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People in the cubing community often call all twisty puzzles "cubes". In this parlance, the "pyraminx" (regular tetrahedron twisty puzzle) is a cube, the face-
by seanhunter 16d ago
People in the cubing community often call all twisty puzzles "cubes".
In this parlance, the "pyraminx" (regular tetrahedron twisty puzzle) is a cube, the face-turning octohedron is a cube, and the "Megaminx" (dodecahedron) is a cube. I've even heard Rubik's Clock[1] called a cube.
[1] Which isn't even a god-damn platonic solid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_Clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_Clock