Software¶
Since building physical representations of higher-dimensional puzzles is challenging, we use computer software to simulate them.
What program should I download?¶
We recommend Hyperspeedcube to get started.
If you want macro support (recorded sequences of moves) or other 4D puzzles, Magic Cube 4D is a good option.
- For 5D+ puzzles: Magic Cube 5D, Magic Cube 7D with Keybinds, and Magic Puzzle Ultimate
- For puzzles in non-Euclidean geometries: MagicTile
- For 3D puzzles: Hydropyrum (small/curated selection, runs in browser) or pCubes (larger selection, Windows-only)
For hypercubing on mobile devices, see Android apps or iOS apps.
General cubing & hypercubing¶
What do the icons mean?
- Mouse controls
- Keyboard controls
- Customizable keyboard controls
- Find/filter piece by color
- Find/filter pieces by type
- Timer
- Macros
- Move input
- Custom colors
- Custom puzzles
- VR support
| Program | Platforms | Features | Puzzles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperspeedcube | • | {1-9}{3-4} | |
| Magic Cube 4D | • | 4D via Schläfli symbol | |
| MagicTile | • | 2D tilings | |
| Magic Puzzle Ultimate | • | 3D+ doctrinaire | |
| Magic Cube 7D | • | {3-5}{4-7} | |
| MC7D-KB3 | • | {2-7}{4-7} | |
| Magic Cube 5D | • | {2-7}5 | |
| Magic Cube 4D VR | • | 34 | |
| Flat Hypercube | • | {1-32k}{1-32k} | |
| Gelatinbrain1 | • | many cursed things | |
| pCubes | nearly every 3D puzzle | ||
| Ultimate Magic Cube | platonic 3D | ||
| Ultimate Magic Cube 2 | • | platonic + misc 3D | |
| Hydropyrum2 | • | symmetric 3D + jumbling | |
| Twizzle Explorer | • | many 3D puzzles | |
| IsoCubeSim | • | AxBxC, N-layer megaminx | |
| Twisty Puzzles 2D4 | • | rotating-circle puzzles | |
| Geraniums Pot5 | • | rotating-circle puzzles | |
| circleguy | • | rotating-circle puzzles |
Specific puzzles¶
| Program | Platforms | Features | Puzzle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Hyperbolic Tile | {6,3,3} (7 quotients) | ||
| Magic Simplex 5D | • | 5D simplex (+ recuts) | |
| Magic120Cell | • | 120-cell (+ recolorings) | |
| Nan Ma’s 11-cell | • | 11-cell | |
| Eleven Cell 3D | • | 11-cell | |
| Twisty Prisms | • | certain 3D prisms | |
| qCubes and qMinx | • | cubes, (hemi)dodecahedra | |
| Zasharan2’s physical 24 | • | Physical 2x2x2x2 |
1D and 2D puzzles¶
- k-Card Game
- Loopover
- Heav’s Relocation Puzzle
- Slidysim
- Luna’s “Green” (generalization of Lights Out and Green The Board)
- Sphenic Biaxe
Complex & laminated puzzles¶
- Complex Loopover
- Complex Cube
- Luna’s Complex Puzzles
- Milo’s laminated puzzles
- Ema’s Complex Hemicube Puzzle
Other¶
- Nan Ma’s puzzles (Reflecube, Lollipop, Clockwork Cube, and more)
- Akkei’s physical 34 program
- Rayzchen’s 3to4++ (Physical 34) (web version)
- Rayzchen’s 3to4++ (fork with quicker animations)
- Arnaud Chéritat’s Hungarian Rings
- Magic Cube 3D
- MagmaMcFry’s Quaternion Cube
- TwistyPuzzles by CasualCuber
- Banderson’s “sus non-associative puzzle”
- Quantum Loopover by Nan Ma and Melinda Green
- INVOLUTE — Interactive Sporadic Group Puzzles and Point Clouds by QuirkyCubes (Chandler)
Android apps¶
Hypercubing on mobile devices is not recommended; however, if this is your only option, these apps are available for Android:
- Magic Cube 4D (Raynefork) (recommended)
Magic Cube 4D(superseded by Raynefork)
iOS apps¶
There are no known apps for hypercubing on iOS.
If you’re able to connect an external mouse & keyboard, the web version of Hyperspeedcube may work on mobile devices but it’s not officially supported.
Tools¶
Geometry¶
- Orb, for planning puzzle cut depths
- Twisty Vision, also for planning cut depths, with both planar and conical cuts
- Dynamic Orbit Tracing Simulator (DOTS), for designing circle puzzles
- Discrete Hopf Fibration, for exploring swirlchora to build puzzles from
- Puzzle Explorer by QuirkyCubes (Chandler)
Search¶
See Computer-Assisted Solving for more info about computer-assisted solvers, including Cube Explorer, MagicCubeNdSolve, Hypersolve, robodoan.
- RocKeT, for finding RKT cancels for 3D algorithms
Other¶
- hscfilter, for generating HSC1 filter strings
- Hyperscrambler, for generating custom HSC1 scrambles
- mousekeybinds, for adding keyboard controls to mouse-controlled programs
- Grippy, for analyzing algorithms using grip theory
Games¶
This is not a complete list of 4D games. This is specifically 4D software that hypercubers often recommend for understanding 4D geometry better.
Visualizations¶
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Full name: gelatinbrain’s Virtual Magic Polyhedra (permutationpuzzles) ↩
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Official name is unclear; its author, hydropyrum, describes it as “a simulator of twisty puzzles that uses exact arithmetic to compute all moves without roundoff error” ↩
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Runs on macOS via Wine; download here: MC7D-KB wine wrapper made by thatcomputerguy ↩
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Web port of Geraniums Pot ↩
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Runs on macOS via Wine ↩