{"title":"Soma Cube Puzzles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Soma Cube is seven pieces made of unit cubes that assemble into a 3x3x3 block. Piet Hein worked it out in 1933 during a lecture on quantum mechanics. There are 240 distinct solutions, which sounds generous until you try to find one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes Soma worth owning is that it never really ends. Once you find a solution you start building the figures - the tower, the sofa, the dog - and then you meet the variants that use the same seven pieces against a much harder goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe standard set and what comes after\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/ja\/products\/cube-alchemy\"\u003eCube Alchemy\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/ja\/products\/soma-flop\"\u003eSoma Flop\u003c\/a\u003e are the approachable entries. \u003ca href=\"\/ja\/products\/ochinai-soma\"\u003eOchinai Soma\u003c\/a\u003e puts the same pieces inside a restricted opening, which removes most of the freedom you are used to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/ja\/products\/shrinking-soma\"\u003eShrinking Soma\u003c\/a\u003e by \u003ca href=\"\/ja\/collections\/dr-volker-latussek\"\u003eDr. Volker Latussek\u003c\/a\u003e is the expert end: standard Soma pieces into a 4x4x4 space, sealed, and stable enough that the finished cube will not shift when you shake it. Most people who have solved every classic Soma figure still lose an afternoon to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBest for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolvers who already own a plain Soma Cube and want the next rung. Maths and engineering teachers who use polycubes to teach volume and spatial reasoning. Parents looking for a puzzle a ten-year-old and an adult can both work on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is a Soma Cube?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dissection puzzle of seven polycube pieces - one three-cube piece and six four-cube pieces - that combine into a 3x3x3 cube. It was invented by the Danish designer Piet Hein in 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow many solutions does the Soma Cube have?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e240, not counting rotations and reflections. Finding your first one is the hard part. After that you start noticing the patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat makes an anti-slide Soma harder?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA standard Soma is solved when the pieces fill the space. 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