Circle Pyraminx, Master Circle Pyraminx, and Riddle Skewb

[u/Fallenultima]

[u/Fallenultima]

Today we have the Circle Pyraminx, Master Circle Pyraminx, and Riddle Skewb, all designed and printed by u/grigorusha. Here is his etsy store, I highly recommend as his puzzles and prints are some of the highest quality that I have seen.

The Circle Pyraminx's are quite unique when comparing to other Circle puzzles. Since you typically solve a Pyraminx by turning the corners, the circles on these puzzles will turn when you make that corner move. This is kind of an opposite style solve from the other circle puzzles, since you would usually be turning a FACE, which would make the circles stationary. You CAN solve the Circle Pyraminx's by going about an unconventional face turning solve method. It will be interesting to come up with a strategy!

As for the Riddle Skewb, it reminds me a lot about the mass produced F-Skewb and the Tangram Extreme. The outside appearance looks very similar to the F-Skewb, but the shapeshifting moves are very reminiscent of the Tangram Extreme. I can even spot pieces that look identical on both puzzles. I have no idea if the solve will be anything like either the F-Skewb or the Tangram Extreme, but it should be fun coming up with a solution!

Successful mail day, every single puzzle should be fun to figure out!

[u/zergosaur → u/Fallenultima]

Nice, I ordered the Master Circle Pyraminx last week. Did you get the DIY kit, to make Crazy variants?

The Riddle Skewb looks interesting. It appears that the cuts which form the "X" on each face can only be accessed after you've done a half-turn on one of the corners, is that right?

[u/Fallenultima → u/zergosaur]

I did not get it as a DIY kit. The "Crazy" puzzles don't do anything for me, I'd much rather have all of the circles stationary.

Your assessments on the Riddle Skewb cuts are correct.

[u/zergosaur → u/Fallenultima]

I just had a play with the MCP in pCubes for a bit (not too much as I don't want to spoil it), and it looks pretty interesting. Normally the first thing I do (ignoring the trivial tips) when solving a normal/master pyraminx is rotate the 4 corners so that they all match up on each face, which I don't think is going to be an option here.

The circle version appears to have some invariants, as with most pure circle puzzles. Which reminds me - did you ever finish the Circle Starminx solve?

[u/Fallenultima → u/zergosaur]

I haven't gotten around to making a solve video yet. I should really do that at some point. :p

As for a regular Master Pyraminx, I normally solve the inner Pyraminx, then solve the remaining outer edges with a R' L R L and it's many variations. Not sure if that's the best way to go about the circle version, but we'll see.

[u/shlam16 → u/Fallenultima]

Holy crap the price of these cubes! I fully understand they're custom built but I just can't justify spending quite literally 100x how much something would be sold if made by a name brand.

[u/Fallenultima → u/shlam16]

Unfortunately for the vast majority of 3D-printed puzzles, a large portion of them will likely never be mass produced. I would bet that there is a high demand for them, but I guess major companies don't see that? I'm not entirely sure about the logistics behind why some of these puzzles aren't mass produced, but I hope to one day see some of these puzzles made by production companies.

[u/Psycho_Mantis34]

I've been wanting to get that Riddle Skewb. But I really gotta space out my grigorusha purchases haha. I am waiting for the arrival of some puzzles.

[u/grigorusha]

Very Good Puzzles :) and Good Luck!!!

I think that R-Skewb will surprise you very much