
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Each face of a $6 \times 6 \times 6$ cube is divided into $1 \times 1$ cells. The cube is covered with $2 \times 2$ squares such that each square covers exactly four cells, no squares overlap, and each cell is covered by an equal number of squares. What is the maximum value of this equal number? (A square can be folded over an edge.)

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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