Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 01:05:00 WET
From: Martin Schoenert <Martin.Schoenert@math.rwth-aachen.de
>
Subject: Re: The Pyraminx Lost
I have never seen the Pyraminx. I wonder if somebody could tell me
whether the picture I put together from the various comments made about
the Pyraminx is correct?
I am fairly certain that the Pyraminx is a regular tetrahedron. In the
solved state each of the four faces shows only one of the four colours.
I think the Pyraminx is cut along 8 planes, two planes perpendicular to
each of the four heights (i.e., the four lines that connect a corner with
the center of the opposite face). I think for the Pyraminx those planes
intersect the height at about 2/5 and 3/5 of the length of the height.
Those planes cut the Pyraminx into 15 pieces (1 central piece, 4 corners,
4 inner pieces, and 6 edes), which are all visible. Each face is cut
into 10 facelets by them as follows.
+
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
+-----------+
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
+-----+-----+-----+
/ \ \ / / \
/ \ \ / / \
/ \ + / \
/ \ / \ / \
/ \ / \ / \
+-----------+-----+-----------+
The Pyraminx Star was descibred as a Pyraminx without the centers.
So I guess each face of the Pyraminx Star looks as follows.
+
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
+---------+
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
+---------*---------+
/ \ / \ / \
/ \ / \ / \
/ \ / \ / \
/ \ / \ / \
+---------+---------+---------+
The Pyraminx Snub was described as a Pyraminx without the tips.
So I guess each face of the Pyraminx Snub looks as follows.
+-----------+
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
+-----+-----+-----+
\ \ / /
\ \ / /
\ + /
\ / \ /
\ / \ /
+-----+
I have no idea what Pyraminx Senior and the Pyraminx Master look like.
Have a nice day.
Martin.
-- .- .-. - .. -. .-.. --- ...- . ... .- -. -. .. -.- .- Martin Sch"onert, Martin.Schoenert@Math.RWTH-Aachen.DE, +49 241 804551 Lehrstuhl D f"ur Mathematik, Templergraben 64, RWTH, 52056 Aachen, Germany