lol I have a 2x2x2 and everyone is unimpressed with my ability to solve it. Again and again people have looked at it and said "That's so easy even I could do it" Guess what? They can't when they pick it up :/
@@dotdankory I'm baffled by this statement. I can't see how a 2^3 could ever be harder than a 3^3. I have both, and that certainly is not the case. The 3^3 actually fully encapsulates a 2^3 and adds additional complexity. That is to say that it is essential you know how to solve a 2^3 in order to solve a 3^3 , but the reverse is not true at all. It also takes longer to complete the 3^3 both in terms of time spent and number of turns. Given this, what exactly do you think is harder about the 2^3 ?
@@Auxified it has to do with the fact that with a lack of centers on the puzzle one can end up with only 2 corners appearing to be switched. So they do an algorithm that moves 3 corners around and wonder why they cant end up with only 3 corners left instead of 2 or 4. They don't realize that with the lack of centers, it causes this parity error which can be fixed back to 3 corners with a simple 90° twist. Ironically, my Dad can solve a 3x3x3 no problem, but after at least 5 attempts working at it for an hour or so at a time... he always gives up on it. I hope this can shed some light on why it can seem harder to some.
I liked that you used the 2x2 on this list. The thing you just described has happened to me a lot as well. People just underestimate those tiny puzzles. On the other hand, you could also make a video about puzzles that seem to be hard but actually aren't. For instance if somebody picked up a 2x2 and claimed it to be easy, I usually try to hand that person an easier puzzle such as a Dino cube where their chance of really solving it on their own is higher. Somehow though, people tend to think that that one is more difficult.
BleachBob RBX Not really. For me.that's an average answer Ilike to really state my opinion instead of jus commentimg one word. Apparently others even liked that comment 😂
BleachBob RBX Still better than hitting the dislike buzzon for no reason. I do not care a lot about likes on comments. I care more about reactions to my own videos. However, in general,.a comment is.a better reaction than a like. I want to get in contact with other cubers ad discuss puzzles instead of counting likes...
I love twisty puzzles, but I totally suck at solving them by myself, needing to use a guide to learn to solve them. I find it funny that the one puzzle i've ever solved on my own was the sudoku cube you have here! :D I actually drew out a net, marked down next to it the colors of the edges, corners, and centers, and physically drew those into the net. then after finding a valid solution, I solved it as I would a rubik's cube. :) I was quite proud of that!
So many times, when you use your 2x2, then that one guy comes up to you and says, DUDE, THOSE ARE SO EASY, LEMME TRY, then you’re like sure, then they fail so hard, then you laugh... like if that has happened to you too. xD
I remember I was working at toys r us back in 2013 and the pillow 2x2 was just releasing. One got something spilled on it and was sitting in the back scrambled, I picked it up thinking the exact thing. “Oh I can def solve this” lol was I wrong.
To be fair, you do have to have a very high IQ to understand the hype behind the 1x1 Rubik's cube. Its limited functionality renders it not only a challenge to solve, but a challenge to scramble as well. Only the greatest of intelligent masterminds can truly find entertainment in attempting to scramble such a puzzle. Most people miss the objective altogether and assume that solving is the only challenge of any puzzle, but those with an exceptional mind and a true appreciation for the puzzle are the ones who see the puzzle for what it actually is. I don't watch Rick and Morty and I think it is a stupid show, but that's one of my favorite memes I see in TH-cam comments.
Yay! Top 5! I love Your top 5 videos! The Molecube took me a bit to solve at first as well. Not the solving, but determining where the pieces needed to be. I enjoyed the challenge though. That’s my go to cube when I am listening to a boring conference call at work.
You should do a Top 5 Deceptively Hard Sticker-mods, because I've often encountered with my friends, who know how to solve the 3x3, that they claim a sticker-mod wouldn't make the puzzle any more difficult because it still functions as a 3x3 and you can use all the same algorithms. The Molecube is a good example of how under-appreciated stickermods are 😊
Jellopuff But it's still a normal 3x3. The only different aspect of the Molecube is the colours. If you sticker a 3x3 to mimic the function of a molecube
Jasmine Bouchard So freaking true. After I learned the ghost cube, the axis cube was an easy 3 minute solve. The “hot wheels” cube was 1m30. It’s really cool when you develop that kind of intuition
I've been meaning to try a blind solve. I've done it with my Braille cube but I think you might be wrong due to the Meffert's egg. Same basic principle: colors are irrelevant because there are no colors its all about getting the shape proper, but in the egg im finding that the pieces are SO FREAKING SIMILAR. I havent had long to mess with it yet, but this might be a real struggle.
I probably would have picked the 2x2x3 instead of the 2x2 cube. After learning the Rubik's cube, I could solve the 2x2 fairly easily by just doing the Rubik's cube corner algorithms but when I got my first 2x2x3, I was completely stumped on how to solve the last layer and I had to learn the 3x3x2 algorithms before finally figuring it out. I still get messed up when solving it sometimes.
