--- title: Solving Rubiks Cube Around The World description: 84 people in 11 countries helped Harvard College grad solve it during his two-month trip. canonical: https://time.com/3111656/rubiks-cube-around-the-world/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-14T19:55:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:28.251Z og:title: World Traveler Solves Rubik's Cube By Asking Strangers to Each Make One Turn og:description: 84 people in 11 countries helped him solve it during the two-month trip og:url: https://time.com/3111656/rubiks-cube-around-the-world/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World Traveler Solves Rubik's Cube By Asking Strangers to Each Make One Turn twitter:description: 84 people in 11 countries helped him solve it during the two-month trip twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # World Traveler Solves Rubik's Cube By Asking Strangers to Each Make One Turn by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 14, 2014 7:55 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 14, 2014 7:55 PM UTC Around the world isn’t just for yo-yos any more. A Rubik’s Cube made the trick it’s own in this new viral video. Nuseir Yassin graduated from Harvard College in May 2014, and like many of his peers, he wanted to take some time off from studying to travel the world. His trip was unique because he took his Rubik’s Cube along and challenged strangers to help him solve the brainteaser. As he touched down in Russia, England, Thailand or Sri Lanka, he would invite people to help with the project. With cameras rolling, each person (and the occasional animal) moved the toy one turn. By the end of his trip, he had visited 11 countries, where people (30 women, 54 men) made 84 moves and helped solve the infernal puzzle, according to his description of [quest on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4SYlP5QNRQ). Out of all those people and countries, he claims to have had only one rejection. It’s an impressive feat, but still not as impressive the guy who solved a [Rubik’s Cube in a wind tunnel. ](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/16/watch-skydiver-completes-rubiks-cube-in-wind-tunnel-and-you-cant-even-do-it-sitting-still/) **MORE**: [Top 10 Nerdy Competitions](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2023019,00.html) **MORE**: [Watch: Skydiver Completes Rubik’s Cube in Wind Tunnel and You Can’t Even Do It Sitting Still](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/16/watch-skydiver-completes-rubiks-cube-in-wind-tunnel-and-you-cant-even-do-it-sitting-still/) Solving Rubiks Cube Around The World ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3111656/rubiks-cube-around-the-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3111656/rubiks-cube-around-the-world/"},"headline":"World Traveler Solves Rubik's Cube By Asking Strangers to Each Make One Turn","datePublished":"2014-08-14T19:55:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:28.251Z","description":"84 people in 11 countries helped him solve it during the two-month trip","url":"https://time.com/3111656/rubiks-cube-around-the-world/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Videos","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3111656/rubiks-cube-around-the-world/","name":"World Traveler Solves Rubik's Cube By Asking Strangers to Each Make One Turn"}}]}] ```