube have been updated to use coloured plastic panels instead, which prevents peeling and fading.

On the original classic Rubik's Cube, each of the six faces was covered by nine stickers, each of one of six solid colours: white, red, blue, orange, green, and yellow. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes had been sold worldwide, making it the world's bestselling puzzle game and bestselling toy.

Rubik's Cube won the 1980 German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle. in 1980 via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns founder Tom Kremer. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. The Rubik's Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.
