This is the Orchid. A VERY Unusual Twisty Puzzle !

[@NAT0P0TAT0]

imagine an orchid cube plus, basically this but with the straight 2x2x3 cuts as well

[@alecchapman7976]

You should probably try to get qiyi to mass produce this since they already mass produced both "halves" of it.

[@DelRubikeo]

CRAZY! I love the puzzle! should be pretty fun to solve!

[@Jellylamps]

There have been many times I've tried to imagine a puzzle with all three types of turning. I'm most impressed that you've accomplished that with a puzzle that actually seems very smooth.

[@mindgamer021]

I hope it gets mass produced! I like it!

[@Epyx78]

Very interesting design. Incidentally, after umming and erring over tensions. I finally glued the center caps to my Mini 3x5x5. Very happy with the outcome, and it is a standout among my collection for sure.

[@GregMakesThings]

I'm glad to hear you like it :) Thanks for commenting, it always means a lot when people do !

[@Tracks777]

Lovely content! Keep it up!

[@GreenArt4]

That's an insane looking puzzle. I'd love to see it mass produced!

[@deanamusprime]

Well this is just superb. wonderful concept. good stuff! ☺

[@gstephane1985]

Well, this is another beauty! The concept is really promising! I hope you'll find a way to fix the petals sliding out of their position... I really like the asimetric look but can't stop thinking that a "double orchid puzzle" (2 helicopter sides + rotating centers in the middle) would be so cool, like a big tower. Also, what about a cube with just 6 rotating centers and the 8 trivial rotating tips? ;-)

[@srcuber1636]

That exists now. It is the qiyi ancient coin cube

[@GadiRubik]

Your imagination has no limits! Awesome work :D

[@samus88]

Holy shit, this puzzle is awesome man.

[@oliversstickers5930]

Wow Greg! That is fantastic! I love that you put all the 3 turning type to one puzzle! Really nice idea, and nice finish! Congrats! PS: I hope the next one will be "the puzzle" I have sent you back not so long ago.

[@ignacioherrera6820]

You're simply amazing. Incredible. Amazing cube, even for me, that I don't like the jumbling in cubes hahaha. Amazing, please keep making and creating cubes like it!

[@ignacioherrera6820]

Maybe you can put some little thing (like ridges or something) on circles, for easier turn. Simply amazing

[@GregMakesThings]

Ok this is embarrassing, but I did put square holes in the centers (you can barely see the outline on the center stickers) for the circle faces, and printed a key to help me turn it... but I sat on it and broke it ^^'

[@fleslieewe5346]

Wow! This puzzle is awesome! Anyway is it available just only the edge turning part (6 sides with only the white face pattern). Kinda like that pattern and design.

[@joeycubes68]

That is so awesome!

[@ryanrizner845]

If the cuts were deeper on the helicopter axes, to create corners, would a CC+ type variant be possible? How would that change the face and corner turning axes?

[@samus88]

You should glue some sort of handle on the circle faces, for easier turning.

[@graalaam5361]

Did you calculate the number of possible positions? otherwise great puzzle and very original too :)

[@19liv84]

It’s a mix between a clover cube and an ancient coin cube

[@maxthexpfarmer3957]

Both are made by QiYi.

[@andrewtaillon780]

where do you buy this. no shapways/I materialize link

[@GregMakesThings]

You don't :) Sorry but I don't sell my designs at the moment. Maybe soon though :)

[@TheNerdyOrganist]

Watching in 2018, this puzzle seems like a mixture of a Qiyi Clover Cube and an Ancient Coin Cube of Qiyi.

[@tomdriessens]

awesome puzzle, you said trivial corners, but they are actually not because you can scramble the paddles on them.

[@joeycubes68]

Also will you jumble that puzzle when scrambling it.

[@GregMakesThings]

I did try, but it's still as easy. I think it's about as easy as a 1x2x17. So no difficulty whatsoever, but just a "lot" of parts to place

[@joeycubes68]

Greg's Puzzles oh, cool.

[@daltonthuotte9083]

have you thot to make a hybrid of a mix up cube and bagua cube ? :)

[@tabris1135]

Dalton Thuotte so we have edges=centers and edges=corners which leads to corners=centers. that's too mean😂

[@daltonthuotte9083]

Tabris yep but I have a idea of a hybrid of five difrint puzzles :D

[@tabris1135]

Dalton Thuotte you mean the geared bagua-dreidel-mixup-curvycopter megaminx?

[@daltonthuotte9083]

Tabris a skube not a megaminx :)

[@BumbaCuber]

Nifty

[@AgentDisruption]

Interesting it's like a clover cube (the QiYi one) but with a twist... or should i say 5 twists...

[@existencetrivia]

this looks a 3x3x5 clover cube

[@alecchapman7976]

holy heck

[@JTCubing916]

So its like a curvy copter with half a curvy copter stuck on the end? Oh no its completely different

[@RibbittIII]

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