A shape mod is a twisty puzzle which is apparently in one shape, but which has the mechanism of another shape and thus can be solved using a solution intended for the second shape (albeit perhaps with parity/orientation considerations existing in one but not applying to the other).
Examples of shape mods[]
| Shape | Puzzle | Modification of |
| Stella octangula | Pyrastar | Pocket Cube |
| Tetrahedron | Pyramorphix | |
| Mastermorphix | Rubik's Cube | |
| Octagonal prism | Barrel | |
| Rhombicuboctahedron | Diamond Cube | |
| Russian Puzzle Ball | ||
| Sphere | Usually world globes or standard Cube stickers | |
| Cross shape | X-Cube | |
| Octahedron | Skewb Diamond | Skewb |
to be continued...
Gallery[]
Pyramorphix
X-Cube (no, not that X-Cube)
See Also[]
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