This is one of my favourite cube designs by Ken, of course it’s perfectly crafted by Brian.
The ‘Broken’ aspect of this puzzle is really what trips up most solvers and makes for a great one to hand someone to solve.
"Apparently, Ken had a wonderful idea to fiddle with the classic Soma cube (a puzzle that everyone should have in their collection). He decided that it was much too easy having a 7 piece puzzle to make a cube in one of 240 different ways. In his delightful/annoying way he decided to make it a 6 piece puzzle that only had one assembly! He named it the Broken Soma because he took the 3 voxel L-shape and broke each of the cubies in half before fixing them onto the 6 remaining pieces. Hence it is a "broken soma". Except, we all know the real reason it is so-named...it only takes a short ¼ hour or so before anyone playing with it decides that he has taken a perfectly reasonable puzzle and BROKEN it! It seems bloody impossible!"
Here's what Brian at Wood Wonders said:
"All I need to say is "Ken Irvine" and you know that this puzzle is great. Ken's designs are always amazing. This design had me scratching my head for days. It seemed so simple! What am I missing? Then one day, Aha!!!! A terrific design!"
I have made a Box for this cool puzzle from Spalted Maple, Zebrawood, Walnut, Mahogany.
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