Show HN: Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states

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EveryCube lets you scroll through all 43 quintillion Rubik's Cube states.

EveryCube is a web app that displays every possible Rubik's Cube permutation. The viewer shows cube state #1, with controls for 2D/3D views, animation (FX), and a star/favorite button. A slider lets you jump between states, including presets like Superflip and Checkerboard. The total number of states is 43,252,003,274,489,856,000. The app is built by Alen and hosted on GitHub.

What commenters are saying

Commenters loved the project, calling it an "excellent weird internet thing." A user noted that scrolling through all states at 12 states per inch would take about 9.5 years at light speed. Several commenters shared personal stories: a child reassembled a scrambled cube, a user disassembled a solved cube to fix it. One commenter suggested the app could be a password generator. Two subthreads discussed the history of the cube and the skills of speedcubers versus programmers.