Other Oddities
One-offs, strange geometries, limited series, and other odds and ends. There’s some cool stuff in here, so don’t miss it!
Dave's Diamond
Dave's Diamond was originally conceived in 2012, but took seven years to create working mechanism. It is a deep cut puzzle with 12 axes of rotation. However, only six of the axes can be accessed at any time. Once you are using one set of axes, the puzzle must be returned to its original shape (but not color pattern), in order to switch to using the other set of axes.
Purchase Dave's Diamond in my i.materialise shop.
Buy it ready to play on Etsy.
Conjoined Cubes
Conjoined Cubes is a shape variant of Dave's Diamond. This variant makes it easier to understand the puzzle, which consists of two overlapping but rotationally offset 2x2x2 cubes. Once you are using one set of axes, the puzzle must be returned to its original shape (but not color pattern), in order to switch to using the other set of axes.
Purchase Conjoined Cubes in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play on Etsy.
Diogocopter 9
Diogocopter 9 is a puzzle based on geometry developed by Diogo Sousa. The shape is similar to my Tricopter 9 puzzle, but has been altered to create equal dihedral angles at the upper and lower sets of axes. This allows the three vertical axes to have jumbling interactions with the other six axes, creating more opportunity for scrambling.
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Purchase Diogocopter 9 in my i.materialise shop.
Buy it ready to play on Etsy.
Diogo's Crystal
Diogo's Crystal is a puzzle based on geometry developed by Diogo Sousa. The shape is similar to my previous Madness Plus puzzle, but altered to create equal dihedral angles at the upper and lower sets of vertices. This allows the three side faces to have jumbling interactions with the other six faces, creating more opportunity for scrambling.
Purchase Diogo's Crystal in my i.materialise shop.
Buy it ready to play at Chewie's Puzzles.
4 Corners Cube
4 Corners Cube is named because only four of the corners on the cube move. The other four are part of the core. Each of the four mobile corners can move with three different axes, and there are 12 axes overall. Based on the geometry of the triakis tetrahedron, it is a jumbling only puzzle.
Buy the FDM version from Chewie's Puzzles.
Buy the Lanlan production version at Cubezz.
Diamond Duet
Diamond Duet is a shape modification of my previous 4 Corners Cube puzzle. This time instead of a cube, the axis system is in an octahedron. The result is this diamond shaped puzzle with two different types of faces. Different pieces are now required to be oriented, making this a new solving challenge.
Purchase Diamond Duet in my i.materialise shop.
Buy it ready to play at Chewie's Puzzles.
Kubik Konfusion
Kubik Konfusion is a cube with three axes of rotation. Each axis is always capable of 90 degree turns. The axes are located at three equally spaced edges of the cube. Despite the simplicity of the geometry, the puzzle can be tricky to solve due to the shape shifting creating confusion.
Purchase Kubik Konfusion in my i.materialise shop.
Octoloid
The Octoloid is a strange octahedral shape based on the shape of my previous QuadStar puzzle. Octoloid is a jumbling puzzle, and will be extremenly difficult to solve once thoroughly scrambled. I called the puzzle "Octoloid" since the shape is reminiscent of a faceted oloid (although it is not truly equivalent, as that geometry would not make a functional puzzle).
Purchase Octoloid in my Shapeways shop.
Crystal Transformer
The Crystal Transformer puzzle is a combination of a skewb with a face-turning rhombic dodecahedron. It is similar to Oskar van Deventer's Rhombdo Transformer puzzle, but in the Crystal Transformer the axes have been moved deeper to make all of the slices meet at the centers of the faces.
Twin TriTangle
Twin TriTangle is two TriTangle puzzles sharing a single core. There are twelve axes, only six of which are initially available. For the first couple of moves, the puzzle behaves like two separate TriTangles. However, the "stored" axes allow the pieces to interchange between the two TriTangles, provided those axes are not blocked by the large spikes.
Purchase Twin TriTangle in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play at Chewie's Puzzles.
TriTangle
TriTangle was conceived when I noticed that a certain slice angle through a trigonal dipyramid almost showed 5-way symmetry. After making adjustments to the shape, I was able to create true 5-way symmetry, which allows the shape-shifting geometry of this puzzle. TriTangle turns on three axes, which can all turn in increments of 72 degrees when not blocked.
Purchase TriTangle in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play at Chewie's Puzzles or Etsy.
Sunrise Sunset Puzzle
Sunrise Sunset is based on the geometry of the trigonal dipyramid. The puzzle can turn on all five vertices. But the slices are shallower, so there is no bandaging to complicate the solving. I called it "Sunrise Sunset" because the slice patterns on the faces are reminiscent of the rays of the rising or setting sun.
