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Shown here is a puzzle that I (and perhaps others) have conceived. I dub it Pentultimate. It is a dodecahedron that has been sliced six ways, each slice parallel to and midway between each pair of the twelve faces. |
The image on the right shows the result of one 72º face turn.
I do not know whether a mechanical version could easily be built, but you can find an excellent Java version to play with at David Byrden's Puzzle Gallery. |
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New! Noel Dillabough's excellent software: Puzzler for Windows now contains a Windows version of Pentultimate, along with 19 other magic puzzles!
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Pentultimate in start of twist |
Pentultimate in mid-twist |
Scrambled Pentultimate | |
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