Crazy Cube

A group of small black cubes joined together in different shapes, sitting on an orange flat surface.

A blue and orange exhibit table with a yellow, white and purple information panel on top, sits in front of two green and blue walls. On top of the table are an array of small black cubes joined together in different shapes.

Make a cube from the seven block puzzle pieces.

How it works

Seven different shaped pieces must be fitted together to make a cube (three block lengths per side) or other possible shapes (based on the Soma cube puzzle).

Things to try or ask around the exhibit

How many solutions can we find for making the cube from the seven block pieces?

Background

This puzzle is a Soma cube. The three-block sided cube is one of the easiest Soma cube puzzles to solve and there are about 240 different solutions to that puzzle shape,.

The other puzzle shapes (such as the crystal or dog shapes) are more difficult to solve.