00:02 I don't care of anything else, but I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING to have all those cubes which were lined up on the shelf and on the table! I have never seen so many cubes, and getting them all would mean my lifelong dream come true. I have 4 cubes including the megaminx and pyraminx, and I learnt to solve them all by my own in less 2 hours each, so that collection would last about a year(considering my study time excluded) and another 3 to master them all and get bored of them.
Curvy copter isn't hard from an algorithms point of view, but it's fun since it's not a solve by numbers like the 3x3. It takes some thinking to figure out where to move things to unjumble it, and more to figure out how to get all the petals back in their proper orbits. The only things that really take anything like an algorithm are getting the corners done.
Keldor314 I respectfully disagree. Neither the 3x3x3 nor the Curvy-Copter are inherently more algorithmic puzzles. The fact that people use tons of algorithms for the 3x3 is only due to the fact that it's so common in competition. If the curvy-copter was a popular competition puzzle, then you can bet people would focus more on learning algorithms for them. The 3x3 can be solved largely with intuition too, but it's less efficient to do so. The same is true for any twisty puzzle. Solving a curvy copter is a different experience from solving a 3x3, but it's ultimately a simpler puzzle.
Hi Kenneth I Just finish watching all of your uploaded video. I just want to say thank you for all of you video it is really inspire me to play and buy more cubing puzzle.(At first i never like cuboid cube but watching your video make me love them) I very love your unboxing and collection video. when i plan to buy some more cube I alway check on those video. Thank again for every thing you have done and please keep up all good work. I'll alway waiting for your next video. And of course have a great day.
Fun fact: seeing your channel with so many puzzles is what got me into cubing. You probably don't care, but I'm a weird person and like to say what's on my mind. Well, now to watch the video. Haha
For the molecube I just look at it like a few algorithms for each step of a mixed version of beginners and CFOP method. First we have a cross. I like to start it at dark blue at front, and black at bottom so black is the cross. Then, I try to remember all 9 colors of the cube and try to make it a short term. For example, Red is R Orange is O Yellow is Y Green is G Light Blue is LB Dark Blue is DB Purple is P White is W Black is B Now, this is where the so and so algorithm comes in. We make black our front side, and starting from the top edge we go in a clockwise rotation. Cross solution: R, DB, O, P Now we begin F2L. Make DB the front side. This might sound a little complicated, so try to bear with me. We will try to combine 2 colors’ codes, first a color from the middle layer, then the bottom. For example, RW. The R is in the middle layer slot, and the W is in the bottom layer slot. Now starting at the left slot of DB’s side while B is at the bottom side, we will go in a clockwise rotation of B’s side. F2L: BW, PLB, WG, RY Now we are at the last layer. We will try to do the edges first. Make sure the top side is W, and front is DB and check if the order is like this at the top layer. Top edges: P, R, Y, LB If this is incorrect, try using some of the PLL algorithms until your cube is in the correct color. Once completed, we will rearrange the top corners. Again, hold DB at the front and W at the top, and go check if it’s like this. Top corners: DB, B, O, G Again, if incorrect, use PLL algorithms that match the situation. That’s all btw, hope this really helped. Let me know if you didn’t understand anything in the reply section!
I have Molecube and I challenged myself to solve it without any extra aid, like solving first on a a paper or look at the solved picture. It actually can be done relatively fast with some practice and couple of Rubik's PLL algs to move pieces all around the cube.
6:24 I cannot tell you how much regret I have because this is pretty much the though process in my head. I now have a 2x2 in my room with only two sides solved. (Green and Blue)
Totally agree on the 2x2! I was able to solve it "intuitively" years ago but I always felt like a lot of times it was simply a matter of luck. I could manage the first layer pretty easily but the difficulty rises almost exponentially on the second layer. I would inevitably fall into a trial and error trap where I never remembered what I'd even done by the time I finished it. So I finally had to start memorizing algorithms for it 😩
Edel I solved it faster than my first ever solve for 3x3. It still wasn't within a single day though. Events: Bottom layer 3 corners Start playing with the 3x3 Realize that a 2x2 is just the corners of a 3x3 Complete bottom row of 3x3 Bottom layer 2x2 completed Discovered how to permute last layer corners for 3x3 Permute last layers for 2x2 Orient last layers for 2x2 Orient last layer corners for 3x3
My Dad can solve a 3x3x3, but he gets stuck every time he picks up a 2x2x2 and ironically finds that to be more difficult than the 3x3x3. He gets it down to "2" corners needing to be permuted, and does not realize that he can do a 90° twist of that face to reveal the truth: that 3 corners actually need to be permuted instead of 2. I thought that after a few hours and a few tries that he would eventually figure it out, but he still never has. For that reason I feel that your choice of putting the 2x2x2 as #1 could not have been more accurate! Excellent list!
Why the heck is a 2x2 harder for me to solve than a 3x3??! I learned how to solve a 3x3 from cubiclelabs on youtube and can't find videos that use similar algorithms to solve a 2x2. R U R' U' (sexy move) and L' U' L U (sexy move) Edit: changed the T's to U's cuz i'm dumb LOL
T? There's no T move on a Rubik's cube. The reason they use U (up) and D (down) instead of T (top) and B (bottom) is because the letter B is already taken by Back. All the same algorithms should work on a 2x2, you just don't need to solve the edges in between. Good luck my brother! :P
Thanks. And yes I realized that right after I posted this. For some reason I thought T meant Top but i was supposed to use U for Up. I was just too lazy to change it lol.
