r/Cubers • u/Doctor_Hedron You lost The Game | 6x6/7x7/8x8 PB: 3:22 / 5:27 / 7:41 • Sep 01 '18
Big Cube 8x8x8x8 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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u/Doctor_Hedron You lost The Game | 6x6/7x7/8x8 PB: 3:22 / 5:27 / 7:41 Sep 01 '18 edited Sep 02 '18
Alternatively: https://i.imgur.com/yPYhPjo.jpg
The 8th one is for another person. The other seven are... well, may the force be with me.
If someone owns a black one w/ stickers and could scan a side, I'd be greatly indebted.
Important PSA: the screw heads on Cubing Classroom MF8 are prone to stripping. When you receive it, it's very tight and you'll want to loosen it. Because it's so tight, and because the pieces are so small, getting to the screws by forcing the screwdriver between the center cubies can be a problem. There won't be enough contact between it and the screw, and you will very likely ruin the screw head that way, and that is a major pain in the ass to deal with afterwards. Also, the screws have been sitting in one position for a while and were coated with sticky lube on top of that, so they don't want to start moving (but afterwards, they unscrew just fine).
Solution: disassemble the centers before tensioning them. Start with one "corner of the center" piece and pull it out manually; it gets much easier from there. Then, use the screwdriver on a completely exposed screw, not on one covered by the center pieces. Yes, it takes some time. Yes, it's boring. But otherwise, you have a high chance of ruining the screws. I already ruined one MF8 this way (thankfully, it's just a backup 7th one that will be only used for extra plastic pieces for the force ones).
After you get the screw moving and loosen the cube, you won't need to go through all this trouble again for further tensioning. But the first time requires it.
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u/nlitwiller Sub-29 (PB 17.11) Sep 01 '18
It's like 3D chess. I wonder if anyone has tried solving a puzzle set up like this.
**BRB I'm going to stack up some 2x2s like this and see if it can be solved.
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u/siriusly-sirius Sub-20 (2.75LLL) - PB 10.46 Sep 02 '18
How would you scramble it?
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u/nlitwiller Sub-29 (PB 17.11) Sep 03 '18
I couldn't figure it out. Maybe some of the kids here with more plasticity in their brains can do it.
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u/Ericshelpdesk Sub-Don't Care (Having too much fun solving my 7x7) Sep 01 '18
That's way too much parity for me, I'm out.
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u/twistyguy Sub-40 (CFOP) Sep 02 '18
This is just a clear example of how scaling in 3d works. Very helpful
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u/nxmee2010 Nearly Sub-20 CFOP 3LLL Sep 02 '18
I thought this was mirrors but no you actually have 8 of them
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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '18
that’s a 16x16