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Lost? If you want to check the different names, see the  Minx Names  table. If you want to know which features are available, like Stickerless or Magnetic, check the  Features  list. If you are looking for a specific model that fits your needs, see the  Market Overview . If you want to know more about how the names were chosen, read on...

Introducing the Minx Family

No other type of twisty puzzle has such a long list of names as the Megaminx/Kilominx family. There is a lot of confusion and misconception, so this is an attempt to look at the topic with common sense.

In the early days of Twisty Puzzles, names were common - instead of giving some kind of "layer" count. The Cubes were named "Pocket Cube", "Rubik's Cube", "Rubik's Revenge" and "Professor Cube". The higher order Pyraminx were called "Master Pyraminx", "Professor Pyraminx" and "Royal Pyraminx".

The Naming Dilemma

The first puzzle of this family was of order three, and was called "Megaminx" for no specific reason. Most likely, the name was chosen to create something "superior" to the Pyraminx. But actually, there is no special relationship between Pyraminx and Megaminx. From a technical point of view, the Pyraminx and Skewb are related, so the Skweb would have deserved the name Megaminx - but that's a different story.

Because of mechanical design reasons, the next higher order version of the Megaminx was of order five, and the name was chosen simply by using the next higher SI prefix, i.e. "Gigaminx". The lower order version of order two was then called "Kilominx" by using the lower SI prefix. When puzzles of higher even order were introduced, the dilemma of using subsequent SI prefixes for the puzzles of odd order arose. There was nothing inbetween the names that were already in in use. Therefore, the name "Kilominx" was kept for all puzzles of even order, and additional attributes were used. The puzzles of order four were called "Master Kilominx", the puzzles of order six were called "Elite Kilominx". The currently highest mass-produced even order Minx puzzle of order eight was called "Super Elite Kilominx". These names are part of the Twisty Puzzles history, and cannot be erased. However, there are attempts to find a more consistent naming scheme, especially for future puzzles of even order ten and higher.

The Minx Family Names

The table below shows different naming schemes for the Megaminx/Kilominx family. For more information, check the notes below the table.

Order	Mass- prod.	Classic Name	Cube-Like Name	Dodecahedral Name	Nerds Name deprecated	Combat Name
0	-	-	-	-
1	-	-	-	-	Kilominx
2	✔	Kilominx	2x2 Megaminx	2x2x12	Kibiminx
3	✔	Megaminx	3x3 Megaminx	3x3x12
4	✔	Master Kilominx	4x4 Megaminx	4x4x12	Mebiminx
5	✔	Gigaminx	5x5 Megaminx	5x5x12
6	✔	Elite Kilominx	6x6 Megaminx	6x6x12	Gibiminx
7	✔	Teraminx	7x7 Megaminx	7x7x12
8	✔	Super Elite Kilominx	8x8 Megaminx	8x8x12	Tebiminx
9	✔	Petaminx	9x9 Megaminx	9x9x12
10	-	-	10x10 Megaminx	10x10x12	Pebiminx
11	✔	Examinx	11x11 Megaminx	11x11x12
12	-	-	12x12 Megaminx	12x12x12	Exbiminx
13	✔	Zettaminx	13x13 Megaminx	13x13x12
14	-	-	14x14 Megaminx	14x14x12	Zebiminx
15	-	Yottaminx	15x15 Megaminx	15x15x12
16	-	-	16x16 Megaminx	16x16x12
17	-	Ronnaminx	17x17 Megaminx	17x17x12
18	-	-	18x18 Megaminx	18x18x12
19	-	Quettaminx	19x19 Megaminx	19x19x12		Atlasminx
20	-	-	20x20 Megaminx	20x20x12
21	-	-	21x21 Megaminx	21x21x12		Minx of Madness

Notes

• The Classic Names are accepted among the cubing veterans.
• The Cube-Like notation is the commonly used marketing name. Although there are no square faces on a Minx puzzle, the name gives the order in terms of pieces along a full edge (corner plus edge pieces).
  Actually, you could classify a pentagonal face by the number of pieces per ring, but that would not be of much help. Example: A "5x5" pentagonal face would be "1+10+20" or 31 in total, a "4x4" pentagonal face would be "5+15" or 20 in total. Stating the number of rings on a face would not help, because the faces of Order-3 and Order-4 Puzzles both have two rings of elements.
• The Dodecahedral name is an attempt to create the context of a dodecahedral puzzle. But like this, a 4×4×4 cube would have to be called 4×4×6 (4×4 on six faces).
• The "Nerds Name" is an attempt to find a generic name inbetween the SI Prefix names. The claim is that the binary prefixes are equal to numbers higher than the respective decimal SI prefix, and therefore should be used for the higher even order puzzle. Like this, the actual "Kilominx" would have to be renamed to "Kibiminx".
  But technically, an even order Minx is mechanically similar to the next higher odd oder Minx. This means that a "Gibiminx" is a "Teraminx" without center elements. The binary prefixes are neither commonly used in scientific/technical context, nor accepted as puzzle names by the cubing community.
• The SI Prefixes have recently been extended by two levels, which are now added here.
• The highest order custom built Minx Puzzles are of order 19 and 21. Due to the lack of SI prefixes at the time when they were built, the chosen names were "Atlasminx" and "Minx of Madness".

Feature Overview

The following table shows the available features for the mass-produced range, as of 2024-04-09.

