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*The Cube*
The Cube
Created by	Adam Adler
Presented by	Phillip Schofield
Voices of	Colin McFarlane
Theme music composer	Nick Foster; Ken Bolam
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	71 (as of 28 June 2014)
Production
Production location	Fountain Studios
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Objective Productions
Original release
Network	ITV, STV, UTV
Release	22 August 2009 –; present

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The Cube is a triple BAFTA Award–winning British game show which first aired on ITV on 22 August 2009. Presented by Phillip Schofield, it offers contestants the chance to win a top prize of £250,000 by completing challenges from within a 4m × 4m × 4m Perspex cube. The show is based on the idea that even straightforward tasks become extremely challenging when confined and put under pressure in front of a large live studio audience. Once inside, contestants can feel both claustrophobic and disorientated. Using "state-of-the-art filming techniques", the show aims to demonstrate the intense anxiety which contestants undergo as they progress through each task. Colin McFarlane provides the disembodied voice of The Cube, who explains the rules of the games.^[1]^[2]

Format

All the games take place inside The Cube. Contestants are set a task to complete which can range from testing their mental agility, physical ability, intelligence, observation, and response. If they successfully complete the task, they will move up the money ladder. Each contestant begins with nine lives. Each time a contestant makes an unsuccessful attempt at a game, one life is lost and the contestant must repeat the game until successful. Any contestant who runs out of lives while attempting a game is "Defeated" by The Cube and loses all the money he or she accumulated to that point. (This rule does not apply in Celebrity versions of the show where if defeated the Celebrity leaves with £1000 for their chosen charity.) Contestants may stop before attempting a game from Game 2 onwards and take the money they have won but once a contestant decides to play, he or she cannot change their decision. With the exception of five episodes (three of which are celebrity specials), each episode has featured two contestants.

Filming

Objective Productions first approached Channel 4 in 2008 with the format. It was made into a non-televised pilot by the channel,^[3] and was hosted by Justin Lee Collins. Channel 4 eventually decided not to commission the show because it would have been too expensive.^[4] In February 2009, ITV purchased the rights to the show and filming began during April 2009 at Wembley's Fountain Studios. The Cube is one of the first shows to use the game freeze filming technique on a frequent basis, such as when a contestant jumps. This is Time slice. Using specially designed cameras, it allows the viewer to see one side of the Cube before the action is frozen, spun to another face of the Cube and then resumed. Slow-motion shots are again common to show action replays of the task a contestant just completed, or the critical moment of a game, to heighten the excitement of whether the contestant will succeed or fail. The show makes extensive use of CGI to project images onto the walls and ceiling of the Cube, while a screen on the floor is also capable of showing images. These film techniques make the seemingly simple tasks that are put before the contestants seem much more exciting than they would normally be.

For Series 8, which premiered on 1 March 2014, the show received a revamp. Including a new studio set, new opening credits, a redesign of graphics and several new games. The 7 game format and prize money structure however remain the same.

Transmissions

Series number	Start date	End date	Total episodes	Regular episodes	Celebrity specials	Average viewers (millions)
1	22 August 2009	3 October 2009	7	7	0	5.09
2	19 September 2010	2 January 2011	12	9	3	5.13
3	3 April 2011	11 June 2011	9	8	1	3.53
4	30 October 2011	31 December 2011	9	8	1	3.92
5	14 April 2012	23 December 2012	11	7	4	2.96
6	2 March 2013	18 May 2013	12	12	0	3.66
7	30 June 2013	22 February 2014	3	0	3	3.23
8	1 March 2014	28 June 2014	9	6	3	3.43 (To date)

Prize Money

The Cube has a prize money structure starting at £1,000 and ending at the £250,000 jackpot. Below is a breakdown of the Prize money structure, showing the game number and amount of prize money that can be won for successfully completing that game. If a player loses all their lives at any point during the game they lose all the money they have accumulated to that point.

Stage	Amount
Game 1	£1,000
Game 2	£2,000
Game 3	£10,000
Game 4	£20,000
Game 5	£50,000
Game 6	£100,000
Game 7	£250,000

Aides

The Cube offers each contestant two different "aides", each of which may be used only once by the contestant.

Simplify
Available from Game 1. As the name would suggest using this will make a certain game easier for the contestant to complete. Examples of Simplifies include adding extra time to a game, making a target bigger, Or removing certain aspects from games. All games can be simplified although we have not seen it on several games. The Simplify will remain in effect for all the contestants attempts at the game until the contestant completes it or is defeated by The Cube.

Trial Run
Available from Game 2. They also have the aide of a Trial Run. It gives the contestant a chance to attempt the game without any consequences. If successful, the contestant can choose to replay the challenge during regular game-play to progress to the next game. However, if the contestant fails to complete the game, they will not be penalized for it. Like the Simplify, it may only used once.

Information
Although not an official aide for the contestant, The host may offer the them certain information. This generally takes the form of providing the player with statistics about the game they are about to face. The information includes on average the number of lives it takes for players to win the game, the percentage of people that completed the game on their first try, or whether one certain group of people (e.g. men or women) are better at the game than another. This can help the contestant decide if they attempt to play a game or not.

The Body

Before each game, there is a short demonstration by "The Body", a masked female character described as "an expert at all games played within the Cube". Her demonstrations show the contestant and audience how the games are played.

Games

When The Cube was first produced, 50 games were designed. However, new games have been added every series in order to challenge contestants with games they have not seen before and refresh the format. Around 130 different games have been created and played in The Cube, below is a list of these games.

The games are in alphabetical order. With each game is information on the rules of the game, the cash level it was first played at and what happens if a contestant chooses to Simplify the game. Also listed is any other cash level the game has been played at, along with any rule changes or Simplify changes that may occur at a higher or lower cash level.

A to D

Accelerate

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: When the player presses and holds the button a ball will be released down a steep track, and a pair of pins further down the track will retract. They must guess when the ball is between the pins and release the button to raise the pins and trap the ball. If the ball is not trapped a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the distance between the pins by 50%.
Also Played at: Game 2- £2,000

Angular

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must roll the ball so that it bounces against the two pads which make it travel along the raised Z-shaped platform and fall into the container at the end of it. The player loses a life if the ball falls off the sides of the platform or does not make it into the container. The player must release the ball within the red play zone at the start of the Z-shaped platform.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000.

Anomaly

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: On the floor of The Cube, the numbers 1 to 9 will appear in random squares. Eight numbers appear twice, one number appears once. The numbers will disappear after 5 seconds and the contestant must identify which number only appeared once to win this game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Aperture

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: In the centre of The Cube is a tray holding 25 red balls. Nearby is a raised clear Perspex box with a circular hole that is only just larger than the red balls. The player has 20 seconds to deposit all 25 balls into the box using only one hand.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify at any cash level reduced the number of balls by 5.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000. (At the £2,000 and £10,000 level there are 20 balls instead of 25.)

Apex

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: In a similar vein to Summit sanding in the centre of The Cube is a 3 metre tall clear cylinder with an open top. The player must throw a ball through the top opening into the cylinder whilst standing in the perimeter playing zone.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the diameter of the container by 20%.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Arc

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: On a large sloping surface, the contestant must roll a ball from the start zone in one corner into a triangular shaped target area in the opposite corner. In the centre is a large barrier. The ball must be thrown in a "Arc" to traverse this barrier and make it into the target area. Angle and the power of throw must be judged carefully as the surface has no edges.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target zone by 25%.
Also Played at: N/A

Assemble

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: A long bench is located in the centre of the cube. On it are 10 cylinders of varying diameters and a central pin. To win this game the contestant must place the cylinders in size order, smallest to largest, on the central pin. They have 12 seconds to complete this game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000.

Avoid

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in front of a blue button. A blue square is located on their right. The player must manoeuvre the square to the safe area at the other side of the Cube. 3 moving horizontal columns impede the path. Pressing down on the button will move the square, then releasing the button will stop the square. The player must use their hand eye ordination so the square can reach the safe zone without touching the columns. If the blue square touches the columns a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000.

Axis

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in between two podiums. One with a red button and one with a blue button. On commencement of the game, a red horizontal and a blue vertical column will travel at a speed across the floor. The player must stop the columns within its target zone by pressing corresponding button to succeed. If only one column or neither columns are within the target zones when stopped, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules:Using the Simplify widened the target zones by 50%.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £10,000. (At the £10,000 level narrower Target Zones are used.)

Balance

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must balance on a raised beam for 20 seconds. If any part of the player's body touches the floor during the time, a life is lost. The 20 seconds starts when the player's second foot touches the beam although the player may take this foot off and balance on one leg once the time has started.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the width of the beam by 50%.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000, Game 2 - £2,000, Game 4 - £20,000, Game 5 - £50,000 and Game 6 - £100,000. (The width of the beam is dependent on the cash level the game is being played at. eg. At the £100,000 game, it is half the width than at the £1,000 game. )

Barrage

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: After 5 seconds, a number of red balls will be fired at the player at once from a row of cannons on the opposite side of The Cube. Alongside these balls is one white ball, and this ball must be caught without hitting any surface of The Cube. The player must stay inside their catching zone.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Barrier

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: The player must step over raised parallel barriers without dislodging them. To make the game more interesting, the player is blindfolded. From Series 5 and onwards, the barriers were placed on circular cylinders instead of square columns. On the first play of this game, the host allowed the player to remove his trousers when he had two lives remaining as they were restricting his movement.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify at the £2,000 and £10,000 levels brought the barrier 25% closer to the start zone. Using the Simplify at the £50,000 level removes the first barrier. However in Series 5 The Simplify reduced the height of the second barrier. For series 6, the first barrier was again removed.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000, Game 4 - £20,000, Game 6 - £100,000 and Game 7 - £250,000. (When the game is played at the £2,000 and £10,000 levels, only one barrier is used. When the game is played at the £20,000 and £100,000 levels, there are 2 barriers. When the game is played at the £250,000 Jackpot level, there are 3 barriers, which are positioned at different angles.)

Blind Catch

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: On the sound of a "Beep", a large ball will be launched from the top corner of the cube. The contestant stands, blindfolded in the opposite corner. Once released, the ball rolls down a metal track onto to a white ramp and is launched towards the contestant. The contestant must catch the ball before it touches any other surface of the cube.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Blind Shot

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must throw a large cube over a high wall and land it in the target container located behind the wall. The player may look around the wall to gauge the distance of the shot, but must stand in the shooting zone when throwing the cube. The format changed for series 4. Instead of the player looking around the wall, the wall is temporarily transparent for 5 seconds to allow the contestant to gauge the angle and power of the throw.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target container by 25%.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Block

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player has 10 seconds to place 7 different sized shaped blocks into their correct positions on a square hole on a table. The player can only move one block at a time.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Calculate

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A number of red squares will flash on the floor of The Cube row by row in a wave like pattern towards the contestant. (10 rows of differing amounts will flash in total.) The contestant must add up the number of squares that flashed in total and give their answer. Subsequent runs will use the same pattern and amount of squares.
Simplify Rules: Using the simplify reduced the speed of the pattern.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000 & Game 4 - £20,000. (At the £2,000 and £10,000 level more squares are shown, a the £20,000 level, 15 rows of differing amounts of squares are shown.)

Capacity

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: A large curved table stands in centre of The Cube, on it are 10 cylindrical containers filled with red balls. The aim of the game is to transfer the balls from the 10 smaller containers into a larger cylindrical container located on the floor a small distance away within 25 seconds. The contestant must press a button to start the timer and press another button to stop it. They may only use one hand and if any ball does not go into the container, a life is lost. Speed and accuracy are required to win this game.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the time limit to 30 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 7 - £250,000. (At the jackpot level, the contestant must complete the game in 20 seconds.)

Capture

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must stand in one corner of The Cube, holding a small container. From the opposite corner, a ball will be fired at the contestant at an unknown time. They must catch the ball inside the container without the ball touching anything else including the contestants body, in order to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the diameter of the container by 50%.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000 & Games 4 - £20,000, (At the £10,000 and £20,000 levels a smaller container is used.)

Cascade

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in the marked area on the floor of The Cube and face a cylinder suspended from the top corner. the container holds 1,000 red balls and a single larger white ball. The balls will begin spilling from the container, and the player must catch the white ball before it touches the ground or any other surface to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Chase

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: In a similar vein to Eliminate, A large round console is located in the centre of the cube. On its surface there are 9 buttons. The aim is to extinguish the lights as they appear. When one is extinguished the next appears. 20 lights must be extinguished in 10 seconds to win the game.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify extends the time limit by 2 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000. (At the £1,000 level the contestant must extinguish 15 lights.)

