Steve Winter
Member
I know that the members of SpeedSolving enjoy challenging cube puzzles so I thought I would throw a new cube solution challenge your way.
I have designed a new type of puzzle that is a twist on the Classic SOMA cube puzzle. This puzzle has the same challenges as the original SOMA cube puzzle plus many more. Where the classic SOMA cube has 7 solid parts SOMA's Revenge has 14 parts that are wireframe outlines. The 7 inner parts are smaller and will fit into the 7 outer parts in various ways. You can use the inner parts to interlock multiple outer parts together. This is different from the classic SOMA cube which did not have any interlocking pieces. The ultimate challenge for this puzzle is to build a cube with the outer parts, with the inner parts forming a cube inside of them, and with all the parts interlocking.
This is a new puzzle and no one has ever found an interlocking cube solution. To make this fun, I am starting a prize contest for the first person to come up with an interlocking cube solution. The first prize is a $50 gift certificate for Shapeways.com ( Thanks Shapeways for helping to sponsor the contest). You can also enter with partial solutions since there is a 2nd place prize drawing from these entries. This prize is any model from my Shapeways shop.
The contest started ; August 10, 2012 and runs till the end of the year. Full contest details and rules are on my "SOMA's Revenge" Shapeways shop page There you will also find more information about the puzzle.
You enter the contest by submitting a Youtube video with your solution as a video response to my "SOMA's Revenge" Puzzle Cube Solution Contest video.
Feel free to post some comments on what you think of this new type of interlocking SOMA puzzle.
Good Luck if you take up the interlocking cube challenge.
I have designed a new type of puzzle that is a twist on the Classic SOMA cube puzzle. This puzzle has the same challenges as the original SOMA cube puzzle plus many more. Where the classic SOMA cube has 7 solid parts SOMA's Revenge has 14 parts that are wireframe outlines. The 7 inner parts are smaller and will fit into the 7 outer parts in various ways. You can use the inner parts to interlock multiple outer parts together. This is different from the classic SOMA cube which did not have any interlocking pieces. The ultimate challenge for this puzzle is to build a cube with the outer parts, with the inner parts forming a cube inside of them, and with all the parts interlocking.
This is a new puzzle and no one has ever found an interlocking cube solution. To make this fun, I am starting a prize contest for the first person to come up with an interlocking cube solution. The first prize is a $50 gift certificate for Shapeways.com ( Thanks Shapeways for helping to sponsor the contest). You can also enter with partial solutions since there is a 2nd place prize drawing from these entries. This prize is any model from my Shapeways shop.
The contest started ; August 10, 2012 and runs till the end of the year. Full contest details and rules are on my "SOMA's Revenge" Shapeways shop page There you will also find more information about the puzzle.
You enter the contest by submitting a Youtube video with your solution as a video response to my "SOMA's Revenge" Puzzle Cube Solution Contest video.
Feel free to post some comments on what you think of this new type of interlocking SOMA puzzle.
Good Luck if you take up the interlocking cube challenge.
