MEDIUM

Pitti
1R1-2L2-3R2-5L26R3-7L2-7R1-9L210R2-12L2-12R3

Speedboat 1
2R1-4L1-6R1-5L34R2-7L2-7R3-9L19R2-10L3-11R3

Small ship
1R3-2R1-3L1-4L15R1-6L1-4R1-7R38R1-9L1-10L1-12L111R1-10R1

Compact 1
1R3-3L2-4R3-3R25R1-5L2-6R37L2-7R3-6L2-8R1-8L29R3-11L2-12R19L2

Snowman
2L2-2R2-3R2-4L2-6L26R2-7R2-8L210L2-11R2-10R2-12L2

Compact 2
1R2-2L3-3R3-4R34L2-5L2-5R16L2-6R3-9L3-11R212L2-10L1-9R2

Leaf
2L3-3L1-2R2-4L3-5L14R2-6L1-7L27R2-9L1-10L1-11R2

Mask
1R1-2R1-5L1-6L17R1-8L2-9L2-10R26R1-12L1-11R2

row houses
1R3-2R1-2L2-3R34R3-4L2-3L2-5R15L2-6R1-6L2-7R3-7L28R3-8L2-9R19L2-10R1-10L2-11R311L2-12R2-12L2

Doubled
11R3-12R3-12L211L3-10L3-10R29R3-8R3-9L2-8L37R1-6R1-5R1-6L24R1-5L2-4L1-3L1-2R11R1-2L2-3R2

Doubled, version 1
Doubled, than: 8L0

Doubled, version 2
Doubled, than: 8L16L3

Symmetry
1R1-2R3-3L3-3R34R3-5L3-5R3-6R17R3-7L2-8R1-9L19R1-10R1-12R311R1-11L1

Pod Racer
4R2-5L2-6L1-1R3-2L23L1-6R1-8L17R3-7L2-9L3-8R210R1-12L2-11L210L2

Slide
1R1-2L1-2R1-3L1-4L34R3-5L3-5R27L2-8R2-9R1-9L110L1-12R3-12L311R3-11L3

Ostrich
2R2-3L2-4L3-5L2-5R26R2-7L28L1-9L2-9R2-12R2

Obelisk
12R1-11R1-12L210R3-10L2-11L2-8L27R2-5R2-5L3-1R12L1-3L1-4L1-2R23R2-4R2

Up and Down
1R1-2L2-3L2-4L2-5L26L2-6R37R1-8L2-9L2-10L211L2-12L212R3-7L2

Ribbon
2L2-3L2-3R2-5L1-4R25R3-6L3-7R17L3-6R3-8L2-8R3-9L19R1-10R111L3-11R2-10L1-12R2

Windwheel (from top)

1R1-2R3-2L2-4L33R2-4R1-5R3-5L26R2-7L3-7R1-8R38L2-9R2-10L3-10R111R3-11L2-12R2

Windwheel (from
down)
wie Windrad (oben)

Roofed
1R1-3L1-2R2-4L26R3-5L3-5R27R1-9L1-8R2-11L312R3-11R2-10L27L2

Transport
10R2-10L2-8L2-7R25R2-5L2-2R2

Speedboat 2
1R3-3L3-2R2-3R34L1-5L3-4R15R1-6R3-7R1-7L28R3-9L1-9R310L3-11L1-11R210R1-12R1

Furby (designed by
Tine)
1R2-2R3-3R1-3L24R2-5L2-6L2-6R28L2-9L3-10L1-9R211L2-12R2

Microscope
7L2-6L2-5R2-4L2-3L32R2-7R2-8R210L1-9L2-10R2-12R212L1

Top
1R2-2L1-2R3-3R33L2-5L3-5R3-6R17L3-7R3-6L2-8L3-9L18R3-10L39R2-11R1-12L2-11L310R2

Mushroom
2R3-2L2-4L3-4R35R1-6L3-6R3-5L27L3-8L1-7R3-9L3-8R29R2-10R3-11R212L2

Upright
1R3-3R3-3L2-4L14R1-5L1-6L1-6R38L3-7R1-7L2-9L310R1-9R3-10L312R1-11L2

Tapering
2R1-3L1-4L1-3R26R3-5R2-5L27R1-7L2-8R2-9L210L3-11R3-11L310R2

Tapering - turned
tapering, than: 7L0

Two slants
1R2-2L2-3L2-3R2-5L26L1-7L1-6R28L3-9L3-8R2-7R29R3-10R3-10L211R1-12R3-12L2-11L2

