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HarriPotero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨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 !cubers@lemmy.world? Would be great if we could get more people on there.

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- HarriPotero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.
  
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  - threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨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?
    
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    HarriPotero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    MF8 sounds familiar, but I might have had some other puzzles of that brand.
    
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