49 hidden win lines
A 3×3×3 cube hides 49 winning lines—far more than the 8 in classic Tic Tac Toe.
The AI checks all 3D lines every move, tries to win, blocks your immediate wins, then favours the centre and high-potential spots.
A 3×3×3 cube hides 49 winning lines—far more than the 8 in classic Tic Tac Toe.
The centre cube belongs to 13 lines, making it the single most powerful spot on the board.
You can win by zig-zagging upward: start in a bottom corner, step inward each layer, and exit the opposite top corner.
With flawless play, 3×3×3 is a forced draw—but one missed pillar and the whole stack falls.
The game also goes by Qubic and showed up in puzzle magazines back in the 1960s—long before computers solved it.