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What is the 5x5 cube called?

The Professor's Cube The Professor's Cube (also known as the 5×5×5 Rubik's Cube and many other names, depending on manufacturer) is a 5×5×5 version of the original Rubik's Cube. It has qualities in common with both the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube and the 4×4×4 Rubik's Revenge, and solution strategies for both can be applied.

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5x5x5 version of the Rubik's Cube

Rubik's brand Professor's Cube (left), V-Cube 5 (center) and Eastsheen 5×5 (right)

The Professor's Cube (also known as the 5×5×5 Rubik's Cube and many other names, depending on manufacturer) is a 5×5×5 version of the original Rubik's Cube. It has qualities in common with both the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube and the 4×4×4 Rubik's Revenge, and solution strategies for both can be applied.

History [ edit ]

Professor's Cube in original packaging

The V-Cube 5 in its original packaging

The Professor's Cube was invented by Udo Krell in 1981. Out of the many designs that were proposed, Udo Krell's design was the first 5×5×5 design that was manufactured and sold. Uwe Mèffert manufactured the cube and sold it in Hong Kong in 1983. Ideal Toys, who first popularized the original 3x3x3 Rubik's cube, marketed the puzzle in Germany as the "Rubik's Wahn" (German for illusion or delusion). When the cube was marketed in Japan, it was marketed under the name "Professor's Cube". Mèffert reissued the cube under the name "Professor's Cube" in the 1990s.[1] The early versions of the 5×5×5 cube sold at Barnes & Noble were marketed under the name "Professor's Cube" but currently, Barnes and Noble sells cubes that are simply called "5×5 Cube." Mefferts.com used to sell a limited edition version of the 5×5×5 cube called the Professor's Cube. This version had colored tiles rather than stickers.[2] Verdes Innovations sells a version called the V-Cube 5.[3]

Workings [ edit ]

Professor's Cube in scrambled state

Professor's Cube in solved state

The original Professor's Cube design by Udo Krell works by using an expanded 3×3×3 cube as a mantle with the center edge pieces and corners sticking out from the spherical center of identical mechanism to the 3×3×3 cube. All non-central pieces have extensions that fit into slots on the outer pieces of the 3×3×3, which keeps them from falling out of the cube while making a turn. The fixed centers have two sections (one visible, one hidden) which can turn independently. This feature is unique to the original design.[4] The Eastsheen version of the puzzle uses a different mechanism. The fixed centers hold the centers next to the central edges in place, which in turn hold the outer edges. The non-central edges hold the corners in place, and the internal sections of the corner pieces do not reach the center of the cube.[5] The V-Cube 5 mechanism, designed by Panagiotis Verdes, has elements in common with both. The corners reach to the center of the puzzle (like the original mechanism) and the center pieces hold the central edges in place (like the Eastsheen mechanism). The middle edges and center pieces adjacent to them make up the supporting frame and these have extensions which hold the rest of the pieces together. This allows smooth and fast rotation and creating arguably the fastest and most durable version of the puzzle at that time. Unlike the original 5×5×5 design, the V-Cube 5 mechanism was designed to allow speedcubing.[6] Most current production 5×5×5 speed cubes have mechanisms based on Verdes' patent.

A disassembled Professor's Cube

A disassembled V-Cube 5

A disassembled Eastsheen cube

Stability and durability [ edit ]

This type of center misalignment occurred during a turn and can only occur with the original design. The original Professor's Cube is inherently more delicate than the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube because of the much greater number of moving parts and pieces. Because of its fragile design, the Rubik's brand Professor's Cube is not suitable for Speedcubing. Applying excessive force to the cube when twisting it may result in broken pieces.[7] Both the Eastsheen 5×5×5 and the V-Cube 5 are designed with different mechanisms in an attempt to remedy the fragility of the original design.

