Category:Other Puzzles

This category contains the different mass-produced brands/makes of the most commonly solved (non cube) puzzles.

Magics

• Rubik's Magics - Rubik's was the first company to produce Magics, and because of this most Magics on the market come from that company.
• DIY Magics - Some Chinese shops, such as Cube4You, sell DIY magic kits, which come with tiles and string and require the buyer to print out paper inserts and then assemble the puzzle themselves. These types of Magics have a very wide variety of tightnesses, and can end up either too tight to stay flat or so loose that wires often pop off.

Clocks

The only commonly used type of Clock is the Rubik's brand. Since that company no longer produces this puzzle, to get one it is usually necessary to use eBay to find one. Fortunately this is a very common and inexpensive puzzle.

Pyraminx

Most cubers use the Meffert's brand Pyraminx, which can be purchased at Mefferts.com online store. They have two models, the original Pyraminx and the Pyraminx II, which is an improved version of the original. There are some Chinese knock-offs available at other sites such as Cube4you.com and DealExtreme.com.

Megaminx

(STUB) The Megaminx is a dodecahedron shaped twisty puzzle. Each of the 12 sides consists of one pentagonal fixed center, five triangular edge pieces and five corner pieces. The corner and edge pieces are arranged in a five-pointed star pattern. It is also very similar to the 3x3 cube, just extended. The Fridrich method can be converted to the Megaminx by making the star, numerous Corner- Edge pairs and finishing the puzzle with OLL and PLL

Meffert's

Sold at Meffert's online shop. These are generally considered to be the best Megaminx, but are fairly expensive and are often out of stock, making them less accessable than the Chinese brands.

Chinese Megaminxes

Chinese versions of the Megaminx (often referred to as "Chinaminxes") are sold at Cube4You and other online sellers of Chinese cube puzzles.

The tiled Chinese Megaminx has a mechanism that clicks faces into alignment. Because of this, it is not very well suited for speedsolving without modifications.

The PVC Megaminx is a clone of the Edison Megaminx. It is considerably smoother than the tiled Chinese Megaminx and is comparable to the Meffert's Megaminx after lubing and tuning.

New Tiled Megaminx

Square-1

The Square-1 is a cubic puzzle with irregular cubies. The top and bottom layers consist of triangular edge pieces and quadrilateral corner pieces, and the middle layer consists of two trapezoidal pieces. This puzzle does not have fixed center, and when scrambled, shifts to a random shape. The object is to return it to its cubic state as well as to make each side one solid color.

Rubik's 360