Diabolical cube seven and nine pieces respectively. However, writes that the diabolical cube appears to be the oldest puzzle of this type, first appearing in an 1893 book "Puzzles Old and New" by Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis). Because all of the pieces have only a single layer of cubes, their shape is unchanged by a mirror reflection, so a mirror reflection of a solution produces either the same solution or another valid solution. The puzzle has 13 different solutions, if mirrored pairs of solutions are not counted as being distinct from each other. Diabolical cube The diabolical cube is a three-dimensional dissection
Gear Cube the inventor of the Pyraminx. Gear Cube The Gear Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle designed and created by Dutch puzzle maker Oskar van Deventer (based on an idea by Bram Cohen). It was initially produced by Shapeways in 2009 and known as "Caution Cube" due to the likeliness of getting fingers stuck between the gears while speedcubing. Later, in 2010, it was mass-produced by Meffert's as the "Gear Cube". Compared to the original Rubik's Cube, this cube uses a complete gear mechanism. It requires six 180° turns to complete one rotation resulting in a twisty puzzle. The design of