pigeonhole principle cube problem

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i got this problem that we need to prove that we cannot pick 28 points that are 1.75cm(atleast) from eachother in a cube where each edge is 3cm long .

i tried $dividing$ each square in the cube to $4$ , that way we will get that each edge is $1.5cm$ now and the hypotenuse will be $2.12$ $\left(\frac{3\sqrt 2}{2}\right)$ i did this because i think its the smallest distance we can get

now since a cube has 6 squares , and my squares are divided to have 4 smaller cubes in each one we get $4*6=24$ which leaves us 4 extra points which means some squares will have $2$ points in them but i cannot tell if i did right or even close to it because of the information in the question (atleast 1.75 distance between each point) i tried to demonstrate what i meant enter image description here

thanks to any helpers , and sorry if there are translation mistakes

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The hint is the number 28, which is one more than 27, which is $3^3$

Hint: Divide the cube into 27 smaller cubes of side length $1$ cm.