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	Pyraminx at AllExperts
		The Pyraminx (aka Pyramix) is a tetrahedron-shaped puzzle similar to the Rubik's Cube.
		The Pyraminx is a puzzle in the shape of a tetrahedron, divided into 4 axial pieces, 6 edge pieces, and 4 trivial tips.
		The purpose of the Pyraminx is to scramble the colors, and then restore them to their original configuration.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/py/pyraminx.htm (522 words)

	Pyraminx / Tetraminx
		The standard Pyraminx is a regular tetrahedron, of which each triangular face is divided into 9 identical smaller triangles, three to a side.
		The Pyraminx was invented by Uwe Mèffert in about 1971, but he only started producing it when the Cube Craze hit, and after he had carefully secured patents in most relevant countries, in particular Taiwan and Korea which haven't signed international patent treaties.
		Mechanically, it is those faces which are fixed to the centre, whereas in the pyraminx it is the corners which are on axes.
	www.geocities.com /jaapsch/puzzles/pyraminx.htm (817 words)

	Ideas for other puzzles
		The standard tetrahedral puzzle is the Pyraminx, a tetrahedron with three pieces to an edge.
		If the main cuts are instead slightly shallower than the pyraminx then centre pieces also appear but these do not move, and therefore might as well be fixed to the central mechanism too.
		Shallower cuts are also possible, for example by using the Pyraminx mechanism instead to give a puzzle which has 4 large turning corners and 6 free moving pieces made from two triangles.
	www.geocities.com /jaapsch/puzzles/ideas.htm (3208 words)

	Other Puzzles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the case of the Pyraminx, following a few preliminary moves, edge pieces are placed using the Edge Piece Series.
		This tip is like the face center of a Rubik’s Cube in that it may be rotated but it cannot be moved to another part of the Pyraminx.
		These edge pieces are the only pieces which may actually be moved from one part of the Pyraminx to another.
	www.olympus.net /personal/prmhem/otherpuzzles.htm (1273 words)

	H. S. Teoh's Puzzle Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The fun part is that a parity is introduced when it is in cube shape, so half the time toward the end of the solution you find out that you have to go out of cubical shape in order to swap a pair of edges.
		The Pyraminx is made in the shape of a tetrahedron, having 4 triangular facets.
		This particular Pyraminx is from AandW, and was given to me by a friend.
	eusebeia.dyndns.org /~hsteoh/puzzles/index.html (1318 words)

	Draft Item: Original Japanese version Tomy Pyraminx Rubik's Rubiks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Pyraminx was the first puzzle to be produced by Meffert's.
		The Pyraminx was invented in the early 1970's, by Uwe Mèffert.
		It is Theoretically possible to solve the Pyraminx from any of those positions in 12 moves or less, but in actuality it should take about 20 moves once you have mastered it.
	www.ioffer.com /i/Original-Japanese-version-Tomy-Pyraminx-Rubik-s-Rubiks-8586549 (212 words)

	Pyraminx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		The Pyraminx (aka Pyramix) is a tetrahedron-shaped puzzle similar to the Rubik's Cube.
		It was invented and patented by Uwe Meffert, who continues to sell it in his toy shop, Meffert's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pyraminx (116 words)

	Bogglers Solutions \| DISCOVER Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		For each cube, the pair of diagrams on top shows the answer, and the pair of diagrams on the bottom shows where the grayed-out cubies would be in the cube’s starting position.
		Pyraminx has eight twists: two each along four different axes perpendicular to the four faces.
		Pyraminx is made of 14 smaller units of three different colorations: 4 corner tetrahedrons colored on three sides (red), 6 edge tetrahedrons colored on two sides (orange), and 4 center octahedrons colored on three nonadjacent sides (yellow).
	discovermagazine.com /2005/feb/bogglers-solutions (474 words)

	The Magic Polyhedra Patent Page
		A spider is used in the 3x3x3 cube, the Skewb, and the Impossiball.
		An example are the tips of a Pyraminx (which merely rotate around their single point of attachment to an otherwise external the puzzle), and the purely decorative, non-rotating tips of the extended 3x3x3 cubes (e.g.
		The central mechanism is similar to a Skewb - a four armed spider with four fixed triangular faces (which form the face-centers), four floating triangular faces (which connect to the tips) and six floating square faces which are built up into octahedral "edge" pieces.
	www.calormen.com /TwistyPuzzles/twisty.htm (3336 words)

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		One is able to simulate Halpern's Tetrahedron or Pyraminx Tetrahedron (period 3 turning and sticky mode).
		Also one is able to simulate one with variant turning (period 2 turning and sticky mode).
		If you has two colors that begin with the same letter you should have one in uppercase and one in lowercase to distinguish them in mono-mode.
	linuxcommand.org /man_pages/xpyraminx1.html (1213 words)

