In news that shouldn’t surprise anybody who’s ever been tasked with working with other people, large groups of ants were able to solve the piano mover’s puzzle better than large human groups in recent experiments conducted by the Weizmann Institute. The study found that individually or in small groups humans

This is a video of Rubik’s Cuber (Cubist?) Max Park beating the previous Rubik’s Cube speed solving record of 3.47 seconds (which stood for 4.5 years) with a blistering 3.13 second finish. For reference, the Rubik’s Cube I’ve had since I was 7 remains unsolved, so my personal best, which

This is a video of Colombian puggler (that’s puzzle juggler, not to be confused with a juzzler, which is something else entirely) Angel Alvarado setting the Guinness World Record for fastest time solving three Rubik’s Cubes while juggling them, with a fairly respectable 4 minutes 31.01 seconds. Could I do

This is a video of Italian athlete and World Memory champion Andrea Muzii demonstrating his abilities by solving a Rubik’s Cube while performing a one-arm handstand. Of course his legs are supported by the wall, so I vote for a disqualification. I’ve also included a video of Andrea completing a

This is a video of word sleuth Andrew Yells (I scream) solving ten Wordle Unlimited puzzles in 69 seconds. Now I know what you’re thinking, and I agree, it’s a shame ORALS wasn’t the last answer. Of course Andrew isn’t going for solving in the least number of guesses, only

This is a heartwarming video from Wheel Of Fortune (of all places) during Veterans week in 2015 starring contestant Nura Fountaneaux intentionally guessing letters Q, X, and Z, as well as timing-out multiple times in order to give fellow contestant Steve (who had nothing going into the final round) a

This is a timelapse video of puzzler Andre F assembling ‘Around The World’ by Educa, a 42,000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring world landmarks, available on Amazon HERE for $500. The product page says the puzzle is divided into seven bags, each representing a different horizontal portion of the puzzle for easier

This is a short video of a puzzle cuber solving a Skewb Cube (a Rubik’s Cube-like puzzle consisting of five-piece faces “with cuts through the centre, orthogonal to the main diagonals”) so fast (I think he says 1.51-seconds) the guy working the backup stopwatch is confused as to what just