Circuit

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: In a similar vein to Stabilise, the player must walk around a circular beam without falling off. The player must start and finish in the white marked area and the game starts as soon as their second foot touches the beam.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Circumference

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must roll a ball around a circular track. The ball must start and stop rolling in the red zone, and it must only go round the track once. The ball can be rolled in either direction.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increases the size of the red target zone by 25%.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000, Game 3 - £10,000. (at the £100,000 level a smaller red target area is used.)

Classify

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: Ten red cubes of different sizes are positioned around the edge of a table and the player must fit them in the corresponding blue holes in the middle of the table within 20 seconds.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000. (At the £10,000 level the contestant has 25 seconds to complete the challenge.)

Collision

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player is required to roll a large red ball along a long narrow beam and knock over 4 long thin cylinders in a 2x2 square. The ball must remain in contact with the beam at all times in order to count.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000.

Column

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The player has sixteen seconds to transfer 6 large cubes from one column to the other. One side of each cube is red. These red sides must all be facing forward (toward the entrance of the cube) when the column is complete to win this challenge.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Composure

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: Similar in format to Contact. The player must guide a ring around an upright circular hoop without the two coming into contact. If this happens, a life is lost. The game starts when the ring leaves the red start zone and finishes when the ring enters the red end zone.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the ring.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000.

Configuration

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in the middle of a grid of 12 squares. A random number will appear in each of the 12 squares going in a clockwise direction, and will be visible for one second each. Upon being given a number, the player must pick the square that contained that number.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A

Construction

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must build a vertical column of 10 clear cylindrical blocks in the centre of The Cube. (In series 1, the game was played in the top left corner.) When all of the blocks have been placed, the player must take their hands away and say 'Clear' and the column must remain standing for 3 seconds in order to be successful.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify removed 1 of the blocks, so the player only has to stack 9 instead of 10.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000.

Contact

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must guide a hoop from one end of a 3-metre long silver bar to the other without letting the hoop touch the bar. If the two make contact a life is lost. The game starts when the hoop leaves the red start zone and finishes when the hoop enters the red end zone.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000 (At the £50,000 level a 3.5 metre silver bar is used.)

Cube Transfer

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must transfer 27 small red cubes to fit exactly into a container only just large enough to fit them all. The contestant may transfer as many cubes as they wish at a time and both hands can be used. After 20 seconds, if any of the red cubes are not within the container a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the allotted time to 25 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000.

Curvature

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must roll a ball along a table and up a curved plate at the end of it, sending it back towards the player. It then must be caught with the same hand used to roll it.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Cycle

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: In the centre of the cube is a column containing 10 red cubes and 1 white one. The contestant must remove the red cubes, one by one, until the white cube is at the bottom and then place the white cube on top of the pile, They have 18 seconds to complete the challenge.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A

Cylinder

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must bounce a ball into a large cylinder placed in the middle of The Cube. The ball must bounce only once on the floor before entering the cylinder. The player may stand anywhere inside The Cube.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduced the height of the cylinder. In Series 3, the Simplify doubled the width of the cylinder, making this game the first to have two different Simplifies.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000, Game 4 - £20,000 Game 5 - £50,000 and Game 6 - £100,000. (At the £100,000 level the height of the cylinder is increased making the shot more difficult.)

Dead Stop

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in the shooting zone and throw a weighted red ball onto a raised circular podium. The ball must come to a complete stop without falling off the podium. If the ball falls off the podium, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the shooting zone by 20%.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000, Game 3 - £10,000 and Game 5 - £50,000. (At the £50,000 level a smaller target podium is used.)

Descent

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must throw a ball so that it bounces off 2 descending columns and lands in the target container. The ball must bounce off both columns and land directly into the target container.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target container by 25%.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000, Game 5 - £50,000, Game 6 - £100,000 and Game 7 - £250,000. (Smaller diameters of target container are used depending on the level. At the £250,000 level the target is 50% smaller than at the £100,000 level.)

Destruction

Introduced at: Game 6 - £100,000.
Game Rules: The player must throw a heavy ball so that it travels through and shatters 5 circular panes of glass. The panes are spaced evenly apart and it does not count if the ball misses, cracks or bounces off a pane.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000.

Digit

Introduced at: Game 6 - £100,000.
Game Rules: Using only one finger, the player must roll a silver ball from the start zone to the end zone along a narrow beam. The contestants finger must remain in contact with the ball at all times. If the ball falls or the contestant puts more than one finger on the ball, a life is lost. There is no time limit for the game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000.

Dimension

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A blue square will appear on the floor of the cube for 2 seconds. When it disappears, the floor of the cube will turn red and begin to decrease in size. The contestant must stop the decreasing when they believe it is the same size as the Blue square. The contestant must be within the border of the blue square to win this game. If the red square is too large or too small, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the border size of the blue square by 50%.
Also Played at: N/A.

Direction

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must walk from one corner of The Cube to the other, following a straight path that is 30 centimeters wide. However, the contestant is blindfolded with a shielded helmet. If the contestant steps over either of the red lines that mark out the path, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the path by 10 centimeters.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000, Game 4 - £20,000 and Game 7 - £250,000. (At the Jackpot £250,000 level the path is only 20 centimeters wide.)

Drift

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must blow a small red ball that stands on a raised plinth into a water filled square target container positioned a short distance away. (In Series 6 it became a circular target container.)
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 1, - £1,000, Game 3 - £10,000 and Game 5 - £50,000 and Game 6 - £100,000. (At the £50,000 and £100,000 levels a smaller target container is used.)

Drop Shot

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: The player must roll a silver ball along a long thin beam and have it drop down a hole at the opposite end. The ball must remain in contact with the surface of the beam at all times in order to count. In Series 5, a red zone was placed at the start of the beam to mark out where the ball must be released.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target by a third.
Also Played at: Game 2- £2,000 and Game 6- £100,000. (At the £2,000 level a slightly larger target hole is used.)

Drop Zone

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: From a height of 18 inches, the player must drop a red ball into a large white container so it splash lands into a smaller container filled with water at the bottom. The height throws off the player's sense of perception, making it harder.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the container's area by 50%.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000 and Game 2 - £2,000. (At the £1,000 and £2,000 levels a larger target container is used.)

Duration

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: Directly In front of the contestant 6 blue squares appear on the floor of The Cube. One by one the squares will turn red for slightly differing lengths of time. To win this game the contestant must stand on the blue square that was red for the longest length of time.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000.

Dual Reflex

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player stands in the centre of The Cube. 2 red sponge balls will be fired at the player from the 2 corners 0.75 seconds apart. The player must catch both balls without dropping them to succeed. The player may use both hands to catch the balls.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the delay time of the second shot from 0.75 seconds to 1 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000 and Game 4 - £20,000.

Duplicate

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: Using the keypad inside The Cube, the player must type out the phrase spelled out on the floor within 15 seconds. The letters on the keypad are in an irregular fashion, and are slowly moving.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

E to J

Elevation

Introduced at: Game 6 - £100,000.
Game Rules: The player must elevate a clear tube using ropes on either side of it without letting the red ball inside the tube fall out. Once the tube reaches the target containers located on either side at the top of the track the player must deposit the ball into one of them.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify lowered the target containers by 30 centimeters.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000.

Eliminate

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: In the centre of The Cube is a smaller cube with 45 red buttons on it (9 buttons on each of the 5 visible faces). The player must hit all the buttons, turning them to red to white, within 10 seconds. The player may use both hands, and the time starts when the player presses the first button.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Equal

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in front of a white button. A red line runs down the centre of The Cube dividing it into two. A number of blue squares will be shown on either side of the line. The player must push the button when there is an equal amount of bue squares shown on both sides of the red line. If the player pushes the button when there are differing amounts or does not push when there is equal amounts of squares on both sides, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Equilibrium

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must walk from the start zone to the end zone marked on the floor via a number of red squares located at random locations in between. While doing this, they must balance a ball on a square tile in one hand. A life is lost if the ball falls off the tile.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify removed two of the squares.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000.

Exact

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must press a circular button inside The Cube exactly 20 times in five seconds. If the player does not press the button 20 times or runs out of time, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify the player is given two more seconds.
Also Played at: N/A.

Exchange

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: In the centre of The Cube are two boxes, one containing 10 red balls and the other containing 10 white balls. The player has 10 seconds to swap the balls in each box and can only pick up one ball in each hand.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify at the £2,000 level increased the time limit to 15 seconds. Using the Simplify at the £50,000 level increased the time limit to 12 seconds instead of 10.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000, Game 4 - £20,000 and Game 5 - £50,000. (When the game is played at the £20,000 and £50,000 levels, the containers have 12 balls instead of 10)

Expulsion

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: In the centre of The Cube is a large square container containing 500 red balls. The player must remove all of the balls from the container within 20 seconds. The contestant may use both hands and any technique they like to succeed.
Simplify Rules: At the £10,000, £20,000 and £50,000 levels using the Simplify increases the time back to 20 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000, Game 4 - £20,000 and Game 5 - £50,000. (At the £10,000, £20,000 and £50,000 levels the time limit is 15 seconds.)

Extraction

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: 25 thin tabs are placed on a rack with a red button on the left and a white button on the right. The player must, with one hand, hit the red button to start the timer and remove each tab from the rack in order from left to right and hit the white button to stop the timer. This must all be done within eight seconds. The timer must be stopped within the allotted time to win this challenge.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the time allowed to ten seconds.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000, Game 4 - £20,000.

Focus

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: 5 red squares will appear on the floor of the Cube in various locations. Then a 5-second distraction of blue fuzzy static will appear. After this the player must place a small white cube in the location that the last red square appeared.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the red squared by 25%.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000. (At the £2,000 level a larger target square is used.)

Formation

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in the start zone in the corner of the cube. In front of them is a grid containing white squares. 15 squares within the grid will turn red. When this occurs, the contestant has 20 seconds to place a small white cube on each red square and return to the start zone. If they fail to place all the white cubes or are not in the start zone when the time elapses, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000.

Fracture

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in the shooting zone and bounce a ball on the floor so that it bounces up and smashes the glass panel suspended above the opposite corner of The Cube.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000. (at this level the size of the glass panel is slightly smaller.)

Freefall

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must press a button in one corner of The Cube, exactly 1 second later, 2 silver balls that are suspended from the ceiling in the opposite corner will be released. The contestant must catch both balls before they hit the floor in order to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Gradient

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must place a ball in the raised end of a clear tube and catch the ball at the other end with the same hand. (As long as the ball does not touch the floor or any side of The Cube, the ball is still in play even if it has to be "juggled" due to the speed of the ball.) They must not touch the lower end of the tube, which is coloured red to make it harder for the player to judge when the ball will leave the tube.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify made the coloured end of the tube transparent.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000.

Grid

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A row of 5 squares will travel across the floor of The Cube. The contestant must press a button when the entire row is above a grey line in front of them. Once this is done, another row of squares appears travelling slightly faster than the previous one and the player must again stop them above the grey line. Three more rows of squares will appear, one by one, each row faster than the last and the player must stop them all above the grey line. After all five rows are above the grey line they will resemble a 5x5 grid and the contestant wins the game.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduced the speed of the rows of squares.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Hit Rate

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must hit 5 pads located in an arc on a console directly in front of them. The contestant may hit left to right or right to left. All pads must be hit in 0.75 seconds to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify at any level increases the time limit by 0.25 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000. (at the £50,000 level the time limit for hitting the pads is 0.5 seconds.)

Horizontal

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must carry a tube with two balls inside it from one side of the cube to the other without letting the balls drop out of the tube. The player must keep it horizontal to succeed. If the player reaches the other side of the Cube they must place the tube on a table for the attempt to count.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify brought the table 30cm closer.
Also Played at: N/A

Identify

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A random sized rectangle will appear on the floor of The Cube. After five seconds it will vanish. Five similarly sized rectangles will then appear. The player must step on the rectangle that was the correct size as the rectangle that was shown to win the game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Invert

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must invert fifteen tubes on a circular table from their starting red side to the other white side in 12 seconds. The player can only use one hand.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the time limit to 15 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000.

K to N

Laser

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must put on a blindfolded helmet and hold a laser pen in their outstretched arm. They must then walk from one side of The Cube to the other. Once they reach the opposite side, the laser pen must be placed within the small circle marked on the wall. If the pen does not touch the circle a life is lost. This game tests the player's spatial awareness.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000.

Locate

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: The floor of The Cube will turn red for 5 seconds, revealing a white target square. When the floor turns white again, the player must put on a shielded helmet and place a large white marker where the target square appeared.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target square by 25%.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000. (at the £20,000 level there is a slightly larger target square.)

Luminate

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must bounce a ball off a square podium to hit another table with a light on it, changing the light on it from red to blue.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify brought the glass box table light 30cm closer.
Also Played at: N/A.

