How To : Solve the Soma Cube
This is the solution to the notorious 3x3 Soma Cube puzzle. Well, there's one mistake -- can you spot it?
This is the solution to the notorious 3x3 Soma Cube puzzle. Well, there's one mistake -- can you spot it?
Need to improve your Rubik's Cube time? Can't quite solve it as quick as you should be? Maybe you need a little lube, ey? This video tutorial will show you how to lubricate a 4x4 Rubik's Revenge Cube, thus giving you the answer to your slow speedsolving times. With just a lit ...more
Try solving Erno Rubik's brain-teasingly fun puzzle... the Rubik's Cube, or better yet, try out the Rubik's Magic. This puzzle mystifies everyone, but not everyone can solve it, unless you watch this video tutorial. See how to solve the Rubik's Magic puzzle, step-by-step. You' ...more
Get ready for a brainteasingly good time and watch this video tutorial to see how to solve the Rubik's Clock. Wait, the Rubik's Clock, not the Cube? Yes. Rubik's Clock is a two-sided puzzle, each side presenting nine clocks to the puzzler.
The Megaminx is a dodecahedron-shaped puzzle similar to the Rubik's Cube. It has a total of 50 movable pieces to rearrange, compared to the 20 of the Rubik's cube. This two-part video tutorial will show you how to solve just the last layer of the Megaminx mechanical, colored ...more
Check out this video to learn how to assemble and disassemble a rubik's DIY cube. Yes, it's actually possible to assemble and solve!
In this two part video, you'll learn how to solve the huge puzzle square, the V-Cube 6. In order to figure it out, you'll need to know how to solve the 3X3 4X4 and 5X5 cubes. Also, don't forget to watch the other part of this video. Part 1 of 2 - How to Solve the V-Cube 6. Pa ...more
This video tutorial will show you how to solve the Whip-It puzzle. The Whip-It puzzle is not quite a Rubik's Cube, but it's just as fun! The Whip-It is also referred to as the Puzzle 6. and is a sliding piece puzzle that consists of several discs stacked up into a tower, and t ...more
This video is about solving the Rubik's Cube in 5 easy steps. It gives an overview of the Rubik's Cube which may even be considered as surplus information for some people. It also describes common mistakes; for instance, trying to solve one face at a time. It goes on to give ...more
The Android Megaminxer is mind-bogglingly elaborate, impressively combining multiple geeky mediums to solve an incredibly complex puzzle. ARM, the genius behind the stunt, uses LEGOs (a Mindstorms NXT kit to be exact) to build a robot responsible for the mechanics; they then e ...more
Has a Rubik's Cube got you stumped? This video demonstrates how to understand notation in a three-by-three cube. Step one of the video is to understand that there are three types of pieces in a cube. One is a center pieces, these demonstrate what the color of the side must bec ...more
This is an instructional video on how to do the center dot pattern on a Rubik's Cube. If you want to know any Rubiks Cube trick, this is the easiest one to learn. You don't even have to learn how to solve the puzzle before you can make patterns, but if you want to you can, jus ...more
If you've never gotten a Rubik's Cube because you thought they were too hard, maybe you should try your hands at something smaller, something simpler, something to get you motivated, something called Rubik's Magic. The first video here will show you how to solve the Rubiks Ma ...more
Most Rubik's cubes are not well-made or well-taken care of. They creak and turn slowly, acting like the cheap pieces of plastic that they for the most part are. There are ways though, even for cheap cubes, to make them work much more quickly and smoothly than they do out of th ...more
Watch this video tutorial from Mike the How-To Guy to learn how to solve a wooden star puzzle brainteaser. Solving one of these wood star puzzles is pretty easy and takes but a second, so watch and learn. It's no Rubik's Cube, but it's worth check out if you're a puzzle lover.
Puzzles include multiple pieces each with a designated pattern so that when a user regroups the pieces, a picture or a particular image is presented, which provides practice to the coordination of the user's concept to space and structural relationship between pieces. However, ...more
This is for those of you who can't figure out how to solve the Rubik's Snake on your own. This puzzle is also called the Rubik's Twist. When you get bored of the cube, pick one of these babies up.
See how to make a Rubik's Cube out of everyday DVD cases. Start out watching this, then go off on your own and see if you can figure it out the rest yourself. If you can solve a Cube, then why can't you build one? Too much for you?
If you know where to get silver sticky paper, then you can make cool looking Rubik's Cubes. Spice it up. Don't just solve it, solve it in style.
You seem to have the Rubik's Cube down, you can solve it like no other, but you're not fast. This video tutorial will help you become a faster Rubik's Cube speedcuber with a few tricks and techniques. If you are a beginner, there will be some things you might not understand y ...more
See how to solve the Rubik's Twist! The Rubik's Cube has been puzzling people for ages now, with only the best of minds able to solve it without any help. The rest of us might not be as lucky, we need a little help, but the Rubiks Twist might not be as hard. This video tutoria ...more
See how to solve the Rubik's Magic! The Rubik's Cube has been puzzling people for ages now, with only the best of minds able to solve it without any help. The rest of us might not be as lucky, we need a little help, but the Rubiks Magic might not be as hard. This video tutoria ...more
The Rubik's Twist, not quite the Rubik's Cube, but just as fun. If you don't this puzzle by the name Twist, perhaps you know it by its more familiar nickname, the Snake. Check out this video tutorial to see how to solve the Rubiks Twist, or Snake, whichever you like better. T ...more
The V-Cube 6 puzzle is a uniquely designed and constructed skill game. V-Cube 6 is a multi-colored, multiple-layered cube, rotating smoothly on based axes. The player is required to discover a strategy to achieve uniform color sides on her or his V-Cube, but in this process, t ...more
This is a video puzzle tutorial on how to solve the Right Brain Teaser made by Channel Craft, which some people would call the game device of cruel torture. Channel Craft's Brain Teaser puzzles are crafted from cherry wood, and the ropes, beads and posts create obstacles to k ...more
It's once again Monday, which means it's time to highlight some of the most recent community submissions posted to the Math Craft corkboard. Since two of these posts were on polyhedral versions of M.C. Escher's tessellations, I thought we'd take a look at building a simple tes ...more
This video teaches you how to open a Rubik's Cube using a pair of scissors (and it says other household "tools" might work). After taking out the first block you can simply disassemble the other components as well. It's very useful if you are looking to replace a broken piece ...more
Have you ever wondered how to solve the Rubix Magic? Well, this video is designed to do just that. This is a very short video; the demonstrator shows us how to play this game, loosely based on the Rubik's Cube and how it is solved. Watch this video to find out more about the R ...more
Need to lube your Rubik's or Eastsheen Cube? Well, check out this video for a real tip on doing so. Here, you'll see how to lubricate your 5x5 Rubiks Cube with heavy duty silicone. If you can solve the Professor Cube, then this will help you solve it quicker.
You're confused? You don't know what a Rubik's Clock is? Well, like most lazy gamers, you thought the buck stopped at the Rubik's Cube, but you were wrong. The Rubiks Clock is a two-sided puzzle -- two sided? How could two sides compare to the six-sided puzzle of notorious fa ...more
While photography usually gets all the love, our phones have gotten really good at capturing video. Think about it — when was the last time you needed a camcorder for a vacation? With mobile cameras getting better each year, we're now at a point where smartphones can be used f ...more
In December of last year, Australian Feliks Zemdegs broke the human world record for solving a Rubik's Cube with a time of 4.737 seconds. Well, this robot did it way, way faster by solving one in under 1 second. Don't tell me a robot takeover isn't real possibility. Video: . D ...more