Magnetic Clock ---Qiyi Mofangge Cube

[DTCuber]

Take my money!

 

[aybuck37]

make it so the pins do NOT fall down. My clock broke during an official solve... So now my 3x3 average is slower than my clock average

 

[Iggy]

Cool. Everyone is gonna start doing clock now, just like with square-1 Time to get sub 8

 

[One Wheel]

This is exactly what I was thinking of, THANK YOU.

It would likely be totally different if the cube was designed with magnets in mind. Instead of balls indiscriminately attracted to each other you could have 4 magnets in the center piece oriented so that the edge pieces were attracted to them. For example, for a 3x3 have 4 magnets in each center piece w/south pole toward the center and the north pole at the edge of the center piece, and edge pieces with the south pole at the edge of the piece that is toward the center. You could also add magnets to the corner pieces with the north pole toward the face that touches the center, to force the corner pieces away. It would serve to force layers to align better, the same as with tips on the Moyu pyraminx, but applied to a cube.

 

[Loiloiloi]

It would likely be totally different if the cube was designed with magnets in mind. Instead of balls indiscriminately attracted to each other you could have 4 magnets in the center piece oriented so that the edge pieces were attracted to them. For example, for a 3x3 have 4 magnets in each center piece w/south pole toward the center and the north pole at the edge of the center piece, and edge pieces with the south pole at the edge of the piece that is toward the center. You could also add magnets to the corner pieces with the north pole toward the face that touches the center, to force the corner pieces away. It would serve to force layers to align better, the same as with tips on the Moyu pyraminx, but applied to a cube.

Oh, someone made that too. I found it while looking for the ParadoxCubing video.

 

[One Wheel]

Oh, someone made that too. I found it while looking for the ParadoxCubing video.

Dangit! Will I never have an original idea? Don't answer that. I bet it would work better with weaker magnets, and I would like to see it applied to a higher order cube.

 

[Loiloiloi]

Dangit! Will I never have an original idea? Don't answer that. I bet it would work better with weaker magnets, and I would like to see it applied to a higher order cube.

That is a pretty good idea, I'm sure it will be experimented with at some point. I'm surprised we don't see any speedcubes (cubic) utilizing magnets.

 

[Tycubing]

Man, I love how qiyi doesn't focus just on cubic puzzles**moyu**, they focus where good hardware is needed **most side events**. Also, when QiYi does release them, they are AMAZING!

 

[Malkom]

Man, I love how qiyi doesn't focus just on cubic puzzles**moyu**, they focus where good hardware is needed **most side events**. Also, when QiYi does release them, they are AMAZING!

Moyu is making a clock and a squan right now...

 

[mafergut]

The idea of a 3x3 or bigger cube with magnets is something I had also thought of at times as one of my main problems is with inaccurate turning / overshooting but not sure that it's something than can easily be done. If the magnets are too strong, like in the video above they will most probably disrupt the flow of the turning and if they are too weak they will not be of much use in aligning the layers. Anyway, if some company is willing to try that I would be interested in seeing the results. But we are getting closer and closer to the cube solving itself on its own

Regarding the new clock, well, I don't do clock but I might consider buying one just as a side event to practice at times if Qiyi makes a good one. Same happened with SQ-1 (but I have not solved it much, tbh).

 

[One Wheel]

The idea of a 3x3 or bigger cube with magnets is something I had also thought of at times as one of my main problems is with inaccurate turning / overshooting but not sure that it's something than can easily be done. If the magnets are too strong, like in the video above they will most probably disrupt the flow of the turning and if they are too weak they will not be of much use in aligning the layers. Anyway, if some company is willing to try that I would be interested in seeing the results. But we are getting closer and closer to the cube solving itself on its own

Regarding the new clock, well, I don't do clock but I might consider buying one just as a side event to practice at times if Qiyi makes a good one. Same happened with SQ-1 (but I have not solved it much, tbh).

As I think abut it, it would probably be better to arrange repulsive magnets in the corner and center pieces so that they might have little or no effect when everything is aligned but as you try to reverse corner cut the magnets would push the layers into alignment. The basic mechanism has improved greatly, adding something else to force layers to align rather than just dealing with it when they don't align is a logical next step.

As far as the cube solving itself, the perfect tool is invisible. I'm not suggesting that we put motors inside, just make moving it accurately effortless, so the only thing left is the mental challenge of figuring out which moves to make.

 

[DTCuber]

Putting magnets inside a square-1 for slice turns would be interesting.

 

[biscuit]

Any one have any updates on this? I'm getting kinda interested in getting a clock, but definitely going to wait for this.

 

[hotufos]

I also could have swore I saw a video with some guy trying out magnets inside of different parts of a cube but I can't find it at all

That was by paradox cubing.

 

[biscuit]

That was by paradox cubing.

They were talking about 3x3/puzzles that don't naturally have Magnets. The MoYu Pyra has Magnets built in

 

[delphi]

When does this clock come out?

 

[Shengliang Cai]

I have waited it for a long time

 

[Connor_Dore]

When will it be released?


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[asacuber]

when is it coming out?

 

[Kit Clement]

New rule: you can only bump this thread if you actually have information regarding this clock.