Off-topic: Some 3x3 solutions rely on a corner 3-cycle (although the cubicle solution you know isn't one of them, which is why this is off-topic) making 2x2 seemingly impossible. My solution for that was to rotate the up face until only 1 corner matches; if I can't do it, I apply the corner cycle and try to rotate the up face again. This isn't a problem on 3x3 because these 3x3 solutions solve edge permutation before corner permutation and with correct edge permutation, a single corner swap is impossible.
You know, I agree with #1 on this list! I brought a 2x2x2 to work and my friend was like: what sort of primitive puzzle for kids is that? And I say... Oh, why don't you try solving it then if that's what you think! He passed. XD And I have a question about Curvy Copter. You have one with TomZ signature on one sticker. I have seen a local cube shop offering a Lanlan Curvy Copter. It doesn't have a special sticker like that. Do you know... Is that one a shameless rip-off TomZ doesn't get any cut from, or do they have some deal too? People say it's decent, so I'm wondering if I should be getting that one, you know.
What do you mean by "local cube shop"? Are there physical retailers who sell cubes, or do you just mean an online store fairly close to where you live? Yeah, LanLan doesn't have a lot of original ideas to offer to the cubing community, but who knows? Maybe there is some sort of deal going on there. Seriously doubt it though.
Well, I mean a shop that's in my country. If I order something there, it often arrives on the next day. So I guess the latter. Anyway thanks for all the answers. It's always such a difficult choice when I want a specific puzzle and there are various versions of it by different companies. I guess I would like to support the original creator, but there are also other factors I care about such as how nicely it moves and looks. It's not always so easy to find out the differences before buying unless somebody who has both makes a comparison video.
I’m actually pretty good at 2X2X2 cubes, I’ve just started solving them, my 1st time was about 2 hours 40 mins 38 secs, 2nd time 45 mins 18 secs, 3rd time 14 mins 52 secs, 4th time 9 mins 6 secs, 5th time 17 mins 19 secs, it’s a range because I thought I’d figured out an easy way to solve it but then it didn’t work, but I’m pretty confident that I can solve a 2X2 if I focus👊🏻
Hi Kenneth! What is on your cubing wishlist for Christmas? I'm just starting a collection, and I'm hoping to have at least 2 of every WCA puzzle (except 6x6 and 7x7) by the end of the holidays. *On my wishlist:* Gans 356 Air UM Carbon Fiber Mega Set (All WCA puzzles except 6 and 7) MoYu Magnetic Skewb MoYu Magnetic Pyraminx Shengshou Aurora Megaminx
for the 2x2 i actually learnt the 3x3 with your tutori, so i thought "i can solve a 2x2 if i can solve a 3x3 right?" boy was i wrong! it was only today i got a new one (my old one broke) i thought to use algorithms from 3x3 tutorial and did it!
I would include the 3x3 YJ Heart on that list. It looks like a simple 3x3 shape mod, but it's almost as difficult as the 3x3 Ghost Cube and definitely more difficult than the 3x3 Axis Cube. Aside from the shape-shifting, you can get three false equivocations on it that you don't get on a normal 3x3 or on a 3x3 Axis Cube.
I learned to solve the 3x3 using web tutorials, and eventually picked up the 2x2 in a store on a whim. I was actually surprised by how easy I found it was to adapt my existing techniques to the 2x2. And my wife got me the Molecube for Christmas last year. I was initially hesitant to scramble it, because I knew it was going to be a lot harder to work out a multi-coloured side compared to a Rubik's single colour side, but I was actually surprised again by how easy I found it once I had to solve it. Granted, I spent a long time inspecting it first, trying to work out any patterns it had so I could work through the solution. In fact, I didn't even scramble it myself. My nephew, who also collects twisty puzzles, got a hold of it, scrambled it, then couldn't solve it, so I had to take a crash course in solving it before I felt I was ready. Still, it's not as hard as I thought it was going to be.
I got the molecube. You can rotate a set of three spheres using this: right up top clockwise right down top clockwise right up right up top clockwise right down right down top clockwise This rotates the three edge spheres on the top face except the left one, leaving all the other spheres alone.
Yeah I agree, I never bought or touched any gear cubes but the rest on your list sure gave me headaches, I remember my first cube was a 3x3 Rubik's brand cube that I decided to crack my self, it took me a long time to decipher the last layer so half way I decided to buy a 2x2 to build up my self esteem and just maybe learn a few tricks that hopefully translated onto the top layer of the 3x3, it's only 4 pieces so how hard could it be after all, let's just say I still hate the 2x2 to this very day.
can you PLEASEEEEE do a tutorial on how to solve the molecube?! i got one about a year ago and i can't figure it out, even after getting help from my brother (who knows how to solve 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4). Please do one, love your channel btw!
