A cube is a three dimensional shape made of 6 equal-size square faces, 8 vertexes and 12 edges. A cube is also known as a square prism, a Platonic solid, or a hexahedron, The Investigators find cube shaped objects like dice and sugar cubes. Picasso became world famous for his cubist art style, using angles and geometric shapes to create images of natural objects. A Rubik's cube champion demonstrates his technique and displays the 11 cube net patterns.