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Ben Hendry
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Post subject: Ben's Bizarre Bandage (b-cubed)  Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:05 pm |
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Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:38 pm
Location: Boulder, Colorado USA
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Tim Browne
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Post subject: Re: Ben's Bizarre Bandage (b-cubed) Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:46 pm |
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Joined: Sun Dec 19, 1999 3:02 am
Location: Canada
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Ben Hendry wrote: A little something I whipped up this weekend. Far from perfect, but interesting.  Ben Whoa! Now THAT'S cool!  It must be a real pain to solve. So, do the... uh... centres? edges? connector thingies? leading to the outermost corners rotate, or are they basically fused in place? How about the connector between the outermost corners? Nicely done! 
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ErikD
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:01 am |
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Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 10:52 pm
Location: Washington
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That's a really neat idea. It took me a while to completely understand what you did there.
Very nice job!
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Scott Bedard
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:16 am |
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Joined: Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:59 am
Location: Glastonbury, CT (USA)
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kastellorizo
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:06 am |
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Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:31 am
Location: Greece, Australia, Thailand, Singapore.
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TBTTyler
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:27 am |
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Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:53 pm
Location: Los Angeles
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Now THAT'S thinking outside the box ... er ... cube
Amazing idea, simply amazing.
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Ben Hendry
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:52 am |
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Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:38 pm
Location: Boulder, Colorado USA
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Thanks for the comps!
The extensions are just glued on, so nothing rotates except the main cube.
I haven't scrambled it yet, as I'm somewhat afraid to.  The bandaging is bad enough, but to also be somewhat randomly blocked by the extensions colliding... I expect that it'll be very frustrating to solve.
Ben
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Noah
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:19 am |
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Joined: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:05 am
Location: Eastern Michigan University (Minnesota at heart)
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Clever. Very clever.
I would also assume it is very difficult to solve, but it's always worth a try is it not? And if all else fails....
Disassemble and Reassemble. Be a cheater, even if it's only with this difficult mod.
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3x3 PB 22.63
3x3 Av 30.57
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Started cubing Oct 15 '05
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Pembo
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:40 am |
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Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:40 pm
Location: Marske-By-The-Sea, UK
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I wouldn't consider it cheating, if you don't claim to have solved it then dis/reassembling it doesn't stand as cheating.
Very well done Ben, looks really, I really like the rounded stickers.
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Bram
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:29 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2003 9:11 am
Location: Marin, CA
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Did you consider making one of the bridges taller, so the other one could slide under it? That would let the corners get more scrambled.
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Ben Hendry
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:08 pm |
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Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2002 11:38 pm
Location: Boulder, Colorado USA
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Bram wrote: Did you consider making one of the bridges taller, so the other one could slide under it? That would let the corners get more scrambled.
I didn't think of that... However, I prefer it as-is, since there's a sort-of "random bandage" happening when the bridges collide, thus messing up algs. that would otherwise work. From the little I've played with it, I think the corners can be scrambled pretty thoroughly, though I wouldn't swear to it.
Ben
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Carter
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:11 pm |
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Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2000 8:27 pm
Location: Wilmington, NC, USA
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What a fun idea! Good job.
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Noah
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:33 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:05 am
Location: Eastern Michigan University (Minnesota at heart)
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Ben Hendry wrote: Bram wrote: Did you consider making one of the bridges taller, so the other one could slide under it? That would let the corners get more scrambled. I didn't think of that... However, I prefer it as-is, since there's a sort-of "random bandage" happening when the bridges collide, thus messing up algs. that would otherwise work. From the little I've played with it, I think the corners can be scrambled pretty thoroughly, though I wouldn't swear to it. Ben The corners can be mixed up a lot. Just take your 3x3 cube and only do U, U', U2 and R2 moves. That's what you can do with the corners.
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Fridrich
3x3 PB 22.63
3x3 Av 30.57
20, Male
Started cubing Oct 15 '05
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