A deformed pentaemperor hexadecagonal prism.

• Inventor: Ilya Toporgilka
• Mechanism: 4x4x4
• Patents: Unknown
• Producer: Custom
• Year: 2022
• Original Price: $0.00 USD
• Current Price: No Data

After the designer had constructed the pentaemperor hexadecagonal prism, he remembered that an ellipsoid can be made by deforming a spherical surface. The second important thing was that only a volume of an ellipsoid can be calculated precisely. An ovaloid has a bigger volume and it depends upon how the lines have been drawn. This eliminated the need to calculate an another "correct" structure of a 3D oval puzzle. The designer took an existing puzzle (pentaemperor hexadecagonal prism) and transformed it into a flattened ellipsoid.
The puzzle turns like a 4x4x4. The designer found this quite a unique puzzle since it is a segment of a much larger (very gigantic) puzzle (like 3 of these puzzles stuck on top of each other, a 54x54x108 barrel).
The puzzle's shape is a 3D oval or Crazypill, but done in 2 dimensions instead of just one. The designer is not sure whether the name "Crazypill" is appropriate here or not. This shape is also the shape of red chips in the game "The treasure of Montezuma".
This time the designer used some leftover lego pieces to extend the pieces. It did take a few times less than 50 hours to make. If a 4x4x4 has exactly 16mm cubies and each lego extensions is properly lined up, no extending and no hours of sanding will be required.
As the designer likes the challenge of the 4x4x4 Trajber's octahedron, he stickered the puzzle in 8 colours. This resembles the rounded 4x4x6 by Dan Fast.
To speed up the stickering some of the "windows" were made. These holes are typical on void puzzles. In order for the void(dark matter) to be the truth, nothing has to be visible. Only the darkness. The designer showed it by stickering most of the parts with the colour shade. The "frames" are just to indicate the piece colour, and they are zero in size.
Size: 64 x 96 x 96 mm

In August 2023 Ilya Toporgilka transformed the second 4x4x4 into the flattened ellipsoid and put a spiral sticker scheme. See images 4-6.

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