ALEH'S BRILICUBE

Aleh · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:53 pm

My new creation Brilicube.
I hope you will like it. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjwKzaIsx1s.

Ryan Thompson · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:58 pm

This is mind boggling, I can't even begin to understand how you made that.

Great build! You did a fantastic job. How did you make it haha.

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

Wow. I love it. I really do.

the.drizzle · **Joined:** Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:05 pm **Location:** Seed-nee

In fact, I do like it--very nice!

Question: the hidden layer under the suspended edges, did you use a 3x3, or 2x2 structure? I'm just trying to figure out what you did here...

EDIT: Nevermind, I see it now!

TheCube · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:16 pm

very nice, it looks like a cross between a square-1 and a brillic, but I'm guessing that it solves mostly like a 3x3?

Aleksey · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:22 pm

Beautiful. And it's interesting to see those curved insides of some tips to allow the pieces to overlap yet don't expose big gaps.

Wonderful puzzle. I wonder how you came up with this idea though. 8-)

X · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:24 pm

This is incredible! I don't even know what else to say! :shock:

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:41 pm

Again an amazing work.
The puzzle in a a whole and also each of the pieces look absolutely perfect.

Since your Brilicube also does not have a (visible) center:
Does it work like a Void Cube then, regarding the possible permutations,
parities, etc.?

- Frank -

guoguo · **Joined:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:30 pm

absolutely amazing :shock:

It seems to work like a 3x3 void cube more than a cubic brillic, doesn't it?

kloopstomp · **Joined:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:19 pm **Location:** Utah

Wow! It looks really nice. I was also thinking that it worked like a void cube. Could we see some internal pics?

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

This looks great, looking forward to the video.

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

Very nice. I need to see a video.

Thomas · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:52 pm

WOW!

Is this a 3x3x3?

Thomas

Scott Bedard · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:11 pm

You never cease to amaze me Aleh, fantastic work.

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

very clean build, I'm dying to see hwat it works like is it just a 3x3 with caps like the impossible megaminx/kilominx?

chris_joe · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:03 pm

my goodness. Great !! I love it so much.

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

Superb as always Aleh.

Noah · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:04 pm

There has yet to be a puzzle of Aleh's that I don't crave to own.

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:52 pm

I like it!!! Yeah it does remind me of the void cube. I had a sort of same idea after I received the Aleh Hladilin(a.k.a. Pyraminx Crystal) except that I don't know if it would work or not.

dannyb21892 · **Joined:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:30 pm **Location:** NYC

thats really cool! At first the pictures confused me because I thought it would turn like a square 1 since it has a similar look on the surface. Now i see why everyone said its like a void 3x3x3.

blade740 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:36 am

That is...amazing. How big is it? Small enough to use normal square-1 stickers?

JoeCube · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:31 pm

YEAH!!!

That is unbelievable!

GREAT WORK! It looks so professional!!

Aleksey wrote:

I wonder how you came up with this idea though. 8-)

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DLitwin · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:36 pm

Wow. Just beautiful.

I can't wait to see it in a week at the Berkeley Meet up!

Dave

khjs534 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:44 pm

Really amazing work, look forward to video and possible internals

! And does the Bril stand for BRILLIANT!

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:09 am

It seems a Brilic has dressed up as three Square-1s squeezed together!

Pantazis

timselkirk · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:42 am

Just beautiful.

It sort of reminds me of the idea of an edges-only or no-edges cube, but the way it is constructed looks so elegant. The idea of making each face look exactly like the top/bottom of a square-1 is amazing.

Are the rotation planes curved, or did you leave slightly hollow internals? I can't see from the photos.

An absolutely beautifully executed (mod of 3x3?) puzzle. It would be impossible not to want one!

I wish I could even aspire to such skill!

Marco · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:55 am

Really nice mod there Aleh, as always

This mod also perfectly explained how I think how an even order minx would turn, maybe the techniques used here can be applied to the minx?

juanan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:53 am

wow

Awesome ............. Aleh

Derek Tolley · **Joined:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:22 pm

Thats awesome!

Gianni · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:09 pm

SUPERB, indeed :!:

Let me too guess: 3x3x3 mod?

Bravo again!

merlintocs · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:20 pm

Very, VERY nice, Aleh. Thanks for sharing with us.

fusion · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:39 pm

Great work!!!! I have thought about a mod like this in the past but couldn't figure out how it would turn. Now it's alive!

Adam

Aleh · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:46 pm

Thank you very much for yours nice comments.
Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... yvBA&hl=en

TheCube: I'm guessing that it solves mostly like a 3x3?
Frank Tiex: Does it work like a Void Cube then, regarding the possible permutations,
parities, etc.?
It solves like a Void Cube. Two edges or two corners can be switched.

Blade740: How big is it? Small enough to use normal square-1 stickers?
Square-1 and Brilicube have same size but different angles, I don't think you can use squere-1's stickers.

Marco: Maybe the techniques used here can be applied to the minx?
Why not?

Aleh

TheCube · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:54 pm

Aleh wrote:

It solves like a Void Cube. Two edges or two corners can be switched.

does that mean a brillic solves like a void megaminx?

Aleh · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:57 pm

TheCube wrote:

Aleh wrote:

It solves like a Void Cube. Two edges or two corners can be switched.

does that mean a brillic solves like a void megaminx?

No.

Vadim · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:02 pm

Aleh,
This is sooo fantastic!
You have such imagination and building skills!
Молодец!
Vadim

timselkirk · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:04 pm

Like all the best ideas. Very simple, but very, very clever! I just can't imagine how you thought of the idea how it would be done!

How thin is the (unseen) plane connecting the edge core to the edge surface? What is the tolerance between that and the "points" of the corner pieces?

MarkSS · **Joined:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:29 am **Location:** UK

I wouldn't have guessed it would twist like that from the first pic. An ingenious puzzle.

TheAtarian1 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:14 pm

Looks beautiful, Aleh.

Myke · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:23 pm

Very nice again

Can't wait to see it in real life.

Jin H Kim · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:32 pm

Aleh,

You ARE bringing this to berkeley on the 26th, right?

Aleh · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:13 pm

Jin H Kim wrote:

Aleh,

You ARE bringing this to berkeley on the 26th, right?

Of course. I hope you will bring something too? 8-)

flaakinator · **Joined:** Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:47 pm

So does every twist have to be a double twist?

I had also had this idea, and i had a drawing of it but could not figure a way to turn it in my head.

Politely Owned · **Joined:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:55 pm

Of course not!

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

So, I am wondering... you could do pretty much the same thing to a megaminx, right? So maybe you COULD make a megaminx mod that looks exactly like a brillic but turns like a void megaminx! That would be pretty awesome, especially if it was right next to a brillic...

Aleh · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:01 am

qqwref wrote:

So, I am wondering... you could do pretty much the same thing to a megaminx, right? So maybe you COULD make a megaminx mod that looks exactly like a brillic but turns like a void megaminx! That would be pretty awesome, especially if it was right next to a brillic...

I'm working on it. :wink:

I believe, not only me. 8-)

cubefan8 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:25 pm

Aleh, this may be my favorite puzzle ever, no joke!
What are the dimensions?

Aleh · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:08 pm

Brilic's size.

frederic plateus · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:10 pm **Location:** Belgium

woow, that's mad, it's another level of building
amazing

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