{"id":1455,"date":"2012-06-25T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1455-solve-the-rubiks-cube-single-handed-with-the-handicube.html"},"modified":"2022-09-26T20:14:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T00:14:53","slug":"solve-the-rubiks-cube-single-handed-with-the-handicube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/solve-the-rubiks-cube-single-handed-with-the-handicube","title":{"rendered":"Solve the Rubik&#8217;s Cube Single Handed with the Handicube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oskar van Deventer has put a small but important <em>twist<\/em> on the classic Rubik&#8217;s Cube to make it easier to solve single handedly and for speedcubing with the <a href=\"\/model\/584079\/handicube.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HandiCube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VmB2kfbpfIY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px; \"><p><em>It looks like a Rubik&#8217;s Cube and it turns like a Rubik&#8217;s Cube, but what is it? 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