The 6x6 Rubik's Cube Should NOT Be Possible

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[pixelchord]

I'm glad there was a small clip from Code Bullet, I love that guys channel!

[tyleralmquist]

I always wondered why the outer layers of large cubes were bigger and why the inside of my 4x4 was so weird! Thank you for the info!

[Wick]

The title: "The 6x6 Rubik's Cube Should NOT be Possible"

The 6x6 sitting on my desk: *Guess i'll die* ._.

[utubeiskaren]

Phineas and Ferb could make a Rubik’s Cube without breaking a sweat

[ReverseBurst]

I remember trying to reassemble a 4x4 with my friend.
It was the longest evening of my life.

[Kokiri]

I initially got into cubing around the time the V-cube 6 came out, but I lost interest in the hobby for around ten years after that. It's crazy coming back to it now and seeing how the technology has progressed.

[MrGameAndToy]

As an aside, the point at 4:10 also explains why all the world record cubes for a while now have been odd-layered.
Because making an even-layered cube necessitates that you have a working design for an odd-layered cube one degree higher. Why make a 16x16 when it requires that you know how to make a 17x17?

[ggamer_death]

Him: The 7x7 cube hasn’t been invented yet
Also him: pulls out a 7x7 cube

[snowy.]

I feel dumb, why have I never questioned the difference in size of the cubes in a 6x6?

[MyNipplesArePointy]

I've literally never thought about that before but god damn. The fact that they were able to come up with a possible way to not only build a 6x6 but also make it actually functional is mind-blowing once I hear your explanations

[Diego.Vargas]

Jperm: A 4x4 is a 5x5
Me: *visible confusion*

[nickcarneyphotography]

Man I remember when those V-Cubes came out. That felt like such an achievement. Cube design has come so far.

[CANVASARTS]

Me: about to sleep
Jperm: uploads
Sleep: i will wait

[superpie]

J Perm: The 6x6 should NOT be possible

Every 6x6: *My time has come*

[benjaminxiao]

i actually always thought the sizing was to make turning easier and to help with outer layer turning for 3x3 stage, thanks for this interesting lesson!

[Helio_Asou]

When you mentioned the imposibility of having a proportional 6x6 and 7x7 I remembered one of The Cubing Historian videos. It showed a proportional 7x7 made before the v-cube one, but it had a very different mechanism

[cuberdoge]

Wins the lottery
Jperm uploads
Me: let someone else win I’ll watch jperm

[Cubefinity]

4:10-4:26
literally i never thought that way, absolutely blew my mind

[bluexfang]

Jperm: uploads cube theory video
Me : I could listen to this for every second and not get bored

[SyphistPrime]

I forgot about this stuff for so long. I used to speed cube a bit in high school. I still have my old cubes and I sometimes solve them for fun. It's cool to see where cube design has gone.