Waterfall (designed
by Tine and
Kathleen)
1R1-2R3-4R3-3R13L2-6R3-5R15L2-8R3-7R1-7L210R3-9R1-9L212R3-11R1-11L2

Viaduct
6L3-5L1-4R2-5R21R1-2R1-2L2-6R28R1-8L2-9R3-10L29L2-11R2-12L3

Embrace
2L2-4L1-3R2-5L3-5R24R2-6R3-7R37L2-8R1-9R1-9L2-8L212L3-11L112R2-11R2-10R2

Ra
1R2-2L3-2R1-3L3-4L34R3-5L15R1-3R3-6L1-7L36R1-8L1-8R37R2-9L3-10L3-10R111L1-9R311R1-12R3-12L1

Window to the world

2L2-3R2-4R3-5R15L2-6R2-8L210R3-9R2-12R2-11R111L2

Compact 3
2L2-3L2-3R2-4R35R1-6R2-7L2-8L25L2-10R3-9L2-9R212R2-11R1-11L2

Mountain
2L3-2R3-3R1-4L3-3L25L1-5R1-4R26R3-7R1-8R3-9L310L1-10R3-9R27L2-11R1-11L2-12L1

Platform
12L1-11R1-10R310L1-11L2-9L3-9R27R1-8R3-7L2-6L25R2-1R2-4L2

Gate
2L2-2R2-3R1-4R14L2-5L3-6L15R2-6R3-7R3-7L28R2-9L2-10L3-11R2

Grotto
2R3-3R1-4L2-3L2-5L15R1-6L1-7L27R2-8R1-9L1-9R111L1-10R2-12L311R2

Heart ...
12R2-12L1-11L111R2-10R1-10L39L2-8L1-7R3-7L3-6L36R2-5R2-3R32R1-3L2

Revelation
2R2-4R3-4L2-5R15L3-6L3-6R37L1-7R1-8L3-9L1-8R39R3-10L310R2-12L2

Square hole
1R2-2R2-4L2-5R24R2-7L2-8R2-9R210L2-11R2-12R2

Flat on the top

11R2-12L2-10L310R2-9L3-8R3-7R17L3-8L2-6L1-6R2-5R14R1-1R2-3L2

Three-legged
2L2-3L3-4L3-5L1-6L34R2-6R37R1-9R1-8R3-8L210L1-11L312L1-11R2

Compact 4
1R2-2L3-3R2-5R27L3-6R2-8L1-7R25L2-8R2-9R2-10L211R2

Noname
2L3-3L3-2R2-4L1-3R25L3-4R2-6L26R2-7R2-8R1-9R38L2-9L2-10R3-10L211R2

Shelter
2L2-3R2-6L1-6R1-7L37R3-8L3-9L18R3-9R1-10L1-11L310R1-11R3

Cactus
6R2-7L2-8L1-9L3-8R211L1-10R212L3-11R2-5R1-4R35L2-3L2-2R11R3-2L2

Two wings
2L1-3L2-3R2-4R2-5L26L2-6R2-7R18R3-9R1-10R3-11L39L2-12R2-12L1

Kink
2L2-2R2-3R2-4R25L2-6R3-7R17L2-9L2-10R2-9R211R2-12L2

Rocket
2L1-3L3-4L3-5L1-6L34R2-7L1-6R28L3-9L1-8R2-11L310L1-12R2-12L1

DNA strand
1R1-2R1-2L2-3R13L2-4R1-4L2-5R15L2-6R1-6L2-7R1-7L28R1-8L2-9R19L2-10R1-10L2-11R111L2-12R1-12L2

Dogface
2R2-3L2-4L3-4R1-5L15R2-6R27L2-8L2-8R1-9R3-9L111L2-10R2-12R2

Cross
2L2-3L2-3R2-4R26R2-7L2-9L210L2-11R2-10R212R2

Crown
1R3-2R2-3R1-5L16L2-7L3-7R3-8R29R1-11L1-12L2

Symbol
7R1-8L3-8R2-7L16R1-5R3-6L1-5L24L2-3R2-2R2-2L31R1-9R2-11L2-10L211R3-12L1-12R1

