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Has anyone solved the horse scramble squares?

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Has anyone solved the horse scramble squares?

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  1. Yes, I have several times.


  2. They sure are deceptively difficult.  Maybe that is because there are 95,126,814,720 possible combinations (almost 100 billion).

    I do not know if every puzzle is the same.  So far, I have not solved the 9 square puzzle I have played with.  I am going to write a program to try all possible combinations. (I do things like that for a living)

    Edit: OK, I wrote a program to solve the puzzle.  If you are stuck, give me a scan of the 9 pieces and I will solve it for you.

    Post the scan (jpeg preferred) on the internet somewhere, and put the link in an additional detail post on your question.  I will solve it for you.

    Edit #2:As is so often the case, searching the web showed me someone already did what I did.  There is a solver web page here:

    http://cdl.best.vwh.net/Puzzles/Scramble...

    It has an interface that lets you describe the faces of the 9 squares, and solves the puzzle in a few seconds.

    Edit #3:  The Asker sent me a picture of the puzzle pieces:

    http://www.vinceherman.net/puzzle/puzzle...

    I entered the piece definition, and my program and rearranged the pieces to make this (somewhat skewed) solution:

    http://www.vinceherman.net/puzzle/puzzle...

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