Skewb

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Tip: Control over the simulator on this page requires a little bit of getting used to. It is recommended to use the corner pieces for preforming moves.

The Skewb, orignally known as the Pyraminx Cube, is a very famous Pyraminx shape-mod. Shaped as a cube, this puzzle offers quite a different challenge than its predecessor, despite the fact they share the exact same 4-axis mechanism.

The Skewb is comprised of 8 tetrahedral corner-pieces and 6 square face-pieces. It rotates around its corners such that any move turns exactly half the puzzle. This results in over 3 million possible combinations (3,149,280 to be exact) - more than 3 times the Pyraminx's 922,120 possible combinations. Unlike the Pyraminx, it has no "trivial" parts and it is considered a harder puzzle to solve. You might notice, However, that the face-pieces of this puzzle lack a defined orientation - which make this puzzle a bit more manageable. Computer simulations show us that any of the Skewb's combinations can be solved in 11 moves or less. This puzzle also has higher-order siblings such as the Master Skewb and the Elite Skewb.

This beloved puzzle was invented by Tony Durham. It gained a lot of popularity and became an inspiration for a whole series of puzzles including the Skewb Extreme, Ultimate Skewb, Diamond Skewb, Twisty Skewb and many others! With it's increasing popularity it eventually became an official WCA puzzle. The current world record for fastest solve belongs to Andrew Huang from Australia and is 0.93 seconds! This is especially incredible since it almost ties the Pyraminx's world record despite having over 3 times as many possible combinations.

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Skewba Diver

Noice skewb.

Firetruck

I like skewbs

i like

So cool! I did it in 36 secs!

Selic

Love corner cutting this is for me

Andrew

WOW coll btw im obsesed with cubessssssssss!

Catsongs

I like it and I am good at this!!

dUNG

I LIKE IT

sussymus

skewby doo.

Ahmad Tulla

It is ez

danguini

I almost solved it

MrCheese

this one is to hard for me to do the only ones i can do is the 3x3 pyraminx and gear ball and by far the easiest ones for me were the pyraminx and the gear ball

Komik_kid

w o w

NRCM

lol I accedently solved it while scrambling it.

Aiden

Wow! Solved it by myself

speedcuber

I can solve a real one in 15 seconds

Anonymous 11111

Confusing puzzle, really. But great simulator

Cuber

My PB is 0.989 seconds its so easy

Slash

too hard for me lol

jaret

I wish I had one. This is so cool!

Ink the cuber

This is probably one of the easiest cubes to solve as i did it first try with no algorithms. definitely good for people who want to learn the basics of cubing.