	Cube Lovers: Re: The Pyraminx Lost
		I am fairly certain that the Pyraminx is a regular tetrahedron.
		The Pyraminx Star was descibred as a Pyraminx without the centers.
		The Pyraminx Snub was described as a Pyraminx without the tips.
	www.math.rwth-aachen.de /~Martin.Schoenert/Cube-Lovers/Martin_Schoenert__Re__The_Pyraminx_Lost.html (177 words)

	FreeBSD software : xpyraminx - games
		The puzzle was designed by Uwe Meffert and called the Pyraminx.
		Another puzzle Senior Pyraminx 3x3x3 exists only on paper, it has period 2 turning (i.e.
		It turns out the puzzle has a period 4 turning (edges turn with 90 degree intervals) which makes it analogous to the 2x2x2 Rubik's cube.
	www.freebsdsoftware.org /games/xpyraminx.html (147 words)

	Twisty Megasite Discussion/Trading board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I believe that Master Pyraminx as per german patent has never been produced, but may be that very same Master Pyraminx on the japanese site, as I don't really know what internal design it has.
		There is only handful of Master Pyraminxes with serious collectioners in Russia, as there was an attempt to produce these once back in Soviet Union times.
		The attempt was unsuccessful due to structural weakness, and the whole run of the puzzles had been destroyed, but may be justy a few that got into hands of collectioners.
	www.twistymegasite.com /forum/viewMsg.asp?ID=14625 (264 words)

	ROOM of PUZZLE
		Pyraminx's vertices can ignore, then the vertices removed from there.
		The difference is only one, you don't need to arrange the vertices.
		This puzzle was made by shave from the Pyraminx.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~WQ6H-TKJ/bb/col_8_e.htm (246 words)

	Regular polyhedron puzzles - Patent 4706956
		This invention introduces several variations of Regular Polyhedron Puzzles which are improvements, generalizations and extensions to "Rubik's" Cube, "Pyraminx" tetrahedron and the class of puzzles given in the reference cited.
		The object and the challenge is to perform twists and turns aimed at restoring the surfaces to their original configuration or to other interesting designs.
		It is emphasized that for the Pyraminx type Octahedron, the advantage of an internal concentric octahedron of the correct size is that rotation occurs directly over the vertices of the internal structure.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4706956.html (3823 words)

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		The pyraminx is much easier than the cube.
		Though make sure that the other colour on that same piece is the same colour as the front side of the pyraminx.
		And once again the two triangles on the side must be the same, however if they are not the same as the bottom row of that side, then just rotate the top two thirds of the pyraminx either left or right to make it correct.
	www.freewebs.com /ffkpar/pyraminx.htm (839 words)

	::h\|ddëη::'§ Page: May 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		newayz tho the pyraminx thing brought very much fun for me for those few days, but i never expected the end would turn out to be like this.
		later we went down to the office, n me n Lilia (still playing with the pyraminx, she was obsessed) went to the theatre there lor...
		bcoz u was holding this pyraminx, when people ask me "u know how to do?" i will answer like"i dunno, but carolynn knows" to me, it was bcoz i really "respect" at that time being.
	j1afu.blogspot.com /2005_05_01_j1afu_archive.html (5813 words)

	Twisty Megasite Discussion/Trading board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Thanks for the idea sandy, but i have to wait and see how they are when they get here.
		I have an old pyraminx that looks just like that one, but is says something on a differnt pink sticker, however, i cannot read it, i think it's in Russian.
		All of the puzzles have all of the stickers except the pyrmix is missing a yellow one.
	www.twistymegasite.com /forum/viewMsg.asp?ID=17130 (388 words)

	Chris and Kori - Magic Puzzles
		The Pyraminx actually predates the Rubik's Cube by a couple years.
		The latter behaves like a Pyraminx, but uses the identical solution to Rubik's Cube.
		Although it's a cube, the Skewb puzzle is more closely related to the Pyraminx, since it has tetrahedral symmetry.
	www.chrisandkori.com /fw/main?DocID=1413 (473 words)

	xpyraminx
		Another puzzle (which was not widely distributed), the Junior Pyraminx (and similarly the Junior Pyraminx Star, a octahedron formed by two tetrahedra, this has 7!*3^6 or 3,674,160 different combinations), has 4 triangles (size = 2) per face.
		Key pad is defined for Pyraminx as: / Counterclockwise 8 9 Up, Upper Right ^ 4<5>6 Left, Clockwise, Right v 1 2 Lower Left, Down Use the shift keys to access "Period 3" turns from "Both" mode, other- wise it assumes "Period 2" turning.
		If you have a Pyraminx you can not solve (2x2x2 or 3x3x3), enter it in pyraminx.log file.
	gwyn.tux.org /~bagleyd/xpyraminx.html (1518 words)

