cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23562018

Mere days after photos of a 35x35 surfaced, Preston Alden has unveiled a 49x49:

It weighs 30 kg, stands 34 cm tall, and consists of 13,827 pieces. Every piece of the cube was 3D printed using PETG plastic (aside from the bolts and springs).

Congratulations to Preston on such an incredible achievement. I’ve never seen olzing on such a large puzzle!

More info on the twistypuzzles forum: https://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39559

  • @HarriPoteroEnglish
    10•1 month ago

    Even-dimensioned cubes (4x4x4, 6x6x6, …) are harder because they introduce some parity errors. Odd-dimensioned keep their fever center piece in the right spot.

    Otherwise the size just makes it more tedious. I keep up with a 4x4x4. I had a gigaminx dodecahedron that I solved a few times, but it just made my hands tired from the weight and kept popping out pieces because of their tinyness.

    • threelonmusketeersOPEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      fever center piece

      Typo?

      gigaminx dodecahedron

      just made my hands tired from the weight and kept popping out pieces

      What brand of gigaminx did you have? My old MF8 gigaminx is a bit stiff, but it’s never popped on me. I’ve heard good things about the more modern YuXin and DianSheng ones.

      As an aside, are you subscribed to [email protected]? Would be great if we could get more people on there.

      • @HarriPoteroEnglish
        1•1 month ago

        What brand of gigaminx did you have?

        I can’t recall. It’s been well over ten years. I think I solved it two or three times. It was just tedious. Whatever cheap brand they had on dealextreme at the time.

        • threelonmusketeersOPEnglish
          1•1 month ago

          dealextreme

          “Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time…” :)

          Whatever cheap brand they had

          If I recall correctly, the first brand to release a gigaminx was Cube4You, second was MF8, third was Shengshou. Any of these ring a bell?

          • @HarriPoteroEnglish
            2•1 month ago

            MF8 sounds familiar, but I might have had some other puzzles of that brand.