They should have a cube with all the sides the same color but just a very small Chang in the shade of the color so it’s basically the same but you just have to have really good eye sight
The 2 by 2 is actually pretty easy because when you place the white corners correctly which is the first step, the whole first layer is already solved, so you just have to memorize like 2-3 algorithms to do the rest
Nope, in fact the 33x33 is the only one bigger than a 22x22. 1-11 exist and are mass produced, I might have seen a 3D-printed 12x12 somewhere, there is a 13x13 which is mass produced, no 14x14, there is a working 15x15 prototype (no stickers on it yet so it cannot be solved, but the mechanism exists), no 16x16, Oskar van Deventer has a 3D-printed 17x17 available for purchase, no 18x18, QiYi is planning on making a 19x19 but has not shown a working prototype yet, no 20x20 or 21x21, corenpuzzle 3D-printed a 22x22 and failed several times to assemble it (but eventually succeeded), and everything between that and the 33x33 had not been made yet. Hope this helps!
lol I have a 2x2x2 and everyone is unimpressed with my ability to solve it. Again and again people have looked at it and said "That's so easy even I could do it"
Guess what?
They can't when they pick it up :/
it does look remarkably simple, but then you realize pt still has 3,674,160 combinations.
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yea and you also realise 3x3 has 46.000.000.000.000.000.000 combinations but its much easier than a 2x2.
@@dotdankory I'm baffled by this statement. I can't see how a 2^3 could ever be harder than a 3^3. I have both, and that certainly is not the case. The 3^3 actually fully encapsulates a 2^3 and adds additional complexity. That is to say that it is essential you know how to solve a 2^3 in order to solve a 3^3 , but the reverse is not true at all. It also takes longer to complete the 3^3 both in terms of time spent and number of turns. Given this, what exactly do you think is harder about the 2^3 ?
@@Auxified it has to do with the fact that with a lack of centers on the puzzle one can end up with only 2 corners appearing to be switched. So they do an algorithm that moves 3 corners around and wonder why they cant end up with only 3 corners left instead of 2 or 4. They don't realize that with the lack of centers, it causes this parity error which can be fixed back to 3 corners with a simple 90° twist. Ironically, my Dad can solve a 3x3x3 no problem, but after at least 5 attempts working at it for an hour or so at a time... he always gives up on it. I hope this can shed some light on why it can seem harder to some.
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Glad you added the 2x2x2 on there. I find even puzzles disorienting because they have no center piece ;D !
Kitslams Art yea I'll bring mine to school and everyone is like. Aren't those easy? And they never get it solved lmao.
People say that to me all the time as well, haha! Too funny ;D !
that always happens
Agree
It’s easy for me:/
Me, looking at molecube: "I'm not solving that!"
Someone else: "Its already solved..."
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CubixRubeGoldberg Creations nice wun
CubixRubeGoldberg Creations iiiii
Not gonna lie, i learnt how to solve a 2x2 before learning how to solve a 3x3.
I know someone who also does this (he can solve a 2x2, and says he may learn 3x3 in future) but not all people are like this. I started with 3x3.
TwilightNight Gaming , ditto
TwilightNight Gaming ME TOO
TwilightNight Gaming same
Same here
The 1x1 is very hard but looks easy. Only a true master can solve the 1x1 right.
Definently
Yeah! It’s so hard you can’t even scramble it!
All you do is flip it upside down or a 180° rotation
thegolden kantana r/wooosh
@@DepFromDiscord I knew that was going to happen my body is an idiot and we'll never get anything right
I accidentally scrambled my axis cube and and had to take it apart and rebuild it to solve it.
SB988 2017 can totally relate, but for me it was a 4x4
Rip
I still do that with my squan lol. There's always that one puzzle :P
I did that for my axis cube as well.
SB988 2018 I used to do that with my 3×3 but i can solve it now
I liked that you used the 2x2 on this list. The thing you just described has happened to me a lot as well. People just underestimate those tiny puzzles. On the other hand, you could also make a video about puzzles that seem to be hard but actually aren't. For instance if somebody picked up a 2x2 and claimed it to be easy, I usually try to hand that person an easier puzzle such as a Dino cube where their chance of really solving it on their own is higher. Somehow though, people tend to think that that one is more difficult.
ND Puzzles that’s a log speech...
BleachBob RBX Not really. For me.that's an average answer
Ilike to really state my opinion instead of jus commentimg one word. Apparently others even liked that comment 😂
I press the like button on like every comment for no reason
BleachBob RBX Still better than hitting the dislike buzzon for no reason. I do not care a lot about likes on comments. I care more about reactions to my own videos. However, in general,.a comment is.a better reaction than a like. I want to get in contact with other cubers ad discuss puzzles instead of counting likes...
Good job
*silently waits for Kenneth to solve the latch cube*
King Lex he has solved it now
King Lex li
Yip.
Hey nice name
I love twisty puzzles, but I totally suck at solving them by myself, needing to use a guide to learn to solve them. I find it funny that the one puzzle i've ever solved on my own was the sudoku cube you have here! :D I actually drew out a net, marked down next to it the colors of the edges, corners, and centers, and physically drew those into the net. then after finding a valid solution, I solved it as I would a rubik's cube. :) I was quite proud of that!
