Tetracubes – The Pieces

Each tetracube consists of four cubes. There are eight tetracubes in total: five are planar, and three are genuinely three-dimensional. Tetracubes belong to the family of polycubes.

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8 Tetracubes

Tetracube-Puzzles

Shapes constructed from all eight tetracubes consist of 8 × 4 = 32 unit cubes. One example is a 2×4×4 cuboid. In addition to this, many other shapes exist.

Tetracube shape
Some Tetracube Shapes
Tetracube Shape 1
Tetracube Shape 2
Tetracube Shape 3
Tetracube Shape 4
Tetracube Shape 5

Resources & Downloads

3D Print Templates

The 3D-print templates consist of 8 Tetracubes and a box.

3D printed Tetracubeparts
3D printed Tetracubebox

Online Solution program

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The Online Tetrakubus Solver runs directly in the browser – no installation and no download required.

Figures can be assembled easily with a few mouse clicks and then solved. The found solutions are output without symmetry reduction – solutions that differ only by rotation or mirroring are counted as separate solutions.


Solution program


The solution program for the Tetracube puzzle is part of a collection of programs available for download on Itch.io. It is for Windows only.

IMPORTANT: For a trouble-free installation, please read the instructions before unpacking!

Screenshot Tetracube Solver