The Square-0 (a.k.a. SQ0) is a cube-shaped twisty puzzle. It is a lower-order version of the famous shape-shifting puzzle Square-1. It was invented in 2015 by YouTuber DGCubes (Daniel Goodman) for a school project where students were given the task to invent something and then present it to the class in Spanish. To make the prototype, Goodman bought a Square-1 puzzle and simply "bandaged" each corner piece with an adjacent edge piece. We say "simply" because turning a Square-1 into a Square-0 is not hard to do, but we do think the original idea is GENIUS! Apparently we're also not alone on that since ShengShou decided to mass-produce the puzzle and nowadays you can buy it directly under the name "SengSo SQ0".
It might not be very obvious at first glance, but the Square-0 can actually be thought of as a bandaged Tower Cube (2x2x3) shape-mod. The top and bottom faces each have 4 identical corner pieces, and the puzzle itself is made of 3 layers. The only difference between the mechanism of the Square-0 and the one found in the Tower Cube (2x2x3) is that the former only has two parts in its middle layer. This makes the Square-0 even easier to solve than the Tower Cube (2x2x3), which is already considered an easy puzzle to solve. Our computer simulation shows that the Square-0 only has around 80k possible combinations.
The Square-0 is not an official WCA puzzle. Its predecessor, the Square-1, is the only shape-shifting official WCA puzzle. At the time of writing, we couldn't find any unofficial record for the fastest solve of this puzzle.
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Ron
This is confusing.
abcdefg123
why is this so easy lol
Solver
I solved in 0 seconds!
realcuber
4.88 SEC LETS GOOOOO I BEAT MY PB WHICH IS 13.59 SEC!!!
micah
solved in 0.6 sec😎
john a non cuber
its a bandaged 2x2x3 and a begginer version
easy
I did it with square 1 algorithms(only the corner permutations though)
Cuber
I didn’t know there was parity on this cube
simple but not
I can do this cube but i can't do it when there is parity
Rodrigo
dude easy i solved it with 3 moves
Keyan
Literally? This is like bandage cube
Aaariv Demon
I solved it by accident
Random_Cuber
I solved completely intuitively, even when I got parity.
Ron
This is confusing.abcdefg123
why is this so easy lolSolver
I solved in 0 seconds!realcuber
4.88 SEC LETS GOOOOO I BEAT MY PB WHICH IS 13.59 SEC!!!micah
solved in 0.6 sec😎john a non cuber
its a bandaged 2x2x3 and a begginer versioneasy
I did it with square 1 algorithms(only the corner permutations though)Cuber
I didn’t know there was parity on this cubesimple but not
I can do this cube but i can't do it when there is parityRodrigo
dude easy i solved it with 3 movesKeyan
Literally? This is like bandage cubeAaariv Demon
I solved it by accidentRandom_Cuber
I solved completely intuitively, even when I got parity.Rodrigo
Solved it on a hard scramble! Total Moves: 4Nolan
Easy 😎PixelGamer2
Just like an 2x2x3, very easy!Valentine9years
Solving a square-0 is like solving a 2x2x3.yes!!! wait what???
i solved it but one halfbro
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