Snake Cube

Variationsthings while you make your new designs:
There is also a Kibble cube, which is also a string ofAdvanced tips
cubes but has slots on the cubes. There are alsoFirst, you should know that the cubes, at joints, can go
many different styles of the cube. It can be made upup, down, left and right. So some designs cannot be
of wood or plastic. It also varies in colour. Just like themade. 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
Solutioncreativity, you can make a checkerboard[citation
If you want to solve the snake cube, you must do soneeded], robot[citation needed] or even a machine
systematically. You can only start from one end, andgun[citation needed].
you cannot have a line of 4 or more cubes. All of theNow make your design. Unlike the cube, it does not
faces must have 5 of 1 colour and 4 of the otherhave to be checkered. If you succeed, skip to step 4. If
colour, and these must be in a certain pattern. You cannot, read the next step.
find the solutions easily if you take note of theseIf 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
Tipsfrom 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 3make your design. Study your design carefully, as you
cubes, then 2 then another 3. They can be used tocould 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 arounddesign. 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 youLike your first design, you can sketch it out. If you fail,
try out the following method, try to find out some ofread 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 youEtymology
can make with the cube, some of them looking likeThe name comes from how the puzzle looks like
buildings. Make a few of your own after you learnt tobefore and after it is solved. Before it is solved, it looks
make the cube. You have to take note of a fewlike a snake and when it is solved,it is a cube.