This is a collection which forms an algebraic paradise for a pure theoretical mathematician (like me!). For an updated list of my puzzles (plus other non-twisty ones), please visit my web site http://www.powerstrike.net/puzzles :-)
2X2X2
Batman Mini-Cube
A 2x2x2 cube featuring characters as seen in the cartoon: Batman, The Animated Series.
3X3X3
Rubik's Cube
Official Rubik's Cubes manufactured in the 1990's and 2000's
Rubik's Cube
The second of the three different 1980 Ideal U.S. packages.
3X3X3 (PICTURE)
Keyboard Cube
A standard 3x3x3 with keyboard keys attached. It is available in different colours. A bandaged version also exists.
Maze Cube (3x3x3)
A 3x3x3 custom sticker variation, filled with mathematical considerations, which shows a single closed loop line on it.
Pac-Man Cube
This Wonderful Puzzler cube features images from the original Pac-Man video game.
Poker Cube
Another Poker Cube variation. The style of the Ace sides is quite unique.
Poker Cube
This version has two golden sides, Stars and Flowers.
4X4X4
5X5X5
CUBE (SHAPE PRESERVING)
CUBE (SHAPE CHANGING)
Cube 21 - Silver Edition
This Cube 21 only has 2 colors, one of which is always silver. The second colour can be any of the other five Original Edition colours: blue, orange, green, yellow, red.
Fisher's Cube
Taking the concept of the Rubik's cube and turning it 45 degrees.
Super Cubix
Virtually (if not exactly) identical to the orignial Square-1.
CUBOID
Rubik's 4x3 Cube
The Rubik's 4x3 Cube® is the incredibly addictive cousin of the Rubik's 5x3 Cube®. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection.
Rubik's 5x3 Cube
The Rubik's 5x3 Cube® is 5x3x3 six-sided puzzle that is hand-assembled and solidly constructed. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection.
OCTAHEDRON
Skewb Diamond
Meffert's build-up and truncation of a Skewb into an octahedron.
OTHER EIGHT-SIDED
DODECAHEDRON
Megaminx
Meffert's six colour 1982 version. Roughly 31 mm along an edge.
Megaminx
Tomy's twelve colour 1982 version.
Megaminx
This version has tiles instead of stickers. Has 12 distinct colors.
FOUR
Pyraminx
The white 1981 Meffert version.
Pyramix
This could either be an official early version of the Pyraminx before it was called the Pyraminx, a very rare spelling mistake, or just a knockoff attempting to avoid a lawsuit.
Rubik's Triamid
Arrange the ten pieces by breaking them into two groups and putting them back together again.
TEN
Octagonal Prism
The standard Wonderful Puzzler version, packaged in a cardboard box.
FOURTEEN
Rainbow Cube
A beautiful (but simple) puzzle closely related to the Dino Cube!
Truncated Cube
The corners on this 48mm cube have been trimmed to a triangular silver stickered surface.
TWENTY
Dogic
Probably the most sought after of all Twisty Puzzles which went in mass production.
THIRTY
Faceless Megaminx Rhombic Triacontahedron
3D-printed pieces were glued onto a megaminx to give it the shape of a rhombic triacontahedron. Compared with a "traditional" shape variant the face pieces of the megaminx are invisible.
OTHER N-SIDED
Diamond Style Puzzler
Also known as Diamond Cube. This puzzle is closely related to the Rhombicuboctahedron.
Rhombicuboctahedron
Not to be confused with the 'Diamond Cube'. The centres and edges of this puzzle have squares the same size.
PUCKS
IQ 139 Puck
One of the numerous sticker/colour variations of the hockey puck puzzle.
SPHERE
Ball Key Chain
At 3cm, this 3x3x3 ball is exactly the same size as a standard Rubik's Cube Key Chain.
Ball Key Chain
At 3cm, this 3x3x3 ball is exactly the same size as a standard Rubik's Cube Key Chain.
