Rubik's Rush Electronic Speed Game - 1-4 Players, Ages 7+

A Rubik's puzzle you play against the clock

Rubik's Rush is an electronic speed game that swaps the twisting cube for fast pattern recognition. Brightly lit squares in the classic Rubik's colours flash across the board, and your job is to press the matching buttons and complete a three-in-a-row line faster than anyone else. Three wrong presses and your round is over.

It rewards a completely different skill set to the original cube. Where the cube is slow and methodical, Rush is reactive, and the pressure is what makes it fun. The patterns start out simple with vertical and horizontal lines, then shift to diagonals as you progress, so a run that felt comfortable in round two will catch you out by round seven.

Two ways to play

• Solo mode: work through nine rounds of increasing difficulty and try to beat your own best time.
• Multiplayer: up to four players go head to head on the same board, racing to claim the line first.

Why it works

• Completely screen free, which makes it an easy sell to parents managing device time.
• Self-contained and compact, so it travels well for road trips, flights, and waiting rooms.
• Rounds are short, so it fits into the ten minutes before dinner rather than demanding an evening.
• Builds genuine pattern recognition, reaction speed, and spatial reasoning without feeling like a learning toy.

Product details

• Recommended age: 7 years and over
• Players: 1 solo, or up to 4 in multiplayer
• Nine rounds of escalating difficulty in solo mode
• Brand: Rubik's, by Spin Master Games

Good for the kid who finished the cube and wants the next challenge, and equally good for adults who want something quick on the coffee table. It also lands well as a gift for anyone who likes fidget toys and puzzles but has grown tired of the ones that only work one way.