Jaap's Puzzle Page


UPDATED 27/12/2010. Added new pages for 36 Cube, Crazy 4×4×4 Cube I, II, III, Super Floppy Cube, Gear Cube, Gear Cube Extreme, Face-turning Octahedron, Pyraminx Crystal, Rubik's Slide, SphereXyz, and Starlet / Swesdotschka. I also added Ball-B and the Holey Megaminx to the Megaminx page, and a new simple solution for the Square-1. Added javascript simulations of Rubik's Slide, and Starlet / Swesdotschka. And finally I almost completely revamped the Ideas for further puzzles page, and updated the Links page.

UPDATED 31/01/2010. Added new pages for Tower Cube 2×2×3, 3×3×4, Cubedron / Cybedron, 6×6×6 V-cube, 7×7×7 V-cube, Dual Circle, Robinson Roulette, and added Gamze Lights Out to the Lights Out page, Arusloky to the Cohan Circle page, Jing Pyraminx to the Pyraminx page, Flowerminx to the Impossiball page. Added javascript simulations of Dual Circle, Cubedron / Cybedron, and Robinson Roulette. There is a new Puzzle Statistics page listing the number of positions for all the puzzles, and through plugging the gaps on that page I added God's Algorithm calculation results to the Rubik's Domino, Cohan Circle, Heptalive, Orbik, and Palette Mix 4 pages. And finally I greatly expanded the Cube Subgroups page to include groups generated by middle layer moves and wide moves.

UPDATED 20/09/2009. At last another update. Added new pages for Crossover, Dodek Duo, Floppy Cube, Magnatease, Marusenko Sphere, Mindlock, Möbius Line Puzzle, New Seven Puzzle / Azig, Tri-Trick, Olympic Wanderrings, and Writer's Block. Added javascript simulations of Mindlock, New Seven Puzzle, Tri-Trick, and Olympic Wanderrings. Finally, I also added a page about Hamiltonian Paths and Cycles. Apart from the new pages and a general facelift, there are a few minor updates. For example Parts 3b and 3c were added to the Mathematics of Lights Out page, a film still was added to the Lights Out page, and the Tantrix page has been expanded.
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