Quote Originally Posted by Kirjava View Post
These are both very silly reasons.

Your definition of "base puzzle" and "higher order puzzle" is arbitrary. Nothing wrong with this, it just makes it somewhat meaningless.
Then how about this: 3x3x3 is the base cube puzzle because it's the lowest order of it's kind with all the various types of pieces. 2x2x2 is not the base because it has no center pieces. Same goes with flowerminx versus megaminx. We have always used higher order term without a proper definition so it's about time we define it now. This forum is the right place to discuss this

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