Skewb (mechanism)
The Skewb, Skewb Diamond and Skewb ultimate are all puzzles built on the same central mechanism : a 4-legged core with four of the eight corner pieces attached to it. The only difference between the puzzles is the shape. This means that pieces from any of the skewb variants are compatible and can be interchanged. For example, the 3D Skewb and Polymorphix are made by swapping the corner pieces of a Skewb and a Skewb Ultimate.
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 modification of the Skewb. It can be made by truncating each corner of a regular skewb and extending each center into a square-based pyramid. The 'centers' of each face on the diamond would be the corners of the standard skewb.
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