	Magic Puzzles - Chris and Kori
		The Pyraminx actually predates the Rubik's Cube by a couple years.
		The latter behaves like a Pyraminx, but uses the identical solution to Rubik's Cube.
		Although it's a cube, the Skewb puzzle is more closely related to the Pyraminx, since it has tetrahedral symmetry.
	www.chrisandkori.us /fw/main/Magic_Puzzles-1413.html (445 words)

	myoldmac.net - Mefferts Pyraminx aka Pyramid - Buy It !
		The Pyraminx can be rotated around any of its vertices by multiples of 120¢X. This makes it hard enough to be a real challenge, but easy enough to master, without help, in a few days.
		It is Theoretically possible to solve the Pyraminx from any of those positions in 12 moves or less, but in actuality it should take about 20 moves once you have mastered it.
		Mefferts Pyraminx aka Pyramid in gutem Zustand aus den 1980er Jahren.
	myoldmac.de /SELL-div/Rubiks-MeffertsPyraminx.htm (431 words)

	Solving the Cube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Or try solving the good old Pyraminx puzzle: a Rubik's Cube-like puzzle shaped like a pyramid.
		This one rotates on four axes instead of three and it's much easier than even the Pyraminx.
		At first glance, this irregularly divided cube looks like it would be more difficult than the Rubik's Cube but it turns out to be quite a bit easier.
	www.waldsfe.org /cube/beyond.htm (323 words)

	::h\|ddëη::'§ Page: The Days I Went Fooling Around With The Pyraminx. The End (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Days I Went Fooling Around With the Pyraminx.
		later he asked me for that pyraminx to showed off in front of his friends, i simply said i lent it to someone else (while it was lying comfortably inside my bag) kekeke...
		it was there that i first timed my solving the pyraminx..
	j1afu.blogspot.com /2005/05/days-i-went-fooling-around_111667604156994038.html (940 words)

	Meffert's Puzzles and Novelties
		The Objective of the puzzle is to put all four sides back into a single color or make beautiful patterns.
		You can also play a game by creating a pattern on any side and asking your partner(s) to create the same on their Pyraminx.
		The last one to create the pattern on their Pyraminx loses that round.
	www.mefferts.com /puzzles/pyramsol.html (138 words)

	Unofficial World Records
		I got my pyraminx less then a week ago.
		starting to love the pyraminx more and more, I only use 2 algorithms for the whole thing, hopefully I can make up more to become faster.
		Thanks to Przemek for method and Pyraminx (I don't have my own).
	www.speedcubing.com /records/recs_pyraminx_av10.html (238 words)

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		Heisenberg, Werner PHYSICS AND BEYOND, 1971 STRUCTURE OF THE RUBIK'S CUBE GROUP This section shall survey, without proofs, some results on the group-theoretical structure of some of the permutation puzzle groups.
		We shall follow [GT] (see also [B], chapter 2, [NST], chapter 19) in our discussion of the pyraminx (tetrahedron), the 3x3 Rubik's cube, and the megaminx (dodecahedron).
		Theorem: The image f_VE(G) of f_VE is isomorphic to / A_VxA_E, for the pyraminx or megaminx,
	web.usna.navy.mil /~wdj/sm485_10.txt (611 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hopefully this list will provide a checklist of the feasibility of using a computer to sift through all the combinations.
		Pyraminx Hexagon (A) 2.9*10^30 No known mechanism 6.
		Rubik's Layer (3x3x1) 192 No known mechanism (A) This assumes 90 degree turns for the faces adjacent to the top face (B) This is a snub Pyraminx Octahedron (Octahedron minus the tips) (C) This assumes a Pyraminx visually the same as a regular pyraminx with rotations about the 4 vertices AND 6 edges.
	cubeman.org /rank.txt (316 words)

	man xpyraminx - Pyramid X widget / Jeux / Pages du manuel Linux - ~tigrou/pwet.fr
		This option allows you to see the pyraminx window in reverse video (resource name "reverse").
		This option specifies the border color of the facets in the pyraminx window (resource name "borderColor").
		Bring up xpyraminx, hit 'g' so it will get your configuration and then 's' to solve your pyraminx and then 'w' to write out the steps.
	pwet.fr /man/linux/jeux/xpyraminx (1591 words)

	empublic: pyraminxRoe2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This version is unlike the real-life model in that it is not solid but is still the same problem and can be solved in the same way.
		There is an interesting attempt at writing an agent-based script to solve the Pyraminx without specifying an algorithm.
		At the moment this does not fully work but a description of how it works and how it could be improved is in the README file.
	empublic.dcs.warwick.ac.uk /projects/pyraminxRoe2001 (151 words)

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