Why is there no name for FTO???

[ikindalikeclock]

Ok so this may sound weird but why is there no name for the FTO?
While being a descriptive name, Face Turning Octahedron is kinda weird — its not like we call megaminx “FTD” (face turning dodecahedron).

I think a cool alternative would be “Octaminx”.
Every other WCA official platonic solid (besides cube) ends in -minx. Why not FTO?

idk i just thought this would be a cool idea.

(edit: hi)

 

[Tabe]

I think a cool alternative would be “Octaminx”.

There's already a puzzle called the octaminx.

 

[Martyt7777]

What about just octahedron?

 

[Tabe]

What about just octahedron?

Waaaaaaay too generic. There are tons of octahedron puzzles, including the CTO, the Pyraminx Diamond, and Skewb Diamond, to name a few.

 

[Mr.Ducky]

Pegaminx because pyraminx but 6 sides and pyra-megaminx would be goofy

 

[Kami]

Pegaminx because pyraminx but 6 sides and pyra-megaminx would be goofy

Honestly as silly as it sounds, I could get behind pegaminx as a name.

 

[Pyjam]

I completely agree. FTO isn’t a name, and that’s a real shame.
Plus, searching for such a short acronym yields tons of results, most of which are unrelated to the topic.
Even if “Octaminx” is already used for some obscure puzzle, it would still be better than FTO.
Unfortunately, we were already talking about this a year and a half ago when FTO started to gain popularity, and nothing has changed since then.
The WCA needs to settle on a different name for things to change.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

You could call it the Orthominx as the duals to a cube in any dimension are called Orthoplexes.

 

[abunickabhi]

Ok so this may sound weird but why is there no name for the FTO?
While being a descriptive name, Face Turning Octahedron is kinda weird — its not like we call megaminx “FTD” (face turning dodecahedron).

I think a cool alternative would be “Octaminx”.
Every other WCA official platonic solid (besides cube) ends in -minx. Why not FTO?

idk i just thought this would be a cool idea.

(edit: hi)

I agree that FTO deserves a more marketable and catchier name yo

Maybe Octaminx

 

[FaTyl]

What about: Triangular Francisco

 

[OreKehStrah]

I completely agree. FTO isn’t a name, and that’s a real shame.
Plus, searching for such a short acronym yields tons of results, most of which are unrelated to the topic.
Even if “Octaminx” is already used for some obscure puzzle, it would still be better than FTO.
Unfortunately, we were already talking about this a year and a half ago when FTO started to gain popularity, and nothing has changed since then.
The WCA needs to settle on a different name for things to change.

That doesn’t really matter. FTO is fine at this point. Nobody was complaining that clock was called clock, and nobody calls the NxNs their actual names either like Rubik’s Revenge or the Professor Cube.

 

[mdcuber9]

Do you think the WCA will officially call it “Face-Turning Octahedron” or just FTO?

 

[pi=3.14]

Do you think the WCA will officially call it “Face-Turning Octahedron” or just FTO?

FTO for sure

 

[BVCuber13]

Do you think the WCA will officially call it “Face-Turning Octahedron” or just FTO?

they will call it Face-Turning Octahedron but it will be shortened to FTO

 

[tx789]

There's already a puzzle called the octaminx.

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Tony Fisher has been asked if using the name Octaminx for FTO is okay and reportedly said yes. It came up in the FTO discord years ago along with the discussion. The name FTO has suck, gives the nice event_id of fto,

The name has stuck and does it really matter? It has a nice descriptive name unlike anything else. Octaminx is the only other name with any level of traction and that level is so low and only exists cause same kids don't like FTO

 

[SpeedCubingLord]

Ashtaminx bc ashta means eight.

Suitable bc sanskrit is a indo-european language and is similar to oktto as said in PIE.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

I mean it’s like calling a 4x4 a 4x4 and not Rubik’s Revenge
It’s pretty unnecessary to give FTO a name since the term FTO has already stuck onto the community. It would also cause more confusion to switch the names.

 

[SpeedCubingLord]

I mean it’s like calling a 4x4 a 4x4 and not Rubik’s Revenge
It’s pretty unnecessary to give FTO a name since the term FTO has already stuck onto the community. It would also cause more confusion to switch the names.

this is also a really good option bc fto is short and concise.

btw why cant we call 3x3x3 a 27

wca do you like my decision

 

[Renslay]

Also, we already have so many minxes. Pyraminx, Megaminx, Kilominx, Flowerminx, Gigaminx, Teraminx, Petaminx, Examinx, All-The-SI-Prefix-Minx, you already have to use more brainpower to decipher them compared to FTO. If we add Octominx / Octaminx, it feels like it just gets lost in the family, like the 11th child. "So, Octaminx, you're the 8 layered dodecahedron puzzle?" "Nope... Guess again."

 

[Pyjam]

Octaminx is the only other name with any level of traction and that level is so low and only exists cause [some] kids don't like FTO

Oh, thanks. It's been a good half-century since anyone last called me “kid.” That's going to give me a boost this morning.