V-Cube 6

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A V-Cube 6 in the released state

The V-Cube 6 is the 6 × 6 × 6 version of the Rubik's Cube ( Rubik's Cube). It was invented by Panagiotis Verdes. Like the 4 × 4 × 4 cube, the V-Cube 6 has no fixed middle pieces and can be moved freely on all parts.

mechanism

A V-Cube 6 in a twisted state

The cube consists of a total of 218 parts, of which 152 (as stones or cubies ) are visible. The hidden 66 parts are the seventh layer, as the mechanism is the same as that of the V-Cube 7 . There are 96 single-colored center stones that can all be moved, 48 two-tone edge stones and 8 three-color corner stones. Not all color combinations are available, however, as opposing colors (such as orange and red) cannot be adjacent. The layers of the cube can be rotated by 90 °, 180 ° or 270 °.

Currently the V-Cube 6 is manufactured with white and black parts. In the standard color scheme, red is across from orange, blue across from green, and yellow across from black (on the black version, yellow is across from white). The company's logo is affixed to the black middle section: a white (or black) V.

Positions

The cube has approximately different positions (exactly 157 152 858 401 024 063 281 013 959 519 483 771 508 510 790 313 968 742 344 694 684 829 502 629 887 168 573 442 107 637 760 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000). By printing a V on the middle stone on the black / white side, the number quadruples , although each of the four possible positions is correct.

solution

For the 6 × 6 × 6 cube, the solution of the 5 × 5 × 5 or 4 × 4 × 4 cube can be used, since the algorithms for swapping individual parts are the same. Due to the higher number of individual parts, only these algorithms have to be executed more frequently and slightly modified. However, there are also special cases for which special algorithms are required.

One of the best-known strategies is the reduction method, which is often used for all cubes larger than 3 × 3 × 3. This consists in first arranging the middle and edge parts by color. After that, the cube can be solved equivalent to the 3 × 3 × 3 cube simply by using the outer axes of rotation.

World records

The current world record for the fastest one-time release of the 6 × 6 × 6 is 1: 09.51 minutes and was set by Max Park near Houston Winter 2020 .

Max Park holds the world record for the average time when solving the 6 × 6 × 6 three times with 1: 15.90 minutes, set at Houston Winter 2020 .

Solving the 6 × 6 × 6 blind is not an official discipline, so there are no official records for it.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of 6 × 6 × 6 single world records on the World Cube Association website
  2. ↑ List of 6 × 6 × 6 Average World Records on the World Cube Association website
  3. ^ List of disciplines on the World Cube Association website

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