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[Preston Alden] 49x49 Rubik's Cube (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/cubers@lemmy.world
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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

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[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago
  • Why not?
  • Why did Matt Bahner build his 34x34?
  • Why did Coren build his 22x22?
  • Why did Oskar build his 17x17?
  • Why did Verdes build his 7x7?
  • Why did Erno build his original Rubik's Cube?
[-] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At 30 kg, it doesn't sound like a thing that anyone could reasonably play, which might answer the "why not?". But I learned from this response that the inventor of the Rubik's cube was not named Rubik, as I had assumed, so thanks and cheers👍

Edit: nvm, I looked that up and immediately ruined it for myself. Erno was his first name and Rubik was in fact his surname. Still, learning new things is fun.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I went to Budapest like 20 years ago with my brother for no reason and people were selling Rubik's everything on the street. Boxes, puzzles etc .. it was awesome. I bought a sweet weed box that took a fucking miracle to open it you didn't know how.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago
[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

It was almost exactly this!

https://youtu.be/QLOlipj64J8?si=Adnqcq88E_96ssX7

Thanks for the memories!

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

No, it looked like a normal wooden jewelry box but a piece would slide out and reveal a key which unlocked another piece that could move revealing more inner workings ad infimum. You could always just smash it but it was a sweet coffee table piece or whatever. Dude on the street called it a Rubik's box but who knows. I paid about $2 American for it and I treasured it. When I quit smoking I gave it to my brother, who thought we were being ripped off because he didn't understand currency exchange lol.

[-] thisisdee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

To me the why/why not is more that it's an engineering problem rather than using it to reasonably play. At least personally that's where I find it interesting.

[-] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's entirely fair, and to call out my own argument, not every human endeavor needs to (or should) have a utilitarian purpose. Doing stuff just because it's interesting to an individual often is generally good for the greater society.

I doubt my usual strategy of pulling the stickers off to put them in the right position would work with this beast.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I know nothing of this and just read that whole discussion. Incredible! Congratu-fucking-lations! That's insanely impressive.

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