DaYan Jupiter Bermuda Cube

After solving Mars, the next port of call was Jupiter. Like the Mars cube, this has three Bermuda sides but on this cube, they are all on adjacent faces. The white and blue faces have one Fisher section each, while the red face has two. In the solved position, the only degree of freedom is to rotate the white face. Rotating the white face can free the red face. The red face must then rotated to free up other faces.

The bandaging of the puzzle only allows one of the faces with a square centre to be turned at any one time.

I have not had any popping issues with this puzzle. To turn one of the faces, it has to be aligned accurately in most cases. In situations, where cornering is theoretically possible, it does not turn well. Positioning the faces carefully while performing moves is adviseable.

The scrambled puzzle looks something like this...

Solution

On reaching Jupiter, I realised that there was a pattern to solving the Bermuda cubes. Solve a Petrus-like block that leaves two faces free to turn (even if one of them has been turned out of position). Extend the block to two thirds of the cube and then solve the final layer.

Step 1 - Solve the Orange/Green Edge

This is more difficult than it looks but should not present too much of a challenge.

Step 2 - Extend Solved Section to the Yellow Face

Solve the yellow/green and yellow/orange edges and the corner between them. The bandaging makes this tricky therefore the moves have to be planned. I do this intuitively.

Step 3 - Solve the Blue Pentagon and Triangles

Again the bandaging makes this step challenging. With careful planning, it can be completed intuitively.
The puzzle now has a Petrus-like block with freedom of movement on the white and red faces.

Step 4 - Orientate the Remaining Rectangles and Pentagons

These pieces all behave like edges. Orientating the pieces is not difficult.

Step 5 - Solve the Red Pentagons

This is a trivial step. The red pentagons behave like edges.

At this point, it is advisable to permutate the white pentagon and rectangles, which also behave like edges. This will reveal whether or not there is a parity issue that needs to be resolved. I have yet to work out a neat way of doing this; I just realign the puzzle so that I can turn the orange face by 90° and then fix the damage. Though I do not try to put these pieces in position during the next step.

Step 6 - Orientate the Remaining Squares and Triangles and Solve the Red Triangles

These pieces all behave like corners. This step is very fiddly.

Step 7 - Permutate the White Rectangles and Pentagon

These pieces behave like edges. Manoeuvring them into the correct position is not difficult.

Step 8 - Permutate the White Squares and Triangles

The bandaging of the puzzle makes this a little fiddly but once I had figured out the algorithms I needed to use it turned out to be not that difficult.

One solved Jupiter Bermuda cube.

DaYan Mars Bermuda Cube

Now that I have the full set of DaYan's Bermuda cube, I picked up Mars after solving Venus. Mars has three Bermuda-faces (I am not sure if that is the correct terminology but that is what I am going to call them). Two are on opposite faces, the white and blue, with the third on the blue. In its solved position there are two degrees of freedom: the orange and white faces can be turned freely. The bandaging makes it impossible to rotate the green face. This makes things interesting during a solve. The orange, green and red squares all behave as centres.

I have not had any problems with popping but the bandaging is so heavy compared with the Mercury, Venus and Earth that turning a face is not possible unless the faces are positioned correctly. It is something that I feel is better not pushed with this puzzle.

When scrambled it becomes a confusing mess. There are three Bermuda faces, therefore, seeing ahead to the correct orientation of the triangular centres is confusing. I recommend studying the puzzle carefully before scrambling and trying to solve it. If the puzzle is held with the red face to the left and the orange one to the right, all of the triangular centres point to the top right-hand corner.

Solution

The bandaging creates significant restrictions therefore careful planning is needed when executing a series of turns, especially in the early phases of the solve. I studied the cube carefully before making an attempt to solve it and planned my strategy in advance.

Step 1 - Solve the Red/Green Edge

This is trickier than it looks unless luck has placed it in a convenient spot during the scramble. The bandaging restricts what moves are available. This piece may take the scenic route before finding its way home.

Step 2 - Solve the Yellow Triangles and Pentagon

Again, this is trickier than it looks and I had carefully planned the moves. I found the triangle adjacent to the green face trickier to get into place. I found I needed to solve this one first before its red counterpart.
After completing this stage, the puzzle now has a solved cube-shaped block.

Step 3 - Solve the Blue Triangles and Pentagon

After completing the first two steps, I found things started to get a little easier. The blue face is freed by placing the white face in one of three orientations. I found solving the Fisher section of the blue face straightforward, especially in comparison with the yellow.
The puzzle now has a Petrus-like solved block with complete freedom of movement on the white and orange faces, without disturbing the solved portion of the puzzle.

Step 4 - Orientate the Orange Rectangles and the White Pentagon

This step is straightforward, especially for anyone familiar with the Petrus method. Once these pieces are orientated, care needs to be taken if the blue face is used after this point, lest the pieces become de-orientated.

Step 5 - Solve the Remaining White Pieces not Adjacent to the Orange Face 

I found it easier to solve the Fisher portion of the side first and then the other two pieces. This just leaves the corners on the top, orange face to solve. This extends the solved block to the white face.

Step 6 - Permutate the Orange Rectangles

The orange rectangles behave like edges. It is not difficult to get them into the correct positions.

Step 7 - Solve Orange Corners

This final step is trickier than it looks. I found the easiest way to do it is to work out how to permutate the corners first and then orientate them. The bandaging of the puzzle restricts what moves are possible and what algorithms are available.

There you have it, one solved Mars cube.