YouCube by OSKAR

Oskar · **Joined:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 pm

Hi Twisty Puzzle fans,

YouCube is a new twisty puzzle, that has not only a hole in the middle like Void Cube, but it has a complete gap at a side all the way through to the center. The puzzle looks like the letter "U", hence its name. The whole puzzle is held together by sliding dovetail connections. That works very well for this puzzle.

Watch the YouTube Clip.
But the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Shapeways Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

Wow. Can all of the middle bits (the blocks of 4) rotate if the U is turned?

Alex

thescreem · **Joined:** Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:53 pm **Location:** New York

Wow. Thats crazy.
You are the master at creating weird and unusual cubes. I shouldn't even call it a cube :lol:

Oskar · **Joined:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 pm

APJ wrote:

Wow. Can all of the middle bits (the blocks of 4) rotate if the U is turned?

Alex

Yes they can!

Oskar

fire cubes · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:07 am

this is unusual

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

Simply amazing, GREAT JOB!

Hugo Mak · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:16 am

So I think that defines as a jumbling puzzle.

Oskar · **Joined:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 pm

Hugo Mak wrote:

So I think that defines as a jumbling puzzle.

Incorrect. This twisty puzzle can be unbandaged into a doctrinaire puzzle. To do the required unbandaging, one has to plug the notch in the "U", such that it becomes an "O".

Oskar

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:38 am

Incredible! How do these ideas come out of your head like this!

Joe · **Joined:** Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:31 pm

Amazing puzzle, is there anyting that you can't build?

flambore · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:52 am

What a clever and original design! Oskar, you never cease to amaze me. And the rate you're releasing these puzzles is unheard of. Very well done!

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:40 pm

Cool! I love how it is still able to do most turns even when the U is turned.
This does this puzzle also count as C and N cubes? And did the H-cube also count as I-cube? If so, you have now created the C, H, I, N (n is a better description actually) and U. An 'easy' next one would be the O-cube.

MeMyselfAndPi · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:41 pm

Man Oskar! The stuff that you come up with! Its crazy! :shock:

I love the name too!

Retr0 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:48 pm

Sjoerd wrote:

Cool! I love how it is still able to do most turns even when the U is turned.
This does this puzzle also count as C and N cubes? And did the H-cube also count as I-cube? If so, you have now created the C, H, I, N (n is a better description actually) and U. An 'easy' next one would be the O-cube.

I reckon the void cube could be considered somewhat of an O cube.

But seeing one in this style (And if both Sjoerd and I haven't just completely forgotten/missed it) would be fantastic

Logan Kelly · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:52 pm

uhhh...How does i- but the- and the- uhhh

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

I wonder what this would be like dodecahedral. Possibly with two gaps like a W.

Bram · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:07 pm

The YouCube is a void bandaged puzzle, so it doesn't jumble, but the voiding is very novel and extreme.

I believe Oskar's source of inspiration for his last batch of puzzles has been thinking about twisties whose axes of rotation don't all intersect at a single point. He asked me about such beasts previously, and I said I didn't know of any other than the Dual Circle, but clearly there are more.

GuiltyBystander · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:01 pm

I love the way it turns across the gap. I'm surprised how stable it looks during that turn. I expected the rails not to line up well for that, but they did perfectly.

pirsquared · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:55 pm

Awesome! Your puzzles are always incredible.

I asked this in the comments, but I might as well ask here, too: Do the full vertical arms of the U turn as well? I guess you would have showed it in the video if they did, but I just wanted to be sure.

-π (Eitan)

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:53 pm

Wow... after watching this, I just wonder of the possibilities of using
two different twisty puzzles which rotate in one way individually, while
when those two puzzles become "locked" together into position, then
they can rotate in a "combined" way! I believe it can be possible!

Pantazis

Joshua Bell · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:58 pm

kastellorizo wrote:

Wow... after watching this, I just wonder of the possibilities of using
two different twisty puzzles which rotate in one way individually, while
when those two puzzles become "locked" together into position, then
they can rotate in a "combined" way! I believe it can be possible!

Neat idea.

I wonder if that (or a variation) would allow the creation of a 3D analog of a 4D puzzle like a 2x2x2x2. Without thinking too much about it, the "faces" could be disconnected 3D twisty puzzles and 4D turns would be performed by bringing the separate parts together in different orientations.

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:04 pm

Joshua Bell wrote:

I wonder if that (or a variation) would allow the creation of a 3D analog of a 4D puzzle like a 2x2x2x2. Without thinking too much about it, the "faces" could be disconnected 3D twisty puzzles and 4D turns would be performed by bringing the separate parts together in different orientations.

Very true, that could open the way to higher dimensions too.
The unique characteristics of the YouCube puzzle may already
be enough to make some modified pieces for a 4D version.

Of course, this is not the only way to make a 4D puzzle, but that
is another story.

Pantazis

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

I have one question about this puzzle: If you do a rotation of the front/back, wouldn't it be possible to just rotate one of the middle 'edge' pieces off the puzzle, and thereby disassemble it?

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

Oskar is smarter than having a flaw like that.

bhearn · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:44 pm

Yes, but why it's not a problem is an interesting question.

Oskar · **Joined:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 pm

qqwref wrote:

I have one question about this puzzle: If you do a rotation of the front/back, wouldn't it be possible to just rotate one of the middle 'edge' pieces off the puzzle, and thereby disassemble it?

Your question is: when you have the "U" turned at 90 or 180 deg, can you then remove the two little cubies that are at the opening of the "U", correct? The answer is "no", as the cubies are internally wider than one unit, so that move is blocked at both sides of the cubie.

Oskar

Oskar · **Joined:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 pm

pirsquared wrote:

I asked this in the comments, but I might as well ask here, too: Do the full vertical arms of the U turn as well? I guess you would have showed it in the video if they did, but I just wanted to be sure.

Hi Eitan,

I am not exactly sure what you are asking. There are three types of roations: sides, cubies and the big "U-turn".

Oskar

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