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Number of layers/[[cut|cuts]] when starting counting from the [[origin]]. A classic 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube has order=1. A 5x5x5 has order=2, and hence it is a [[higher order|higher-order]] [[twisty puzzle]].
So far there is no definition of the term order the community has agreed on.
Two different definitions are widely in use:
 
1. Number of layers/[[cut|cuts]] when starting counting from the [[origin]].  
Under this definition a classic 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube has order=1.  
A 5x5x5 has order=2, and hence it is a [[higher order|higher-order]] [[twisty puzzle]].
A [[deep cut]] puzzle like the 2x2x2 has order=1
 
2. Number of layers/[[cut|cuts]] when starting from one end going to the opposite end.
Under this definition a classic 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube has order=2.
A 5x5x5 has order=4.
A [[deep cut]] puzzle like the 2x2x2 has order=1.
 
Both definitions are incomplete when circle puzzles are considered.

Latest revision as of 22:15, 12 July 2013

So far there is no definition of the term order the community has agreed on. Two different definitions are widely in use:

1. Number of layers/cuts when starting counting from the origin. Under this definition a classic 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube has order=1. A 5x5x5 has order=2, and hence it is a higher-order twisty puzzle. A deep cut puzzle like the 2x2x2 has order=1

2. Number of layers/cuts when starting from one end going to the opposite end. Under this definition a classic 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube has order=2. A 5x5x5 has order=4. A deep cut puzzle like the 2x2x2 has order=1.

Both definitions are incomplete when circle puzzles are considered.