Skewb (mechanism)

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The skewb, Skewb Diamond and Skewb ultimate are all Puzzles built on the same central mechanism - a 4-legged core with four corner pieces attached. The only difference between the puzzles is the shape. This means that pieces from any skewb variant are compatible and can be interchanged.

Skewb

The Skewb is a cube-shaped puzzle. It consists of 6 centre pieces and 8 corner pieces, four of which are attached to the central core. It is a deep-cut puzzle - ie. each cut goes through the center of the puzzle and half of the puzzle changes when it is turned.

Skewb ultimate

The skewb Ultimate is the dodecahedral version of the skewb. It is slightly more difficult than the skewb, as the center pieces have more than one colour and threrfore need to be correctly oriented.

Skewb diamond

The skewb diamond is a octahedral modificatoin of the skewb. It can be made by truncating each corner of a regular skewb and extending each center into a pyramid. The 'centers' of each face on the diamond would be the corners of the standard skewb.

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