My new mod - The "V cube"

Vadim · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:56 pm

Hi all,
I have just finished my new mod.
I called it The "V cube" bacause of the shape of the middle piece + first letter of my name.

This is my first mod, where I made all pices, using sheet plastic, as opposed to milliput that I used in the past.
I hope you like it!
Vadim

Siraj A. · **Joined:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:14 pm **Location:** VA, USA

Awesome! Skewb mech, I presume?

Sam · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:00 pm

looks almost like a dino cube type. Probably a skewb mod but it could be a rainbow cube one as well.
Amazing work Vadim!

joey · **Joined:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:02 pm

Awesome! If only this had been made a few weeks ago :)

Aleksey · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:10 pm

Vadim, beautiful mod! I love the "V" idea. I guess you're becoming the master of Ufo, aren't you? 8-)

Pembo · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:11 pm

I guess it's made from a UFO!

Do I win it?

Good to see it finally done!

Caleb · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:25 pm

Beautifully made, and very professional (though I doubt there are pro puzzle builders

). Great job. Indeed you are becoming a new master of the UFO.

I'm very interested in seeing it scrambled.

Siraj A. · **Joined:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:14 pm **Location:** VA, USA

How do you guys tell a difference in UFO and Skewb mechs when it comes to a cube?

Pembo · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:31 pm

Vadim mods Square-1s and UFOs, plus I have seen it's innards.

Vadim · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:33 pm

Pembo wrote:

I guess it's made from a UFO!
Do I win it?
Good to see it finally done!

Pembo, that's cheating: I brought it to UK cube day with 2 pieces missing, so you could see ufo inside.
I guess first person to work it out was Aleksey! (Though he still didn't win it.)
Here is a scrambled(ish) picture.
Vadim

Siraj A. · **Joined:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:14 pm **Location:** VA, USA

Oh well can you usually tell the difference without this background knowledge?

Caleb · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:35 pm

It retains it shape? I was almost sure that it didn't.

Noah · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:36 pm

sirajali05 wrote:

How do you guys tell a difference in UFO and Skewb mechs when it comes to a cube?

The intersections of cuts across the puzzles.

With a Skewb, you get triangular and square (rectangle) pieces, and the crosses in between the pieces is only two lines.

The UFO has triangle pieces, plus there are 3 lines crossing at the 6 piece intersection.

Just a careful eye.

Nice build Vadim. Any chance we can also get a video?

Siraj A. · **Joined:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:14 pm **Location:** VA, USA

Thanks Noah. And yes Vadim, a video would be very nice!

Skate Addicti0n · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:42 pm

Completely awesome!

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:18 pm

Awesome build!!! This sort of reminds me of a dino cube and a Delta cube(granted the tips of your triangle go to the edge and not the corner) combine but it is still a UFO mechanism.

http://puzzle3d.hp.infoseek.co.jp/deltacube.html

QUINBLZ · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:19 pm

wow... that is realy impressive

video and mech pics would be nice though... beautiful anyways

how did you attach the extensions?

i hope i can do this type of stuff in the near future, theres some 3x3 mods that i want to get out of the way first though

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:37 pm

Finally, the "Vadim Cube"!

Excellent and Very interesting build!

Pantazis

Thomas · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:55 am

Wow!

[pauses... looking for words...]

Wow!

Thomas

chris_joe · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:21 am

wow! that's sick! Great job.

timselkirk · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:12 am

Great Mod!

I have been (vaguely) planning a skewb mod which looks quite similar, but somebody else will probably beat me to it because it is quite a low priority at the moment!

juanan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:24 am

WELL DONE

VADIM

Sigurd · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:18 am

I love it! I love it!
and I have had sketches for it for a long time

"fisher jobx2 on 2x2x2"?

Noah · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:20 am

Doubleyou wrote:

I love it! I love it!
and I have had sketches for it for a long time

"fisher jobx2 on 2x2x2"?

