Gigahexaminx

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

This is my most recent puzzle, the Gigahexaminx. It is similar to Tony Fisher's Hexaminx but in stead of a Megaminx turned into a cube it is a Gigaminx that has been turned into a cube. It turns quite well but alignment can be confusing because of the weird shape of the puzzle. I will probably do a full scramble and attempt a solve before I sell the puzzle. I will make a video of the puzzle sometime and I might do the full scramble on camera. I will most likely be putting this puzzle in an auction sometime soon. Enjoy!

pirsquared · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:02 pm

I'd like to be the first to say: WELL DONE!

-Eitan

c1829 · **Joined:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:20 pm

Wow! Simply incredible. Nice work.

Aleksey · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:05 pm

Wow! This is a monster! This is very impressive!
A GigaHex - that's what I will call it for myself. 8-)

shzl · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:13 pm **Location:** London

*sob* Its so... Beautiful.

*wipes eyes*. Very well made. How does it turn? I mean with lockups due to pieces rotating.

And which gigaminx is it most related to? C4U desingn, MF8 design, erm... The guy who made one a few years ago on shapeways? Or original?

Will

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

Hexcellent

Keegan · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:21 pm

Holy Whoa! Most impressive indeed. I'm having some difficulty figuring out which piece would be the center piece on a gigaminx face though.

Jhahoua · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:58 pm **Location:** Earth,

WOW that thing looks realy nice!

Do you think you will ever mess it up?

Thak you for sharing

pirsquared · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:46 pm

Is there ever any overhang bandaging?

-Eitan

theVDude · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:01 pm

Keegan wrote:

Holy Whoa! Most impressive indeed. I'm having some difficulty figuring out which piece would be the center piece on a gigaminx face though.

There's 2 pentagons on each face of the cube.

I too am curious as to the Gigaminx Mech on this one.

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

I don't really know the difference between the MF8 and C4U gigaminx mechs.... I would be willing to post pictures of the pieces if you would like to see. I don't think there is any overhang bandaging. I will only be sure when I do a full scramble. Thanks everyone for all the compliments!

GoombaGeek · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:10 pm

Truly a lovely puzzle... shapemods seem to be popular lately, and yours is one of the best I've seen. Awesome job.

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

pirsquared wrote:

Is there ever any overhang bandaging?

-Eitan

Nope. Just like on a hexaminx, it's a simple shape mod of a gigaminx. Bandaging, thankfully, is not possible (unless the puzzle was designed with pieces fused together, of course).

ndgamer4life · **Joined:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:23 pm

so....beautiful....

jealousy++;

Gus · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:51 am

Aarghh, my eyes! My eyes!!

Is there any reason why this is pillowed?

Luke · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:36 am

Absolutely amazing. Well done.

RyanA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:43 am

Brilliantly beautiful, well done. Have you considered opening your own Shapeways shop? I think you'd do rather well if you did.

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:31 am

If mega = 1
giga = 1000

now if hexa = 6
hexachili = 6000

So technically this is a Hexachiliminx.

I kinda like the name hexachilli, because it sounds like the feeling that ran through my spine when I saw it

Congratulations on your amazing puzzle !

MonkeyZ · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:59 pm **Location:** NJ

This is such a beautiful puzzle. Video?

IlTallDude · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:51 pm

Amazing... Does the shape cause any bandaging?

Jhahoua · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:58 pm **Location:** Earth,

Does anyone think this is possible on a teraminx?

merlintocs · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:20 am

Awesome! Great job!

DragonCuber · **Joined:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:37 pm **Location:** UK

Jhahoua wrote:

Does anyone think this is possible on a teraminx?

Pillow the cube and I'm pretty sure it'd work with a dodecahedron of any size (:

This is incredible! It's absolutely fantastic, I'd sure love to see this mass produced

RizDub · **Joined:** Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:50 pm

uh...(brain explodes)

That is an amazing puzzle! Nice work!

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:27 pm

Fantastic job!
Would like to hold the puzzle in my hands and solve is

Will you upload the STLs to a Shapeways shop?

Thomas · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:30 pm

This is freaking amazing!

Thomas

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

Oh man... This might have been the worst decision of my life, but here it is!

Keegan · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:19 pm

It's actually easier for me to tell how pieces correspond to pieces on a gigaminx when I see it scrambled. I wish you the best of luck solving that beast.