Same 😂🖕🏽
Sorry I didn't mean to flip you off I'm very very sorry I'm stupid
Bryan Sanchez it's all good. :)
Dont feel bad every has there own way of learning new thengs
Kyle Dilks so we cool fam
So many times, when you use your 2x2, then that one guy comes up to you and says, DUDE, THOSE ARE SO EASY, LEMME TRY, then you’re like sure, then they fail so hard, then you laugh... like if that has happened to you too. xD
I used to have reverse situation, my mom bought me a 2x2x2 cube because I thought it was "easy", and failed.
groszak1 that was me when I first got my 2x2... xD
OMG! CAN I TRY YOUR 4 CUBE!
It is super annoying...it constantly happens to me. like, quit underestimating me xD
My friends little brother did that. I took it from him after like 15 minutes and he was like "WAIT"
I remember I was working at toys r us back in 2013 and the pillow 2x2 was just releasing. One got something spilled on it and was sitting in the back scrambled, I picked it up thinking the exact thing. “Oh I can def solve this” lol was I wrong.
Cheezumz002 upload pls it's been 4 years
That’s what I was like when I got my first 2x2 since 3x3 is easy
The 1x1 is the same as the 2x2. People think it's easy, but it's very hard.
Jonas Rasmussen Shut up you 1x1 hype person!!!!!!!'
Keanny Ooi he’s not wrong, to solve a puzzle you have to scramble it first
To be fair, you do have to have a very high IQ to understand the hype behind the 1x1 Rubik's cube. Its limited functionality renders it not only a challenge to solve, but a challenge to scramble as well. Only the greatest of intelligent masterminds can truly find entertainment in attempting to scramble such a puzzle. Most people miss the objective altogether and assume that solving is the only challenge of any puzzle, but those with an exceptional mind and a true appreciation for the puzzle are the ones who see the puzzle for what it actually is.
I don't watch Rick and Morty and I think it is a stupid show, but that's one of my favorite memes I see in TH-cam comments.
Mentos Cubing y did u randomly mention Rick and Morty?? 😂😂😂😂
Usually when TH-cam commenters being up that meme, it is a Rick and Morty reference. Just wanted to make it clear that I don't watch the show.
Yay! Top 5! I love Your top 5 videos! The Molecube took me a bit to solve at first as well. Not the solving, but determining where the pieces needed to be. I enjoyed the challenge though. That’s my go to cube when I am listening to a boring conference call at work.
You should do a Top 5 Deceptively Hard Sticker-mods, because I've often encountered with my friends, who know how to solve the 3x3, that they claim a sticker-mod wouldn't make the puzzle any more difficult because it still functions as a 3x3 and you can use all the same algorithms. The Molecube is a good example of how under-appreciated stickermods are 😊
the shepherd's cube is another cool sticker mod
How is the Molecube an example of a sticker mod? It has no stickers ;)
Jellopuff But it's still a normal 3x3. The only different aspect of the Molecube is the colours. If you sticker a 3x3 to mimic the function of a molecube
I know lol. I was just joking.
Well there’s nothing hard for shape mod after the ghost cube
Jasmine Bouchard So freaking true. After I learned the ghost cube, the axis cube was an easy 3 minute solve. The “hot wheels” cube was 1m30. It’s really cool when you develop that kind of intuition
I've been meaning to try a blind solve. I've done it with my Braille cube but I think you might be wrong due to the Meffert's egg. Same basic principle: colors are irrelevant because there are no colors its all about getting the shape proper, but in the egg im finding that the pieces are SO FREAKING SIMILAR. I havent had long to mess with it yet, but this might be a real struggle.
I probably would have picked the 2x2x3 instead of the 2x2 cube. After learning the Rubik's cube, I could solve the 2x2 fairly easily by just doing the Rubik's cube corner algorithms but when I got my first 2x2x3, I was completely stumped on how to solve the last layer and I had to learn the 3x3x2 algorithms before finally figuring it out. I still get messed up when solving it sometimes.
00:02 I don't care of anything else, but I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING to have all those cubes which were lined up on the shelf and on the table! I have never seen so many cubes, and getting them all would mean my lifelong dream come true. I have 4 cubes including the megaminx and pyraminx, and I learnt to solve them all by my own in less 2 hours each, so that collection would last about a year(considering my study time excluded) and another 3 to master them all and get bored of them.
Just bought a curvy copter! Cant wait to solve it
Arne Vochten its actually not that hard once you learn it
Which ones would you consider hard?
Curvy copter isn't hard from an algorithms point of view, but it's fun since it's not a solve by numbers like the 3x3. It takes some thinking to figure out where to move things to unjumble it, and more to figure out how to get all the petals back in their proper orbits. The only things that really take anything like an algorithm are getting the corners done.
Keldor314 exactly
Keldor314 I respectfully disagree.
Neither the 3x3x3 nor the Curvy-Copter are inherently more algorithmic puzzles. The fact that people use tons of algorithms for the 3x3 is only due to the fact that it's so common in competition. If the curvy-copter was a popular competition puzzle, then you can bet people would focus more on learning algorithms for them. The 3x3 can be solved largely with intuition too, but it's less efficient to do so. The same is true for any twisty puzzle.
