New Puzzle - WOW!!!!!

Mr.Twisty · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:48 am

Greenhill's Cube still amazes me, but check out this first ever Master Skewb.

Master Skewb

Jin H Kim · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2003 10:37 am

The actual mechanics of the puzzle are actually pretty clear in my mind. The part that eludes me is what sort of tools/techniques he is using to make those incredible one-shot puzzles.

sausage · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:43 pm

I am out of hats to take off.

End of year is coming up. Whats the round up of "wow" puzzles for the year?

Carter · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:03 pm

Okamoto Katsuhiko is the KING of puzzle making. He is really pushing the creative mechanism envelope.

Jeff Goetz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:08 pm

Could someone explain how it's made. I was thinking maybe same modification from a 4x4x4. Its just so hard to visualize the mechanism.

Jin H Kim · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:41 pm

I suspect Okamoto-San made it from a standard Skewb mechanism. Even a Rubik's Revenge only turns on 3 axes. The Master Skewb by design turns on 4, making the use of the Revenge quite impractical.

Walt Smith · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:48 am

Oh my gosh! Thats the best looking new functionality I have seen in a long time... or is it? Is the functionality the same as a Magic Octahedron? In any case it's beautiful and I got get one.

Walt

Walt Smith · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:56 am

I see now that it is not a Magic Octohedron. It is has two slices on each of four axies like a Rainbow Cube. I got to think more about this.

Walt

Jake · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:41 pm

It looks as if another layer has been added onto the skewb spindles, hard to explain, easier to visualize ;) nontheless INCREDIBLE!!! Another very SEXY cube!!!! I wish that some of these awesome mods would be easier available, cause i really want to play with one!!! hehehe

jake

New Puzzle - WOW!!!!!

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