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Unlike the Cube, the Triamid is easy to disassemble as it is made of ten individual pieces (each with four coloured sides) and four joining sections. Following the rules, to solve the puzzle the user must remove a small pyramid (of four pieces) from any of the four end points, rotate it, and
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in that the objective is to manipulate the puzzle until all sides are uniform in colour. The puzzle itself forms a
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In the solved state, the four pieces with three colours must lie on the end points of the pyramid.
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but, unlike that puzzle, it is possible to move pieces between a side and a corner position.
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four pieces have three colours (that is, they have only one colour repeated).
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Each piece of the puzzle has four faces. Of the ten pieces:
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