Who is the oldest 5-cell and 8-cell solver (age when solving) ??
I'm 68 year old.
Ed ;-)
I was nearly 52 when I first solved the cube, so this is clearly not
just for kids.
Any others here over 50?
-Melinda
On 3/11/2011 9:01 AM, Eduard wrote:
> Who is the oldest 5-cell and 8-cell solver (age when solving) ??
> I'm 68 year old.
> Ed ;-)
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Hi,
The puzzle I'm talking is illustrated here:
http://wwwmwww.com/Puzzle/MagicTile/3x3x3UDRF.png
I came to this puzzle because Carl talked about it in the Twistypuzzles for=
um
nsion factor" to make deeper cuts. I set it to 1.15 and solved the puzzle. =
The log file has been posted here:
This puzzle is essentially Gelatinbrain 3.1.31, except the centers are norm=
al 3x3x3 centers. Here the edge pieces are quite special. They cannot be fo=
und in regular 3x3x3. Solving them is quite challenging for me. This is a n=
ice, compact and hard puzzle to solve.
Note that: for expansion factor =3D 1, {8,3} 6 colors is equivalent to Rubi=
k's cube. However, for expansion factor =3D 1.15, {8,3} 6 colors is not equ=
ivalent to Rubik's cube with any expansion factor, because of different geo=
metries.=20
I think some puzzles with slicing expansion factor>1 are quite neat (as lon=
g as they turn properly) and can be regarded as standard challenges. What a=
re the other nice puzzles with special challenges? We may put some to the w=
iki records page.=20
Nan