Maze

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant has 30 seconds to guide a ball from the start zone to the central end zone through a square maze consisting of 4 sections decreasing in size the further toward the centre they are. The maze can pivot in every direction. However Holes are placed in the corner of 3 sections (The larger outer section has no holes.) If the ball falls through a hole or the contestant fails to reach the end zone in the allocated time, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Memorise

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: The player is shown 9 squares on the floor of The Cube. 8 of them will then illuminate in a certain sequence. When the sequence is complete, the player must step on the correct sequence of squares. The basis of this game is that the human mind can memorise an average sequence of 7 items, but in this game, the player is required to remember 8.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify removed a random red square from the sequence, reducing it to 7.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000.

Memory Flash

Introduced at:Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: A grid covers the floor of the Cube. A number of the grids squares will flash red for half a second. The player must rely on their photographic memory and say how many red squares appeared to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduced the amount of red squares shown.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000. (At the £1,000 level, fewer red squares are shown.)

Metronome

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: A blue square moves from side to side of the Cube at a consistent pace, sounding a beep each time it touches one side of the Cube. After 6 seconds, the square turns invisible but continues to move at the same rate, with the beeps continuing. Once the button has lit up a few seconds later, the contestant must press the button when they think the square is within a vertical bar passing down the middle of the floor.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify made the square move side to side for 8 seconds before disappearing.
Also Played at: N/A.

Mid-Point

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must place a marker on the "mid-point" of a 10ft vertical beam. Once the player has placed the marker, it cannot be moved. The player has a 25cm target zone meaning there is small margin of error either way.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify at the £10,000 level allowed the player to have 10cm margin of error.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000, Game 2 - £2,000 and Game 4 - £20,000. (The margins of error differ depending on the cash level, with a 10cm margin of error for £1,000 and £2,000 and 3cm of error for £20,000.)

Momentum

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must roll a ball down a track so that it comes to rest entirely within a red area at the far end of the track. A life is lost if the ball stops short or rolls off the end.
Simplify Rules: The Simplify increased the size of the target zone by 25%.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000 and Game 4 - £20,000 (At the £1,000 level a larger target area is used.)

Multi-Shot

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in the centre of the cube. In front of them is a semi-circular table with 30 balls on it. Around the perimeter of the cube are ten containers spaced evenly apart. The contestant has 10 seconds to throw one ball into each of the ten containers. There must be at least one ball in every container to win the game. If the contestant fails to put a ball in every container within the time limit or runs out of balls before all containers are filled a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the time limit to 12 seconds.
Also Played at: N/A

Multisphere

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must pick up a Perspex cylindrical container. By doing so they release 25 balls into the Cube. The contestant must pick up and return all of the balls to the container within 15 seconds. In series 4 the balls emptied by a column raising within the container. However the game reverted back to the original manual format from Series 5.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify at the £20,00 level removed two of the balls from the container.
Also Played at: Game 1, £1,000 and Game 3 - £10,000. (At the £1,000 level the contestant must pick up 15 balls within 20 seconds. At the £10,000 level the contestant must pick up 20 balls within the original 15 seconds.)

Navigate

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: In a similar vein to Direction, the player must put on a blindfolded helmet and walk along a narrow path from one corner of The Cube to the opposite corner. In this game, there are 4 upright poles suspended above the player, which must not be touched or a life is lost. The path is larger than the one used in Direction because the main purpose of this game is to navigate themselves around the poles.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

O to Q

Order

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: In the centre of The Cube is a console containing 10 blocks numbered 1 to 10. Above the blocks are 10 empty spaces. The blocks are randomly located face down. The aim of the game is to remove the blocks and place them in numerical order within 15 seconds. Failure to place all the blocks or placing the blocks in the wrong order will cost contestant a life.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000.

Parallel

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: Two parallel lasers are seen between opposite corners of The Cube. The contestant must pass though them without touching then while wearing the blindfolded mask. As the game is played, the lights surrounding The Cube are dimmed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Pathfinder

Introduced at: Game 6 - £100,000..
Game Rules: A path is shown on the floor of The Cube for 5 seconds, then it disappears. The player must memorise the path and trace it on the floor. Every time the player steps on a correct square, it will turn green. The path is only shown before the player's first attempt and must be remembered for all further attempts at the game.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify makes two of the arrows on the path permanently appear.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000, Game 3 - £10,000 and Game 4 - £20,000. (The difficulty of the path depends on the cash level.)

Pendulum

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in a marked square on the floor of The Cube and swing a silver ball around a central column so that it knocks a target small silver ball its stand. The basis of this game is that swinging an object on an arc is more difficult than a direct throw. Exact amount of force is needed as both balls are almost the same size. In Series 1 a small red cube was used as the target.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the silver target ball by 3 centimeters.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000 and Game 2 - £2,000.

Perimeter

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: Pressing a button starts a square moving at speed around the perimeter of the Cube. The player must press the button again to stop the square in the same box as it started.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduced the speed of the moving square.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Pinpoint

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: Originally the player had to pass a silver rod through 2 rings spaced evenly apart and touch a diamond shaped panel at the end. The rod must not come into contact with either ring to succeed. However from Series 2, the player must pass a silver rod through three rings with the middle one being significantly larger than the 2 outer ones, again the player must do this and touch the diamond panel at the other end to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify in Series 1 made the 1st ring closer to the 2nd by 20cm from series 2 onwards Using the Simplify removed the central ring completely.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000 and Game 6 - £100,000.

Placement

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player has to place 11 large silver balls on eleven narrow pillars of increasing height. They have 17 seconds to place all eleven balls. Letting a ball drop off its pillar onto any surface of The Cube results in the loss of a life.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2- £2,000. (At the £2,000 level only 10 balls need to be placed on 10 poles.)

Plummet

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000
Game Rules: A tall circular column stands in the centre of The Cube. Spaced evenly up the column are 19 tabs and at the top is a silver ball. In a similar vein to Extraction, the contestant must remove all 19 tabs and get the ball to the bottom of the column within 10 seconds to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Poise

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must balance on a plinth situated in the centre of The Cube on one foot for 20 seconds. If the player stands on two feet, he or she will lose a life.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Precision

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: A single red ball is placed on a raised stand a few feet away from a target container filled with water. The player must flick the ball using only one finger into the container.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000. (At the £100,000 level a smaller target container is used.)

Propulsion

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The player must stamp on a pressure pad to fire a ball from the opposite corner of the Cube. Too little pressure will cause the ball to not reach the contestant, too much will significantly reduce the available reaction time.
Simplify Rules: The cannon is placed at a steeper angle, making the shot take longer to reach the contestant, giving more time to be prepared to catch the ball.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000. (At the £2,000 level the cannon is placed at a less steep angle, making the shot harder to catch.)

Pulse

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant presses a button in the centre of the Cube, causing the floor to pulse red from the centre to the edge, and back into the centre again. The contestant must press the button a second time to stop the pulsing colour at a point where the pulse is at the outer edges of the cube, and the entire floor is red.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Pursuit

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in the centre of The Cube. Situated around them are 8 red squares. One of the squares will turn blue, then red again. The 8 squares will then travel around the floor of The Cube at speed. The contestant must keep their eye on which square turned blue. The squares will then stop. The contestant must then step on the square that turned blue to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000. (at the £10,000 level the squares move faster.)

Quantity

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player stands in the centre of The Cube and is given 10 seconds to count how many red squares are on the floor around them. When the time expires, the squares disappear and the player must give an answer. If the player fails, the same pattern is repeated on subsequent attempts.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000, Game 2 - £2,000 and Game 4 - £20,000. (The time limit and amount of squares varies depending on the cash level.)

Quadrant

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must walk a circuit of a square path around The Cube blindfolded and not step in the red areas. The player must safely make it back to the start zone to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the square circuit by a third.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000. (At the £100,000 level a narrower path is used.)

Quickfire

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player stands in one corner of The Cube within a marked area. From the opposite corner, a ball will be fired at the player at an unspecified time. The player must catch the ball without it touching any other surface in order to count. Any part or parts of the body may be used, as long as the ball does not make contact with any other surface of the Cube.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduced the speed of the ball by 20%.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000 and Game 5 - £50,000. (The speed the ball is fired is dependent on the cash level.

R to S

Rapid Fire

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must throw five balls at a large red square target in the opposite corner of the Cube when the floor flashes red. Only one ball can be thrown at a time, and the five hits must be registered within a total of five seconds.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Reaction

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must watch the floor of The Cube for when it turns from white to red. When it does, the player must press a button inside The Cube within 0.5 seconds in order to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the allowed margin of error to 1 second.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000.

Rebound

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: A large table stands in the centre of The Cube. The contestant must roll a red ball along the table so that it bounces off the cushioned wall at opposite end, rolls back and comes to a stop within the 40cm target area. The ball must be released within the 40cm target area area to count and must come to a complete stop within the same area.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target zone from 40cm to 60cm.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000, Game 3 - £50,000, Game 6 - £100,000 and Game 7 - £250,000. (The size of the target area depends on the cash level. At the £250,000 level the target zone is on 20cm.)

Recall

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: A grid covers the floor of The Cube, 20 red squares will appear at random 5 seconds then disappear. After another 5 seconds they will reappear but with one missing. The player must place a square white marker on the grid where the square is missing to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Reflex

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: There are two pressure pads on the floor of The Cube. The player must stand between both of them and remain alert at all times because at any given moment one of them will turn red. The player must stamp on the pad that turned red within 0.5 of a second of it flashing.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Repetition

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A 3x3 grid is shown on the floor of The Cube, and one by one, squares will flash red. As soon as the player sees a square repeat itself, they must press the button within 0.5 seconds to succeed. If the contestant fails on a attempt at the game, further attempts will show a different pattern.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Reset

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: the contestant stands in front of a console with 5 buttons. In front of the buttons on the floor are 5 columns of differing heights. When the floor of The Cube flashes red, the height of the columns will begin to decrease at a steady rate for 10 seconds. The aim of the game is to stop any of the columns disappearing completely by pressing the corresponding button to increase the size the columns. If any of the columns disappear before the time limit is up, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A

Response

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A square will move in irregular directions across the floor of The Cube. At any time, the colour of the square will change from blue to red. The player must press a button within 0.35 seconds of the square changing colour to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Reposition

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player stands in the middle of The Cube. On either side are two benches containing 4 white poles. On one side there are red poles placed on top of the white ones. The aim of the game is to remove the red pole from one side and place them onto the white poles on the other within the time limit of 10 seconds. Speed, accuracy and a steady hand is required as if any pole falls or the time limit expires before all 4 red poles are repositioned, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Reversal

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in the shooting zone marked on the floor of The Cube and face away from the target container. The player must then throw a large ball over their head and have it land in the target container cleanly in order to be successful.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000 (At the £100,00 level a smaller target container is used.)

Revolution

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player stands on a rotating podium and must throw a ball into the target container placed in the opposite corner of The Cube. The ball must fall cleanly into the container without hitting the walls or the floor for it to count. The spinning motion of the turntable is designed to throw off the player's aim, which will make the player dizzier the longer they stay on it.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduces the rotation speed of the podium.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000. (at the £10,000 level the rotation speed of the podium is increased.)

Revolving Shot

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must throw a ball from one corner of The Cube into an angled cylinder on the floor of the opposite corner. The cylinder is constantly rotating at a steady pace, so the shot must be accurately timed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2- £2,000.

Ricochet

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must bounce a ball off a panel and catch it with the same hand in order to succeed. The contestant cannot step outside of the marked zone at any point. The angle of the panel affects the trajectory of the ball.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Scan

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A number of blue rectangles will move at speed in various directions across the floor of The Cube. The contestant must count how many rectangles appeared in total to win this game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Selection

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: A long bench stands in the centre of The Cube. On it are 60 balls standing on small columns. There are 30 red and 30 blue. When the game begins, the floor of The cube will flash red or blue. Depending which colour the floor flashed, the contestant must remove all these coloured balls from the bench within 10 seconds to succeed. If a ball of the other colour falls or the contestant runs out of time, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the time limit to 12 seconds.
Also Played at: N/A.

Separation

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in the centre of the cube. In front of them is a table with a container that contains 10 red balls and 10 white balls and 2 empty containers situated directly above. The aim of the game is to separate the balls and put the white balls in one container and the red balls in another. The contestant has 15 seconds to complete this game. If all the balls are not separated correctly, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Sequence

Introduced at: Game 6 - £100,000..
Game Rules: The game is exactly the same as Memorise, except the sequence is made up of diamonds not squares. A number of them will illuminate red in sequence, and the player must step on the squares in the order than they appeared to succeed. The player only sees the sequence once, before their first attempt at the task.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Shatter

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in the marked area on the floor of The Cube and throw a red ball through a frame with a diamond-shaped hole to shatter a pane of glass. From Series 5 onwards, instead of just a small frame attached to the side of the cube, a large free standing wall contained the target glass.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target glass by 25%.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000, Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000, Game 5 - £50,000 and Game 6 - £100,000. (The size of the target glass varies depending on the cash level.)

