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:: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 ::

Petaminx

The Petaminx: A Mind-Boggling, Satan-Loving Homemade Dodecahedral Puzzle



[thanks popcorn]

Labels: Puzzles, Rubik

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Impossible Mirrored Rubiks Cube
"Rubik made this just to spite everyone who wasn't smart enough for his first cube."


Dominoes Made Of Dominoes
"And those dominoes are made of atoms, which are kind of like the original domino. Think about it." [includes cat]

[via lmg]

Labels: Puzzles, Rubik

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2x2x2x3 Rubik's Cube
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Another new Rubik's Cube for the collection.

These a handy 2x2x2 cube solver here that works on this.

Labels: Flickr, Puzzles, Rubik

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matlab rubiks cube
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Thanks to el noodle, of Hijack, I am now the proud, and ultra-geeky, owner of a Matlab branded Rubik's Cube. I still take ages to complete it; minutes, rather than the sub-30sec times many can manage, or insanely fast times of some speedcubers. Some people can do it faster blindfold than I've ever managed! And I dread to think how many moves I take, what with God's number being thought to be in the low 20s.

Here's a great History of Rubik’s Cube Solutions and Techniques

From the official site, here's Ernő Rubik's first working prototype of the cube from 1974.


Here's Mátyás Kuti solving a cube in a couple of minutes. Blindfolded. With one hand.

[It should be noted that Kuti has been found to have cheated at his blindfold solves, somehow, so all of his records have been taken away and he is currently banned from competition for three years.]

Weird shit people are making:

Labels: Puzzles, Rubik

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Rubiks Revenge
Originally uploaded by gusset.


I picked up this little 4x4x4 beauty, in original packaging, in retro antiques boutique Cream and Chrome in St Nickolas Market, Bristol, this week. Shown with my original childhood 3x3x3 cube for comparison. The stickers on my old one are slightly wonky in places from an early attempt at solving it, before I leant how to take it apart, and before I lean t to do it properly.

I leant the skill from a copy of James Nourse's brilliant book The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube, found in a jumble sale in St Aldhelm's church on Chessel St, Bedminster as I remember. I probably only paid 10p for it. It's 25 quid on Amazon now. That's a better investment than finding a copy of the first ever Doctor Who annual for 10p at a similar sale. I doubt you'd find bargains like that these days. It seems Car Boot sales made profiteers out of many people and now eBay has taken care of the rest of us.
[None of these items are for sale.]


Rubiks Revenge (mix)
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Labels: Flickr, Puzzles, Rubik

:: Dan 7.2.08 [Arc] [0 comments] ::
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Rubik's Puzzle Building

Siamese 3x3x3:





Triple Rubi-X:

Labels: Puzzles, Rubik

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