Permutations [ edit ]

There are 98 pieces on the exterior of the cube: 8 corners, 36 edges, and 54 centers (48 movable, 6 fixed). Any permutation of the corners is possible, including odd permutations, giving 8! possible arrangements. Seven of the corners can be independently rotated, and the orientation of the eighth corner depends on the other seven, giving 37 (or 2,187) combinations. There are 54 centers. Six of these (the center square of each face) are fixed in position. The rest consist of two sets of 24 centers. Within each set there are four centers of each color. Each set can be arranged in 24! different ways. Assuming that the four centers of each color in each set are indistinguishable, the number of permutations of each set is reduced to 24!/(246) arrangements, all of which are possible. The reducing factor comes about because there are 24 (4!) ways to arrange the four pieces of a given color. This is raised to the sixth power because there are six colors. The total number of permutations of all movable centers is the product of the permutations of the two sets, 24!2/(2412).

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The 24 outer edges cannot be flipped due to the interior shape of those pieces. Corresponding outer edges are distinguishable, since the pieces are mirror images of each other. Any permutation of the outer edges is possible, including odd permutations, giving 24! arrangements. The 12 central edges can be flipped. Eleven can be flipped and arranged independently, giving 12!/2 × 211 or 12! × 210 possibilities (an odd permutation of the corners implies an odd permutation of the central edges, and vice versa, thus the division by 2). There are 24! × 12! × 210 possibilities for the inner and outer edges together.

This gives a total number of permutations of

8 ! × 3 7 × 12 ! × 2 10 × 24 ! 3 24 12 ≈ 2.83 × 10 74 {\displaystyle {\frac {8!\times 3^{7}\times 12!\times 2^{10}\times 24!^{3}}{24^{12}}}\approx 2.83\times 10^{74}} The full number is precisely 282 870 942 277 741 856 536 180 333 107 150 328 293 127 731 985 672 134 721 536 000 000 000 000 000 possible permutations[8] (about 283 duodecillion on the long scale or 283 trevigintillion on the short scale). Some variations of the cube have one of the center pieces marked with a logo, which can be put into four different orientations. This increases the number of permutations by a factor of four to 1.13×1075, although any orientation of this piece could be regarded as correct. By comparison, the number of atoms in the observable universe is estimated at about 1080. Other variations increase the difficulty by making the orientation of all center pieces visible. An example of this is shown below.

Solutions [ edit ]

An original Professor's Cube with many of the pieces removed, showing the 3×3×3 equivalence of the remaining pieces Center is an EastSheen 5×5×5 cube with multicolored stickers, which increase difficulty because the centers need to be in correct places. Speedcubers usually favor the Reduction method which groups the centers into one-colored blocks and grouping similar edge pieces into solid strips. This allows the cube to be quickly solved with the same methods one would use for a 3×3×3 cube, just a stretched out version. As illustrated to the right, the fixed centers, middle edges and corners can be treated as equivalent to a 3×3×3 cube. As a result, once reduction is complete the parity errors sometimes seen on the 4×4×4 cannot occur on the 5×5×5, or any cube with an odd number of edges for that matter.[9] Yau5 is another method speedcubers use. It is named after its proposer, Robert Yau. The method starts by solving the opposite centers (preferably white and yellow), then solving three cross edges (preferably white). Next, the remaining centers and last cross edge are solved. The last cross edge and the remaining unsolved edges are solved, and then it can be solved like a 3x3x3.[10] Another frequently used strategy is to solve the edges and corners of the cube first, and the centers last. This method is referred to as the Cage method, so called because the centers appear to be in a cage after the solving of edges and corners. The corners can be placed just as they are in any previous order of cube puzzle, and the centers are manipulated with an algorithm similar to the one used in the 4×4×4 cube.[11] A less frequently used strategy is to solve one side and one layer first, then the 2nd, 3rd and 4th layer, and finally the last side and layer. That is, like building a building. First the basement, then each floor, and finally the roof. This method is referred to as Layer-by-Layer. Similar to the beginner's method when you learn to solve the original Rubik's Cube, just with 2 added layers and a couple of centers. [12]

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ABCube Method is a direct solve method originated by Sandra Workman in 2020. It is geared to complete beginners and non-cubers. It is similar in order of operation to the Cage Method, but differs functionally in that it is mostly visual and eliminates the standardized notation. It works on all complexity of cubes, from 2x2x2 through big cubes (nxnxn) and only utilizes two easy to remember algorithms; one four twists, the other eight twists, and it eliminates long parity algorithms. [13]

World records [ edit ]

