Pyraminx (3x3x3)

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The Pyraminx is a regular tetrahedron shaped twisty puzzle. It was invented by Uwe Mèffert in 1970 however production of this toy only started in 1981.

This puzzle has 4 axis around which moves can be preformed (comparing to 3 axis in a Rubik's Cube), and it is comprised of 10 tetrahedral parts and 4 octahedral parts. The tips of the puzzle are usually reffered to as "trivial" becuase each of them has only 3 possible orientations and can be solved very easily. Some shape mods and other variations of the Pyraminx have taken these "trivial tips" off completely for example the Tetraminx (coming soon..). Another famous variation of this puzzle in the Master Pyraminx which is essentially the 4x4x4 version of it.

There are 75,582,720 possible combinations of the Pyraminx, however if you ignore the trivial tips the number crunches down to only 933,120. This number is much lower than the Rubik's Cube's wopping 43 quintillion combinations and even the Mini Rubik's Cube's 3,674,160 combinations rendering it an overall relatively easy puzzle to solve.

Optimal solutions to the Pyraminx can be found using computer software. And it has been proven that for any given position the puzzle can be solved in 11 moves or less (14 if you include the tips). The current world record for fastest Pyraminx solve is 0.75 seconds, set by Elijah Brown at the Berkeley Winter A 2023 competition.

 



Comments 141

Agam (Sehaj!s bro)

Agam (Sehaj!s bro)

This website is totally awesome! If Erno Rubiks did not invent the Rubik’s cube, Grubiks would never ever exist!
coolBoy

coolBoy

Cool i can solve it in 3 seconds
Yarik

Yarik

i finally did it! it's was hard
Emhead22

Emhead22

bruh too easy
Ronaldo123

Ronaldo123

I never knew how easy a Pyraminx really was.
BOB

BOB

TO EASY I COULD DO IT IN REAL LIFE!
Connor

Connor

This helped alot
cuber

cuber

the best it helped me solve 2 cubes
Walter Clements

Walter Clements

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joe

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Rose

Rose

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mrmisterious

mrmisterious

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Santi Navarro

Santi Navarro

Super ez puzzle, normally takes me 10 seconds in real life but here 30
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Ez cube solver

Lol nice I solved it
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So easy lol imagine
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Samuel

Samuel

Yay! I solved it


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