![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509070916im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Northeastern University Researchers Solve Rubik's Cube in 26 Moves
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May 31, 2007
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It's a toy that most kids have played with at one time or another, but the findings of Northeastern University computer science professor Gene Cooperman and graduate student Dan Kunkle are not child's play. The two have proven that 26 moves suffice to solve any configuration of a Rubik's cube--a new record. Historically, the best that had been proved was 27 moves.
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Source Northeastern University
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