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.
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HyphenGD
just learnt the megaminx yesterday. this is great
Mohammed Saleem
Im lovin it
McFlurry
I HAVE ONE OF THESE
RubixNoob
Too easy.
Cookie
TOOOOOOOOOO HARRRRRRRD (but I solved white side)
ypeeeeeee
i solved white side with no exprerince with dodechroheadrons
Aadvik
Yo this is cool
beta g
whats good? i luvvv this app.
Brody
XD SO GOOD THOUHT I WOULD NEVER SOLVE WHO EVER MADE THIS IS A GENIES
Bahadir
It's really beautiful
blaine
i need something easier
ScaredOfAmogus
I only did the first and second layer XD
ZombieBro6384
Cool I had a hard Rubix cube but I used this and it really helped me out if I could I would give it a 10 star.
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.
HyphenGD
just learnt the megaminx yesterday. this is greatMohammed Saleem
Im lovin itMcFlurry
I HAVE ONE OF THESERubixNoob
Too easy.Cookie
TOOOOOOOOOO HARRRRRRRD (but I solved white side)ypeeeeeee
i solved white side with no exprerince with dodechroheadronsAadvik
Yo this is coolbeta g
whats good? i luvvv this app.Brody
XD SO GOOD THOUHT I WOULD NEVER SOLVE WHO EVER MADE THIS IS A GENIESBahadir
It's really beautifulblaine
i need something easierScaredOfAmogus
I only did the first and second layer XDZombieBro6384
Cool I had a hard Rubix cube but I used this and it really helped me out if I could I would give it a 10 star.Marzuq Hasan
ehehehe. scrambling this up.har har har har
this is so hardDaCuber
Only the last layer...Phanuel
I only solved White face sooooooooooooo hardJackson
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 layersValentine9years
It's so hardest...the addict to cubes
its a nice app. Wish i found out about it earlier.Write a comment!