This means that you should be able to place the vertical middle-layer edges between the first layer edges by performing F moves and rotating the puzzle. The Dino Cube is unique somewhat, as with one layer solved every other piece on the puzzle can be accessed without having to disturb the first layer. The middle layer edges are even simpler than the first layer edges. If you are unable to solve this edge, then you may need to look at some of the more common puzzles to learn the basic movements that you can use to manipulate pieces. This should also be intuitive if you have prior knowledge of other twisty puzzles such as the 3x3, Pyraminx and Skewb. This combination of moves where you disturb a solved piece to solve another, move the solved piece out of the way, and bring back the piece you just disturbed is known more commonly on other puzzles as a Sledgehammer. Finish the first layer by bringing the last piece back into place. You can move the now-solved piece out of the way and bring back the one you just kicked out. By inserting the last edge, you will kick a currently solved piece out of its place, but that is fine.

Once there are three edges in place, locate the final piece and try to insert it. The only difficulty you should run into is when trying to place the last edge. Try and place the first three edges just like a cross. The first face is solved in a similar way to the Skewb first layer and the 3x3 cross. You can choose any face to start from, so if there are two solved white edges on one face, that might be easier to start off with. The first stage is to solve the first face. Knowing the solution of the Rubik's Cube is a big advantage. This tutorial will assume you’re solving the white/black face first. You can choose to start with any colour, but if your puzzle has a white/black face, this would be the advised starting point (most Dino cubes available nowadays have the same colour scheme as a standard 3x3, so if you’re familiar with solving the cross on white on a 3x3, you might want to stick to the same strategy here.

The first face is pretty easy to solve, and it can be done intuitively for the most part. If you don’t follow the colour scheme during the first step, then the puzzle become unsolvable (just like solving opposite centres adjacently on a 4x4). You do, however, need to know the colour scheme of your puzzle. It requires no algorithms and is very intuitive. The Dino Cube is solved by following this fairly simple method.

F’ – A counter-clockwise rotation of the front corner.

UL – A clockwise rotation of the upper-left corner (the section highlighted red on the adjacent image is the upper-left corner).

UR – A clockwise rotation of the upper-right corner (the section highlighted blue on the adjacent image is the upper-right corner).

LL – A clockwise rotation of the lower-left corner (the section highlighted green on the adjacent image is the lower-left corner).

F – A clockwise rotation of the front corner (the section highlighted yellow on the adjacent image is the front corner).

LR – A clockwise rotation of the lower-right corner (the section highlighted orange on the adjacent image is the lower-right corner).

When holding the Dino cube at an angle (see picture), the Dino Cube shares the same notation as a Skewb. The individual pieces will be called edges, also for the sake of simplicity. There are no corner pieces on this puzzle, so this shouldn’t cause confusion. The same steps can be applied to the 2 and 4-colour versions, but these should be even easier to solve and, once you can do the 6-colour one, the others are simple.įor the sake of simplicity (and due to the nature of the puzzle), we will refer to each section that can be twisted as a corner.

Today we will go through the solution of the most common variant, the 6-colour dino cube. The puzzles were originally known as “Corner-Turning Cubes”, and they’re actually quite simple to solve. Liou, the Dino cube came in 4 different versions, all produced in the nineties: The 2-colour version, the 4-colour version, the 6-colour version, and the Dinosaur version (a standard 6-colour Dino Cube with dinosaur pictures on each sticker). The Dino Cube is a basic puzzle that is reminiscent of a Skewb in the way it appears and the way it turns (although not quite the same). Home » Puzzles » The Dino Cube - Puzzle Review and Solution Tutorial Dino Cube

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