| Variations | | | | things while you make your new designs: |
| There is also a Kibble cube, which is also a string of | | | | Advanced tips |
| cubes but has slots on the cubes. There are also | | | | First, you should know that the cubes, at joints, can go |
| many different styles of the cube. It can be made up | | | | up, down, left and right. So some designs cannot be |
| of wood or plastic. It also varies in colour. Just like the | | | | made. It helps to plan beforehand on what you want to |
| style, material and colour, the size also varies. | | | | make. You can draw your design out. Use your |
| Solution | | | | creativity, you can make a checkerboard[citation |
| If you want to solve the snake cube, you must do so | | | | needed], robot[citation needed] or even a machine |
| systematically. You can only start from one end, and | | | | gun[citation needed]. |
| you cannot have a line of 4 or more cubes. All of the | | | | Now make your design. Unlike the cube, it does not |
| faces must have 5 of 1 colour and 4 of the other | | | | have to be checkered. If you succeed, skip to step 4. If |
| colour, and these must be in a certain pattern. You can | | | | not, read the next step. |
| find the solutions easily if you take note of these | | | | If it failed,study your mistakes. Mistakes often occur at |
| points. Here are a few tips and the solution: | | | | the end,so you may wish to try to make your design |
| Tips | | | | from the opposite end. You can also add a bit more |
| The end to start with is the end with 3 blocks, then 2. | | | | detail on your sketch. Keep trying until you successfully |
| Then create "two towers". If you notice, there are 3 | | | | make your design. Study your design carefully, as you |
| cubes, then 2 then another 3. They can be used to | | | | could have made mistakes in your planning. |
| make 2 rows of 3. | | | | To make more designs,you could modify your first |
| Then all you do it's to coil the remaining blocks around | | | | design. You can twist it, dismantle it then rebuild what |
| the 2 rows. | | | | you dismantled or reverse the directions at the joints. |
| There are many ways to solve the cube. Once you | | | | Like your first design, you can sketch it out. If you fail, |
| try out the following method, try to find out some of | | | | read step 3. There are plenty of designs to create. It's |
| your own. | | | | up to you to experiment. |
| Other than a cube,there are many other shapes you | | | | Etymology |
| can make with the cube, some of them looking like | | | | The name comes from how the puzzle looks like |
| buildings. Make a few of your own after you learnt to | | | | before and after it is solved. Before it is solved, it looks |
| make the cube. You have to take note of a few | | | | like a snake and when it is solved,it is a cube. |