Each face of the cube, which is made from aluminum, measures about five millimeters (around 0.2 inches) across. It was made available for pre-order on the manufacturer’s website on Thursday, with deliveries expected next April.
Weighing just 0.3 grams (about 0.01 ounces), the puzzle is about a 1,000th of the size of the original, which measures around 2.2 inches across each face. And each side of the nine squares on the device’s six faces measures just 1.6 millimeters (around 0.06 inches).
MegaHouse told CNN that the company started conceptualizing it four years ago and began the process to produce it in 2022.
Guinness World Record confirmed the micro-cube as the world’s smallest rotating puzzle cube in August.
But the price tag suggests it’s likely to be a collector’s item rather than the kind of cube that players fiddle with on the go. They are being sold at 777,777 yen ($5,320), and each comes with a stand declaring it the “World’s record smallest Rubik’s Cube”.
The release coincides with the 50th anniversary of the rotating puzzle, which counts amateur hobbyists and professional mathematicians among its huge following. Over 500 million cubes have been sold since Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik created it in 1974.
In today's Premier League match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace, the former could only squeeze out a 1-0 win.
A super pass from Kostas Tsimikas found Cody Gakpo on the left-hand side and the Dutch forward squared it across for the onrushing Diogo Jota to stab home in the ninth minute.
Three points anyway and the Reds go four points clear at the top.
And Arne Slot is the first Liverpool manager in history to win his first four away league games in charge and his opening five in all competitions. I'm just glad he didn't whine like Jürgen Klopp did when there is a game that has a 12:30 PM kick off.
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