Side-Track

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: The player must guide a metal pole between 2 sets of parallel bars without letting the rod touch the bars. On one side, the bars are ascending while on the opposite side, the bars are descending.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify widened the gap between the poles by 20%.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000. (At the £100,000 level a longer track is used.)

Size

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: A table is located in the centre of The Cube. Concealed Within the table is a square container containing 20 balls, 19 red and 1 slightly larger white ball. As to not show the contestant the location of the white ball, the container only appears once the contestant is blindfolded. The contestant must wear the blindfold mask and by touch alone, identify the larger white ball. They have 20 seconds to examine all the balls and must be holding the larger white ball when the time has elapsed to succeed in this game. If they are holding a red ball or not holding a ball at all when the time limit is up, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Spike

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in the marked area on the floor of The Cube and throw a large hoop over a spike near the opposite corner. The hoop must not hit any surface before landing on the spike.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduced the height of the spike.
Also Played at: Game 6 - £100,000. (at the £100.000 level the height of the spike is increased.

Stabilise

Introduced at: Game 6 - £100,000..
Game Rules: The player must walk along a 3-metre beam without falling off. The player must also touch the white start and end zones on the beam and finish in the marked area on the floor in order to be successful.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000 and Game 2 - £2,000. (At the £1,000 and £2,000 levels the contestant must traverse a 2-metre beam.)

Stack

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: In the centre of The Cube are 3 podiums. The player must press a button on the central podium to start a timer, then transfer a stack of 9 blocks, one by one, from the left-hand podium to the right-hand podium within the time limit of 10 seconds, then press the button again to stop the timer. The contestant may only use one Hand to perform all tasks. If they run out of time or the Stack toppels over, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the time allotted to 12 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000 and Game 4 - £20,000.

Stop Zone

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must press a button inside The Cube to turn the floor blue at a consistent rate. When the blue colour is half-way along the floor, it will turn invisible, but will continue to run along the floor at the same pace. In order to succeed, the contestant must use their judgement and press the button again to stop the now invisible wave between two red lines.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000. (At the £10,000 level a smaller Target area is used.)

Structure

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: Using rectangular blocks on a table in the centre of The Cube, the player must replicate the 15-block structure shown on the floor within 15 seconds. In series 4, the time limit at the £20,000 level was increased to 20 seconds, but used a larger 21-block structure, however the game returned to its original format in Series 6.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the time to 25 seconds.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000 and Game 7 - £250,000. (At the £2,000 and £10,000 levels a 15-block structure and time limit of 20 seconds are used, at the £250,000 level a 15 block structure must be built in a time limit of 12 seconds.)

Succession

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: A sequence of 15 red and blue squares will be shown in front of the contestant. The player must hit either a red or a blue button to match the coloured square on the floor. The player must match sequence correctly in 10 seconds. Pressing the wrong coloured button or running out of time results in a life lost. If the contestant fails, other attempts use the same sequence.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify at the £20,000 level reduces the sequence to 15.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000. (At the £20,000 level a sequence of 20 colours is used.)

Summit

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: Whilst standing in the shooting zone, the contestant must throw a large red cube into a box-shaped container. However, the container is placed on a tall column, making the shot very difficult. The red cube cannot touch any other surface of The Cube in order to count as successful.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000 and Game 5 - £50,000. (At the £20,000 and £50,000 levels the shooting zone is located further away.)

Symmetry

Introduced at: Game 5 - £50,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in the centre of The Cube. In front of them a 5x5 Grid will appear with 5 red squares located randomly in the grid. They have 5 seconds to memorise the positions of the squares. After the 5 seconds the grid disappears and flips to behind them. The player must use 5 small white cubes to mark the location of the red squares in the now blank grid. The game is made harder by the fact the squares will appear opposite their original positions. Hence the "Symmetry" of the game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

T to Z

Tally

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A large container stands in the middle of The Cube. A number of balls will be released into it. The contestant must count how many balls are released before the container is covered up after 3 seconds. If the contestant guesses the wrong amount, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Template

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The contestant stands in the centre of The Cube. On their right is a bench on which are 10 red blocks and 10 blue blocks. A random pattern of 14 red and blue squares will then appear in front of them. They have 5 seconds to memorise the pattern . After the 5 seconds it will then disappear. The contestant must then replicate the pattern using the red and blue blocks. If any block is placed incorrectly, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Tilt

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must pick up a long beam with a ball at one end and a container at the other and tilt the beam to roll the ball into the container to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000 and Game 5 - £50,000. (At the £20,000 and £50,000 levels a thinner tilt beam is used.)

Time Freeze

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must press a button inside The Cube to start an invisible timer counting up. After the contestant thinks 10 seconds has elapsed, they must press the button again to stop the timer. The contestant has a margin of 0.5 second margin of error either side of the target time. (Times of 9.5 to 10.5 seconds allowed.)
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increases the margin of error to 1 second either side of the target time. (Times of 9.0 to 11.0 seconds allowed.)
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000. (At the £50,000 level the contestant must estimate the duration of 30 seconds instead of 10, they again have a 0.5-second margin of error either side of the target time (eg. Times of 29.50 to 30.50 seconds allowed.))

Time-Split

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: The contestant must press a button inside The Cube to start a visible timer that counts up in increments of 0.1 seconds quickly. Then, they must press the button again to stop the clock on exactly 5 seconds to be successful.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify makes the clock count up in increments of 0.2 seconds instead of 0.1 seconds.
Also Played at: N/A.

Totalise

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: A square in the centre of The Cube will flash a set number of times. The player must count how many times the square flashed and give their answer. If the contestant is unsuccessful, Subsequent attempts at the game will have the same total of flashes.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Tower

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must move eight blocks of decreasing size from one podium to another to create a tower. The player has 12 seconds to complete the tower. They can only move one block at a time and if they run out of time they will lose a life.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 1 - £1,000 and Game 2 - £2,000.

Trail

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: A four-section pyramid appears on the floor of The Cube. Each section flashes from red to blue at progressively faster speeds. The player must hit a button to stop each of the sections in blue to succeed. If a section is stopped in red, a life is lost and the player must try from the first section.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify reduces the speed of the flashing.
Also Played at: N/A.

Trajectory

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: The player must stand in a small shooting zone and throw a cube into a target container located high up on the other side of the cube.
Simplify Rules: Using Simplify made the shooting zone larger.
Also Played at: N/A.

Transferal

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must balance 2 coloured cylinders on top of each other and walk from one side of The Cube to the other without the top cylinder falling. The contestant is not allowed to touch the top cylinder. The cylinders must remain standing on a table for 3 seconds to complete the game. In Series 3 a contestant lost a life as a penalty because they touched the top cylinder.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: N/A.

Transport

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must carry a box on a raised plinth from one corner of The Cube to another plinth in the opposite corner. Through the centre of the box is a tube with a red ball inside it. The player must not let the red ball fall out of the tube. The player cannot see the inner tube, and so must rely on a steady hand and the reflections on the walls of The Cube to aid them in the game.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify brought the target plinth 20% closer.
Also Played at: N/A.

Tremor

Introduced at: Game 6 - £100,000..
Game Rules: The player must carry a tray in which 15 metal tubes are resting on over to the other side of the Cube. Once the tray is placed on the final podium, it must stay for 5 seconds for the contestant to win. If just one cylinder falls off, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 5 - £50,000.

Turn

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: In a similar vein to Direction, the contestant must walk, blindfolded, from the start zone to the end zone. To do this they must make 90 degree Turn in the centre of the cube. If the contestant steps outside the 30 centimetre path, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 2 - £2,000.

Velocity

Introduced at: Game 2 - £2,000.
Game Rules: Located in the centre of The Cube is a long track. When the floor of The Cube flashes red two pins in the target area near the end retract. The two pins will rise again after 4 seconds. The player must roll a ball along the track with the aim of trapping the ball between the pins when they are raised to succeed. If the ball rolls off the end or stops short of the target area, a life is lost. Speed and distance must be carefully judge to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify decreased the time before the pins rise to three seconds.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000.

Vault

Introduced at: Game 3 - £10,000.
Game Rules: The player must roll a silver ball along a track / beam so that it flicks off an incline and land in a target container a short distance away. In Series 6, the game was slightly changed. Instead of a track, the incline was a beam. This is an added difficulty as the ball can fall off the sides of the beam
Simplify Rules: Unknown. Game Never simplified.
Also Played at: Game 4 - £20,000.

Vertical Drop

Introduced at: Game 1 - £1,000.
Game Rules: When the contestant hits a button, a red square travels at a constant rate across the far side of the cube floor. Next to the player is a blue target zone. The player has to hit the button when they think the square is parallel to the target area. If any of the red square isn't inside the target square, a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify increased the size of the target square by 25%.
Also Played at: N/A.

Void

Introduced at: Game 4 - £20,000.
Game Rules: The player must roll a large red disc from one corner of The Cube to the other so that it passes through a target gap between two triangular markers. The player must release the disc in the playing zone. The whole purpose of this game is to show that a disc can lose trajectory very easily.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify widened the void by a third.
Also Played at: Game 3 - £10,000. (At the £10,000 level a wider target area is used.)

Celebrity specials

There have been several celebrity specials of The Cube with famous faces playing for chosen charities. Celebrity versions follow exactly the same format as the regular version with one exception, celebrity contestants that are defeated by The Cube are given £1,000 for their chosen charity.

Series 2

On 21 November 2010, Dame Kelly Holmes was defeated by The Cube but still took away £1,000 for DKH Legacy Trust and Jenni Falconer won £20,000 for Breast Cancer BC2000.

On 18 December 2010, Joe Swash was defeated by The Cube but still took away £1,000 for The Ben Kinsella Trust and Kelly Osbourne won £20,000 for The Prince's Trust.

On 2 January 2011, Jennie McAlpine was defeated by The Cube but still took away £1,000 for Mood Swings and Ricky Hatton won £20,000 for Genesis Breast Cancer.

Series 3

Tom Fletcher won £100,000 to split between Comic Relief and BIRT.

Series 4

On 24 December 2011 in a Coronation Street special, Julie Hesmondhalgh won £20,000 for Maundy Relief and Ryan Thomas won £10,000 for Christie's.

Series 5

In a Olympic Gold Medalist special shown on 7 July 2012, Denise Lewis won £10,000 for Breast Cancer Care and Sally Gunnell won £20,000 for Chestnut Tree Children's Hospital.

In the first episode of 2 Olympian Specials screened On 14 July 2012, Mo Farah beat The Cube and won the jackpot of £250,000 for The Mo Farah Foundation.

In part 2 of the Olympian specials shown on 21 July 2012, Fatima Whitbread won £20,000 for 21st Century Youth and Dai Greene won £50,000 for Young Epilepsy.

On 23 December 2012, Melanie Sykes won £50,000 for ipAn and Ashley Banjo won £20,000 to split between NSPCC and Beatbullying.

Series 7

On 30 June 2013, Louis Smith won £50,000 for Huntingdon Gymnastics Club and Mark Wright was defeated by The Cube but still took away £1,000 for Haven House Children's Hospice.

On 28 December 2013, three of the stars of Loose Women Sherrie Hewson, Denise Welch and Lisa Maxwell were defeated by The Cube but still took away £1,000 to share between their chosen charities Mind, Centrepoint and Only Foals and Horses and athlete Greg Rutherford won £20,000 for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and Hula Animal Rescue.

On 22 February 2014, David Haye was defeated by The Cube, but still took away £1,000 for The African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and Kian Egan won £50,000 for North West Hospice in Sligo and LAP research UK.

Series 8

On 11 April 2014, Joey Essex won £10,000 for Child Bereavement UK and Kym Marsh won £20,000 for The Kerry Ann Fighting fund.

On 28 June 2014, Mollie King of girlband The Saturdays won £100,000 for The British Heat Foundation. ^[5]

On 7 July 2014, Ben Cohen will take on The Cube for The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation and Charlie Brooks for Marie Curie Cancer Care.^[6]

Attempts at Jackpot Game

Reaching the final seventh game is a rarity. So far, across all series, only seven contestants have managed to reach the Jackpot game.

For this final challenge The Cube will bring back a game the contestant has previously attempted but at a Jackpot level difficulty.

In the first series, Jonny became the first person to reach the final game, having only three lives left. For his final game, he was given a more difficult version of Direction, the first game he faced in The Cube, losing three lives and using his Simplify. At the jackpot level, the path was reduced by a third to just 20 centimeters. He decided to leave with £100,000.