The world record for fastest 5×5×5 solve is 33.02 seconds, set by Max Park of the United States on 13 March 2022 in an official competition at Florida Big & Blind & Time 2022, in Orlando, Florida.[14] The world record for fastest average of five solves (excluding fastest and slowest solves) is 38.42 seconds, also set by Max Park of the United States on 3 July 2022 in at BASC 34 - San Ramon 2022, in San Ramon, California, with the times of (41.15), 39.82, 38.46, 36.98 and (36.86). [14] The record fastest time for solving a 5×5×5 cube blindfolded is 2 minutes, 21.62 seconds (including inspection), set by Stanley Chapel of the United States on 15 December 2019 at Michigan Cubing Club Epsilon 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[15] The record for mean of three solves solving a 5x5x5 cube blindfolded is 2 minutes, 27.63 seconds (including inspection), also set by Stanley Chapel of the United States on 15 December 2019 with the times of 2:32.48, 2:28.80 and 2:21.62[15]

[16] Top 5 solvers by single solve [ edit ]

[17] Top 5 solvers by average of 5 solves [ edit ]

Name Fastest average Competition Times Max Park 38.42s BASC 34 - San Ramon 2022 (41.15), 39.82, 38.46, 36.98, (36.86) Tymon Kolasiński 39.79s Polish Championship 2021 39.72, 38.97, (47.85), (36.10), 40.69 Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) 41.76s Please Big Cubes Korea 2022 (44.07), 41.70, (38.55), 40.78, 43.80 Feliks Zemdegs 42.09s Melbourne Summer 2020 42.10, 41.61, 41.58, (50.45), (39.43) Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) 42.50s Maru Cube Day 2022 (47.50), 42.20, (38.46), 39.75, 45.55

[18] Top 5 solvers by single solve blindfolded [ edit ]

Name Fastest solve Competition Stanley Chapel 2.21.62s MCC Epsilon 2019 Hill Pong Yong Feng 2:32.30s YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) 2:39.12s Selangor Cube Open 2019 Graham Siggins 3:17.54s OSU Blind Weekend 2019 Ezra Hirschi 3:30.36s Kewbz UK Championship 2022 [19] Top 5 solvers by average of 3 solves blindfolded [ edit ] Name Fastest solve Competition Times Stanley Chapel 2.27.63s MCC Epsilon 2019 2:32.48, 2:28.80, 2:21.62 Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) 2:49.17s Selangor Cube Open 2019 2:59.09, 2:39.12, 2:49.30 Michael Tripodi 4:18.48s Melbourne Summer 2022 4:00.53, 4:25.98, 4:28.94 Adrian Dębski 4:25.46s Bishop's Stortford - BBO 2022 4:30.97, 4:39.16, 4:06.26 Tom Nelson 4:36.24s New Zealand Nationals 2019 4:31.71, 5:01.35, 4:15.67

In popular culture [ edit ]

A Filipino TV series from ABS-CBN Entertainment named Little Big Shots shows a 10-year old cuber named Franco, who solved a 5×5×5 cube in 1 minute and 47.12 seconds. [20] shows a 10-year old cuber named Franco, who solved a 5×5×5 cube in 1 minute and 47.12 seconds. In the movie Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy, two children are shown solving the 5×5×5 cube. They compete to solve multiple cubes consecutively, blindfolded, known as "5×5×5 multi-blind" by speedcubers. However, this has never been successfully completed in real life.

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5x5x5 version of the Rubik's Cube

Rubik's brand Professor's Cube (left), V-Cube 5 (center) and Eastsheen 5×5 (right)

History [ edit ]

Professor's Cube in original packaging

The V-Cube 5 in its original packaging

Workings [ edit ]

Professor's Cube in scrambled state

Professor's Cube in solved state

A disassembled Professor's Cube

A disassembled V-Cube 5

A disassembled Eastsheen cube

Stability and durability [ edit ]

Permutations [ edit ]

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This gives a total number of permutations of

Solutions [ edit ]

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World records [ edit ]

[16] Top 5 solvers by single solve [ edit ]

[17] Top 5 solvers by average of 5 solves [ edit ]

[18] Top 5 solvers by single solve blindfolded [ edit ]

In popular culture [ edit ]

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