Infinity
1R3-2L1-2R3-3L33R1-4L1-4R35L3-5R1-6L1-7L1-6R37R3-8L18R3-9L3-9R1-10L110R3-11L312R3-12L1-11R1

Wings 2
1R1-2R2-3R3-4R15R1-5L2-4L2-6L16R1-7L3-7R3-8L1-9L110L1-9R28R1-11L3-10R2-12L2

Wing nut
9R1-9L3-8R2-8L37R3-6R3-7L2-6L35L3-5R2-4R1-4L33R2-10L3-10R2

Twins
5R1-6L2-4R1-5L2-4L13L1-3R22L2-8L1-9L1-8R2-7R29R1-10R110L2-11R2

Cross 2
12L2-11R2-10R2-9R29L2-8L1-7R16R2-6L2-5L2-4L2-2R13R2-1R2-2L2

Chains
1R2-3R3-3L2-4L1-5L35R1-4R2-6L27R2-10L1-9R3-9L211L3-10R2-11R112L2

Frog 2
6R1-5L3-4R3-3R13L3-2R3-1R34L2-7R3-9L1-9R110R3-11L111R1-12R1-10L2-7L2

Repetition
2L1-2R3-3L1-4R1-

Blossom
2L2-3L3-3R3-4L3-5L2-6L1-

Cardboard
2L2-2R2-3R2-4L2-

5R3-6R2-5L27L2-8L3-9L1-8R210R1-11R1-11L312R2

6R1-7L18L2-9L3-11L2-10L3-9R312R1-12L1

5R1-5L2-6R37L2-8L2-8R2-9R210L2-6L2-11R311L2-12R1-12L2

Mask 2
1R1-2L3-3L1-3R32R2-4L3-5L3-4R26L2-7L2-8L2-9L110L1-9R2-10R111L3-12R3-12L1-11R2

Dug-out
1R1-2L1-3L3-3R1-2R2-4L14R1-5R35L1-6R1-6L2-7L1-8L2-9L312R2-11R311L3-9R3

Crystal
1R1-3L3-2R2-4L3-5L34R2-3R3-6L35R3-6R1-7L1-7R38R3-9R3-9L28L3-10R3-11L2-10L312L1

Well
1R3-2L3-2R2-3R14L1-5R1-5L3-4R26L1-6R1-7R3-7L18R1-8L2-9L1-10R310L2-12R3-12L3-11L3

Shrine
1R1-2L3-3L3-2R2-3R3-4R34L2-5R35L2-6L3-8L3-9L3-8R2-10L39R2-10R312R1-12L1-11R3-11L2-7R3

View 2
1R1-2L3-2R3-3R14R2-5L2-6L37L1-6R2-8L2-8R29R3-10R1-12R211R3-11L1

Casket
8L1-7R1-7L1-6R35R1-6L2-5L1-3R12R1-2L1-9L3-8R110L1-11R1-11L19R2-12R2

Claw
2L3-3R1-5L1-5R1-6R3-7L17R16L2-8L1-9L3-8R1-11R3-10L19R2-12R2

Divingplatform
1R3-2R3-3L1-3R25L3-6L1-6R35R2-7L1-7R1-8L38R1-9R3-9L212L3-11R1-11L2

Boom
2L1-3L1-2R2-3R1-5L26R3-5R27R1-7L2-8R2-9L210R3-11L3-12L311R2

Dumb-bell
1R2-2L1-3L1-2R2-5R1-6R16L27R3-7L2-8R1-8L2-12R2-12L1

New Year
1R2-2L1-2R1-3L14R1-5R1-6R1-6L25L1-7R3-7L2-9R210L2-12R2-12L3

Summer House
2L1-1R2-3L3-5L3-4L13R2-7L3-6L1- 5R28L3-7R2-6R2-9L111L1-10L3- 9R2-12L112R2-11R2

