The Gigaminx (5x5x5), is one of the Megaminx's higher-order variations. Similarly to the Megaminx, it is a face-turning dodecahedron-shaped twisty puzzle. The difference is the amount of "layers" each face has (2 instead of 1 in the Megaminx) resulting in no less than 132 center pieces, 20 corner pieces, and 90 edge pieces. It was invented by Tyler Fox in 2006 however mass production of this puzzle only started in 2009.
Solving the Gigaminx is quite similar to solving the Professor's Cube (5x5x5) only a bit more tedious and repetetive. The good news are tough, this puzzle has absolutly no "parity cases" (the Professor's Cube has one edge parity case). One recomended method for solving it is the famous "reduction" method. First solve the pentagon center of each of the faces, then group the edges together and finally solve like a regular Megaminx.
The Gigaminx is not an official WCA puzzle however the unofficial record for fastest solve is 6:35.01 minutes set by Sam Myung of the United States.
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Rahi
Took me an hour and 5 mins (I can barely type rn lololol) 7/26/2026
Nice, I am thinking in buying the petaminx after solving this one. i solve it in under 1 hour
Ningician
I can't believe I solved this!!!!!
Ghost
WOW THIS IS CRAZY I can only solve 2 layers in a 3×3×3 😭
Chrisjan
I solved it once but I don't think I can solve it another time but its too easy.
allan
easy but takes a long time
matiseries
wow I don't know how to solve this!
Nick Occhiogrosso
It took me 30mins
Brecken
it took me 2 and a half hours
Christian
It took 5 hours to do it
fan
VERY EASY
Big Mac Whopper
I hope there's a solver for this thing...
A perm
I solved the centre’s edge pairs and got PARITY
TheD0m!n!cCuber
I have one I.R.L.
Sus nerd
Nice upgrade from the megaminx. This simulator tho is amazing and I think more cubers should know this simulators. Thanks to the creators of this simulator tho cuz I find it really helpful with cubing. I definitely recommend this. Bye Bye!! 👍
Rahi
Took me an hour and 5 mins (I can barely type rn lololol) 7/26/2026Rayan Nejadarab
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Nice, I am thinking in buying the petaminx after solving this one. i solve it in under 1 hourNingician
I can't believe I solved this!!!!!Ghost
WOW THIS IS CRAZY I can only solve 2 layers in a 3×3×3 😭Chrisjan
I solved it once but I don't think I can solve it another time but its too easy.allan
easy but takes a long timematiseries
wow I don't know how to solve this!Nick Occhiogrosso
It took me 30minsBrecken
it took me 2 and a half hoursChristian
It took 5 hours to do itfan
VERY EASYBig Mac Whopper
I hope there's a solver for this thing...A perm
I solved the centre’s edge pairs and got PARITYTheD0m!n!cCuber
I have one I.R.L.Sus nerd
Nice upgrade from the megaminx. This simulator tho is amazing and I think more cubers should know this simulators. Thanks to the creators of this simulator tho cuz I find it really helpful with cubing. I definitely recommend this. Bye Bye!! 👍HIM
Bro, this is sick!!!Just Another Cuber
This was really hard and took me 2 days to solve.bro
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