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Purchase Sunrise Sunset in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play from Chewie's Puzzles.
Star of The Seven
The Star of The Seven puzzle is based on the icon of the same name from Game of Thrones. The puzzle turns on seven axes, which are limited to 180 degree turns. The puzzle has been designed so that the sides of the star points are colored, making their placement part of the solving challenge.
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Purchase Star of The Seven in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play at Chewie's Puzzles.
Rhombic18
Rhombic18 puzzle is a face and vertex turning rhombic dodecahedron with 18 axes of rotation. 12 axes go through the faces of the puzzle, and the other 6 axes go through the four-sided vertexes. Rhombic18 can also jumble if the faces are turned at less than 180 degrees.
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FTRD
The FTRD puzzle is a face turning rhombic dodecahedron with 12 axes of rotation, one through each face. Each face normally turns in 180 degree increments, but the puzzle can also jumble if the faces are turned at less than 180 degrees.
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Purchase FTRD in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play at Chewie's Custom Stickers.
Jumble Trap
Jumble Trap puzzle is based on the geometry of the tetragonal trapezohedron. It turns on eight axes, one located at the center of each face of the puzzle, and every turn is a jumbling move. The Jumble Trap puzzle becomes scrambled and changes shape with just a few turns.
Purchase Jumble Trap in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play on Etsy.
Jumble Trap Unbandaged
Jumble Trap Unbandaged puzzle is very similar to Jumble Trap, but the large edge pieces are sliced into two parts. This change allows some moves to be made that were blocked on the original Jumble Trap puzzle. Jumble Trap Unbandaged turns on eight axes, one at the center of each face of the puzzle, and every turn is a jumbling move.
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Buy Jumble Trap Unbandaged in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play on Etsy.
Ice-9
Ice-9 is a nine sided solid with six axes of rotation. The three tips of the puzzle can turn in 90 degree increments, and the three diamond-shaped faces can turn in 180 degree increments. It is a unique geometry and mechanism, and it provides a solving challenge unlike any other puzzle.
Purchase Ice-9 in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play from Chewie's Puzzles.
Jumball
Jumball is based on the geometry of the truncated tetrakis tetrahedron. It turns on twelve axes, one located at each quasi-pentagonal face of the puzzle. With the Jumball puzzle, every turn is a jumbling move. The Jumball puzzle becomes scrambled and begins to change shape with just a few turns.
Purchase Jumball in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play on Etsy.
Twisted-8
Twisted-8 is an eight sided solid with ten axes of rotation. The two tips of the puzzle turn in 45 degree increments, and the eight edges around the equator turn in 180 degree increments. Twisted-8 utilizes a unique mechanism, but due to the large number of small parts and sharp angles it is not suited for speed solving.
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Purchase Twisted-8 in my Shapeways shop.
Twisted-6
Twisted-6 is a six-sided cousin to my Twisted-8 puzzle. This time the puzzle is based on the geometry of the trigonal trapezohedron, which in this case also happens to be a cube. Two opposite vertexes of the puzzle turn in 120 degree increments, and the six edges not shared by those vertexes turn in 180 degree increments.
Purchase Twisted-6 in my Shapeways shop.
Pentamid
Pentamid is based on the geometry of the pentagonal dipyramid. It turns on the five edges around the equator of the puzzle, and on the two polar vertices. Each vertex can turn in increments of 72 degrees, while the edges are limited to 180 degree turns. The Pentamid puzzle becomes scrambled fairly quickly with just a few turns.
Purchase Pentamid in my Shapeways shop.
Buy it ready to play at Chewie's Puzzles.
Dave's Diamond 3x3x3
Dave's Diamond 3x3x3 takes the same concept as the original Dave's Diamond, of two overlapping rotationally offset cubes, and applies it to 3x3x3 cubes instead of 2x2x2 cubes. The result is a puzzle with many more pieces, requiring 3x3x3 supercube solving even to scramble fully.
Dave's Diamond 3x3x3 is not for sale.
GallaTrap
GallaTrap is a puzzle based on geometry developed by Matt Galla and Diogo Sousa. The shape is similar to my previous Jumble Trap puzzle, but the trapezohedron has been shortened to an alternate sweet spot to allow the puzzle to scramble. This gives the puzzle very different properties form the Jumble Trap, despite the similarities to the two shapes.
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Purchase GallaTrap from my i.materialise shop.
