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Twisted Assembly Puzzle
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Three 2x2x2s each with additional cubies glued on. In their "solved state" the three puzzles can be assembled into a cuboid.

This is one of only a few puzzles to combine traditional twisty puzzles with assembly puzzles.
It consists of three separate parts that fit together in only one way and in only one order. Each part is a mini twisty puzzle based on a 2x2x2. Because of extensions on each part, moves often get blocked so algorithms must be adapted or new ones created. It's a bit like a Cubie Chaos puzzle that comes apart.

Tony made two sticker variations of this puzzle. One has six basic colours and the other is covered entirely in gold stickers. Without referring to photos or video both puzzles are very hard to solve. The six colour one is slightly easier since the colours tells you where certain squares should end up. The gold one tells you whether a square should be on the outside or inside but little else. The hardest version you could make would have no stickers at all. You would solve it by shape alone with no clues to where squares should go. This would be far harder than the two I made though less attractive unless all surfaces (inside and out) had a single nice colour (coloured plastic).
Size: 100 x 100 x 75 mm
Weight: 335 grams

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