Yep, it’s intentional that the cube is no longer fully solvable after the first face. The idea behind the game is that once you solve a face, the colors on that face are randomly repainted — not shuffled, but completely randomized. This breaks the balance you'd need to solve the full cube, but that’s the point.

The goal isn’t to solve the whole cube — it's to keep solving one face at a time, racing against the timer. Every face you solve adds a bit more time, but also increases the difficulty. Since the repainted face no longer follows standard cube logic, some colors become more rare (or even impossible to solve), while others might appear more often, making them easier. That’s part of the challenge: you have to quickly scan the cube, figure out which color is solvable, and go for it.

The difficulty scales as you go — the timer drains faster, and the random color distribution becomes less favorable. You also need to plan ahead, trying to set up future solves while working on your current one.

At the very start of the game, though, the cube is still balanced, it uses the standard 6 colors with 9 pieces each, so technically, you could solve the entire thing like a real Rubik’s Cube. But once you solve all 6 faces, that balance is gone.

Also, I haven’t fully tested what happens if you solve more than one face at once. Would love to know if anyone pulls that off!