Imagine a very different Rubik's cube, much larger than you know. A cube 17x17x17 made against order by Oskar van Deventer.
Enthusiast Kenneth Brandon, also known as RedKB, managed to solve the cube and said: “The way you can solve an 17 x 17 is just like you would do with a seven x seven or a five by five. If you can solve one of them then 17 x 17 is not that difficult, but it is very, very tiring. ”
Brandon says the best approach is the “method of reduction” – ie resolution of the centers before going to the extremities. It took seven and a half hours, in five days, to solve the cube.
Once the centers are resolved, says Brandon, "it's like a big cube Rubik, with huge centers, long edges, and tiny angles. ”
You can watch a quick six-minute overview below video, or if you have stamina you can see the whole solution of the cube from here.
