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Computer scientists have engineered what they claim is the world's fastest Rubik's cube solving robot , which can master the puzzle in less than two seconds.

Software engineers Jay Flatland and Paul Rose have built a machine that can solve the riddle using just webcams, a specially building turning platform and a computer algorithm.

They drilled holes into one square on each side of the cube so that it can fit into the custom-designed machine built mainly of parts from a 3D printer .

YouTubeRubix robotScrambled: The Rubik's Cube was placed into a specially made machine
Four webcams on each side of the cube are used to determine what moves need to be calculated.

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And a computer algorithm coded by the brainy pair determines the different moves needed to complete the puzzle.

The duo are currently applying for a world record for their super machine - but there's little doubt they'll flunk it, given the current record for a Rubik's-solving machine is 3.253.

YouTubeRubix robotSolved: The machine figured out the puzzle in under two seconds
In this impressive video1, it solves it in 1.196 seconds, 1.152 seconds, 1.047 seconds, and 1.019 seconds.

The current record for a human solving it is 4.904 seconds set by teenager Lucas Etter in the 2015 River Hill Fall competition in Maryland.