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Megaminx

a solved Megaminx

The Megaminx is a dodecahedron-shaped puzzle with 12 faces. It was made at about the same time as the original Rubik's Cube. The Megaminx may seem more difficult than the standard Rubik's Cube, but in fact it can be easier - due to the large number of sides, one turn will not disturb as many faces, and all but the final face can be solved with similar algorithm usage to the regular 3x3. A center-less Megaminx (similar to the Void Cube) is also manufactured under the name "Holey Megaminx" or the "Void Megaminx". In 1982 The Meffert Company made a puzzle that is a lot like the Megaminx, called the Pyraminx Crystal.

Trivia[]

  • This cube has 28463 possible permutations.

Megaminx-Variations[]

There are many variations of this puzzle with the Megaminx at its core such as the "Starminx II" or the "Kilominx", as well as a variety of shape modifications such as the "Hexaminx" and "Reuleaux-Minx". The higher layered variations are the Gigaminx, which has two rotating layers on every face, the Teraminx, which has three, the Petaminx, which has four, the Examinx, which has five, the Zettaminx, which has six, the Yottaminx, which has seven, the 17x17, which has eight, the Atlasminx, which has nine, and the Minx of Madness, which has ten.

Megaminx Records[]

The current record for the Megaminx single is a time of 27.81 by Juan Pablo Huanqui of Peru. Yu Da Hyun holds the average record for the Megaminx of 32.03 seconds.

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