That would make it have a 2x2 as a core. This puzzle is based off of the Rubik's UFO.

Sigurd · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:33 am

I would sware the puzzle has the same cuts.
are any of the UFO pieces bandaged together?

Noah · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:59 am

Doubleyou wrote:

I would sware the puzzle has the same cuts.
are any of the UFO pieces bandaged together?

It's a fully functional Rubik's UFO.

You can see the 'center points' of the six pieces, on this cube along opposite edges.

Aleh's Kite Cube for example is seen on opposite corners.

Alexander · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:22 pm

Nice from a UFO i would not even know how to start
to do a mod with that.Nice looking puzzle.

A.O.

Vadim · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:14 pm

Caleb wrote:

It retains it shape? I was almost sure that it didn't.

Hi Caleb,
No it doesn't. I was just afraid messing it up.
Now I have no idea how I can get it back to it's original state! :cry:

(see pic).

In terms of internal mechanism, it's just a Rubik's UFO, placed diagonally inside the cube.

Vadim

Noah · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:27 pm

Vadim wrote:

Caleb wrote:

It retains it shape? I was almost sure that it didn't.

Hi Caleb,
No it doesn't. I was just afraid messing it up.
Now I have no idea how I can get it back to it's original state! :cry:

(see pic).

In terms of internal mechanism, it's just a Rubik's UFO, placed diagonally inside the cube.

Vadim

Could you solve one half of the puzzle intuitively?

If so, you could then begin using Pantazis' UFO algorithm to begin building the second half while swapping the same two pieces on the first half.

Vadim · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:02 pm

No use, I'm afraid. :cry:

I brought most of it into a cube shape, though the last 3 pieces keep sticking out like this:

Thomas · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:17 pm

Oh Vadim... you should stick to Skewb mods.
You can take those apart.

Thomas

Noah · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:08 pm

Well, try building three adjacent pieces together (on one half), then find the remaining three and what order they belong in. You can build those separately and then put the two 'halves of the half' together, then us the algorithm to solve the second half.

I wish I could play with it.

Same with Aleh's Kite Cube.

joey · **Joined:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:02 pm

Vadim wrote:

Caleb wrote:

It retains it shape? I was almost sure that it didn't.

Hi Caleb,
No it doesn't. I was just afraid messing it up.
Now I have no idea how I can get it back to it's original state! :cry:

(see pic).

In terms of internal mechanism, it's just a Rubik's UFO, placed diagonally inside the cube.

Vadim

I will PM you my address, please send it to me. I will solve it.

Caleb · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:37 pm

Vadim wrote:

Now I have no idea how I can get it back to it's original state! :cry:

(see pic).

I'm so sorry if I encouraged you to mess it up against your will. But then again, what is a puzzle if you don't scramble it at least once? I know, I know, a piece of artwork, i agree.

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:44 pm

Really nice work, Vadim. It looks great!

Vadim · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:02 am

Caleb wrote:

Vadim wrote:

Now I have no idea how I can get it back to it's original state! :cry:

(see pic).

I'm so sorry if I encouraged you to mess it up against your will. But then again, what is a puzzle if you don't scramble it at least once? I know, I know, a piece of artwork, i agree.

Hi Caleb,
I'm not really cross. I always have mixed feelings about messing up tricky puzzles, but then I'll do it sooner or later! It just happened sooner!

I got it into cube shape last night. Now I just have to solve the colours!

Joey, I new someone will come up with an offer to solve it. I'm almost there though, cheers!

Vadim

Aleksey · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:17 am

Vadim wrote:

I guess first person to work it out was Aleksey! (Though he still didn't win it.)

Oh, come on! Don't be so cruel!

Bounb · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:45 pm

Wow, I really like this. Nice.

QUINBLZ · **Posted:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:14 pm

lol, at least you can get it mostly solved, i made one mod that i have no clue how to start on part of it

My new mod - The "V cube"

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