5x5x5 Cube

5x5x5 Cube 5x5x5 Cube into a solved position Alternative names: Professor Cube, 5x5 cube Shape: Cube Internal Mechanism: 5x5x5 Inventor: Udo Krell Year: 1981 Produced by: Rubik's, East Sheen, MoYu, Shengshou, QiYi, QJ, V-Cube, Maru, Diansheng, LanLan, DaYan, Cyclone Boys Twisty Puzzles museum link: PKEY1480 Jaap's puzzle page link: cube5

The 5x5x5 cube (also known as the Professor's Cube, and normally referred to as the 5x5x5 or 5x5) is a twistable puzzle in the shape of a cube that is cut four times along each of three axes.

The 5x5x5 cube was invented by Udo Krell in 1981. Several designs for the 5x5x5 were proposed at the time, but it was Krell's design which was first manufactured (by Uwe Mèffert) in Hong Kong in 1983.[1] It was marketed by Ideal Toys in Germany as "Rubik's Wahn" (Wahn = delusion or illusion). They were also sold in Japan under the name "Professor's Cube".[2] In the 1990s Meffert reissued the "Professor's Cube".[3] In 1999 Chen Sen Li patented his East Sheen 5x5x5 cube. In 2004 Panagiotis Verdes filed a patent for big cubes which provided an improved mechanism for the 5x5x5 cube which he produced as part of the V-cube range. Since 2010 many Chinese companies beginning with Shengshou have released their own 5x5x5 cubes.

This puzzle has 6 fixed centers, a total of 48 other center pieces, a total of 36 edge pieces, and 8 corners, and 2.8 x 10^74 positions.

Current best 5x5x5: Valk 5 M/YJ MGC/DaYan NeZha/MoYu AoChuang WRM

A Professor cube, partially dismantled.

See Also

• Category:5x5x5 methods
• Category:Big Cube methods

External Links

• The Wikipedia article

Regular cubic twisty puzzles
0x0x0	1x1x1	2x2x2 Pocket Cube	3x3x3 Rubik's Cube	4x4x4 Rubik's Revenge
5x5x5 Professor's Cube	6x6x6 V-Cube 6	7x7x7 V-Cube 7	8x8x8 V-Cube 8	9x9x9
10x10x10	11x11x11	12x12x12 SengSo 12x12	13x13x13 MoYu 13x13	14x14x14 SengSo 14x14
15x15x15 MoYu 15x15	16x16x16 SengSo	17x17x17 Over The Top	18x18x18	19x19x19 SengSo
20x20x20	21x21x21 MoYu	22x22x22	23x23x23 YJ	24x24x24
25x25x25	26x26x26	27x27x27	28x28x28	29x29x29
30x30x30	31x31x31	32x32x32	33x33x33	34x34x34
Key:	Mass-produced	Exists, not manufactured	Work in progress	Not existent

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