Notes on Twisty Puzzles

Pixeling is a technique that I discovered to make certain types of pretty patterns on NxNxN cubes. It affects the centers, only, in a large ...

Let's start by saying that I don't really like the "grip shift" controls. Thus, the way I solve big cubes is designed to b...

(Disclaimer: I wrote this guide in June 2007, on twistypuzzles.com. Here it is, with just a few edits. I haven't changed up the method m...

Although the 4x4 and 5x5 supercubes look much more difficult and impressive than the standard ones (even experienced bigcubers will wonder h...

Sometimes the theory we have discussed so far is not enough to calculate the number of positions of a puzzle. Fortunately there is a theorem...

The Cv puzzles were some of the first simple twisty puzzles to be developed. One in particular, the Skewb, is probably the puzzle with the m...

The Cf puzzles are very simple to describe: they are just the very well-known 2x2x2 and 3x3x3 cube. There are, of course, much more efficien...