Solving a curvy copter is a different experience from solving a 3x3, but it's ultimately a simpler puzzle.
YAY YOU BROUGHT TOP 5 BACK!!!
THANKS FOR BRINGING THE TOP 5 BACK!
Now do deceptively easy!
Jack Brennan bruh
I remember when you did the molecube and called it the Mole Cube, everyone in the comments were like, 'what?' XD
Hey, someone who uses "humbled" correctly.
Yay top 5’s! Now they’re not just hard puzzles. They’re deceptively hard.
they're all easier than the actual hard ones though
Lol
CubeZero lol
Hi Kenneth
I Just finish watching all of your uploaded video. I just want to say thank you for all of you video it is really inspire me to play and buy more cubing puzzle.(At first i never like cuboid cube but watching your video make me love them) I very love your unboxing and collection video. when i plan to buy some more cube I alway check on those video. Thank again for every thing you have done and please keep up all good work. I'll alway waiting for your next video. And of course have a great day.
The Molecube has some interesting mathematics to it. By the way there are 80 solved states. I found them all if anyone is interested.
You, and many other cubing channels, are what got me into cubing! Thank you so much!
Fun fact: seeing your channel with so many puzzles is what got me into cubing. You probably don't care, but I'm a weird person and like to say what's on my mind. Well, now to watch the video. Haha
Chandler Spackman cool
Ok, I look back and see that RedKB actually liked my comment? Thank you! Really made my day.
For the molecube I just look at it like a few algorithms for each step of a mixed version of beginners and CFOP method.
First we have a cross. I like to start it at dark blue at front, and black at bottom so black is the cross.
Then, I try to remember all 9 colors of the cube and try to make it a short term. For example,
Red is R
Orange is O
Yellow is Y
Green is G
Light Blue is LB
Dark Blue is DB
Purple is P
White is W
Black is B
Now, this is where the so and so algorithm comes in. We make black our front side, and starting from the top edge we go in a clockwise rotation.
Cross solution: R, DB, O, P
Now we begin F2L. Make DB the front side. This might sound a little complicated, so try to bear with me.
We will try to combine 2 colors’ codes, first a color from the middle layer, then the bottom. For example, RW. The R is in the middle layer slot, and the W is in the bottom layer slot. Now starting at the left slot of DB’s side while B is at the bottom side, we will go in a clockwise rotation of B’s side.
F2L: BW, PLB, WG, RY
Now we are at the last layer. We will try to do the edges first. Make sure the top side is W, and front is DB and check if the order is like this at the top layer.
Top edges: P, R, Y, LB
If this is incorrect, try using some of the PLL algorithms until your cube is in the correct color.
Once completed, we will rearrange the top corners. Again, hold DB at the front and W at the top, and go check if it’s like this.
Top corners: DB, B, O, G
Again, if incorrect, use PLL algorithms that match the situation.
That’s all btw, hope this really helped. Let me know if you didn’t understand anything in the reply section!
Now do the opposite! Deceptive easy puzzles.
That's the plan!
:D
RedKB Are you going to unbox the vcube 9?
Tim Fischer Megaminx
gear cube and megaminx XD
Yay! So excited to have the top 5 back.
You forgot the 1x1
I have Molecube and I challenged myself to solve it without any extra aid, like solving first on a a paper or look at the solved picture. It actually can be done relatively fast with some practice and couple of Rubik's PLL algs to move pieces all around the cube.
The gear cube extreme I was told was one of the easiest puzzles
Pls give me an honest answer
I ❤️ your vids, also thx for putting a 2x2, all my friends said that its easy and always fail
1:25 "it took me half and hour or longer to solve it.."
Me: it took me a week to solve a 3x3 :/
Life is hard XD
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It’s half of an hour not half and hour
Um it took me, like, a month... 😐
Hey,!
My hardest one for me in my opinion is the mirror cube it took me like and hour to solve that thing
DON'T JUDGE A CUBE BY IT'S STICKERS
6:24
I cannot tell you how much regret I have because this is pretty much the though process in my head. I now have a 2x2 in my room with only two sides solved. (Green and Blue)
Well then solve it...
When you saw a Cubing channel and you know it's good.
Buys a 2x2"solves"gives it to brother"brother rage quits"
ITS NOT A 2X2!!! ITS A 4 CUBE!!!
Gavo9649 tell me this is a noncuber joke
NO IT'S A 24 SQUARE!
Death threats on a joke wow r/wooooosh
@Ecuber1203 its supposed to be a joke 😡
Gavo9649 why don’t you just Peel of the stickers and rubix’s is the best brand
Totally agree on the 2x2! I was able to solve it "intuitively" years ago but I always felt like a lot of times it was simply a matter of luck. I could manage the first layer pretty easily but the difficulty rises almost exponentially on the second layer. I would inevitably fall into a trial and error trap where I never remembered what I'd even done by the time I finished it.
So I finally had to start memorizing algorithms for it 😩
I don't know how but i solved the 2x2 really fast. I'm not bragging, I'm just saying I somehow did it
Edel
I solved it faster than my first ever solve for 3x3.
