Panagiotis Verdes is a

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inventor and is known for being the first person to mass produce 6x6x6 puzzles and 7x7x7

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. He is also known for founding the company V-Cube. He has also worked on new designs of every Twisty Puzzle from 2x2x2 to 11x11x11.

Life

Verdes was born in Chiliomodi, Korinthos, a province in southern

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, where he graduated from high school. He followed his passion for constructions and studied at the

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from 1965 until 1970. During his career, he was primarily involved in building, road and public network constructions until his retirement in 2003.

V-Cube

V-Cube is a brand name owned by Verdes Innovations, a company owned by Panagiotis. The V-Cube brand is used to sell puzzles that are similar to the original Rubik's Cube. The brand is known for being the first to mass-produce the first ever 6x6x6 and 7x7x7 puzzles, and for being the first to create a design that would allow for puzzles up to the 11x11x11. Prior to Verdes' invention, the 6x6x6 cube was thought to be impossible due to geometry constraints. Verdes's invention uses a completely different mechanism than the smaller Rubik's cubes; his mechanism is based on concentric, right-angle conical surfaces whose axes of rotation coincide with the semi-axes of the cube. The patents for the cubes were awarded in 2004, and mass-production began in 2008.

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