Evgeniy Grigoriev's 10mm Rubik's Cube

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

At 9mm I believe Jason's (io) remake of his Picocube earlier this year is the world's smallest functioning Rubik's Cube.
A little later Evgeniy (grigr) made fully working 3d printed 12mm Rubik's Cubes- Microbic and Dice Cube. Both are available at his Shapeway's shop.
As a fan of both big and small puzzles I asked Evgeniy to create the files for a 10mm Rubik's Cube (there is some debate as to whether a smaller one would work through Shapeways printing). All I did was assemble it and cut my own stickers. I take no credit whatsoever for this puzzle.
Below you can see pictures of the puzzle and the world's smallest Rubik's Cube solve video.

VIDEO

Sigurd · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:19 pm

amazing! I wonder when we will have a better material available.. :roll:

so we can go smaller!

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

What're you doing with a dime Tony? That cube is tiny, it must be really easy to lose.

Alex

Sigurd · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:37 pm

its so small you can give it to todlers and not fear if they will choke on it! :lol:

Luke · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:16 pm

Wow. That is tiny. That must have been really cheap! It's weird that due to how small the puzzle is, you can see the sandy like material that Shapeways prints in.

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

That is really small! How did Shapeways not lose the pieces? When I made my super micro 3x3x3 the parts were printed inside a box to hold them.

0wlstudioz · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:04 am

i cant see it :lol:

jk thats a extermely awsome. :scrambled:

Jorbs3210 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:13 am

lol at second to last picture

Does it have decent turning?

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:07 am

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

wwwmwww wrote:

Carl

Totally shopped..........the cells should be bigger than that. :lol:

Anyone know if this one is going to be uploaded to Shapeways?

Alex

stardust4ever · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:54 pm

Okay, quick question: why is this puzzle so expensive? At $1.50 per cm^3, and a $1.50 startup cost, the total should be no more than $3.00, and that's assuming it's built completely solid. Pricing it at $14.99 equates to at least a 400% markup :shock:

Of course the creator has to get his/her cut 8-)

[Edited for clarity]

Kapusta · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:57 pm

stardust4ever wrote:

Okay, quick question: why is this puzzle so expensive? At $1.50 per cm^2, and a $1.50 startup cost, the total should be no more than $3.00, and that's assuming it's . Pricing it a $14.99 equates to at least a 400% markup :shock:

Of course the artist has to get his/her cut 8-)

Don't forget, they had to make a $3 investment!

stardust4ever · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:51 pm

wwwmwww wrote:

Carl

Why stop at the cellular level???

Rubik's Binding Protien:

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Hyper Carged Molecular Teleporter:

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Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

stardust4ever wrote:

Okay, quick question: why is this puzzle so expensive? At $1.50 per cm^3, and a $1.50 startup cost, the total should be no more than $3.00, and that's assuming it's built completely solid. Pricing it at $14.99 equates to at least a 400% markup :shock:

Of course the creator has to get his/her cut 8-)

[Edited for clarity]

This puzzle is not for sale so I guess you are talking about the 12mm versions. I personally believe they should cost a lot more when you think about what they actually are.

ndiamond · **Joined:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:32 pm **Location:** Tokyo

Tony Fisher wrote:

stardust4ever wrote:

Okay, quick question: why is this puzzle so expensive? At $1.50 per cm^3, and a $1.50 startup cost, the total should be no more than $3.00, and that's assuming it's built completely solid. Pricing it at $14.99 equates to at least a 400% markup :shock:

Of course the creator has to get his/her cut 8-)

[Edited for clarity]

This puzzle is not for sale so I guess you are talking about the 12mm versions. I personally believe they should cost a lot more when you think about what they actually are.

Did I just see irony missed by

by ...

I can't say it. It's too distressing to believe.

grigr · **Joined:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm **Location:** Russia

for comparison: 20mm, 15mm, 12mm and 10mm

there 8mm cube, it does not work, because there are broken parts

ShapeWays not will to print a small puzzle
because of problems with the quality of parts and difficulty in complete ...

qqwref · **Joined:** Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:12 pm **Location:** NY, USA

One small cube for Tony Fisher, one giant leap for mankind! :lol:

grigr, you are amazing! Keep making puzzles, I love to see them!

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:30 pm

Here is a news from you Tony:

http://www.hir24.hu/ki-mit-tud/154811/a ... ckaja.html

I know it is in Hungarian, but it is fun to see your name in one of Hungary's largest news site...

grigr · **Joined:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm **Location:** Russia

Olivér Nagy wrote:

Here is a news from you Tony:
http://www.hir24.hu/ki-mit-tud/154811/a ... ckaja.html
I know it is in Hungarian, but it is fun to see your name in one of Hungary's largest news site...

http://www.google.ru/search?q=world%27s ... k%27s+Cube

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

I didn't realise this was being picked up. It's probably because I originally said it was the smallest in the world until I remembered that Jason Smith had remade his 9mm Pico Cube. (What ever happened to that video Jason?)
I just hope they all understand that it is Evgeniy's creation and not mine.

grigr · **Joined:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm **Location:** Russia

I’m absolutely comfortable with the fact that there’s no my name on my puzzle. I’m glad that my invention has become world-famous and because of it Rubik’s Cube was revealed and recalled by many people all over again!

Eaton · **Joined:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:02 pm

I must admit, that is pretty cool! I wanted to buy the worlds smallest 2x2 off of shapeways for 16 dollars. But then i decided not to, because I truly have no use for it haha.

grigr · **Joined:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm **Location:** Russia

Very interesting:
Tony you are specifically released information about the cube 10*10*10mm in this day 10/10/10?
:shock:

pirsquared · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:45 am

Interesting, but boy was that a bump!

-Eitan

Evgeniy Grigoriev's 10mm Rubik's Cube

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