INVESTIGATING AFFECTING THE DIFFICULTY IN ASSEMBLING A JOINT OF A CUBE PUZZLE

Abstract

This study have two experiments. Experiment 1 compared the different play’s time in difficulty levels of assembling three types of cube puzzle. Experiment 2 discusses the experimental observations for verifying “What causes the joint of a cube puzzle difficult to assemble”. The experiment 1 involved 50 participants who composed three types of cube puzzles produced in the same color, material, size and number of components. After the 50 participants composed all the types of the cube puzzle, the recorded time was statistically analyzed. The result of experiment 1 showed that the play’s time of the three cube puzzles were significantly different. In experiment 2, three patterns of difficult joints called tricks were compared by an error score. It was found that the relationship between form and space in different tricks influences the levels of difficulty. Further, the sign called “Close Space” was found to effectively guide player’s understanding while composing a difficult joint in the next step during assembly.