The math behind the madness

Why 8 pieces make in 40,320 possible sequences – and what that means for you.

The first 4×4×4 Trizzle Cube (Model No. 1) has 8 pieces. If you tried every possible order by pure guesswork, you'd face 8! (that's 40,320) possible sequences. Add in the ways pieces can be connected and oriented, and you‘re looking at roughly 229,452,716,202,394,000 possibilities. Even if you spent your entire 100-year lifespan doing nothing but trizzling, you'd have to test over 72 million possibilities per second.

So yes – a pinch of logic might be a good idea if you want to solve more than one Trizzle in your life.