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Mar 1, 2011

Try and Solve This 17×17x17 Rubiks Cube if You Dare

Unofficially, this is theworld's largest cube puzzle. I get a headache just thinking about how one would go about solving this functioning 17x17x17 behemoth.

Comprised of 1539 pieces and roughly 5.5-inches-long in each direction, creator Oskar van Deventer fabricated each individual part using a 3D printer, then he dyed and sorted each piece before assembling it into what your see here. The dyeing and sorting took 10 hours, while the assembling took another five. Hello, tedium!

If you'd like to dye, sort and assemble one yourself, you can spend roughly $2000 in partshere. If you want a finished product, you can check it here.
 
 

26 comments:

  1. baxxmanMarch 1, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    Gonna try this when I finished my BA Thesis!
    http://baxxmans.blogspot.com/

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  2. Patti D.March 1, 2011 at 1:22 AM

    That is insane!!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 1, 2011 at 2:00 AM

    Shoot, I havene't even solved the regular sized one.

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  4. SidewayzMarch 1, 2011 at 2:02 AM

    /me dies a little inside

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  5. PeanutzzzMarch 1, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    nice, I'm still trying the 4x4 one lol

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  6. The Angry LurkerMarch 1, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    Couldn't even finish the regular cube:D

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  7. DudemeisterMarch 1, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    Now, that's just sick.

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  8. EngelhartMarch 1, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    Damn, I needed instructions for the 3x3 :S

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  9. PolybiusMarch 1, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    And I can't even solve a 3x3x3 one.

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  10. AmmmpMarch 1, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    would be cool too have as a decoration.

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  11. FranklinRMarch 1, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    I'd play with that for maybe an hour then throw it through a window

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  12. loveblogginMarch 1, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    ^ what he said!

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  13. You Want, You LoseMarch 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    I haven't solved a 3x3 cube yet xD

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  14. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    looks easy... >.<

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  15. MRanthropeMarch 1, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    JEEZ....I quit. haha

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  16. AnonymousMarch 1, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    HOLY COW! I want this!

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  17. husarMarch 1, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    nice post

    + followed:)

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  18. DrackarMarch 1, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    I'm sure the equation still works, if it's modified, but still. ..that would be nerve wracking.

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  19. Jesse BrooksMarch 1, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Holy crap, that's insane.

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  20. RarglolMarch 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Wow, imagine the steps you'd have to take to solve that!

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  21. ScottDMarch 1, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    It would be cool to mess one up on display at a friends house.

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  22. EpitomeofStrangeMarch 1, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    No thanks! that's intimidating

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  23. Give EverythingMarch 1, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    well i should try with the 3x3 first lol!! nice article.

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  24. -inastateofblueMarch 1, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    Woah I can't even solve a normal one -_-
    aha nice blog btw, will be following!

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  25. BurgerMarch 1, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    This is crazy!

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  26. 987456321March 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    I can solve a 2X2X2, a 3X3X3, a 4X4X4 but i dont think i would be able to get even remotely close to solving that one...i wonder how its all being held together, but still able to twist

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