{"id":727,"date":"2011-01-27T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/727-oskar-van-deventer-produces-his-17x17x17-and-breaks-unofficial-world-record.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:08:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:08:14","slug":"oskar-van-deventer-produces-his-17x17x17-and-breaks-unofficial-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/oskar-van-deventer-produces-his-17x17x17-and-breaks-unofficial-world-record","title":{"rendered":"Oskar van Deventer Produces His 17x17x17 and breaks unofficial World Record!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">All of us at Shapeways are excited to announce that our community now includes a world record-breaker. Renowned puzzle designer and long-time Shapeways community member Oskar van Deventer has seen his ambitious 17x17x17 rubiks cube go from a wild idea to a real-life 3D printed puzzle. Congrats Oskar!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/17X17_3Dprint_Shapeways_Blog2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> <em>(More images are available in <a href=\"\/model\/64058\/over_the_top___17x17x17____3500.html\">Oskar&#8217;s Shop<\/a>)<\/em> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Oskar started designing his puzzles as a boy at the age of 12 in the Netherlands. More than 30 years later, he has a reputation as one of the world&#8217;s most prolific puzzle creators. Oskar first started 3D printing twisty puzzles thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/bramcohen.com\/\" title=\"Bram Cohen's webpage\">Bram Cohen<\/a>, who began posing challenges to Oskar back in 2008. Today, several of his innovations are being sold in traditional toy stores and lots more are available through&nbsp;<a href=\"\/shops\/oskarpuzzles\" title=\"Oskar van Deventer Shop\">3D printing in his Shapeways Shop<\/a>. Most recently, Oskar&#8217;s twisty puzzles have been used as a very <a href=\"\/blog\/archives\/722-Romance,-With-a-Twist.html\" title=\"Romatic Twisty Blog post\">original way to propose<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p1\">When Oskar heard of the world records being set for twisty puzzles, like the 7x7x7, 9x9x9 and 11x11x11 by <a title=\"Bio\" href=\"http:\/\/v3.espacenet.com\/publicationDetails\/biblio?DB=EPODOC&amp;adjacent=true&amp;locale=en_EP&amp;FT=D&amp;date=20040526&amp;CC=GR&amp;NR=1004581B1&amp;KC=B1\">Panagiotis Verdes<\/a> from Greece, he wanted to try his hand at setting a new record himself. With sponsorship from his close friend Claus Wenicker, Oskar set about designing and testing a number of prototypes, and his third attempt was printed successfully with Shapeways. Sorting and dyeing all 1539 pieces took Oskar 10 hours of work, followed by 5 hours of assembling. 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