From a.southern@ic.ac.uk Tue Apr 30 08:58:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: from punch.ic.ac.uk by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AB15173; Tue, 30 Apr 96 08:58:46 EDT Received: from judy.ic.ac.uk by punch.ic.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:52:50 +0100 Received: from mecmdb.me.ic.ac.uk (mecmdb-gw.me.ic.ac.uk [155.198.64.90]) by judy.ic.ac.uk (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id NAA02708 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:52:35 +0100 (BST) Received: from wh23.hr by mecmdb.me.ic.ac.uk (5.65/4.1) id AA02489; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:52:34 +0100 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:52:34 +0100 Message-Id: <9604301252.AA02489@mecmdb.me.ic.ac.uk> X-Sender: ars2@mecmdb.me.ic.ac.uk (Unverified) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 2 (High) To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu From: a.southern@ic.ac.uk (The Official Thermodynamics Fan Club of the UK.) Subject: Square-1, Super Cubix, Masterball and Rubik's Revenge. X-Mailer: Hi, I'm on the cube-lovers mailing list. Bloody Hell! If someone had told me what a square-1 was, I would have been able to help with that query. I know the puzzle as "Super Cubix" which was written on the side of the 'cube'. I solved this puzzle about six months ago and in the same way as Ron Modest did. Have you tried the Masterball? It is solved in a very similar way, but there again it does have very similar properties (having to rotate in one direction by pi, but any other multiple in the rest). The Masterball has a web site (http://wsd.com/masterball) in which it claims to be unique because there are no fixed segments. I once borrowed a 4x4x4 Rubik's Revenge from a friend, and it appeared to have no fixed segments. I believe the Masterball to be a different puzzle, but with similar internal workings. What do you lot think? p.s. I'm sure this is a common question, but I have many 3x3x3, and one 5x5x5, can I still get a 4x4x4 anywhere? would anyone consider selling one to me? p.p.s. I'm in London.