Earth Machina

Explore the archive

The Reveal control beside the local navigation opens the cube around a small golden artifact. Select Close core or press Escape to reassemble it. This is a visual effect in Explore only; your puzzle is not changed.

Start in Explore. Drag the main cube to see another face, or click a numbered center tile to open its destination. The two smaller cubes rotate independently; a click opens About or Contact. The text navigation works without touching a cube.

Switch to Puzzle to play. Your puzzle is kept separate from the clean navigation cube, so returning to Explore never erases an unfinished solve.

Feel your way around

In Puzzle mode, drag any marked tile along its row or column to turn that layer. Let go to snap into place. A short drag returns the layer without making a move.

Drag empty space to rotate the view. Choose Orbit to rotate from anywhere; right-drag works too. Pinch to zoom and use two fingers to orbit. Double-click or use Reset view to return to the starting angle.

The language of the cube

U D

Up and down faces

L R

Left and right faces

F B

Front and back faces

M E S

Middle slices, turning like L, D, and F respectively

Shift or ′

Reverse a turn (counterclockwise)

2

Toggle half turns (180°)

Clockwise is viewed from outside the named face. The starting frame uses pale marks above, blue marks in front, and amber marks on the right. Six distinct edge-mark colors identify the six sides; sticker letters and stronger color fills are available below. Orbiting only changes your view, not the move reference frame.

Stay in your flow

Ctrl/⌘ Z

Undo; add Shift to redo

← ↑ ↓ →

Rotate the main view, or the focused alternate view

+ −

Zoom in and out

Space

Pause or resume the timer

Escape

Close a dialog or cancel a drag; never reset your puzzle

The timer starts on your first move after a scramble. A resumed session is paused until your next move. Undo, redo, retries, and pauses are available for practice; assisted solves do not replace your unassisted best. Scrambles are for practice, not official competition.

Discover what is inside

Complete a scramble to discover the hypercube. Finish unassisted in under 5:00 to discover the metallic knot. The diamond remains available in Explore.

The final turn starts an animation across the cube’s surfaces, then the cube opens. Your time is frozen before either effect begins. Results and replay remain beside the cube. Escape or Back to cube ends the presentation without changing your puzzle. Reduced motion reveals a still object without the animated surface or explosion.

Your space, your data

No account, analytics, remote fonts, or automatic third-party requests. Puzzle state, settings, up to 100 solve records, and your all-time best are saved locally when browser storage is available. Open your best-time panel to view or export records. The hosting provider may separately keep ordinary web request logs. The archive includes a practice puzzle, not an automatic solver or competition timer. External product links only open when selected.

Reset this puzzle?

This clears your current turns and timer. Your best time and preferences are kept.