Edit: Oh wow, I just realized...the centers & surrounding pieces will need to be oriented...

Sigurd · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:39 pm

deffinatly NOT the worst desicion! Have fun solving it! You are the creator after all. I think it's kind of sad when creators dont even try to solve their own puzzles.

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:13 am

NType3 wrote:

pirsquared wrote:

Is there ever any overhang bandaging?

Nope. Just like on a hexaminx, it's a simple shape mod of a gigaminx. Bandaging, thankfully, is not possible (unless the puzzle was designed with pieces fused together, of course).

No, you can have overhang bandaging without the need to fuse pieces together. Look at a Megaminx. You could add extensions to the corners such that corners on two non adjacent faces would interfer with each other. An example of this would be a Pryaminx Crystal... its exactly the "overlap" of these megaminx corners that is creating these new edge pieces. That said... just because its possible that doesn't mean this puzzle has it.

Carl

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

wwwmwww wrote:

NType3 wrote:

pirsquared wrote:

Is there ever any overhang bandaging?

Nope. Just like on a hexaminx, it's a simple shape mod of a gigaminx. Bandaging, thankfully, is not possible (unless the puzzle was designed with pieces fused together, of course).

No, you can have overhang bandaging without the need to fuse pieces together. Look at a Megaminx. You could add extensions to the corners such that corners on two non adjacent faces would interfer with each other. An example of this would be a Pryaminx Crystal... its exactly the "overlap" of these megaminx corners that is creating these new edge pieces. That said... just because its possible that doesn't mean this puzzle has it.

Carl

Bandaging is possible on every puzzle. I'm simply saying that on this particular puzzle, no bandaging is present and none can be created whilst still calling it a hexaminx.

Sharkretriver · **Joined:** Mon May 24, 2010 2:30 pm

I know this comment is really late but...awesome! someone actually built a giga-version of the hexaminx.
I believe solving this is like a super 5x5x5

edit: super gigaminx, what am i saying

Mrmax · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:51 am **Location:** Madrid

I simply love this one! Congrats!

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

Tony Fishers Hexaminx is one of my all time favorite puzzles so this is great!

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:32 pm

Wow both the solved and scrambled puzzle look amazing. Would not mind having this one!

NType3 wrote:

Bandaging is possible on every puzzle. I'm simply saying that on this particular puzzle, no bandaging is present and none can be created whilst still calling it a hexaminx.

You are talking about regular bandaging, fusing two or more pieces together to make one.
Overhang bandaging means that two extended pieces bump into each other during a turn, blocking the move.

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

Sjoerd wrote:

Wow both the solved and scrambled puzzle look amazing. Would not mind having this one!

NType3 wrote:

Bandaging is possible on every puzzle. I'm simply saying that on this particular puzzle, no bandaging is present and none can be created whilst still calling it a hexaminx.

You are talking about regular bandaging, fusing two or more pieces together to make one.
Overhang bandaging means that two extended pieces bump into each other during a turn, blocking the move.

No, I'm well aware of both, and both are possible on every puzzle. It can hardly be called the same puzzle, though.

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

I finally got the video up of the puzzle. Now you can see the turning of the puzzle and how close I got to solving it. Here is a link to the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfB4OzNB2KA

pirsquared · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:34 pm

Looks great! Have you tried using CRC Silicone lube? It is truly marvelous stuff.

-Eitan

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

Thanks! And yes. I have used it on both my 3d printed puzzles and I must agree that it is amazing.

mitchblahman · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:25 pm

Oh my! that is quite incredible
awesome job (if only I had enough to bid on it :evil:

)
I can see some crazy puzzles in your future

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

Thanks! I really would like to put a few of my puzzles on shapeways for people to buy and I think I have 1 or 2 puzzles that I think would be good candidates for this.

77mouser · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:23 pm

I vote for this one and even more so-the Professor Pentagonal Prism- to go on Shapeways. Please!!

Rmaggedyn · **Joined:** Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:10 pm

I think my brain just exploded! :shock:

Phoenix · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:30 pm

Always wondered what this would look like

Now all we need is a hexateraminx :lol:

good luck!

--JC--

Jorbs3210 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:22 pm

A friend of mine (non cuber) thinks that this is impossible and has to have been done with magnets. Can you show enough of the mechanism to prove him wrong?

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

well it has the same mechanism as the gigaminx. also I have sold the puzzle so any pictures would have to be taken from solidworks.

Gigahexaminx

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