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Cube Engineers · September 8 · 1 hr 20 min

Cube Engineers Episode 50: Using Science to Build The Ultimate Cube!

We are back on the rails again with the season 2 finale of Cube Engineers! What if we could combine science and game design theory to build a scientifically proven ultimate Cube? It’s more achievable than you might think! In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites the creator of the Data Generated Vintage Cube, Daniel Smith (also known as l0gr1thm1k), to attempt to build the ultimate Cube using data science. The pair discuss the origins and function of the Cube generation algorithm, then use it to create a Cube using designs previously discussed on Cube Engineers! Finally, TrainmasterGT takes the data-generated artifact and updates the list in an attempt to create something which could truly be considered The Ultimate Cube. Will this attempt at science-driven Cube design succeed, or will it be relegated to the dustbins of failed experiments? All Aboard! Cube Engineers is now on Patreon! Follow this link to support the show! Show Notes The Data Generated Vintage Cube Scientifically Generated Cube Engineers Cube (2026) The Scientifically Proven Ultimate Cube The Little Red Book Cube Dataset Cubecobra IDs Highball4K unstablecubicorns LittleRedBook D%26TMirrorMicrocube campoutcube UsmanCube UsmanPremiere 2010 100dollarcube 75281992-cbb7-43e4-92e2-901790678bfe plusone heritage andymangold neoclassical degenerate-micro-cube ​​sacred-geometry turbo regular thepaupercube stickerv3 pulpnouveau fairnuff goblingame ModularCore companion atomic 131313 dastro joescube bourbon althistoryvintage AugurOfBolas BarCube penrose ho4k 1t3q2 ABQ Boompile sd4 PartyAtTheOwlHouse Boudica DMC420 Joe Cubes 44f3de0c-a5bc-4e85-b59f-4153a24932cbScrapyard CardsILike.cube SagasCubeGoldBorderCube0f52912c-38e3-4f9a-9f3c-96edb33732e2 DSK%20Expanded StarField Depths FoodChain 4f45acfd-d750-4563-8a19-f1bc02363352 Kamigawa-TSPKamiWar IPARemastered Cards Discussed The Power 9 Sol Ring Mana Crypt Force of Negation Lightning Bolt Skred Guttersnipe Shock Reckless Charge Outnumber Mugging Chain Lightning Firebolt Flame Slash Lush Portico Temple Garden Windswept Heath Mother of Runes Giver of Runes Sylvan Safekeeper Marang River Regent Stock Up Mardu Siegebreaker Taiga Stomping Ground Commercial District Gruul Turf Bribery Orcish Bowmasters Craterhoof Behemoth Atraxa, Grand Unifier Grave Titan Time Vault Manifold Key Voltaic Key Thoughtseize Woodfall Primus Whisper Squadron Vault Skirge Carrion Feeder Bloodghast Bloodsoaked Champion Bloodbraid Elf Merfolk Looter Man o’ War Steel Overseer Wheel of Fortune Fireblast Magmatic Sinkhole Goblin Guide Molten Gatekeeper Mulldrifter Dig Through Time Entomb Necromancy Archon of Cruelty The Rail Lines Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Skirmish Rhino Balance Staff of the Storyteller Cecil, Dark Knight Myr Retriever Perilous Myr Hallowed Fountain The Wandering Emperor Phlage, Titan of Fire’s Fury Balduvian Trading Post Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER Mantis Rider Mantis Engine This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com

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We are back on the rails again with the season 2 finale of Cube Engineers!

What if we could combine science and game design theory to build a scientifically proven ultimate Cube? It’s more achievable than you might think! In this episode, TrainmasterGT invites the creator of the Data Generated Vintage Cube, Daniel Smith (also known as l0gr1thm1k), to attempt to build the ultimate Cube using data science. The pair discuss the origins and function of the Cube generation algorithm, then use it to create a Cube using designs previously discussed on Cube Engineers! Finally, TrainmasterGT takes the data-generated artifact and updates the list in an attempt to create something which could truly be considered The Ultimate Cube. Will this attempt at science-driven Cube design succeed, or will it be relegated to the dustbins of failed experiments?

All Aboard!

Cube Engineers is now on Patreon! Follow this link to support the show!

Show Notes

The Data Generated Vintage Cube

Scientifically Generated Cube Engineers Cube (2026)

The Scientifically Proven Ultimate Cube

The Little Red Book

Cube Dataset Cubecobra IDs

Highball4K

unstablecubicorns

LittleRedBook

D%26TMirrorMicrocube

campoutcube

UsmanCube

UsmanPremiere

2010

100dollarcube

75281992-cbb7-43e4-92e2-901790678bfe

plusone

heritage

andymangold

neoclassical

degenerate-micro-cube

​​sacred-geometry

turbo

regular

thepaupercube

stickerv3

pulpnouveau

fairnuff

goblingame

ModularCore

companion

atomic

131313

dastro

joescube

bourbon

althistoryvintage

AugurOfBolas

BarCube

penrose

ho4k

1t3q2

ABQ

Boompile

sd4

PartyAtTheOwlHouse

Boudica

DMC420

Joe Cubes

44f3de0c-a5bc-4e85-b59f-4153a24932cbScrapyard

CardsILike.cube

SagasCubeGoldBorderCube0f52912c-38e3-4f9a-9f3c-96edb33732e2

DSK%20Expanded

StarField

Depths

FoodChain

4f45acfd-d750-4563-8a19-f1bc02363352

Kamigawa-TSPKamiWar

IPARemastered

Cards Discussed

The Power 9

Sol Ring

Mana Crypt

Force of Negation

Lightning Bolt

Skred

Guttersnipe

Shock

Reckless Charge

Outnumber

Mugging

Chain Lightning

Firebolt

Flame Slash

Lush Portico

Temple Garden

Windswept Heath

Mother of Runes

Giver of Runes

Sylvan Safekeeper

Marang River Regent

Stock Up

Mardu Siegebreaker

Taiga

Stomping Ground

Commercial District

Gruul Turf

Bribery

Orcish Bowmasters

Craterhoof Behemoth

Atraxa, Grand Unifier

Grave Titan

Time Vault

Manifold Key

Voltaic Key

Thoughtseize

Woodfall Primus

Whisper Squadron

Vault Skirge

Carrion Feeder

Bloodghast

Bloodsoaked Champion

Bloodbraid Elf

Merfolk Looter

Man o’ War

Steel Overseer

Wheel of Fortune

Fireblast

Magmatic Sinkhole

Goblin Guide

Molten Gatekeeper

Mulldrifter

Dig Through Time

Entomb

Necromancy

Archon of Cruelty

The Rail Lines

Golos, Tireless Pilgrim

Skirmish Rhino

Balance

Staff of the Storyteller

Cecil, Dark Knight

Myr Retriever

Perilous Myr

Hallowed Fountain

The Wandering Emperor

Phlage, Titan of Fire’s Fury

Balduvian Trading Post

Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER

Mantis Rider

Mantis Engine



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cubeengineers.substack.com
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