In the second series, Paul became the second person to reach the final game, having five lives left. For his final game, he was given a more difficult version of Structure, in which he had to build a construction of blocks within a time limit of twelve seconds, three seconds less than his original attempt. He also decided to leave with £100,000.

In the third series, Tom Fletcher of boyband McFly managed to reach the final game, having four lives left. For his final game, he was given a more difficult version of Barrier, in which he had to cross three barriers instead of the original two. He also decided to leave with £100,000.

The fourth person to get to the final game was Luke who was given a more difficult version of * Rebound. When Luke previously took on this game he only lost one life. At the jackpot setting the target zone the ball had to land in was reduced by 50%. He chose to leave with £100,000.

In a fifth series Celebrity special, Mo Farah, Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metre runner, managed to not only reach the final game but also became the first person to attempt the jackpot game. For his final game, he guessed that Response would be his final game but was given a more difficult version of Barrier instead, in which he had to cross three barriers instead of the original two, which he had previously beaten on his first attempt. Starting the final game with seven lives left (he had lost two lives in his first game Response). He won £250,000 only losing one more life in this jackpot game. Mo is currently the only contestant, celebrity or member of the public, to win the Jackpot and "Beat The Cube".

In series six, episode 4, Kevin became sixth person to reach the final game. The Cube brought back Descent at the Jackpot setting with a Target area 50% smaller than he had previously faced. Kevin had 6 lives remaining as well as his Simplify (Kevin is so far the only person to reach the final game with his Simplify still available.) Although very tempted due to the strong position he was in, Kevin chose to leave with £100,000.

In a Series 8 Celebrity special broadcast on 28 June 2014, Mollie King of The Saturdays became the seventh person to reach the jackpot game. The first person to do so in 2 series. Mollie said she would like to see the game she had just faced for £100,000, Balance brought back. However The Cube brought back the game she didn't want to see and had previously used her Simplify on, Capacity. At the jackpot setting, Mollie had just 20 seconds to complete the game. Although her band mates were confident she could complete it due to having 5 lives remaining, Mollie decided she couldn't risk it and left with £100,000 for her charity.

Notable events

The first contestant defeated by the cube was Rhian who lost playing Game 3 (Drop Zone) during episode 1 of series 1.

A somewhat notable event was when Phillip Schofield allowed Nicky to remove his trousers during game 5, Barrier in Season 1 episode 2 when he had two lives left, as they were restricting his movement and giving him an unfair disadvantage.

The most lives ever lost in one game currently stands at 8. A few contestants have lost 8 lives on different games.

The game that has defeated most contestants is Momentum, with 3 failing to complete this game. All 3 appeared during Series 6.

Jonny was the first contestant to reach the jackpot game, but he decided not to attempt it and left with £100,000.

The first person to attempt the £250,000 game was Mo Farah in a Series 5 celebrity special. He went on to "Beat The Cube" and win the £250,000 jackpot for his charity. He is currently the only person to attempt and win the jackpot game.

Kev in Series 6 was the first person to reach the £250,000 game with his "Simplify" still available, but he chose not to attempt the Jackpot game and left with £100,000.

Teresa was the first person to retire from competing due to injury. She sprained her foot in celebration after successfully completing Dual Reflex. Instead of resuming after treatment, she decided to take her £10,000.

Defeated contestants

Roughly 20% of all Cube contestants get "defeated". This means they run out of lives and leave with nothing. (Celebrities leave with £1,000 for their charities if they get defeated.) So far across all 8 series, 32 contestants have lost all their lives at various stages:

Series 1

1 contestant defeated.

Rhian was defeated at Game 3, Drop Zone in episode 1 and lost £2,000.

Series 2

7 contestants defeated.

Martin was defeated at Game 5, Side-Track in episode 3 and lost £20,000.
Alex was defeated at Game 2, Descent in episode 5 and lost £1,000.
Christian was defeated at Game 5, Pinpoint in episode 8 and lost £20,000.
Zoe was defeated at Game 2, Stabilise in episode 9 and lost £1,000.
Dame Kelly Holmes was defeated at Game 2, Gradient in episode 10 but still took away £1,000 for her chosen charity.
Joe Swash was defeated at Game 5, Pinpoint in episode 11 but still took away £1,000 for his chosen charity.
Jennie McAlpine was defeated at Game 2, Blind-Shot in episode 12 but still took away £1,000 for her chosen charity.

Series 3

3 contestants defeated.

Paul was defeated at Game 3, Vault in episode 1 and lost £2,000.
Aaron was defeated at Game 3, Cylinder in episode 4 and lost £2,000.
Yolanda was defeated at Game 4, Spike in episode 5 and lost £10,000.

Series 4

6 contestants defeated.

Debbie was defeated at Game 4, Tilt in episode 2 playing and lost £10,000.
Sarah was defeated at Game 2, Revolving Shot in episode 3 and lost £1,000.
Jim was defeated at Game 4, Shatter in episode 4 and lost £10,000.
Isaac was defeated at Game 3, Placement in episode 5 and lost £2,000.
Karen was defeated at Game 5, Construction in episode 5 and lost £20,000.
Neil was defeated at Game 2 Pendulum in episode 7 and lost £1,000.

Series 5

1 contestant defeated.

Graham was defeated at Game 3, Succession in episode 4 and lost £2,000.

Series 6

8 contestants defeated.

Noel was defeated at Game 4, Arc in episode 3 and lost £10,000.
Tricia was defeated at Game 3, Momentum in episode 5 and lost £2,000.
Scott was defeated at Game 3, Exchange in episode 7 and lost £2,000.
Corrine was defeated at Game 5, Time Freeze in episode 10 and lost £20,000.
June was defeated at Game 4, Momentum in episode 11 and lost £10,000.

Series 7

3 Contestants Defeated

Mark Wright was defeated at Game 4, Summit in episode 1 but still took away £1,000 for his chosen charity.
The stars of Loose Women were defeated at Game 4, Momentum in episode 2 but still took away £1,000 to split between their chosen charities.
David Haye was defeated at Game 3, Quadrant in episode 3 but still took away £1,000 for his chosen charity.

Series 8

3 Contestants Defeated

Tony was defeated at Game 4, Balance in episode 2 and lost £10,000.
George was defeated at Game 5, Locate in episode 3 and Lost £20,000.
James was defeated at Game 3, Dead Stop in episode 5 and lost £2,000.

Ratings

Episode ratings from BARB.

Series 1

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
1	22 August 2009	5.85	11	26.7%^[7]
2	29 August 2009	5.12	11	23.9%^[8]
3	5 September 2009	5.26	15	22.4%^[9]
4	12 September 2009	5.06	15	22.9%^[10]
5	19 September 2009	4.83	17	22.8%^[11]
6	26 September 2009	4.81	20	22.4%^[12]
7	3 October 2009	4.71	19	19.1%^[13]

Series 2

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
1	19 September 2010	4.98	15	21.4%^[14]
2	26 September 2010	5.09	16	21.6%^[15]
3	3 October 2010	5.78	16	24.5%^[16]
4	10 October 2010	5.19	18	21.2%^[17]
5	17 October 2010	5.21	20	21.3%^[18]
6	24 October 2010	5.51	17	21.4%^[19]
7	31 October 2010	5.21	18	20.6%^[20]
8	7 November 2010	5.51	17	20.6%^[21]
9	14 November 2010	5.53	19	22%^[22]
Celebrity special	21 November 2010	5.42	22	20.8%^[23]
Celebrity special	18 December 2010	3.92	22	13.2%^[24]
Celebrity special	2 January 2011	4.18	20	14.8%^[25]

Series 3

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
1	3 April 2011	3.64	22	17.8%^[26]
2	10 April 2011	3.31	24	16.9%^[27]
3	17 April 2011	3.32	23	17.6%^[28]
4	24 April 2011	2.77	27	18.8%^[29]
5	1 May 2011	3.50	24	20%^[30]
6	8 May 2011	3.94	18	18.8%^[31]
7	15 May 2011	4.02	17	18.5%^[32]
8	22 May 2011	3.96	18	18.3%^[33]
Celebrity special	11 June 2011	3.35	22	14%^[34]

Series 4

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
1	30 October 2011	3.96	20	16.2%^[35]
2	6 November 2011	4.00	20	15.2%^[36]
3	13 November 2011	4.08	26	15.6%^[37]
4	20 November 2011	4.06	23	14.9%^[38]
5	27 November 2011	4.08	20	15.2%^[39]
6	4 December 2011	4.09	21	15.9%^[40]
7	11 December 2011	3.19	25	12.3%^[41]
Celebrity special	24 December 2011	4.96	16	20.8%^[42]
8	31 December 2011	2.87	29	14%^[43]

Series 5

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
1	14 April 2012	3.99	14	17.5%^[44]
2	21 April 2012	2.78	28	11.1%^[45]
3	28 April 2012	2.82	25	12%^[46]
4	5 May 2012	3.14	24	15.1%^[47]
5	12 May 2012	3.00	30	15.9%^[48]
6	2 June 2012	Under 2.26	Outside Top 30	10.8%^[49]
Celebrity special	14 July 2012	3.07	24	17.4%^[50]
7	21 July 2012	Under 2.66	Outside Top 30	14.7%^[51]
Celebrity special	23 December 2012	3.01	25	12.8%^[52]

Series 6

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
1	2 March 2013	4.09	20	18.6%^[53]
2	9 March 2013	4.08	18	17.7%^[54]
3	16 March 2013	4.04	14	16.3%^[55]
4	23 March 2013	4.71	14	20.3%^[56]
5	30 March 2013	3.78	18	TBC
6	6 April 2013	3.95	17	18.1%^[57]
7	13 April 2013	3.49	21	15.7%^[58]
8	20 April 2013	3.15	25	13.2%^[59]
9	27 April 2013	3.21	20	15.0%^[60]
10	4 May 2013	2.97	27	13.4%^[61]
11	11 May 2013	3.16	25	14.2%^[62]
12	18 May 2013	3.27	20	13.8%^[63]

Series 7

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
Celebrity special	30 June 2013	2.93	24	12.6%^[64]
Celebrity special	28 December 2013	3.96	20	17.8%^[65]
Celebrity special	22 February 2014	Under 2.79	Outside Top 30	TBC

Series 8

Episode no.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking	Share
1	1 March 2014	3.67	19	16.8%^[66]
2	8 March 2014	3.34	19	16.2%^[67]
3	15 March 2014	3.64	17	18.0%^[68]
4	22 March 2014	3.79	16	18.4%^[69]
5	29 March 2014	3.42	17	18.1%^[70]
6	5 April 2014	3.22	20	15.8%^[71]
Celebrity special	11 April 2014	2.95	26	14.1%^[72]
Celebrity special	28 June 2014	TBC
Celebrity special	7 July 2014	TBC

Reception

Readers of ukgameshows.com named it the best new game show of 2009 in their "Hall of fame" poll.^[73]

Awards

Year	Group	Award	Result
2010	Broadcast Awards	Best New Programme	Nominated
2010	Rose d'Or	Best Game Show	Nominated
2011	RTS Awards	Best Entertainment Show	Nominated
	Broadcast Awards	Best Entertainment Programme	Won
	BAFTA	Best Entertainment Craft Team	Won
		Best Entertainment Programme	Won
2012		Best Entertainment Craft Team	Won
	National Reality TV Awards	Best Game Show	Nominated
	TV Choice Awards	Best Game Show	Won
	Rose d'Or	Best Game Show	Nominated
	National Television Awards	Best Entertainment Programme	Nominated
2013		Best Entertainment Programme	Nominated
2014		Best Entertainment Programme	Nominated

International versions

The format has been successful with international broadcasters. As of 2013, 11 countries have produced their own versions of the show. Some are still broadcasting, some have ceased broadcasting and in the case of the US version have not even been shown (only a pilot was filmed).

Below is a breakdown of the countries that have created their own versions along with other information including the Jackpot available and broadcast dates.

Legend: Currently airing No longer airing Unaired pilot

Country	Name	Host	Channel	Top prize	Premiere/air dates
Arab World^[74]	The Cube	Dhaffer L'Abidine	Dubai TV	Dhs250,000	2 February 2014
China	梦立方 Mèng lìfāng	Cheng Lei	Dragon TV	To achieve the contestant's dream^[75] or ¥250,000	13 May 2012 – 4 September 2013^[76]
France	Le Cube	Nagui	France 2	€50,000	1 July – 30 August 2013
Germany	The Cube – Besiege den Würfel!	Nazan Eckes	RTL	€250,000	29 April 2011^[77]
Italy	The Cube – La Sfida	Teo Mammucari	Italia 1	€100,000	7 September 2011^[78]
Portugal	O Cubo	Jorge Gabriel	RTP	€30,000	16 May – 11 July 2010
Russia^[79]	Куб Kub	Dmitry Kharatyan	Channel One	3,000,000 roubles	30 March – 30 November 2013
Saudi Arabia	المكعب Al Moukaab	Faisal Al Issa	KSA 1	SR250,000	17 March – 8 July 2010
Spain	El Cubo	Raquel Sánchez Silva	Cuatro	€150,000	8 February 2012^[80]
Spain	El Cubo	Raquel Sánchez Silva	Cuatro	€250,000	8 February 2012^[80]
Ukraine	Куб Kub	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	STB	250,000 ₴	21 November 2011^[81]
Ukraine	Куб Kub	Dmitry Tancovich	STB	500,000 ₴	21 November 2011^[81]
United States	The Cube	Neil Patrick Harris	CBS	$500,000	Non Broadcast Pilot.

