So apparently there is more than one kind of Rubik's Cube...

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:26 am

Everyone remembers that darn frustrating puzzle cube that they hated and loved at the same time as a child.

Well it looks like there are now many more types...

If you though the original was frustrating take a look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_puzzles

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:59 am

I can do a 3x3 but I'm pretty slow
My brother has the "Professor's Cube", 5x5. Don't think he's solved that one yet... he's got one full side and most of the T's lined up.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:03 am

some of those look pretty cool by itself even if u cant beat em lol

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:04 am

ArmoredCore wrote:some of those look pretty cool by itself even if u cant beat em lol

Yeah really cool some of the polyhedra they have used. Dodecahedron looks impossibly hard however.

Just bought these today.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0270221372

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0273758390

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:12 am

A long time ago I bought the original Rubik's cube, but never bothered to solve it myself, even when the manual teaches you how to. My brother took a deep interest in it, however, and he can solve it pretty easily. Once you know the algorithm it's no problem at all.

Later on he got the 5x5x5 cube and he had to look on the web for the new algorithm, but it's easy too once you figure it out. It just takes longer.

I should show him that 4-dimensional cube.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:21 am

I'm working on this one.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z71/ ... beEdit.jpg

I'll let you know when I'm done with it.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:25 am

^^ HAH!

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:12 am

HELLRAISER CUBE hahaha, thats tight if its real...

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:22 am

ArmoredCore wrote:HELLRAISER CUBE hahaha, thats tight if its real...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33bZ2qvnoVs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lihA-c8N ... re=related

Sort of.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:06 am

My favorites were always Rubik's Magic and Rubik's Snake (that sounds so wrong).

I bought the larger 12-panel Rubik's Magic a few years ago but became frustrated with it.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:49 pm

Damocles wrote:I'm working on this one.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z71/ ... beEdit.jpg

I'll let you know when I'm done with it.

Ah yes, the infamous Clive Barker's Hellraiser's Lament Configuration Box -- which opens the doorway to the Cenobites. Solve it if you dare. This mysterious LCB puzzle was one of several methods to open the doors to other dimensions according to Barker's short story, The Hellbound Heart. There is supposed to a very intricate and elaborate origami that if one were to fold it, it supposedly opens a path to the Cenobites -- this was also mentioned in Barker's HBH novel as well. ^_~
If the idea of suffering more pain, the more instense it was, thus the greater the pleasure. Sounds like a fucked-up analogy but that is what the Hellraiser films tend to get that particular message across.

And what is Clive Barker up to these days? Seems to have given up on the horror novel/film side of business, right?

I recall when Erno Rubik brought out his original Rubik's Magic and Master Edition Magic puzzles which were distributed in the USA by Matchbox and SevenTowns. Fascinating puzzles in their own right. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:53 pm

ArmoredCore wrote:HELLRAISER CUBE hahaha, thats tight if its real...

For Armored Core,

Yep, this Lament Configuration Box puzzle is real alright. You had to assemble it youself as it came in kit form. It sold for a mere $9.99 USD and could be bought from your local hobby shop back in the early 1990's. It appears for sale from time to time on eBay. Watching the Hellraiser II: Hellbound film shows more of the different shapes and configurations that such a standard "cube" can assume.

The Hellraiser 4 film told in greater detail, of the background story of how this devious Rubik's Cube from Hell came to be. Many people from all walks of life have tried spending vast amounts of time and money in order to acquire this fabled Lament Configuration Box...and yet none have lived to tell about it after finally getting ahold of it. Want to learn why that is so? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:24 pm

lol..I saw this thread and that immediately came to mind...was just a little too late to post it. I'd love a real one if someone made a solid puzzle like the hellraiser cube

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:46 pm

Bah! 3D cube puzzles are so boring. 4D is where it's at!

http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:10 pm

I have a 2x2, 3x3 and 5x5. The first is obviously very basic and can be done in 10 seconds. The second, the one everybody knows, I can do in 2 minutes. It's the one I keep lying around at work and regularily toy with qhen bored. The 5x5 isn't much more complex, just longer to complete.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:12 pm

I remember finding one at my Grandparents house. I just recently got the urge to try again since I was really little. So 9 dollars later (and a delivery from the slow boat to china) and I should have two new cubes. Hopefully the Chinese have bootlegged with some quality in mind.

I really like the look of the dodecaherdon one but that would just be too much for me I think.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:28 pm

I clearly remember having a Rubik's Magic as a kid. I also had a spherical one with rows of brightly colored transparent "beads" that you had to line up. Not in the wiki article so I guess it wasn't an official product.

Minzoku · Post by **Minzoku** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:19 pm

I had a Pyraminx!

I wonder where it went?

The hardest part was the middle, obviously. The tips only had three different configurations and was very difficult not to solve

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:24 pm

Behold! A 5-dimensional cube!

http://www.gravitation3d.com/magiccube5d/

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:53 am

themachinist wrote:I can do a 3x3 but I'm pretty slow
My brother has the "Professor's Cube", 5x5. Don't think he's solved that one yet... he's got one full side and most of the T's lined up.

I can solve my 3x3 in a minute. The 4x4 isn't that hard to solve if you apply the same tricks from a 3x3, and likewise the 5x5.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:02 am

In theory one of the companies is able to produce a working 11x11 vie special mechanisms but where is this monster?

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:24 am

Is a 100x100x100 cube good enough?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:59 am

I'm looking for something tangable, I've seen all the virtual ones.

t0yrobo · Post by **t0yrobo** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:17 am

Personally I prefer the Homer Simpson version
http://www.amazon.com/Simpsons-2001-Twe ... culturf-20

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:39 am

what about No, but I can do the original and I enjoy puzzles.

Motorherp · Post by **Motorherp** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:07 am

I've had the clock, pyraminx, and standard 3x3 cube before in the past. The clock I could do in 30 seconds flat, the others I never worked out.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:19 am

Ruldra wrote:Is a 100x100x100 cube good enough?

lol that is crazy

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:09 pm

Jon wrote:I clearly remember having a Rubik's Magic as a kid. I also had a spherical one with rows of brightly colored transparent "beads" that you had to line up. Not in the wiki article so I guess it wasn't an official product.

For Jon,

That particular puzzle that you describe is none other than "The Orb" puzzle. I recall seeing it for sale at my local toy stores. Some toy stores had demos of those popular puzzles to try out before buying them. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:22 pm

i saw a 10 year old asian kid on the subway a couple months ago that solved, and rescrambled it like 7 times in like ten minutes......the 3x3 one

pretty freaking nuts

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:28 pm

Here's one to your list: Teraminx.

Made by the author of the best Super Metroid hack in existence. You can tell he really likes puzzles, huh. :P

shmups.system11.org

So apparently there is more than one kind of Rubik's Cube...

Now that you have seen some of these do you plan to buy one in the next 30 days?

So apparently there is more than one kind of Rubik's Cube...