It still wasn't within a single day though.
Events:
Bottom layer 3 corners
Start playing with the 3x3
Realize that a 2x2 is just the corners of a 3x3
Complete bottom row of 3x3
Bottom layer 2x2 completed
Discovered how to permute last layer corners for 3x3
Permute last layers for 2x2
Orient last layers for 2x2
Orient last layer corners for 3x3
The 2×2 is easy to solve quickly
My Dad can solve a 3x3x3, but he gets stuck every time he picks up a 2x2x2 and ironically finds that to be more difficult than the 3x3x3. He gets it down to "2" corners needing to be permuted, and does not realize that he can do a 90° twist of that face to reveal the truth: that 3 corners actually need to be permuted instead of 2. I thought that after a few hours and a few tries that he would eventually figure it out, but he still never has. For that reason I feel that your choice of putting the 2x2x2 as #1 could not have been more accurate! Excellent list!
Why the heck is a 2x2 harder for me to solve than a 3x3??! I learned how to solve a 3x3 from cubiclelabs on youtube and can't find videos that use similar algorithms to solve a 2x2. R U R' U' (sexy move) and L' U' L U (sexy move)
Edit: changed the T's to U's cuz i'm dumb LOL
T? There's no T move on a Rubik's cube. The reason they use U (up) and D (down) instead of T (top) and B (bottom) is because the letter B is already taken by Back.
All the same algorithms should work on a 2x2, you just don't need to solve the edges in between. Good luck my brother! :P
Thanks. And yes I realized that right after I posted this. For some reason I thought T meant Top but i was supposed to use U for Up. I was just too lazy to change it lol.
Off-topic: Some 3x3 solutions rely on a corner 3-cycle (although the cubicle solution you know isn't one of them, which is why this is off-topic) making 2x2 seemingly impossible. My solution for that was to rotate the up face until only 1 corner matches; if I can't do it, I apply the corner cycle and try to rotate the up face again. This isn't a problem on 3x3 because these 3x3 solutions solve edge permutation before corner permutation and with correct edge permutation, a single corner swap is impossible.
Love your setup.
You know, I agree with #1 on this list! I brought a 2x2x2 to work and my friend was like: what sort of primitive puzzle for kids is that? And I say... Oh, why don't you try solving it then if that's what you think! He passed. XD
And I have a question about Curvy Copter. You have one with TomZ signature on one sticker. I have seen a local cube shop offering a Lanlan Curvy Copter. It doesn't have a special sticker like that. Do you know... Is that one a shameless rip-off TomZ doesn't get any cut from, or do they have some deal too? People say it's decent, so I'm wondering if I should be getting that one, you know.
Probably a knock off but I don't know for sure.
What do you mean by "local cube shop"? Are there physical retailers who sell cubes, or do you just mean an online store fairly close to where you live?
Yeah, LanLan doesn't have a lot of original ideas to offer to the cubing community, but who knows? Maybe there is some sort of deal going on there. Seriously doubt it though.
Well, I mean a shop that's in my country. If I order something there, it often arrives on the next day. So I guess the latter. Anyway thanks for all the answers. It's always such a difficult choice when I want a specific puzzle and there are various versions of it by different companies. I guess I would like to support the original creator, but there are also other factors I care about such as how nicely it moves and looks. It's not always so easy to find out the differences before buying unless somebody who has both makes a comparison video.
One of the cubes from this video was also on a different video call top 5 easiest cubes to solve
Brilliant
I agree
Bobber RB Leo Vega
it’s great that ur posting more often now! keep going!
How about deceptively unique puzzles
i also have a mole cube and when i wanted to solve it i first drew a pattern
after i got the right pattern (2nd try) it was easy solving it
None of these looked easy to me 😂
I’m actually pretty good at 2X2X2 cubes, I’ve just started solving them, my 1st time was about 2 hours 40 mins 38 secs, 2nd time 45 mins 18 secs, 3rd time 14 mins 52 secs, 4th time 9 mins 6 secs, 5th time 17 mins 19 secs, it’s a range because I thought I’d figured out an easy way to solve it but then it didn’t work, but I’m pretty confident that I can solve a 2X2 if I focus👊🏻
ITS MA BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tipster Trickster happy birthday!!!
thanks!
Happy birthday
Tipster Trickster happy birthday!
Tipster Trickster happy bday m8...
I can do the 2x2 and pyraminx but not the 3x3
Cool. I just got a 4.58 3x3 solve! Can you check it out?
Just got a 0.00000000001 999x999x999 solve, not a good one...
Hi Kenneth! What is on your cubing wishlist for Christmas? I'm just starting a collection, and I'm hoping to have at least 2 of every WCA puzzle (except 6x6 and 7x7) by the end of the holidays.
*On my wishlist:*
Gans 356 Air UM
Carbon Fiber Mega Set (All WCA puzzles except 6 and 7)
MoYu Magnetic Skewb
MoYu Magnetic Pyraminx
Shengshou Aurora Megaminx
"You'll have to figure it out all out yourself"
You underestimate my power!
*opens youtube tutorial*
Now we need a top 5 deceptively easy puzzles! Gear cube would top my personal list, but I'm sure there's plenty.