The UK version of The Cube is also currently being broadcast in Ireland by TV3, in New Zealand on TV1, and in Australia on the Nine Network. As of November 2012, old series are broadcast in Serbia by IQS.life.

Filming locations

The German, Italian, Portugease, Saudi Arabian, Spanish and the U.S. pilot of The Cube were filmed at The Fountain Studios in London using the British set and games. Other international versions have created their own studio sets. The Chinese version of the show is filmed at the Zhabei Gymnasium in Shanghai; the Ukrainian version of the show is filmed at the Antonov Serial Production Plant in Kiev; the Russian version of the show is filmed at the Ostankino Technical Center in Moscow; the Arabian version is filmed at the Dubai Studio City in Dubai and the French version of the show is filmed in La Plaine Saint-Denis, near Paris.

Games

International versions of The Cube have some games not seen in the British series. Some are variants of UK games, but some are completely different.

Below are some games played in international versions. The games are listed in alphabetical order:

A to D

Absence

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: ¥20,000
Game Rules: On the floor of the Cube a 5x5 grid will appear and squares will flash randomly and at speed. The contestant must identify which square did not flash to win this game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: ¥10,000 (the size of grid is 4x4)

Access

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: In the Cube is a touch screen with 8 numbers. The player must try and crack the code and gain control. To do this, the player must continually make combinations by sliding them into a 1x4 row. If you have a correct number, there is another row and each square inside will turn green. The player has 20 seconds to crack the code and guess the numbers that relate the code.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Addition

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: The player must stay with a red zone and a series of numbers of 0 to 9 will appear. The contestant must add the numbers up to make the answer. Add accurately to win.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Aim

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a ball, a large wall and a podium. The contestant must throw the ball so it rebounds off the wall and hits the podium. The contestant must stay behind the throwing zone at all times.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Anagram

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: A 7 letter word will appear on the floor of The Cube scrambled. By using a keypad of directional arrows, the player must move around the letters so all letters are unscrambled to make the word within 20 seconds. To swap a letter, the player msut press the up arrow, then move left or right depending on where it needs to go and then press down.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Angles

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: Three containers are suspended at the top of one side on the Cube. On a podium is a white, red and blue ball. There is also a white, red and blue button. The contestant must throw the ball in the container. However each container is face diagonally and are likely to fall out so once they've thrown the ball in the coloured container, They must press the corresponding coloured button to close the cylinder. You must repeat the process until all three balls are inside the closed cylinders. The contestant has ten seconds to complete this challenge.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Angle Shot

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: Staying in the red playing zone, the player must bounce the red ball into an angled cylinder facing them.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Arc

Country of Origin: China
Introduced at: ¥20,000
Game Rules: There is a curved bar on a table. The player must roll the ball along the bar so it comes back towards you. You must catch it with the same hand you had rolled it with.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played At: Unknown

Assemble

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Three - ¥10,000
Game Rules: Although this is a name of a game which has been played in this country, this game is completely different. In the Cube is a cornered table with 24 cubes, 8 white, 8 red and 8 blue. Also on the table are coloured boxes. The player has 24 seconds to sort the cubes so they are in their different coloured boxes.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Game Two - ¥2,000

Ball Control

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There are two poles which have a white area. The contestant must place a ball in the white area and walk towards the other corner of The Cube. Once they have made it to the other corner, The contestant places the ball on a stand. If the ball comes out of the white area, it will cost you a life.
Simplify Rules: The size of the white area increases.
Also Played at: Unknown

Barricade

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a long wide table in The Cube. At the end is a large strong barricade. The player must roll a weighted ball down the table so it is rolled with enough force to smash through the barricade. The ball must be released with high force and strong power to allow destruction to the barricade.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Bending

Country of Origin Ukraine
Introduced at: 5,000
Game Rules: In the center of the Cube are two bending red tubes. Whilst blindfolded, the player must step through the lines without touching them to win.

Bomb Panic

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: Three buttons are located in the center of The Cube. The contestant must press down the 3 buttons respectively when the time is below 0.4 seconds. A life is lost if the contestant fail to hit the button and the timer reaches 0.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Game Two - ¥2,000

Bounce

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥2,000
Game Rules: There is a table and two balls in the Cube. The contestant must throw both balls at the same time and bounce three times on the table.
Simplify Rules: One ball is eliminated if the Simplify is used.
Also Played at: Unknown

Bullseye

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: The contestant must throw a big ball through a hoop so it lands in the target container at the other corner. The contestant must stay in the throwing zone.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Buzzer Shot

Country of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥2,000
Game Rules: At one side of the Cube is a red zone and a box full of balls. The contestant must throw 6 balls into a cylinder within 15 seconds.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Game Five - ¥50,000 (In Game Five, the diameter of the cylinder is shortened.)

Catapult

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a red container at one side of the Cube. In the opposite direction is a catapult. The player must catapult the ball so it has enough force to reach the container.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Centre

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a moving square around the Cube and there is a button. The square will continue to move until you press the button. The player must stop the square where they think the square is in the centre. There is a three centimetre margin of error.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Centre Point

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: Staying behind the red line, a circle will appear for five seconds. You must predict and locate where the middle is. The contestant has a small margin of error.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Coast

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: In the Cube is a table with an open container. The contestant must slide the cube across the table so that it lands in the container.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Code

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥2,000
Game Rules: There is a keypad with a grid of numbers from 1 to 9. On the floor, you will then see an 8 number code and the player must memorize and type the code out in 5 seconds. You will see the code for 2 seconds.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Game One - ¥1,000

Colours

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There are three stacks of cubes on different podiums but are mixed up. You must sort the cubes so that they are in the coloured stacks but you must keep all cubes on top of each other. If a stack falls over, you will lose a life.
Also Played at: Unknown

Construct

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: 10,000 UAH
Game Rules: There are different sized and shaped pieces on a table in The Cube. Also on the table is a word saying Cube. The contestant must puzzle the pieces together so that it creates the word on the table. The player has 25 or 30 seconds.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Cross

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: At any given moment, a square will appear on the floor of The Cube. The player, staying inside the red zone, must roll a ball so it crosses the square. The square will disappear after 2 seconds so they will have to be quick. The player will also have to be accurate so the ball can cross the square.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Deposit

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There will be three podiums in front of the player. On the left podium will be a red bowl and on the right podium will be a blue bowl. On the centre podium will be a mechanism. The mechanism will randomly bring up a red or a blue ball. The player must deposit the ball into the correct coloured box. More balls will pop up one by one, until 15 red balls and 15 blue balls have been deposited into the corresponding bowl. The player has 25 seconds.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Diminish

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: A large amount of circles will be on the floor of The Cube. At any given moment, one of the circles will become smaller. The player must react by pressing the button when the circle becomes smaller within 0.35 of a second to win the game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Distribution

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There are twenty red cubes and a long white plank. The player has 12 seconds to place the cubes on the plank while distributing the weight between both sides. After you stacked all of the cubes press the blue button to stop the clock. You can only pick up one cube with each hand at any time and if one side falls and the stack falls, you will lose a life.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Divide

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: The contestant will see an amount of squares for 15 seconds. Then the contestant will see a one digit number. Divide the amount of squares by the one digit number to win.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Dodge

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Four - ¥20,000
Game Rules: Four balls will be fired at the contestant. Staying in the red zone, the contestant must dodge all four balls to win.
Simplify Rules: Interval increases from 0.75 to 1 second if the Simplify is used.
Also Played at: Unknown

Dual Size

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: 30 red balls of differing sizes will be fired at the contestant. The balls must be placed in separate containers depending on their size. The contestant has 20 seconds to complete the challenge.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

E to M

Equalise

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: 5 squares are in the Cube. One by one they will expand. You must press the button to stop the bar and all 5 bars must be equal length to each other. The player has a margin of error.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Exile

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: On the floor of the Cube is a large grid of 50 squares. Upon the floor flashing red, the player must rapidly press the button to make all 45 squares in the grid disappear. They have only 5 seconds.
Also Played at: Unknown

Fill

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: In the Cube is a podium with a red button and a line with 10 squares along it. The contestant will have to fill the line of squares without pressing a square twice.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Find Me

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥2,000
Game Rules: In the Cube is an 8 by 8 grid. Then a pattern will appear in all of the squares but in one square is a different pattern. The contestant will have fifteen seconds to memorise the grid and correctly identify which square had a different pattern. It's a game of concentration.
Simplify Rules: In Game 3, the time to memorize the grid is extended to 15 seconds (the original setting).
Also Played at: Game Three - ¥10,000 (12 seconds is on the clock in this level)

Finish

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: In each corner of The Cube there is a button. Red in one corner, blue in another, green in another and yellow in another. On the floor of The Cube a line of 10 red, blue, green and yellow squares will appear. The contestant has 12 seconds to complete the sequence by running around the cube and completing the sequence by pressing the correct coloured buttons of the squares.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Flight Path

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: The contestant must throw a disc into a slot. The slot has a very small aperture so the contestant must accurately throw. They must stay behind the shooting zone. Although an International game, this game has appeared in The Cube console game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Fitting

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a wall with gaps in. The player has 20 seconds to fit the cubes in the gaps only fitting one cube at a time
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Hopscotch

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥2,000
Game Rules: There is a path of squares lit up on the floor. The contestant must be blindfolded and hop on every square, but the last step has two squares which require both feet. A life is lost if the feet touches the line or went outside the square.
Simplify Rules: The last step has only one square if Simplify is used.
Also Played at: Unknown

Invisible

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥2,000
Game Rules: In the Cube is a white marker and a 4x4 grid. A red square will travel round the perimeter of the grid and will disappear, but will continue to move at the same pace. When the floor flashes red, that signals that the square has stopped and the player must predict and place the white marker where they think it was before the floor had flashed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Junction

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: At any given moment, a ball will be released from a tunnel and travel from one side of The Cube to the other at a rapid speed. The player must stay inside a red zone at the other side of The Cube and roll another ball so it collides with the other moving ball.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Labyrinth

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: A ball lies in an area at a top of an open cube. The player has 20 seconds to get the ball through the holes in each of the three floors and out of the cube to win this game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Landing Point

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Four - ¥20,000
Game Rules: The contestant must blindfold themselves, then they must walk to the ball landing point and use the container to catch the ball to win.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Launch

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: A tall container with a wider circle around it lies in the Cube. The contestant must throw a ball into the tall container staying in the marked zone.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Leak

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Three - ¥10,000
Game Rules: A tall container with a wider circle around it lies in the Cube. The contestant must throw a ball into the tall container staying in the marked zone.
Simplify Rules: The diameter of the center circle is increased if the Simplify is used.
Also Played at: Game Five - ¥50,000

Listening

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: Several balls will fall out of a tube. Whilst blindfolded, the player must listen how many balls hit a target cylinder.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Mailbox

Country of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥2,000
Game Rules: On the floor of the Cube is a red tab with a white outline. There is also a target container in the shape of a cube facing the contestant. The contestant must throw the tab through the square aperture so it lands in the target.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Mean

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There are several numbers on the floor. Find the mean of those numbers to win the game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Mine Field

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Three - ¥10,000
Game Rules: Several red squares are shown on the floor of the cube. The contestant must study carefully where he squares are and then, blindfolded, make their way from the start zone on one side to the end zone opposite without touching any squares. If the contestant touches any red squares a life is lost.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Movement

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: In a similar vein to Poise, The contestant must balance on one foot for the allotted time. Then they move to the next podium and balance on one foot. This cycle continues until you have balanced on 10 podiums.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Multiplication

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: Numbers from 1 to 5 will appear on the floor in a wave. Multiply each number and declare the correct answer to win this game.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

N to R

Notice

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: In front of the player will be a pyramid of squares. For 0.2 of a second all of the boxes will flash. Each box will have a C inside. However, in one box, there is a circle. The player must notice and spot the circle and place the marker inside the square the circle was designated in.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Numeral

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: A grid of 10 squares will flash on the floor of The Cube. Numbers from 1 to 10 are in each box. After 3 seconds, the numbers will disappear. The player must step on the numbers from lowest to highest.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Opposite

