Megaminx (3x3x3)

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The Megaminx, is a dodecahedron-shaped twisty puzzle, it has 12 center pieces (around which the faces can turn), 20 corner pieces and 30 edge pieces. It was invented in 1982 by a few people independently but was first created by Dr. Cristoph Bandelow and soon after by the famous Uwe Mèffert who gave it it's current name. Other names for this puzzle are The Magic Dodecahedron and The Hungarian Supernova.

There are many similarities between the Megaminx (3x3x3) and the original Rubik's Cube. Both are face-turning puzzles that have fixed centers and a single edge piece between any two adjacent corners. It is quite surprizing at first glace, but the similarity between the puzzles also comes in to play when solving the Megaminx - the solution is almost identical to the Rubik's Cube's solution and many of the Rubik's Cube solving algorithms can be used on the Megaminx.

The difference between the two however is very obvious, while the Rubik's Cube is a cube (with 6 sqare faces) the Megaminx is a dodecahedron (with 12 pentagon faces). This creates a lot more moving parts - 50 in the Megaminx compared to 20 in the Rubik's Cube, therefore the number of possible combinations is also much greater - 1.01x10⁶⁸ (around 101 unvigintillion) which is a number most of us had never heard of before.

The Megaminx series is one of the most famous series in the cubing world. The puzzle has many variations and modifications, along with higher-order versions such as the Gigaminx (5x5x5) and the Teraminx (7x7x7).

The Megaminx is an official WCA puzzle and the official record for fastest solve is 24.44 seconds set by Leandro Martín López (Argentina) at Di Tella Open v2 2023.

Comments 137

Marzuq Hasan

ehehehe. scrambling this up.

har har har har

this is so hard

DaCuber

Only the last layer...

Phanuel

I only solved White face sooooooooooooo hard

Jackson

You need to know how to solve the first two layers of the 3x3x3 to solve it I have one myself so I know because I scrambled it to solve it from instructions and it says you have to know how to solve the first two layers

Valentine9years

It's so hardest...

the addict to cubes

its a nice app. Wish i found out about it earlier.

Avi

Almost done

xXElCuberoXx

Very easy, 39 seconds. It's literally a 3x3 only with stars instead of crosses. You only need to use the algorithms of the normal 3x3.

frosty

Think of it like a 3x3. use the basic method for the final layer and swap the last two steps

Cuber

Hardest cube

gabo98

It wasn't easy but I solved it =)

PixelyPop

I have one of these in real life and I can not solve it.

cubero..2

How do I solve this? Hehe

the cuber

the megaminx is relly hard to solve

rubiks fan

i already do the purple side but its really hard to solve the megaminx

Tate Adrian Davis

Omg..hard.

Ivis Palma

I have a megaminx 3×3 irl

Rian pro

i solved it

SLSCSCL

I have the megaminx 2x2 at home. I solved it on my first try, and I'm trying this one out. It is a very easy puzzle now that I know how to solve the rubik's cube. Using my knowledge of the two, I can solve the 3x3.