Order	Classic Name	Mag- netic	Sticker- less	Stickered Black Body	Stickered White Body
2	Kilominx	-	✔	✔	✔
3	Megaminx	✔	✔	✔	✔
4	Master Kilominx	-	✔	✔	✔
5	Gigaminx	✔	✔	✔	✔
6	Elite Kilominx	-	-	✔	✔
7	Teraminx	✔	✔	✔	✔
8	Super Elite Kilominx	-	-	✔	-
9	Petaminx	-	✔	✔	-
11	Examinx	-	✔	-	-
13	Zettaminx	-	✔	-	-

Market Overview

There seem to be some re-branded puzzles available. I will add puzzles only, if the characteristics differ to those of a "main brand" model.
The company "sengso", formerly known as "Shengshou cube", is the all-time main player in the Minx market. The whole product range from order 2 to 13 is now sold in new "sengso" boxes.

There is a huge selection of different Standard-Megaminx (Order-3), probably about 100 different models, so these are not listed.

The table below is a summary of previously available and current Minx puzzles from highest order down to Order-2 (Kilominx), excluding regular Megaminx (Order 3), known to me as of 2024-04-09.

Order	Classic Name	Brand	Model	Item Number	Item Code	Faces	Mag.	Tiled	Stickered	Sticker- less	Body/Core	Even Centers	Size AF	Weight
13	Zettaminx	SengSo				Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	-	150mm	1726g
11	Examinx	SengSo				Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	-	137mm	1200g
9	Petaminx	mf8	Petaminx			Pillowed	-	-	✔	-	Black	-		1010g
		ShengShou	9X9X9	7119A-*		Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	-	141mm	1229g
		YuXin	HuangLong 9×9 Dodecahedron Cube	YX1779		Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	-	120mm	791g
8	Super Elite Kilominx	ShengShou	8X8X8	7118A-*		Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	Colored	135mm	1180g
Order	Classic Name	Brand	Model	Item Number	Item Code	Faces	Mag.	Tiled	Stickered	Sticker- less	Body/Core	Even Centers	Size AF	Weight
7	Teraminx	mf8	Teraminx			Pillowed	-	-	✔	-	Black	-		740g
		ShengShou	7X7X7	7117A-*	6 923039 171173	Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	-	103mm	540g
		ShengShou	7X7X7	7117A-*	6 923039 171173	Flat	-	-	✔	-	White	-	103mm	544g
		SengSo	7X7X7	7117A-*	6 923039 171173	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	-	103mm	512g
		YuXin	HuangLong 7×7 Dodecahedron Cube	YX1759	6 952516 807267	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	-	100mm	458g
		DianSheng		T220032MS	6 954256 108789	Flat	✔	-	-	✔	Colored	-	94mm	337g
6	Elite Kilominx	mf8	Elite Kilominx			Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	None	112mm	595g
		mf8	Elite Kilominx			Flat	-	-	✔	-	Milky	None	112mm	595g
		ShengShou	6X6X6	7116A-*	6 923039 171166	Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	Black	101mm	503g
		ShengShou	6X6X6	7116A-*	6 923039 171166	Flat	-	-	✔	-	White	White	101mm	505g
Order	Classic Name	Brand	Model	Item Number	Item Code	Faces	Mag.	Tiled	Stickered	Sticker- less	Body/Core	Even Centers	Size AF	Weight
5	Gigaminx	mf8	Gigaminx			Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	-		378g
		ShengShou	5X5X5	7115A-*	6 923039 171159	Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	-	92mm	375g
		ShengShou	5X5X5	7115A-*	6 923039 171159	Flat	-	-	✔	-	White	-	92mm	376g
		SengSo	5X5X5	7115A-*	6 923039 171159	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	-	91mm	331g
		YuXin	HuangLong 5x5 Dodecahedron Cube	YX1711	6 952516 806604	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	-	87mm	285g
		DianSheng	Galaxy Gigaminx M	T220030MS	6 954256 108437	Flat	✔	-	-	✔	Colored	-	80mm	198g
4	Master Kilominx	mf8	Master Kilominx			Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	None	90mm	306g
		mf8	Master Kilominx			Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	None	90mm	306g
		ShengShou	4X4X4	7114A-*	6 923039 171142	Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	Black	90mm	352g
		ShengShou	4X4X4	7114A-*	6 923039 171142	Flat	-	-	✔	-	White	White	91mm	354g
		SengSo	4X4X4	7114A-*	6 923039 171142	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	Colored	91mm	297g
		YuXin	HuangLong 4x4 Dodecahedron Cube	YX1778	6 952516 807915	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Colored	Black	80mm	232g
Order	Classic Name	Brand	Model	Item Number	Item Code	Faces	Mag.	Tiled	Stickered	Sticker- less	Body/Core	Even Centers	Size AF	Weight
3	Megaminx		not listed, too many
2	Kilominx	MoYu		MF8860	6 970647 061600	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Black	Black	70mm	135g
		ShengShou	2X2X2	7112A-*	6 923039 171128	Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	Black	71mm	142g
		ShengShou	2X2X2	7112A-*	6 923039 171128	Flat	-	-	✔	-	White	White	71mm	141g
		QiYi		QY3038	6 948154 230383	Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	Black	71mm	147g
		QiYi		QY3038	6 948154 230383	Flat	-	-	-	✔	White	Colored	71mm	147g
		FanXin		FX7722	6 940556 100752	Flat	-	-	-	✔	Black	Colored	71mm	152g
		Meffert's	Flowerminx			Flat	-	-	✔	-	Black	None	78mm	208g
		Meffert's	Flowerminx			Flat	-	-	✔	-	White	None

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