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There are 9 squares and one by one they will turn blue. After all squares have appeared, you must stand on each square but in the opposite order. If you have made a correct move the square will turn green.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Pad

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: In one corner of the Cube is a tube with a marked area and a ball. At the other corner is a pressure pad. The player has to stamp on the pad so it has enough force to reached the marked area.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Patrol

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a large spinner in The Cube with 70 tiles around it. 35 are red, 35 are blue. A ball will be released into the spinner and travel around it maintaining the same pace throughout. The player is allowed to examine the pace for 5 seconds then put on a blindfold. The player must then press the button to stop the ball when they think it is on a blue tile. However, the player must wait at least another 5 seconds after putting on the blindfold before hitting the button. If the ball is stopped on a red tile or the player does not wait 5 seconds after putting on the blindfold, they will lose a life.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Plinth

Country of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Game Five - ¥50,000
Game Rules: There is a curved table and at one side is a red rolling zone and a white square container. The player must roll the ball, releasing it within the red zone that it crosses a red line and rolls into the square container once it has come down.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Pursue

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Two - ¥1,000
Game Rules: There is a podium with four buttons and there are four squares on the floor. One of the squares will illuminate red. The player must press the button of the square along it. (so if the third square turns red, the player must press the third button.) The player has 0.4 seconds to react.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Rail

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a rail and on a podium is a disc. The contestant using only one finger must control the disc all the way to the end without falling over or down.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Rainbow

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: A random number of red and blue squares will appear on the floor of The Cube. The contestant must count how many red squares appeared and how many blue squares appeared.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Rally

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: The contestant will have a ball and a tile. The contestant must place the ball onto the tile and bounce it 7 times without it falling to the floor.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Rank Shot

Country of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Four - ¥20,000
Game Rules: There is a red zone, a large panel and a cylinder in front of the panel. Staying inside the zone, the contestant must throw a large ball at panel so it bounces in to the cylinder.
Simplify Rules: The shooting zone's width is widen by half a meter if the Simplify is used.
Also Played at: Game Five - ¥50,000

Repeat

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: Several squares will illuminate fast. On the last go of squares illuminated, One of the squares will disappear before the others. The contestant has to correctly identify the square that disappeared.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Replicate

Country of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: There is a 3 x 3 square dug into a table. There are 20 red rectangle shapes at the sides of the grid. You will see a shape on the floor. You must place the rectangles into the grid to replicate the shape. You have 15 seconds to replicate the shape.
Simplify Rules: The time to do the job is increased to 17 seconds if the Simplify is used.
Also Played at: Game Two - ¥2,000

Retrace

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a ramp with a red area and a red ball. The player must roll the ball so that it comes back to rest and stops dead in the red area. The ball must stay in contact with the ramp at all times.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Retrieval

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: 10 red balls and 10 blue balls will be on the floor of the Cube. The player has 15 seconds to depsoit the balls into their coloured box. The player may pick up more than one ball at a time.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Revolve

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a podium with a red button and a revolving platform with a small transparent cylinder. High in the corner of the platform is a suspended tube with a red ball in. The floor will flash red and the platform will start spinning. The player must press the button to release the ball and it must land in the container.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Roller

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a long wide table in The Cube. At the end of the table are four holes with numbers adajecent to them. Whatever number there is must be how many balls must be rolled into that hole (if the hole says 5, 5 balls must be rolled into the hole.) The player has 15 seconds to roll the correct amount of balls into each hole. The holes are quite thin so the challenge is difficult. If a ball misses a hole or falls of the table, a new ball can be immediately picked up. When played at higher levels, the amount of balls that must be rolled into each hole are significantly larger.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

S to Z

Same Time

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: There is a blue and red button at each side of The Cube. They must press the blue button to start a timer. Once they have pressed the first button again the timer stops. Then the red button must be pressed to start and stop another timer. The aim of the game is to match the time achieved with the blue button, The player has to be within 0.75 seconds either side of the target time to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Sizes

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There are 5 tubes that fit into corresponding podiums. The player has fifteen seconds to fit the correct cube into the correct podium to win.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Spin

Country of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Three - ¥10,000
Game Rules: Like the original settings of Stack, there are two revolving podiums and a red button. On one podium are 9 cubes. The contestant must press the button to start a 17-second timer and the contestant must create a new stack on the other revolving podium and at the end, stop the clock.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Sprint

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: The Cube has a maze of red walls around the periemter and centre of it. The player starting at the start of the wall maze, has 10 seconds to sprint around the maze of walls reaching the centre of the Cube. Along the way, the player must pick up a red, a blue, a green, a yellow and a white tube which are on podiums positioned around the maze. After sprinting around the maze and collecting the tubes, the player must fit the tubes into their correct coloured slot on a table at the finish area.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Seesaw

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: There is a seesaw located in the middle of The Cube. On one side of the see-saw is a ball. The player has to stamp on the other side of the see-saw to launch the ball and catch it in a container to win this challenge.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Storey

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game One - ¥1,000
Game Rules: There are eight red cubes numbered from 1 to 8 scattered around the floor. The player has 17 seconds to stack them in numerical order smallest first so that it creates a standing tower.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Game Two - ¥2,000

Subtraction

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: You will see a two-digit number. Remember it as then smaller numbers between 0 and 7 will appear. You make take the smaller numbers away from your two digit number to succeed.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Superposition

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Three - ¥10,000
Game Rules: In the Cube is a table with a white button, a red button and nine red cubes. You must press the white button to start a 17-second timer and within the time stack the nine cubes, you must carry them to the next until by the red button, you have a stack of nine cubes. Then, press the red button. Stack within the time to win.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Target

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: The player must throw a disc so it knocks over a target cube on a podium on the opposite side of The Cube.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Timing

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: A large circular target will be in a corner of The Cube. At random times parts of it will open luminated with a red colour. The player must throw a ball so it reaches the target when it is open allowing it to pass through the open part.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Tow

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game Three - ¥10,000
Game Rules: Two red ropes are connected to a transparent disc at one side of a table. The contestant must pull the ropes towards them making sure that the disc doesn't fall off to a safe white area.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Transmittal

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game 2 - ¥2,000
Game Rules: There is a beam with a rotating circle with a hole at the end of the beam. The contestant must roll the ball along the beam and must land it inside the hole to win.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Twins

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game 1 - ¥1,000
Game Rules: There is a square first displayed, then several squares will be shown. The contestant have to find the same size of another square which match the square that was shown first to become twins to win.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Upright

Country Of Origin: Ukraine
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: Exactly the same as British game Exchange in format but instead of red and white balls the player must swap red and white tubes. This is more difficult as the tubes can fall over. The player has 25 seconds. If a tube falls, they will lose a life.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Upright

Country Of Origin: Unknown
Introduced at: Unknown
Game Rules: There is a large wall in the centre of the Cube with the numbers 1 to 5 on it. The contestant will have 5 balls numbered 1 to 5 made of a material that will cause them to stick to the wall. The player must throw the balls one by one so they hit their corresponding numbered circle on the wall. The player has 20 seconds to get all 5 balls to stick.
Simplify Rules: Unknown
Also Played at: Unknown

Winding

Country Of Origin: China
Introduced at: Game 3 - ¥10,000
Game Rules: The floor of The Cube will show a U shape path. The contestant must walk along the path to win. A life is lost if the contestant's feet touches outside the path.
Simplify Rules: Using the Simplify will increase the width of the path from 60cm to 80cm.
Also Played at: Game Four - ¥20,000

Notable events

The most lives ever lost in one game currently stands at 9. In the Chinese and the Portuguese version, a contestant was defeated at game 1 Pendulum. In the Russian version two contestants were defeated on game 2 Elevation (Anita Tsoy) and game 3 Dual Reflex (Nikolai Valuev).

In the Chinese version, a contestant named Whitney, who was also one of the notable contestants in the Hong Kong version of another world-famous game show Minute to Win It, failed at the Jackpot game Side-Track and lost ¥100,000.

Top Prize winners

Across all versions of the show, 6 contestants have won the final game and taken away the Jackpot.

Country	Contestant	Jackpot Game	Jackpot won	Date
Arab World	Hamad Al Yahmadi	Blind Shot	Dhs250,000	20 April 2014
China	Chen Kun	Extraction	¥250,000	22 July 2012 (Charity special)
China	Wu Jing	Tower	¥250,000	2 May 2013 (Charity special)
Portugal	Vítor Costa	Barrier	€30,000	30 May 2010
Ukraine	Andriy Serko	Rapid Fire	250,000 грн.	29 October 2012
United Kingdom	Mo Farah	Barrier	£250,000	14 July 2012 (Charity special)

Merchandise

An electronic board game based on the series was made available in stores from November 2010.^[82] As of June 2011, the game has been discontinued by most main retailers.^[83] The game comes with an electronic handheld system featuring games such as Time Freeze and Stop Zone, as well as 9 balls- six 18mm blow moulded balls, 1 30mm EVA foam ball, 1 25mm hard ball and one 50mm hard ball. The balls are used for different reasons and the foam ball is used for most games with a ball. For Multisphere, all balls are used unless it is being played in a room with hard floors, in that case eight balls are used. Tubes are used for almost every physical game for starting positions, voids, tubes, towers and columns. Other equipment in the board game are track pieces, discs, clips, z shaped platform pieces, cannons, blocks, a ball flipper, a beam and card pieces,and a 7x7x7 plastic cube for playing a series of sixty physical games. The cube is used for a container and to connect onto the cube platform for the electronic games. A reducer also comes with the cube allowing it to reduce the size of it. The Simplify for games with the reducer generally remove it. Many well known and classic games are here as well as new games such as Roller, Catch, Retrieval and Bounce, everyday life games and interesting and complex games.

Around the time of the release of the board game, a Game App version of the series was made available via the iTunes store for use on the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. This app version originally featured sixteen games from the series: Balance, Cylinder, Descent, Drop Zone, Focus, Multisphere, Perimeter, Precision, Quantity, Reaction, Revolution, Shatter, Stabilise, Stop Zone and Time Freeze. The first update for the game came in April 2011 with Pulse added Another update for the game was made available in June 2011, adding a further free game, Succession, and making eight games available via in app purchase in 2 "packs" Exact, Pathfinder, Totalise and Tower in Pack one and Invert, Composure, Calculate and Navigate in Pack two. A Further update was made available in October 2011, adding a further free game, Axis. 2 further games followed in 2012, Eliminate in April and Symmetry in October. In February 2013, Chase, which at that time had not been shown on TV, was made available. Almost a year later on 21 February 2014 Avoid was added. The most recent update came on 19 May 2014 when 4 games new games were made available via In App Purchase. These new games were Reset, Plummett, Selection and Tally all which are new games from the most recent series. There are currently 35 games available to play in the App version.

On 9 November 2012, a Cube game was released on consoles for the first time. Released on Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS. 33 games are playable in this version including two unseen new games which are Flight Path (already played in international versions) and Retrace. If you beat the Cube, then you unlock Extreme Mode, Where you play more "extreme" versions of 5 popular games which are Revolution, Pathfinder, Perimeter, Rebound and Momentum.