Equator
Hollow blue "corners" with letter, number and symbol tiles.
Hungarian Globe
Sliding-tile puzzle without gaps. Made in Hungary, originally.
K-Ball 8
This vesion has a white background body.
Logi-VIP (aka: VIP Sphere)
Each piece has a unique colour, arrange from lightest to darkest. Functions similar to the Masterball, but with only one vertical slice.
Moody Ball
A Skewb ball variation created by Gerd Braun.
Rubik's World
A black globe on a stand with the seven continents in various colours.
Soccer Ball
White Skewb ball painted like a soccer ball.
STAR
HEADS & OBJECTS
Hamster
Produced under license from Seven Towns. Comes in Japanese packaging.
Morph
A 2x2x1 puzzle in the shape of Morph from Disney's Treasure Planet.
OTHER SHAPES
Rubik's UFO
An attractive little puzzle, possibly related to the legendary Rubik's Cheeze.
MOVING HOLE
Color Puzzler
This large, hex-shaped, 6x6 Whip-It type puzzle is about 12cm tall.
Great Gears
Return the coloured balls to their starting circles.
Inversion
Because of the restricting (yellow) axis, this is an edges and corners only puzzle and NOT another 3x3x3 sliding block puzzle
IQube
A well-designed 3D movable space puzzle.
Mad Marbles
Another variation on the 3x3x3 moving hole puzzle.
Missing Link
Probably the most popular tile sliding puzzle ever.
Pepsi Can
A tile-sliding puzzle with the shape and design of a Pepsi can. The sliding is somewhat shifted.
Pepsi Can
A tile-sliding puzzle with the shape and design of a Pepsi can. The sliding is somewhat shifted.
Puzzle 35
35 balls in 6 colours make up this variation on the popular theme. Made in Japan.
Puzzle Pens
These 14cm puzzle pens are identical except for their base outer colour and the colour of the missing tile.
Rack 'Em Up
Tomy version. Organize the 16 thingies into rows.
Rack 'Em Up
Milton Bradley version. Organize the 16 thingies into rows.
Spongebob 2x4
Burger King's 2 layer Missing Link type of puzzle, used to promote the Spongebob movie.
Sprite Can
A tile-sliding puzzle with the shape and design of a Sprite can.
Steinbeisser
Very small German puzzle. Green man holding marbles puzzle. It is tiny.
Tower
Four colours. Presumably one ball is missing on the other side.
Virus I
A difficult modification of the 15 Puzzle.
Whip-It
This 3x6 Whip-It stands approximately 7cm tall.
Whip-It
This 3x6 Whip-It stands approximately 7cm tall.
MOVING MARBLES
Astrolabacus
A unique ball puzzle. Sold in small quantities online.
Atomic Chaos
Scramble the beads from tubes of different lengths, then try to restore them to their proper homes.
Butterfly
Group the wooden balls on both oval tracks.
Cmetrick
9 spheres arranged in a 3x3 square. Spin rows and columns to position them in the same orientation.
Flower
Bring the marbles back to the circle of their colour.
Ivory Tower
One of the more successful puzzles from the original cube craze.
Magic 8
Group the three colours to solve this puzzle.
Monroe's Marbles
Move the marbles from one column to the next by tilting and turning. Try to get each column a single colour.
Rubik's Shells
The first release. This version had no reset hole. Once pushed, the buttons stay pushed.
Top-Spin
"Just put the numbers in order"... sounds a lot easier than it is!
MOVING TILES
Gerdig UFO
Spin the top/bottom half to mix the satellites, then use the central plunger to flip one, two, three or four satellites over.
Gripple
An uncommon puzzle produced in Hong Kong.
Handy Mad Triad
Twist the fingertips to rotate the four overlapping discs of wedges.
Net Block UFO
Rotate the top/bottom half, then spin each half of a sphere to scramble the puzzle.
