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

  • threelonmusketeersOPEnglish
    3•3 months 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•3 months 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•3 months 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•3 months ago

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