Hi there, Just came across this article and thought it might be of interest to those of you for whom 3D Rubik's cube-style puzzles have become way too easy...
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Roice Nelson
roice3
May 8, 2009 3:45 am
I saw this at www.mathpuzzle.com: *Void Cube and other Variants* The 2007 winner of the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition was the Void ...
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Melinda Green
xyzrgb
May 8, 2009 8:26 am
I don't find the void cubes very interesting but I know other people obviously like them. I do however love the mirror cube. I've seen one and it's quite...
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Jay Berkenbilt
ejb_ql_org
May 9, 2009 2:02 pm
Thanks for sharing this article. I actually have a few puzzles that more or less follow these principles. Perhaps the best example is "Triple Cross", which...
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David Smith
djs314djs314
May 13, 2009 11:31 am
Hello everyone, It's been a while, so I thought I should update the group on my progress with my paper. Obviously, I didn't finish it over Spring Break! I...
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Kyle Headley
kygron
May 20, 2009 7:06 pm
Hi! I was #93 on the 3^4 solution list, and I was told I had a unique solution, so I wanted to let you all know what I did. Sorry for the delay, there was some...
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Anthony
anthony.desc...
May 20, 2009 7:26 pm
... That sounds vey similar to my solution. I began by making one side of the 3^4 a solid colour, without paying attention to the anything but the 2C pieces,...
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Kyle Headley
kygron
May 20, 2009 10:15 pm
In that case my solution was not unique at all. Any hints on getting corners to line up nicely? I was working to systematize the solution using 3d techniques,...
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Roice Nelson
roice3
May 21, 2009 1:32 am
Hi Kyle, In response to the MC5D paragraph, which of the two twisting control schemes are you finding difficult to use, the buttons or the click twisting? If...
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matthewsheerin
May 21, 2009 6:02 pm
... Hi, hate to say it but I've also thought of that trick, though it did take a few attempts to figure out how to achieve it. It can't be a bad way to solve...
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Kyle Headley
kygron
May 22, 2009 2:23 am
Hey Roice, ... I was referring to a freedom of movement sequence: 3^2: unable to physically twist 3^3: center 3^2 slice can twist with the help of a single...
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rev_16_4
May 22, 2009 4:31 pm
... Actually, Kyle, On a 3^n, the 1 color cubies are immovable in relation to each other. (Their "orientation" can be changed...) Look at a 3^3. If yours has...
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Roice Nelson
roice3
Jun 18, 2009 12:40 am
Hi all, I have been starting to learn a little powershell recently, and as a first project I wrote a script to generate an ...
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Melinda Green
xyzrgb
Jun 18, 2009 12:47 am
What Roice didn't mention is that he also had one made and sent to me! It's one of the most beautiful and personal gifts I've ever gotten. I added a photo to...
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David Smith
djs314djs314
Jun 21, 2009 2:57 am
Hello all, I am pleased to say that I have finally finished my paper which derives the number of possible positions of an n^4 Rubik's Cube! I actually can't...
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David Smith
djs314djs314
Jun 22, 2009 10:47 am
Hello all, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have made some minor clarifications and corrections to the 4^4, 6^4, and 8^4 Cube sections of my paper....
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Roice Nelson
roice3
Jun 23, 2009 5:35 am
Dear All, I got a stomach sinking email today from a member who accidentally overwrote an almost completed solution in Magic120Cell. 17000 moves had been...
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Melinda Green
xyzrgb
Jun 23, 2009 6:47 am
OMG, that story simply breaks my heart! Are you sure there are no copies anywhere? Was an intermediate copy ever emailed to work account or to a friend? Maybe...
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David Smith
djs314djs314
Jun 26, 2009 12:38 pm
Hi everyone, I have derived a formula for the upper bound of an n^6 Rubik's Cube! I was able to do so after discovering a general method that will allow me to...
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superken576
Jun 26, 2009 11:00 pm
... That's really impressive!! But if you actually calculate it, the computer would... well, you would need a computer with a huge processor....
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David Smith
djs314djs314
Jul 19, 2009 6:13 pm
I am happy to announce that after starting this project almost four years ago (when I first calculated the number of configurations of a standard 3x3x3 Rubik's...
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Klaus
klaus.weidinger
Oct 3, 2009 6:25 pm
Hi everyone! My name is Klaus and I am a cuber from Bavaria, Germany. I am 18 years old (born on 19.04.1991) and going to finish school this year. After that...
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Jonathan
jonathan.mec...
Oct 8, 2009 6:23 pm
if anyone is curious on a algorithm that switches 2 pairs of 3-colored pieces without messing up anything (even corners!),let me know and ill respond with the...
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Klaus Weidinger
klaus.weidinger
Oct 8, 2009 6:30 pm
Hi Jonathan, If you would find a similar algorithm for the 3^4 I would really appreciate to hear of it, because I'm doing corners first and therefore the...
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Jonathan
jonathan.mec...
Oct 8, 2009 8:22 pm
yes actually i do. though i dont use ur method of solving the cube i was able to come up with a simple algorithm that can manage and satisfy your taste. i also...
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anthony.deschamps
anthony.desc...
Oct 9, 2009 2:37 am
My name is Anthony Deschamps. I am 17 years old and living in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I am in my last year of high school, and next year I plan to study...
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Jonathan
jonathan.mec...
Oct 9, 2009 2:42 am
i will use ROICES NOTATION at(http://www.superliminal.com/cube/solution/pages/cube.htm) also, i would like to thank roice because i used roice's techniques and...
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Colin
puzzlegon
Oct 9, 2009 4:48 am
Hi, I joined the group a while back and had a few puzzles. A fellow programmer of more experience than myself (Igor) gave me some helpful hints on how to...
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Klaus Weidinger
klaus.weidinger
Oct 9, 2009 1:37 pm
Thanks for this sequence. I'm going to attempt my second solve today and I'm going to give your sequence a try. However I already have some sequences for that...
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Melinda Green
xyzrgb
Oct 9, 2009 6:24 pm
I don't know but I did find it very interesting when I learned the other day that the world record time for solving a 2^3 was set last year by Erik Akkersdijk...
