Solving the largest Rubik's cubes ever: 32768 & 65536 layers per side

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YouTuber and programmer ShellPuppy has created a program and videos showing how these gargantuan cubes are solved by the computer and the scale of this is utterly fascinating. To clarify: this is definitely way, way more than any human could possibly do with physical cubes which couldn't even be built due to their vast sizes. The visualisations are mesmerising.

Let's start with the 32768 sided cube:

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And now for the 65536 sided cube:

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The program is open source and available here for anyone who would like to tinker with it:

GitHub - ShellPuppy/RCube: Rubik's Cube solver for very large cubes.

Rubik's Cube solver for very large cubes. Contribute to ShellPuppy/RCube development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Just bouncing this thread as these massive CGI cubes are fascinating and I think more people should see how the computer solves them.