Rubik’s Cube

The highlight of Math Madness is a weekend-long Rubik’s Speed Cubing Competition. Come see the fastest solvers around tackle cubes of different sizes one-handed, blindfolded, and SO FAST you’ll miss it if you blink! Stop in on Saturday or Sunday and watch the fun. (Sponsored by the World Cube Association).

Our Very Special, Very Speedy Guest

Yiheng Wang, age 11, holds two world records for solving the 3x3 and 2x2 Rubik’s Cubes. This amazing kid from China will compete in his first US competition at LSC during Math Madness on Sunday, March 16. Will he break another record? There’s a good chance!

Pi Day
The madness kicks off on Friday, March 14 – Pi Day. Pi, the mathematical ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, is a number with no known end. But it definitely begins with 3.14. So we think March 14 (3/14) is a great day to start celebrating equations, numbers, circles, and more. Read on to see what’s happening!

Daily Madness

MATH MADNESS MAIN STREET (2nd Fl., Governors Hall)

Probability Playground
Are the odds in your favor? Test your luck in games of chance, including Plinko and giant dice.

Counting Carnival
Step right up and count the 3D-printed LSC’s in a jar. Complete a museum-wide scavenger hunt. Conquer our VR math minigames. We’re counting on you!

Arithmetic Art
Use a swinging pendulum and spirograph to create dazzling patterns, and crack tessellation puzzles to craft mesmerizing masterpieces.

Geometric Gameplay
Ready to think outside the box? Take on guided mind-bending challenges using interactive shape games that spark creativity and problem-solving

Checkmate Challenge
Step onto a giant chessboard to strategize and play in this life-sized game.

Guided Math Yoga (3rd Floor, Wild About Animals)
Tree pose, warrior pose… X-axis pose? Y not! Math is full of amazing shapes and we’ll show you how to bend your body into a few mathematical poses.

More Madness

Friday, March 14
Species Statistics Show (3rd Floor, Wild About Animals)
Buy Pie! Eat Pie! (2nd Floor, Cosmic Cafe)

Saturday, March 15
Speed Cubing Competition (1st Floor, CLT Forum)
Cockroach Count (3rd Floor, Wild About Animals

Sunday, March 16
Speed Cubing Competition (1st Floor, CLT Forum)
Snakes on a Scale (3rd Floor, Wild About Animals)
Species Statistics Show (3rd Floor, Wild About Animals)