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gingervergo
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Post subject: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:44 pm
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Hey forum,
Here is my latest puzzle, The Rex skewb. As the name suggests, it is a combination of a rex cube, and a skewb puzzle. Sorry for the low quality photos, I don't have a better camera available.
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Purchase at shapeways staring at $120
Last edited by gingervergo on Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Luke
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Post subject: Re: The rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:49 pm
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Joined: Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:21 pm
Location: Bristol, UK
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So beautiful! Eric, you have to slow down, how do you think I'm going to afford any of your puzzles at the rate that you're pumping them out? 
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cjgerik
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Post subject: Re: The rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:50 pm
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Location: Waco, TX and South Bend, IN
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Now that's what I call a beautiful puzzle!
Look's great, congrats.
Chris
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Monopoly
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Post subject: Re: The rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:51 pm
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Location: USA, North America, Planet Earth, Solar system, Milky Way galaxy, Universe
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bhearn
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:29 pm
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Beautiful! This is equivalent to a master FTO, modulo stickering, right?
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cubervietnam
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:40 pm
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Joined: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:40 pm
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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awesome! it looks so beautiful, and the turning is also very good.
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Luke
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:50 pm
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bhearn wrote:Beautiful! This is equivalent to a master FTO, modulo stickering, right?
I discussed this with Eric the other week. Technically speaking a Master FTO in cubic form would be a Skewb plus shallow cut Rex Cube, however this puzzle has the 'exposed' centers on a cubic Master FTO hidden.
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alaskajoe
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:54 pm
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bhearn wrote:Beautiful! This is equivalent to a master FTO, modulo stickering, right?
I would say so. It's like an Elite Skewb (two slices between tips) but without corners would be another description. Just like describing the Rex Cube as a Master Skewb without corners.
I wasn't aware that a master FTO turned into a cube would have straight and curvy cuts.
That is new right? First puzzle with straight and curvy cuts. It looks awesome.
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Luke
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:03 pm
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alaskajoe wrote:That is new right? First puzzle with straight and curvy cuts.
Sharon and Matt's CopterMinx had both kinds of cuts.
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Zhewei
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:07 pm
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alaskajoe wrote:I wasn't aware that a master FTO turned into a cube would have straight and curvy cuts.
No, I don't think the cubic master FTO fields curvy cuts, it would be an elite skewb simply with corners missing. It requires the corners pieces to have some footing to stay in the puzzle. Imagine a master skewb, take out the corners and add skewb cuts.
in my mind, this is equivalent to master FTO, I couldn't see the difference Luke mentioned  |
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pirsquared
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:24 pm
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eye2eye
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:18 pm
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Beautiful! I just had an idea for a cube like this just the other day.
good work!
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mitchblahman
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:55 pm
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Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:27 pm
Website: http://www.youtube.com/mitchblahman13
Location: California
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so...many...pieces
*urgh*
but srsly that's insanely awesome
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Luke
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 2:23 am
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Zhewei wrote:in my mind, this is equivalent to master FTO, I couldn't see the difference Luke mentioned
Notice that the Master FTO has a piece in the very centre on each face. The piece is equivalent to the Compy Cube corner, which can be seen on a shallow cut Rex Cube. This piece is hidden on the Rex Cube.
An easy way to think about it is if you remove the Skewb Diamond cuts from the Master FTO, you do not end up with an FTO. You end up with a shallow cut FTO, which Okomoto made a while back.
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3x3x3 average of five: 7.70 seconds.
3x3x3 average of twelve: 9.72 seconds.
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Andreas Nortmann
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Post subject: Re: The Rex Skewb
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:03 am
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Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:03 am
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Amazing! gingervergo wrote:Sorry for the low quality photos, I don't have a better camera available.
I have seen worse. |
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