MathDB
Team Round P13

Source:

October 16, 2021
MOAA 2021team

Problem Statement

Bob has 3030 identical unit cubes. He can join two cubes together by gluing a face on one cube to a face on the other cube. He must join all the cubes together into one connected solid. Over all possible solids that Bob can build, what is the largest possible surface area of the solid?
Proposed by Nathan Xiong