Bicantisnub cubic honeycomb

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Bicantisnub cubic honeycomb
Rank4
TypeIsogonal
SpaceEuclidean
Elements
Cells12N isosceles trapezoidal pyramids, 6N wedges, 4N triangular antiprisms, N pyritohedral icosahedra
Faces12N+12N+24N isosceles triangles, 8N triangles, 12N isosceles trapezoids, 3N rectangles
Edges6N+6N+24N+24N
Vertices12N
Vertex figure10-vertex polyhedron with 1 pentagon, 3 tetragons, and 7 triangles
Measures (based on optimal variant with shortest edge length 1)
Edge lengthsShort edges of pyritohedral icosahedra (6N): 1
 Lacing edges of triangular antiprisms (24N): 1
 Long edges of rectangles (6N):
 Edges of equilateral triangles (24N):
Abstract & topological properties
Flag count912N
OrientableYes
Properties
Symmetry(R4/2)×2
ConvexYes
NatureTame

The bicantisnub cubic honeycomb is an isogonal honeycomb that consists of pyritohedral icosahedra, triangular antiprisms, wedges, and isosceles trapezoidal pyramids. 1 pyritohedral icosahedron, 2 triangular antiprisms, 3 wedges, and 5 isosceles trapezoidal pyramids join at each vertex. It can be obtained as the convex hull of two opposite cantic snub cubic honeycombs or by alternating the transitional bicantitruncatocubic honeycomb. It cannot be made scaliform.

A version of this honeycomb with regular icosahedra exists. It has two different edge lengths with a minimum ratio of 1:, though this is not the lowest possible ratio between the longest and shortest edges.

Using the ratio method, the lowest possible ratio between the longest and shortest edges is 1: ≈ 1:1.03381, and is therefore a near-miss scaliform polyhedral honeycomb. In this variant, none of the cells are regular.