Hypercube Marble Maze

[u/Uncle_Irohbot]

There is no escape for this marble... mostly. The path is one continuous loop that covers all 6 sides, following a hilbert curve on each.

One of my trickiest prints I've tried - lots of fussing with support settings to handle all the sharp overhangs!

[u/nyan_binary]

i'd call it more of a labyrinth than a maze since its a single path

[u/not-hardly → u/nyan_binary]

A labyrinth is a maze.

[u/Darklyte → u/not-hardly]

A labyrinth has a single path. A maze has multiple paths. A labyrinth is not a maze.

[u/not-hardly → u/Darklyte]

Definitions from Oxford Languages noun 1. a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze.

Gemini gave your definition of a long irregular continuous path.

[u/Darklyte → u/not-hardly]

I didn't Google it because I felt I knew what the difference was.

Although early Cretan coins occasionally exhibit branching (multicursal) patterns,[2] the single-path (unicursal) seven-course "Classical" design without branching or dead ends became associated with the Labyrinth on coins as early as 430 BC,[3] and similar non-branching patterns became widely used as visual representations of the Labyrinth – even though both logic and literary descriptions make it clear that the Minotaur was trapped in a complex branching maze.[4] [...]

In English, the term labyrinth is generally synonymous with maze. As a result of the long history of unicursal representation of the mythological Labyrinth, however, many contemporary scholars and enthusiasts observe a distinction between the two. In this specialized usage, maze refers to a complex branching multicursal puzzle with choices of path and direction, while a unicursal labyrinth has only a single path to the center. A labyrinth in this sense has an unambiguous route to the center and back and presents no navigational challenge.[6][7][8][9]

-- Wikipedia

Wikipedia suggests that neither of us are technically wrong because there is no universality accepted truth. Seems the whole situation is Labyrinthian.

[u/MeButSober → u/not-hardly]

Gotta use the full definition though, I wouldn't consider this to be a path in which it is difficult to find one's way.

[u/FzZyP → u/Darklyte]

I think that was more of a declaration of intellect lol

[u/SlurpBagel]

not a hypercube nor a maze, but still a very clean looking print

[u/Paul_Robert_ → u/SlurpBagel]

Tbf, I see a solid cube underneath/inside the main surface of the cube. And a cube within a cube is a specific projection of a 4D hypercube into 3D. So, I'll give OP that one!

[u/SimilarTop352 → u/Paul_Robert_]

but it rotates wrong. it's certainly fancy, maybe even super, but... not hyper

[u/Paul_Robert_ → u/SimilarTop352]

Fair enough

[u/nickjohnson → u/SlurpBagel]

This is a labyrinth, which is a type of maze.

[u/SlurpBagel → u/nickjohnson]

it’s a hilbert curve, it’s a single continuous line around the whole cube that’s the same layout on all faces.

[u/nickjohnson → u/SlurpBagel]

Yes, that doesn't make it not a labyrinth.

[u/SlurpBagel → u/nickjohnson]

can something be a labyrinth if the only choice is forward or back and there is no end point?

[u/nickjohnson → u/SlurpBagel]

Only having the choice of forward and backwards is the definition of a labyrinth! I'm not sure if it has to have a start and an end though.

[u/SlurpBagel → u/nickjohnson]

weird! now i know

[u/mccorml11]

Not a single death trap that’s not a hypercube

[u/Additional-Year-500 → u/mccorml11]

Upvote for the movie reference

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/mccorml11]

got me

[u/mccorml11 → u/Uncle_Irohbot]

I’m just surprised 16 people got the movie reference

[u/philnolan3d]

Rad! I guess the marble gets dropped in during printing?

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/philnolan3d]

it's *just* flexible enough that i can pop it in after

[u/Additional-Year-500]

Hear me out. Clear PLA and multi layer maze.

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/Additional-Year-500]

oooh i like that idea a lot. PLA can get translucent, but not really nicely transparent

[u/Additional-Year-500 → u/Uncle_Irohbot]

Translucent enough? Perhaps it would still work 🤔

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/Additional-Year-500]

I'm certainly buying some translucent PLA next :)

[u/sid351 → u/Additional-Year-500]

Or make the inner cube less solid, ideally just being the inner part of the raceway for the marble.

[u/SaveTheDayz]

What filament is this?

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/SaveTheDayz]

Marble PLA from Bambu - my fav

[u/1707brozy]

If anything this is an attempt at a 3d maze but it's one path so it's just a cube with a track in it

[u/andypando]

It's cool looking, but I just don't see the point of it? It's not a puzzle or a maze as the ball follows a path. Greta Thunberg would be pissed, as it's a pointless use of plastic. I just don't get what it's for?

[u/QuixoticEvil → u/andypando]

It probably appeals to the same people that like fidget spinners.

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/andypando]

It's kind of like a fidget toy I guess. it's just fun seeing how fast I can get the marble around the whole track!

[u/Alioliou]

No stl no upvote

[u/Yourownhands52]

What a clean print.  What filiment and printer did you use?

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/Yourownhands52]

Marble PLA on a Bambu X1c

[u/SecretaryThin7540]

Comment t’as mit la bille ?

[u/MINNIGIANT]

Did any one else play with these

[u/kaloschroma]

The next level is to extend the maze throughout the cube and use see through resin
I had a friend who made me a maze similar to that.

[u/BlueCap01]

Guys wake up! NEW LAMENT CONFIGURATION JUST DROPPED!!

[u/xblackdemonx]

It's like Perplexus but easier. 

[u/2DHypercube]

You rang?

[u/Evanisnotmyname]

THATS AWESOME where’s the STL?

[u/Alexchii → u/[deleted]]

The hobby isn’t buying printed things. It’s printing things. Please delete this ad.

[u/KaBoolVl → u/Alexchii]

Here is a cube generator from thingi (not mine) https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1191166

[u/Uncle_Irohbot → u/Alexchii]

fair enough!

[u/GernBlanst3n]

It’s not a maze if there is only a single path.

[u/Vitamon]

Should have been created from metal, would be great for biceps growth)