I love how the 3x3 is in the thumbnail cause I learnt how to do It in a couple of days
I had so much trouble with the axis cube, I found the curvy copter very easy
Amazing Kenneth great vid
What the name at Top 5 Rubik's Cube?
for the 2x2 i actually learnt the 3x3 with your tutori, so i thought "i can solve a 2x2 if i can solve a 3x3 right?" boy was i wrong! it was only today i got a new one (my old one broke) i thought to use algorithms from 3x3 tutorial and did it!
I would include the 3x3 YJ Heart on that list. It looks like a simple 3x3 shape mod, but it's almost as difficult as the 3x3 Ghost Cube and definitely more difficult than the 3x3 Axis Cube. Aside from the shape-shifting, you can get three false equivocations on it that you don't get on a normal 3x3 or on a 3x3 Axis Cube.
i love the molecube 😃 sounds like soduko and rubiks cube fused. (which it kinda is, now that i think about it) i like both of them
I learned to solve the 3x3 using web tutorials, and eventually picked up the 2x2 in a store on a whim. I was actually surprised by how easy I found it was to adapt my existing techniques to the 2x2. And my wife got me the Molecube for Christmas last year. I was initially hesitant to scramble it, because I knew it was going to be a lot harder to work out a multi-coloured side compared to a Rubik's single colour side, but I was actually surprised again by how easy I found it once I had to solve it. Granted, I spent a long time inspecting it first, trying to work out any patterns it had so I could work through the solution. In fact, I didn't even scramble it myself. My nephew, who also collects twisty puzzles, got a hold of it, scrambled it, then couldn't solve it, so I had to take a crash course in solving it before I felt I was ready. Still, it's not as hard as I thought it was going to be.
To scramble the 1x1 just move the stickers to different squares. There! Now put it back into it's regular colour combination!
Yay! Another video by RedKB! Your the best!
i want the 2 puzle looks amazing
Hey when did you get your CR-10 printer I saw it there! Sick man
I posted a video on it a few weeks back! having a blast with it!
I made an algebraic formula for the molecube. It works and it makes me color neutral in solving it
I got the molecube. You can rotate a set of three spheres using this:
right up
top clockwise
right down
top clockwise
right up
right up
top clockwise
right down
right down
top clockwise
This rotates the three edge spheres on the top face except the left one, leaving all the other spheres alone.
Hey Kenneth, where do you work? I always see a lot of code at your office.
Yeah I agree, I never bought or touched any gear cubes but the rest on your list sure gave me headaches, I remember my first cube was a 3x3 Rubik's brand cube that I decided to crack my self, it took me a long time to decipher the last layer so half way I decided to buy a 2x2 to build up my self esteem and just maybe learn a few tricks that hopefully translated onto the top layer of the 3x3, it's only 4 pieces so how hard could it be after all, let's just say I still hate the 2x2 to this very day.
Awesome video and cubes!
can you PLEASEEEEE do a tutorial on how to solve the molecube?! i got one about a year ago and i can't figure it out, even after getting help from my brother (who knows how to solve 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4). Please do one, love your channel btw!
I've got the axis/axel cube, it was really hard first time... I needed yt help to solve it, now it's easy
what u said at the begining happened to me before
How many cubes do you have
3:42 should be called the sudocube
Have the third one and sovled it in like a day got it for Christmas it’s a fun puzzle
Same here with the 2x2 it’s my fav puzzle and I love when people think it’s easy and then they look stupid when they try to solve it
My man called himself skinhead
I’m a non cyber but I wanna learn could some one send a link or something to help :(
Hey I love your videos and keep up the amazing work
thx RedKB
Hi RedKB, how do you create your own algorithms and where do you start??
They should have a cube with all the sides the same color but just a very small Chang in the shade of the color so it’s basically the same but you just have to have really good eye sight
I have that first one it's really weird when you first get it
Non-cubers always ask to see my 2x2, "I bet I can solve that one"... lol
The 2 by 2 is actually pretty easy because when you place the white corners correctly which is the first step, the whole first layer is already solved, so you just have to memorize like 2-3 algorithms to do the rest
I really want more cubes in my collection
Hey RedKB, I have a question. Do you know if every n by n cube 33 by 33 and below exists?
Nope, in fact the 33x33 is the only one bigger than a 22x22. 1-11 exist and are mass produced, I might have seen a 3D-printed 12x12 somewhere, there is a 13x13 which is mass produced, no 14x14, there is a working 15x15 prototype (no stickers on it yet so it cannot be solved, but the mechanism exists), no 16x16, Oskar van Deventer has a 3D-printed 17x17 available for purchase, no 18x18, QiYi is planning on making a 19x19 but has not shown a working prototype yet, no 20x20 or 21x21, corenpuzzle 3D-printed a 22x22 and failed several times to assemble it (but eventually succeeded), and everything between that and the 33x33 had not been made yet. Hope this helps!
I like how most of these are as easy as they seem
I’ve solved 2 by 2 in 20 minutes and that was my best solve
3:30 All puzzle logic aside, I don't think I could solve a puzzle that sounded so satisfying to turn.