References

^ The Cube ITV.
^ New ITV gameshow 'The Cube'| Digital Spy
^ Channel 4 piloting gameshow in a cube Digital Spy
^ ITV snaps up C4-piloted gameshow Broadcast
^ http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week27/cube-0#.U5_7S5RdXY8
^ http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week28/cube#.U6p_DJRdXY8
^ 'The X Factor' opens to 9.9 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' maintains ratings pace - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' grows audience by 2 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Latest 'X Factor' draws 10.3 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' wins ratings battle with 'Strictly' - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Gap narrows between 'X Factor', 'Strictly' - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Saturday 'X Factor' tops 10 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Sunday night's 'X Factor' tops 11.5m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Downton Abbey' premieres to almost 7.7m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'The X Factor' soars past 14m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ First 'Strictly' elimination pulls in 9m - Strictly Come Dancing News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' double elimination grabs 13.4m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Nearly 10m watch Shilton's 'Strictly' exit - Strictly Come Dancing News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Psychoville' thrills 1.4m on Halloween - TV News - Digital Spy
^ Nearly 15m watch 'X Factor' elimination - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'I'm a Celebrity...' returns with 11.2m - I'm A Celebrity News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Paije's 'X Factor' exit pulls in 15m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Kara Tointon's 'Strictly' win attracts 14.1m - Strictly Come Dancing News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Famous And Fearless' launches with 2m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'Lewis' makes the case for ITV with 6.3m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'The Walking Dead' scares up 1.5m on C5 - The Walking Dead News - Cult - Digital Spy
^ 'The Hotel' opens with nearly 2m on C4 - TV News - Digital Spy
^ Munich air crash drama captivates 3.2m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'The Only Way Is Essex' tops 1m - The Only Way Is Essex News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Atlantis' captivates 5m on BBC One - TV News - Digital Spy
^ Lady GaGa's Radio 1 Big Weekend entertains 1m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ BAFTA Television Awards dazzles 5.4m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'So You Think You Can Dance' final seen by 3.5m - So You Think You Can Dance News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'The X Factor' fends off 'Strictly Come Dancing' in ratings battle - TV News - Digital Spy
^ The Risk, Johnny Robinson 'X Factor' exits net 12m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'I'm A Celebrity' enters the jungle with 11.5m - I'm A Celebrity News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' Craig Colton exit draws 11.8m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' Janet Devlin exit watched by 12m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' Misha B elimination seen by 11.7m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'X Factor' Little Mix win secures 12.9m on ITV1 - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'EastEnders', 'Merlin' help BBC One lead Christmas Eve ratings - TV News - Digital Spy
^ Channel 4's Alan Carr New Year's marathon seen by 2m - TV News - Digital Spy
^ 'The Voice' UK overtakes 'Britain's Got Talent' in ratings - The Voice News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Britain's Got Talent pips The Voice as ratings battle intensifies - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Britain's Got Talent' extends lead over 'The Voice' UK - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Britain's Got Talent' is Saturday's most-watched show with 10.2m - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Britain's Got Talent' final is most watched show of 2012 - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Leanne Mitchell's 'Voice' UK win seen by 8.7m - The Voice News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ Big Brother slumps to 870,000 on Saturday night - Big Brother News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
^ 'Primeval' sinks to 1.7 million for final ever ITV episode - Primeval News - Cult - Digital Spy
^ David Walliams's 'Mr Stink' has sweet smell of success with 6.3m - Digital Spy
^ "Digital Spy Forums - View Single Post - The Ratings Thread (Part 46)". Forums.digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Ant & Dec's 'Saturday Night Takeaway' beats 'Let's Dance' final". Digital Spy. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Ant & Dec's 'Saturday Night Takeaway' ratings continue to rise". Digital Spy. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Ant & Dec's latest 'Saturday Night Takeaway' attracts 7.3 million". Digital Spy. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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^ "'Britain's Got Talent' makes triumphant return to ITV with 9.35m - Britain's Got Talent News". Digital Spy. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "'The Voice' UK ratings continue to grow with 7.9m". Digital Spy. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "'Britain's Got Talent' tops Saturday night ratings - TV News". Digital Spy. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "'Britain's Got Talent' tops Saturday ratings with 9.51m". Digital Spy. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "'Britain's Got Talent' scores series high of 10.54m on ITV". Digital Spy. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Eurovision Song Contest seen by 7.7m on BBC One". Digital Spy. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "'Top Gear' returns for new series with over 4.7m on BBC Two - TV News". Digital Spy. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Death Comes to Pemberley concludes with 4.4m on BBC One". Digital Spy. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ The Voice UK pulls in 6.95 million for Battle Rounds - Digital Spy
^ Saturday Night Takeaway catches up but The Voice still tops ratings - Digital Spy
^ The Voice UK peaks at 7.7 million for first knockout round episode - Digital Spy
^ The Voice first live show tops Saturday ratings with 6.21m on BBC One - Digital Spy
^ The Voice in series low but edges Ant & Dec with 5.94m - Digital Spy
^ The Voice UK final tops Saturday ratings for BBC One with 6.6 million - Digital Spy
^ Have I Got News for You continues to top Friday night ratings - Digital Spy
^ "Poll of the Year 2009". UKGameshows. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Dubai TV". Dmi.ae. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ For example, the prize of the first 5 games for the very first contestant were football boots, complete set of freestyle football equipments, freestyle football party, replacement of old home appliances and a freestyle football studio respectively.
^ 东方卫视脉动梦立方官网
^ Eckes moderiert: RTL angelt sich Show-Highlight "The Cube"–TVmatrix
^ The Cube–Italian TV
^ суббота, 16:50. "Куб - Анкета - Первый канал". 1tv.ru. Retrieved 18 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ El Cubo–Cuatro
^ Куб на СТБ (The Cube on STB)
^ Buy The Cube Family Electronic Game at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Games and board games
^ The Cube board game - Board games & puzzles - Gadgets & novelty gifts - Gifts & toys

External links

[1] The Cube ITV.

[2] New ITV gameshow 'The Cube'| Digital Spy

[3] Channel 4 piloting gameshow in a cube Digital Spy

[4] ITV snaps up C4-piloted gameshow Broadcast

[5] ttp://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week27/cube-0#.U5_7S5RdXY8

[6] ttp://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week28/cube#.U6p_DJRdXY8

[7] 'The X Factor' opens to 9.9 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[8] 'X Factor' maintains ratings pace - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[9] 'X Factor' grows audience by 2 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[10] Latest 'X Factor' draws 10.3 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[11] 'X Factor' wins ratings battle with 'Strictly' - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[12] Gap narrows between 'X Factor', 'Strictly' - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[13] Saturday 'X Factor' tops 10 million - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[14] Sunday night's 'X Factor' tops 11.5m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[15] 'Downton Abbey' premieres to almost 7.7m - TV News - Digital Spy

[16] 'The X Factor' soars past 14m - TV News - Digital Spy

[17] First 'Strictly' elimination pulls in 9m - Strictly Come Dancing News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[18] 'X Factor' double elimination grabs 13.4m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[19] Nearly 10m watch Shilton's 'Strictly' exit - Strictly Come Dancing News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[20] 'Psychoville' thrills 1.4m on Halloween - TV News - Digital Spy

[21] Nearly 15m watch 'X Factor' elimination - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[22] 'I'm a Celebrity...' returns with 11.2m - I'm A Celebrity News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[23] Paije's 'X Factor' exit pulls in 15m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[24] Kara Tointon's 'Strictly' win attracts 14.1m - Strictly Come Dancing News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[25] 'Famous And Fearless' launches with 2m - TV News - Digital Spy

[26] 'Lewis' makes the case for ITV with 6.3m - TV News - Digital Spy

[27] 'The Walking Dead' scares up 1.5m on C5 - The Walking Dead News - Cult - Digital Spy

[28] 'The Hotel' opens with nearly 2m on C4 - TV News - Digital Spy

[29] Munich air crash drama captivates 3.2m - TV News - Digital Spy

[30] 'The Only Way Is Essex' tops 1m - The Only Way Is Essex News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[31] 'Atlantis' captivates 5m on BBC One - TV News - Digital Spy

[32] Lady GaGa's Radio 1 Big Weekend entertains 1m - TV News - Digital Spy

[33] BAFTA Television Awards dazzles 5.4m - TV News - Digital Spy

[34] 'So You Think You Can Dance' final seen by 3.5m - So You Think You Can Dance News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[35] 'The X Factor' fends off 'Strictly Come Dancing' in ratings battle - TV News - Digital Spy

[36] The Risk, Johnny Robinson 'X Factor' exits net 12m - X Factor News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[37] 'I'm A Celebrity' enters the jungle with 11.5m - I'm A Celebrity News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[38] 'X Factor' Craig Colton exit draws 11.8m - TV News - Digital Spy

[39] 'X Factor' Janet Devlin exit watched by 12m - TV News - Digital Spy

[40] 'X Factor' Misha B elimination seen by 11.7m - TV News - Digital Spy

[41] 'X Factor' Little Mix win secures 12.9m on ITV1 - TV News - Digital Spy

[42] 'EastEnders', 'Merlin' help BBC One lead Christmas Eve ratings - TV News - Digital Spy

[43] Channel 4's Alan Carr New Year's marathon seen by 2m - TV News - Digital Spy

[44] 'The Voice' UK overtakes 'Britain's Got Talent' in ratings - The Voice News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[45] Britain's Got Talent pips The Voice as ratings battle intensifies - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[46] 'Britain's Got Talent' extends lead over 'The Voice' UK - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[47] 'Britain's Got Talent' is Saturday's most-watched show with 10.2m - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[48] 'Britain's Got Talent' final is most watched show of 2012 - Britain's Got Talent News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[49] Leanne Mitchell's 'Voice' UK win seen by 8.7m - The Voice News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[50] Big Brother slumps to 870,000 on Saturday night - Big Brother News - Reality TV - Digital Spy

[51] 'Primeval' sinks to 1.7 million for final ever ITV episode - Primeval News - Cult - Digital Spy

[52] David Walliams's 'Mr Stink' has sweet smell of success with 6.3m - Digital Spy

[53] "Digital Spy Forums - View Single Post - The Ratings Thread (Part 46)". Forums.digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[54] "Ant & Dec's 'Saturday Night Takeaway' beats 'Let's Dance' final". Digital Spy. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[55] "Ant & Dec's 'Saturday Night Takeaway' ratings continue to rise". Digital Spy. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[56] "Ant & Dec's latest 'Saturday Night Takeaway' attracts 7.3 million". Digital Spy. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[57] "'Saturday Night Takeaway' stays ahead of 'The Voice' UK in ratings - TV News". Digital Spy. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[58] "'Britain's Got Talent' makes triumphant return to ITV with 9.35m - Britain's Got Talent News". Digital Spy. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[59] "'The Voice' UK ratings continue to grow with 7.9m". Digital Spy. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[60] "'Britain's Got Talent' tops Saturday night ratings - TV News". Digital Spy. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[61] "'Britain's Got Talent' tops Saturday ratings with 9.51m". Digital Spy. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[62] "'Britain's Got Talent' scores series high of 10.54m on ITV". Digital Spy. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[63] "Eurovision Song Contest seen by 7.7m on BBC One". Digital Spy. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[64] "'Top Gear' returns for new series with over 4.7m on BBC Two - TV News". Digital Spy. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[65] "Death Comes to Pemberley concludes with 4.4m on BBC One". Digital Spy. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[66] The Voice UK pulls in 6.95 million for Battle Rounds - Digital Spy

[67] Saturday Night Takeaway catches up but The Voice still tops ratings - Digital Spy

[68] The Voice UK peaks at 7.7 million for first knockout round episode - Digital Spy

[69] The Voice first live show tops Saturday ratings with 6.21m on BBC One - Digital Spy

[70] The Voice in series low but edges Ant & Dec with 5.94m - Digital Spy

[71] The Voice UK final tops Saturday ratings for BBC One with 6.6 million - Digital Spy

[72] Have I Got News for You continues to top Friday night ratings - Digital Spy

[73] "Poll of the Year 2009". UKGameshows. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[74] "Dubai TV". Dmi.ae. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[75] For example, the prize of the first 5 games for the very first contestant were football boots, complete set of freestyle football equipments, freestyle football party, replacement of old home appliances and a freestyle football studio respectively.

[76] 东方卫视脉动梦立方官网

[77] Eckes moderiert: RTL angelt sich Show-Highlight "The Cube"–TVmatrix

[78] The Cube–Italian TV

[79] суббота, 16:50. "Куб - Анкета - Первый канал". 1tv.ru. Retrieved 18 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[80] El Cubo–Cuatro

[81] Куб на СТБ (The Cube on STB)

[82] Buy The Cube Family Electronic Game at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Games and board games

[83] The Cube board game - Board games & puzzles - Gadgets & novelty gifts - Gifts & toys

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 * '''Game Rules:''' In the centre of The Cube is a tray holding 25 red balls. Nearby is a raised clear Perspex box with a circular hole that is only just larger than the red balls. The player has 20 seconds to deposit all 25 balls into the box using only one hand.
 * '''Simplify Rules:''' Using the '''Simplify''' at any cash level reduced the number of balls by 5.
-* '''Also Played at:''' Game 3 - £10,000, Game 2 - £2,000.  (At the £10,000 and £2,000 level there are 20 balls instead of 25.)
+* '''Also Played at:''' Game 2 - £2,000, Game 3 - £10,000. (At the £2,000 and £10,000 level there are 20 balls instead of 25.)
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 * '''Game Rules:''' The player must balance on a raised beam for 20 seconds. If any part of the player's body touches the floor during the time, a life is lost. The 20 seconds starts when the player's second foot touches the beam although the player may take this foot off and balance on one leg once the time has started.
 * '''Simplify Rules:''' Using the '''Simplify''' increased the width of the beam by 50%.
-* '''Also Played at:''' Game 2 - £2,000, Game 4 - £20,000, Game 5 - £50,000 and Game 6 - £100,000. (The width of the beam is dependent on the cash level the game is being played at. eg. At the £100,000 game, it is half the width than at the £2,000 game. )
+* '''Also Played at:''' Game 1 - £1,000,  Game 2 - £2,000, Game 4 - £20,000, Game 5 - £50,000 and Game 6 - £100,000. (The width of the beam is dependent on the cash level the game is being played at. eg. At the £100,000 game, it is half the width than at the £1,000 game. )
 <big>'''Barrage'''</big>