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A Rubik's Snake (also Rubik's Twist, Rubik's Transformable Snake, Rubiks Snake
Puzzle) is a toy with twenty-four wedges identically shaped liked prisms[1], specifically
right isosceles triangular prisms. The wedges are connected, by spring bolts[1], such that
they can be twisted, but not separated. Through this twisting the Rubik's Snake can attain
positions including a straight line, a ball (technically a nonuniform concave
rhombicuboctahedron), a dog, a duck, a rectangle, a snake, and many more imaginative
shapes and figures.
The snake was invented by Professor Ern Rubik, better known as the inventor of the
Rubik's Cube.[1]

Contents

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1 Structure
2 Notation
o 2.1 Twisting instructions
o 2.2 Machine processing
o 2.3 Fiore method
3 Mathematics
4 See also
5 Sources

6 External links

[edit] Structure
The 24 prisms are aligned in row with an alternating orientation (normal and upside
down). Each prism can adopt 4 different positions each with an offset of 90. Usually the
prisms have an alternating color.

[edit] Notation
[edit] Twisting instructions
The description of an arbitrary shape or figure can be described using a set of instructions
for twisting the prisms.
The starting point is a straight line with the triangular edges facing towads you, where the
12 prisms of one colour at the bottom are numbered from the left from 1 to 12. The left
and the right sloping faces of these prisms are labeled L and R respectively. The four
possible positions of the adjacent prism on each L and R sloping face are numbered 0, 1,
2 and 3 (representing the number of twists between the bottom prism and the L or R
adjacent prism). The numbering is based on always twisting the adjacent prism towards
you: position 1 turns the adjacent blocks towards you, position 2 makes a 90 turn, and
position 3 turns the adjacent block away from you. Position 0 is the starting position and
therefore isnt explicitly noted in instructions.
Using these rules, a twist can be simply described as:
1. Number of the downward-facing prism (from the left): 1 to 12
2. Left or right sloping side of the prism: L or R
3. Position of the twist: 1, 2 or 3
Example Figure

Twisting Instructions

Three Peaks
6R1-6L3-5R2-5L3-4R2-4L1-1R1-3L3-3R2-7L2-7R3-8L1-8R2-9L19R2-10L3-12R3-11L1-10R2

Cat
9R2-9L2-8L2-7R2-6R2-6L2-5L3-4L2-3R2-2R2-2L2

[edit] Machine processing

The position of the 23 turning areas can also be written directly after each other. Here the
position 0, 1, 2 and 3 are always based on the degree of twist between the right-hand
prisms relative to the left-hand prism, if you look at the axis of rotation from the right.
But this notation is impractical for manual twisting, because you dont know in which
order the twists occur.

for example Three Peaks

10012321211233232123003

for example Cat

02202201022022022000000

[edit] Fiore method

Rather than numbers Albert Fiore uses letters to refer to the direction the second
(rightward) section is turned in relation to the first (leftward) section: D, L, U, and R.[2]
These are listed consecutively rather than numbered, so that a completely straight figure
rather than being presumed as a starting point is notated
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.[3]

[edit] Mathematics
The number of different shapes of the Rubik's Snake is at most 423 = 70368744177664
7 1013, i.e. 23 turning areas with 4 positions each. The real number of different shapes is
lower and still unknown, since some configurations are spatially impossible (because
they would require multiple prisms to occupy the same region of space).

[edit] See also

Mechanical puzzles
Combination puzzles
Nonplanar flexagons

[edit] Sources
1. ^ a b c Fiore, Albie (1981). Shaping Rubik's Snake, p.7. ISBN 0 14 00 6181 9.
2. ^ Fiore (1981), p.9.
3. ^ Fiore (1981), p.11.
porgen

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rubik's Snake

Official Rubik's Online Site

Collection of shapes and figures of Rubik's Snake
glsnake - open-source cross-platform implementation of Rubik's Snake (also
ported to XScreenSaver)