One thing I love seeing so much is
a brand new idea being put into reality. Things like hand mods and custom
puzzles are just so cool to me, because they take an idea of something someone
thought would be cool, and put it into action. And I’m constantly amazed
because these mods and puzzles just keep coming, with no stop. But right now, I
want to look at a few of my favorites.
The
first big one I love is the Mix-up Cube. For those of you unaware, this puzzle
moves like a regular 3x3, except it includes the ability to move a middle slice
45 degrees, and then the corners switch with the center pieces. Now while I don’t
have this puzzle, it amazes me because it turns on a level that increases the
difficulty of the already super hard 3x3. In addition, it just amazes me that a
mechanism can support this. I would love to look at a Mix-up cube just for the
insides, as I’m sure it would be complicated but easy enough to be economical.
The
next awesome puzzle I love is actually a series of puzzles. Basic cuboids.
While not so super amazing all by themselves, it’s so cool to watch designers
like Traiphum put together massive cuboids that shouldn’t exist. Things like
the 10x10x8 are so awesome, and I just marvel at the collassalness. But the
real amazing thing for me is the small but wide cuboids. Things like the 2x5x5,
which seem to be a physical impossibility. Imagine how close someone would have
to work to be able to construct something like that. Pieces would have to reach
to the edge of their long, fragile, sticks just to be attached. And yet
somehow, these puzzles are made with relative ease and they work just as well
as many other custom mods.
Finally
on this list, are simple mods that I enjoy for just that, their simplicity. For
instance, Crazy Bad Cuber showed a 248 mod, where he basically just glued parts
of an 8x8 together. While the building of the mod may not be overly difficult,
the solving definitely is. The puzzle bandages on so many different levels it’s
hard to believe you can still turn it. It appears to be impossible at first
glance, but you could never tell while making it, as it is as simple as gluing
pieces together.
This is
just a small list of puzzles; I will be out with another soon. Pictures for
each puzzle are below, in respective order.
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