This beautiful puzzle was made by Lee T. He, with my permission, took my idea for this puzzle, and made it a reality. The puzzle is shaped like a truncated icosahedron, and rotates similary to a pyraminx. I was luckily able to acquire one of these puzzles in a recent trade with Lee, and I must say, he is quite the craftsman, and his work is astounding.

Here is a video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ZFKFjkc4gQ

Pictures:

that looks awesome! how long does it usually take to solve?

Looks awesome! What mechanism is it?

Ryan,
Great video and pics.


The internal spider is from a chinese megaminx. The other two unique pieces were rapid prototyped and copied.

Awesome as expected, Lee!

Wow... is this going to be the official ball for Euro 2008?

Brilliant creation!!!



Pantazis

Very cool looking puzzle. Would love to have one. Will there be some for purchase?

watching it get mixed up was painful...

very nice.

very nice

What a fabulous job, Lee!
Ryan, you are a lucky owner!

Thanks for sharing, both.
Vadim

congrats Lee

god job

go on with your creations....

It looks great! What sort of puzzle do you solve it like? Or how do you solve it?

Fantastic!
Will there be more builds to be sold?

- Frank -

I have solved it twice, and have found that it solves almost exactly like a megaminx up until the end, where certain pyraminx moves come into play. But I figured it out without making up any new algs, and much of it is very intuitive. Very fun to solve, despite minor difficulties with turning.

Excellent work!
Reminds me of the Truncated Octaminx.