Megaminx (3x3x3)

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The Megaminx, is a dodecahedron-shaped twisty puzzle, it has 12 center pieces (around which the faces can turn), 20 corner pieces and 30 edge pieces. It was invented in 1982 by a few people independently but was first created by Dr. Cristoph Bandelow and soon after by the famous Uwe Mèffert who gave it it's current name. Other names for this puzzle are The Magic Dodecahedron and The Hungarian Supernova.

There are many similarities between the Megaminx (3x3x3) and the original Rubik's Cube. Both are face-turning puzzles that have fixed centers and a single edge piece between any two adjacent corners. It is quite surprizing at first glace, but the similarity between the puzzles also comes in to play when solving the Megaminx - the solution is almost identical to the Rubik's Cube's solution and many of the Rubik's Cube solving algorithms can be used on the Megaminx.

The difference between the two however is very obvious, while the Rubik's Cube is a cube (with 6 sqare faces) the Megaminx is a dodecahedron (with 12 pentagon faces). This creates a lot more moving parts - 50 in the Megaminx compared to 20 in the Rubik's Cube, therefore the number of possible combinations is also much greater - 1.01x1068 (around 101 unvigintillion) which is a number most of us had never heard of before.

The Megaminx series is one of the most famous series in the cubing world. The puzzle has many variations and modifications, along with higher-order versions such as the Gigaminx (5x5x5) and the Teraminx (7x7x7).

The Megaminx is an official WCA puzzle and the official record for fastest solve is 24.44 seconds set by Leandro Martín López (Argentina) at Di Tella Open v2 2023.



Comments 157

Cookie

Cookie

i have one of the irl and i know how to solve this :) (megaminxes are a 7/10 for me because i like how hard it is)
bRuH

bRuH

i can solve f2L and i have it irl
remington spain

remington spain

bro itz ez
yooooo

yooooo

I solved most of it with no experence
Ryan Dev

Ryan Dev

Amazing app I have solved 5×5×5
meoww

meoww

I can't solve it!
Ethan

Ethan

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HyphenGD

HyphenGD

just learnt the megaminx yesterday. this is great
Mohammed Saleem

Mohammed Saleem

Im lovin it
McFlurry

McFlurry

I HAVE ONE OF THESE
RubixNoob

RubixNoob

Too easy.
Cookie

Cookie

TOOOOOOOOOO HARRRRRRRD (but I solved white side)
ypeeeeeee

ypeeeeeee

i solved white side with no exprerince with dodechroheadrons
Aadvik

Aadvik

Yo this is cool
beta g

beta g

whats good? i luvvv this app.
Brody

Brody

XD SO GOOD THOUHT I WOULD NEVER SOLVE WHO EVER MADE THIS IS A GENIES
Bahadir

Bahadir

It's really beautiful
blaine

blaine

i need something easier
ScaredOfAmogus

ScaredOfAmogus

I only did the first and second layer XD
ZombieBro6384

ZombieBro6384

Cool I had a hard Rubix cube but I used this and it really helped me out if I could I would give it a 10 star.


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