Octo Puzzle
Rubik's like ring shaped puzzle. The puzzle turns the upper and lower half of the ring. The colors are seperated in four sections.
Rashkey 1
First of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colors of the pieces.
Rashkey 2
Second of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colors of the pieces.
Rashkey 3
Third of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colors of the pieces.
Rotos
East german puzzle of overlapping disks.
Rubik's Fifteen (aka: XV)
Rubik's 15 (XV) is 2 puzzles in one. Arrange the numbers in sequence 1 to 15. On the other side there is a magic square challenge.
Tricky Disky
This version has three wings and three colours.
Trillion
Move the same-colour pieces from the lines to the circles.
Twin Spin
Two overlapping wheels. Promotional version for The Museum Company.
SIAMESE & FUSED
Rubik's SpeedFusion Cube
The Rubik's SpeedFusion Cube® is a carefully hand-constructed item using 2 original 3x3 Rubik's Cubes®. This puzzle shares a single corner-cube between them. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection.
Rubik's Triamese Cube
The Rubik's Triamese Cube® is constructed out of 3 original 3x3 Rubik's Cubes®. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection.
FOLDING
Inca Mini
Do the letters spell something when it's solved?
Kibble Cube
Not really a twisty puzzle. Somewhat similar to a Rubik's Snake.
Middle Earth Super Magic
The images on this gorgeous 16-tile Magic puzzle were inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's book, "The Silmarillion".
Roundy
Three wings, six colours.
Tangle Professor Magic
This very clever 24-tile magic uses 48 Rubik's Tangle style images to provide a unique challenge.
ELECTRONIC
Light's Out 2000
The updated version. The lights have three states instead of two.
Merlin
Merlin was an electronic toy with 8 different playable games. Also known as "The Electronic Wizard", Merlin was released by Parker Brothers in 1979.
Nemesis Factor
Electonic, talking, logic puzzle for up to 4 separate players. Pretty lights.
Orbix
A spherical version of Light's Out.
PATTERN MATCHING
Bognar Golyok
A variation of instant insanity with 4 balls in a frame.
Enigma - Heinz
A promotional item for Heinz, famous for their tomato ketchup and other sauces.
Hot Rocks
A 3D tangle-type puzzle with rotating faces
Octacube
Eight smaller cubes with colored faces, which plug into a square frame. The goal is to assemble the eight cubes so that each face of the larger 2x2x2 cube has a unique color.
Rubik's Dice
A great little puzzle that keep you busy for hours!
Trapagon
Several smaller pieces slot together. The goal is that each "face" (centered on the square faces) has five unique colors.
OTHER MECHANISMS
Brain, The
The object of this puzzle is to get all the sliders either in or out. Several stacked and slotted disks inside the puzzle limit the range of movement at each step in the puzzle.
Brainball
Spin the number ring, and twist the ends to flip seven of the thirteen numbers over.
Columbus Egg
A yellow version with identical markings also exists. There is also a version with Columbus' EGG written on it. These are yellow, white, and blue.
Spinout
Try and remove the inner sliding mechanism, blocked by knobs you can only turn one at a time.
Spinout
Try and remove the inner sliding mechanism, blocked by knobs you can only turn one at a time.
UNIDENTIFIED
BOOKS
You Can Do The Cube
#1 in the London Times and New York Times bestseller list for 1981, selling 1.5 million copies world-wide.
GAMES
Color Match
Players have to match colored squares in 3 x 3 grids.
Rubik's Infinity
"Move one ball to change it all. The more you score four, the faster you win. Easy to learn, a challenge to master."
Rubik's Magic Strategy Game
"Easy to learn, a challenge to win." (Not to be confused with Rubik's Infinity, which is "easy to learn, a challenge to master"!)
MECHANISM PICTURES
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF
Button
The design of this button reminds me of the popular little Rubik's Cube Java applet. 24mm diameter.
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