Mirror Cube
The mirror cube, in
my opinion, is one of the greatest 3x3x3 modifications. It’s a cube that should
be in every collection out there. Actually, it’s my favorite modification and I
can describe it with one word: AWESOME!
If you don’t
understand what is a modification: A modification is a puzzle which you can
solve the same way as another puzzle and their mechanisms are very similar,
except for the external components (corners, edges pieces, etc) which can be
made different, therefore, a completely new puzzle is generated. For example,
we take a 3x3x3 cube, we sand the pieces until a new puzzle is generated or we
just put (to a normal cube) stickers with pictures instead of colors. The
mirror cube is a 3x3x3 modification because it has 26 pieces, you can solve it
exactly the same way as a 3x3 but, instead of color we have shapes!
I’m going to talk
about the ShengShou version of the mirror cube (or mirror blocks). Like every
Shengshou puzzle, it’s very cheap ($3-$4) and has a great quality. It does
corner cuts but we don’t need that too much. It comes pre-lubricated and out of
the box it goes pretty fast. By the way, the stickers have a great quality and
look so nice.
My experience.
When I first saw this
cube in a YouTube video I thought it was so hard to solve and that I wouldn’t
buy it. After that, I discovered that it wasn’t so hard and that it was pretty
cheap, so I decided to buy it. I bought it on amazon.com and when it arrived I
solved it at the next day. It’s one of my favorite puzzles, I haven’t had any
problems with it, and if somebody who really don’t know about cubes see it, he
(or she) well get impressed about the shape-shifting. I really recommend you to
buy it and to add it in to your collection. I'll leave some links of pages
where you can buy it so you can try it and leave a comment of what do you think
about it.
Amazon
Silver mirror cube:
http://www.amazon.com/Shengshou%C2%AE-3x3-Silver-Mirror-Cube/dp/B0090UYT80/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428631371&sr=8-1&keywords=mirror+cube
Gold mirror cube:
http://www.amazon.com/Shengshou-3x3-Gold-Mirror-Cube/dp/B00HNR55DK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1428631371&sr=8-2&keywords=mirror+cube
Lightake
Silver mirror cube:
http://lightake.com/p/ShengShou-3x3x3-Mirror-Blocks-Puzzle-Speed-Cube-57mm-Black_52135.html
I can't even solve a normal ( I believe is 3x3x3) one.And the colors are supposed to make it easier, I don't imagine how hard will be trying to solve a mirror cube.
ResponderEliminarI found a 17x17x17 cube in the internet and the world record for solving it is 7.5 hours, obviously that is like "super experts mode" but I found it interesting and I hope you do it too.
Here's the link from 9gag were I found it: http://9gag.com/gag/aVWRK9M
Hi Angela! You are right, the normal cube is a 3x3x3. Actually, you can solve it the same way as a 3x3x3 it's only a bit confusing. By the way, that 17x17x17 is the maximum beast! and it's so expensive (we will someday make a post were we talk about the most expensive cubes) and It's not that hard because you can solve it as a 5x5x5, it only takes a LOT of time because it has hundreds or thousands of pieces. The guy's name that is holding the 17x17x17 cube on your photo is Kenneth Brandon, he is the second person to solve that cube. He makes really interesting videos so if you want take a look to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/redkb
ResponderEliminarThanks for your comment!