Euklid

Description from Pelikan Puzzles:

Kevin Sadler wrote about it:

“This puzzle by Dr Latussek is a masterpiece! It is not for the fainthearted because it is seriously difficult but the eventual solution is simply superb! Anyone who is interested in packing puzzles needs this in their collection and should expect to spend a very long time on it. It is a ‘straightforward’ packing puzzle where 7 blocks need to be placed into a box. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Well yes, it should be since the pieces can pack into the volume inside the box in hundreds of ways (Burrtools found 2444 assemblies). The problem here is that like the incredible Casino puzzle (my favourite puzzle of 2018) the box has a lip on each side and the pieces need to be inserted through a slot. This restriction severely restricts the moves. Having taken it out of the box for the photo and failed over the first evening to get anywhere, I wanted to put it back in the box in the clever way it was supplied… with 2 pieces filling the top slot completely, just proud of the top surface – embarrassingly, I was unable to manage even that straight forward feat – it took me 2 days to work that out! Jakub did post about this one on Facebook a week or so ago and an interesting comment from Bernhard stated that this was an amazing mathematical puzzle. This did get me thinking and rather worried. I brought out my ruler and measured away – the puzzle is based on a 7mm voxel with every side of every piece being a multiple of 7. I started to work out the ways that a cube shape can be made with these pieces (the final cube is 9x9x9) but, having found a few, I realised that getting them into the box with that awkward lip was going to be very hard and a brute force approach was definitely not going to work. In order to get a review out in a timely manner, I asked for some help. A pdf was sent to me with the solution which confirmed that my original idea had been perfectly correct (I AM a genius) but I could not follow the solution to get the pieces inside and had to ask for help. A video later and it was packed! this is a stunning design… not for the faint-hearted.”

72 mm x 72 mm x 72 mm

https://www.pelikanpuzzles.eu/detail/euklid/

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Over the next 3-5 of weeks i will be selling off my entire collection. I have been collecting for almost 10 years, and also have some rare puzzles. Most of my collection is wooden puzzles, but a few metallic have sneaked in too.

I can offer to hold your won item, and combine it with other current or coming auctions, to save you on shipping.
Having sold many puzzles on the Cubicdissection marketplace (https://market.cubicdissection.com/display-feedback/keezor), i have a lot of experience packing and shipping puzzles, and so far have not experienced any damaged shipments.
I take great care to pack the puzzles, so they can withstand the brutal handling the packages often get.

Shipping cost is calculated after the auction is finished. For 1-4 normal sized puzzles within EU, expect around 15-20 EUR with tracking.
Payment is accepted by SEPA transfer within EU, or with paypal (5% paypal fee will be added to the order total).

I can also offer split payment, where you pay 20% of the order now, and the remaining next month. Be aware that i will not ship the puzzles until they're paid in full.