A combination puzzle, also known as a sequential move puzzle, is a puzzle which consists of a set of pieces which can be manipulated into different combinations...
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A sliding puzzle, sliding block puzzle, or sliding tile puzzle is a combination puzzle that challenges a player to slide (frequently flat) pieces along...
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The 15 puzzle (also called Gem Puzzle, Boss Puzzle, Game of Fifteen, Mystic Square and more) is a sliding puzzle. It has 15 square tiles numbered 1 to...
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World records in speedcubing are ratified by the World Cube Association (WCA). The WCA ratifies records in 17 events. All events except 3×3×3 multi-blind...
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adults. combination puzzles like Peg solitaire construction puzzles such as stick puzzles disentanglement puzzles, folding puzzles jigsaw puzzles. Puzz...
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are a combination of these approaches. Although these solutions use different approaches, most of them try to restore the cube shape of the puzzle first...
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sense requires 51 moves. Combination puzzles Mechanical puzzles Klotski (or Chinese: Huarong Dao), a similar sliding block puzzle Blocked (video game):2009...
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Klotski (redirect from Dad's Puzzle)
1907, which is about a sliding-block puzzle similar to Pennant Puzzle, but with a slightly different combination of blocks and a different goal—not only...
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Rubik's Cube (redirect from Rubik's puzzle)
3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was...
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Pocket Cube (also known as the Mini Cube) is a 2×2×2 combination puzzle invented in 1970 by American puzzle designer Larry D. Nichols. The cube consists of...
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The Puck puzzle (Hungarian: Kép Korong), also known as Picture Disc, is a combination puzzle invented in 1980 by Hungarian physicist András Végh. The...
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Disentanglement puzzles (also called entanglement puzzles, tanglement puzzles, tavern puzzles or topological puzzles) are a type or group of mechanical puzzle that...
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Ernő Rubik (redirect from Rubik's Puzzles and Games)
While Rubik became famous for inventing the Rubik's Cube and his other puzzles, much of his recent work involves the promotion of science in education...
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Pyraminx (category Combination puzzles)
Dogic Combination puzzles Tower Cube "Puzzles, Pyraminx, Twisting puzzles, Kokonotsu-Super-Sudoku, Megaminx, 5x5x5 cube". Pyraminx - Jaap's Puzzle Page...
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Rubik's Magic (category Combination puzzles)
Rubik's Cube, is a mechanical puzzle invented by Ernő Rubik and first manufactured by Matchbox in the mid-1980s. The puzzle consists of eight black square...
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Mirror blocks (category Mechanical puzzle cubes)
Cube, is a type of combination puzzle and shape modification of the standard 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube and was invented in 2006. The puzzle's internal mechanism...
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Rubik's Snake (category Combination puzzles)
establishing a new record in the International Book of Records. Combination puzzles Mechanical puzzles Nonplanar flexagons Fiore (1981), p. 7. Jensen, Gregory...
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decision changed the puzzle's name to attract fans of the original Rubik's Cube. Unlike the original puzzle (and other puzzles with an odd number of...
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Puzzle video games make up a broad genre of video games that emphasize puzzle solving. The types of puzzles can test problem-solving skills, including...
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Megaminx (category Combination puzzles)
The Megaminx or Mégaminx (/ˈmɛɡəmɪŋks/, /ˈmeɪ-/) is a dodecahedron-shaped puzzle similar to the Rubik's Cube. It has a total of 50 movable pieces to rearrange...
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6×6×6 version of the puzzle V-Cube 7 - A 7×7×7 version of the puzzle V-Cube 8 - An 8×8×8 version of the puzzle Combination puzzle "5x5x5 Wiki". Speedsolving...
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Skewb (category Mechanical puzzle cubes)
The Skewb (/ˈskjuːb/) is a combination puzzle and a mechanical puzzle similar to the Rubik's Cube. It was invented by Tony Durham and marketed by Uwe Mèffert...
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God's algorithm (category Logic puzzles)
discussions of ways to solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle, but which can also be applied to other combinatorial puzzles and mathematical games. It refers to any...
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Alexander's Star (category Combination puzzles)
long scale). Games 1982 Games 100 in Games Rubik's Cube Combination puzzles Mechanical puzzles Description and solution Wray, C. G. (1981). The cube: How...
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The V-Cube 7 is a combination puzzle in the form of a 7×7×7 cube. The first mass-produced 7×7×7 was invented by Panagiotis Verdes and is produced by the...
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Stick puzzles are a type of combination puzzle that uses multiple sticks or 'polysticks' (which can be one-dimensional objects) to assemble two- or three-dimensional...
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A construction puzzle is a puzzle where players have to build (assemble) a technical contraption. This may be a static object (such as a bridge) or a mechanical...
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A jigsaw puzzle (with context, sometimes just jigsaw or just puzzle) is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of often irregularly shaped interlocking...
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a list of puzzle topics, by Wikipedia page. Dexterity puzzle Ball-in-a-maze puzzle Brain teaser Chess puzzle Chess problem Computer puzzle game Cross...
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A logic puzzle is a puzzle deriving from the mathematical field of deduction. The logic puzzle was first produced by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who is better...
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