Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I te Poutu-te-rangi 1970, i hangaia e Larry D. Nichols he 2 × 2 × 2 "Puzzle with Pieces Rotatable in Groups" ka tukuna he tono mana a Kanata mo taua mea. I whakakotahihia te kōaro a Nichols e ngā aukume. I whakawhiwhia a Nichols ki te US Patent 3,655,201 i te 11 o Aperira 1972, e rua tau i mua i te wa i hangaia ai e Rubik tana Cube.  Pātai: Āhea a Nichols i tono ai mō tētahi ārai ārai o tana kōpae?
Hepetema 1970