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Skewb Star Special Challenge/Competition, with Special Prize
Submitted by Peter Tchamitch on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 03:04.SKEWB STAR
Special challenge/competition 24 October 2018
by Peter Tchamitch
www.petertchamitch.se
Question 1:
How many solutions are there to this puzzle?--in other words, in how many different ways
is it possible to physically orientate a solved octahedron and a solved cube/skewb in relation
to each other?
Question 2:
How many color-matchings (please see definition below) are there in total, in other words
what is the sum of all the various color-matching values for all the various solutions?
A “color-matching” is an instance of one of the sides of an octahedron-pyramid having the
Special challenge/competition 24 October 2018
by Peter Tchamitch
www.petertchamitch.se
Question 1:
How many solutions are there to this puzzle?--in other words, in how many different ways
is it possible to physically orientate a solved octahedron and a solved cube/skewb in relation
to each other?
Question 2:
How many color-matchings (please see definition below) are there in total, in other words
what is the sum of all the various color-matching values for all the various solutions?
A “color-matching” is an instance of one of the sides of an octahedron-pyramid having the
