The strings criss-cross across the panels. When you fold them the grooves that hold the strings are in line up on top of each other, so it's possible for the strings to transfer from one panel to another. Of course it's more complicated than that, but in essence, the strings can transfer from one panel to another in various ways and that allows for all the different movements.
As someone who's pretty well versed in this puzzle, I can say you were excruciatingly close to solving it a few times! When you first saw the 2x4 pattern with 2/3 of the linked rings, you were one "algorithm" or 6 panel folds away from the solution. Unfortunately, it kinda went downhill from there lol! But you also started to figure out how to change it into the L shape, but only when the puzzle was in an incorrect state. Fun fact about the puzzle, there's two sides to it, and each side has their own set of ways how each side can be folded, but those sides also have the possibly of being reversed! So, when you were making it into a tube/bracelet, you were folding It to where the unlinked rings were on the inside. If you had tried it again with the unlinked rings facing out, it wouldn't work, and you could only create a "hole" the size of 1 panel. In that state, you can also only create the L shape on the linked rings side. However, in the middle of your solve, your managed to do a reversing move, which made it to where you could only perform the L making pattern on the unlinked rings side. That's actually when you found the L shape and tried to reverse engineer, but there was a single panel move that you couldn't quite figure out. Excellent attempt! Another hour or so of play, and I'm willing to bet you could solve it!
Thanks for the tips and encouragement! I tried giving it another go recently but the elastic snapped :( Another's in the mail though, so fingers crossed it'll happen soon!
@@Tingman You were so close at the 6:10 mark but you were too fascinated by the shapes you were making and no longer looking at the pictures on the panels. All you needed was to flip the two panels on the right onto the linked face, take the top single layer of that fold (one panel, not both) and flip it up. Then flip that same single panel to the left (which now connects to the bottom row of panels) resulting in 3 panels wide in top row and 2 panels wide in the bottom with an empty space in the bottom right. Then fold the two top layer panels down. Then take a single panel layer from the middle to the outside right. Then the two remaining top layer panels flip down to make the V shape and it's solved. I had an original Matchbox edition when I was in 7th grade. The above solution is strictly from muscle memory. I haven't seen my puzzle in decades.
As someone who can solve these things (although one of the fishing line loops on mine broke, so I don't have one to solve at the moment) I can honestly say that this was quite fun to watch, except for those times when you were trying to force it to fold in a direction that it didn't want to fold in and I could almost feel the fishing line straining.
No lie, at some points I was laughing to hard I was literally crying. It was just when you'd come up with some random ass shape that didn't even seem possible and your reaction that got me so tickled. I love it.
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It's no less baffling holding it in your hand either. I spent hours upon hours playing with it as a kid and still couldn't wrap my head around how it works.
My parents had one of those when I was kid. Watching you make the shapes I used to make without solving it was actually more fun than a solve imo. Nostalgic.
This takes me back. There is a certain twist you can do that gets you there real quick. After weeks of trying the original back in 86 I linked the rings by complete accident. The fun part was unlinking them again
I got one of these back in the 80s, and yes, I eventually learned how to solve it. No, I wasn't weeping at you fiddling with it and finding all the odd shapes it can take, because I recognise so many of those shapes. I got a new one a couple of years ago, as well as a deluxe one (I had one of those back when as well). I think you did well getting to the V and eventually back to the flat rectangle again. Getting the linked rings and back is just finesse.
I still have (and still play with) the 1986 magic puzzle that I've had since I was a kid. Easy to solve once you figure it out, but it's more fun to just do what you did and explore a ton of different configurations! Love this!
This entire video is massively entertaining, just from how utterly relateable your bafflement is. I have never been able to wrap my head around Rubiks cubes, and my attempts to usually amount to the same overal tone as you have in this video. Best of all however, is when all you want to do is get it back into the shape it started..... and after the time runs out and you are foldnig it in frustration, it just suddenly is and you have no idea how XD
A long time ago we learned (at uni) how to solve Towers of Hanoy using a recursive algorithm (that is actually very simple). I've always considered the rubiks cube to be in the same genre. To move this square from here to there it has to go via some other locations. That would mean that in principle it is an easy problem, the difficulty is figuring out the "via" part. And I've simply never been interested in actually doing that bit.
Absolutely anybody can learn how to solve a rubik's cube in about 15 minutes. It's really really really simple. The best guide on TH-cam is probably J Perm's guide. But there's many good ones. You should give it a try. Because most people are still impressed by it because they don't realise that even 7 year old kids are learning to solve them in 15 minutes by just watching a video guide.
I had this as a kid (circa 1986 I guess) and never even understood the purpose of the thing... I remember getting many of those same shapes but I just didn’t have a goal other than to flip tiles and mess about... I guess it was kind of relaxing, but then the 80’s were a very different time and we didn’t have nearly as much stress as it feels like we have now...
When I was at my grandparents, I left all my cubes at home. I then asked if she had a Rubik's cube and she "oh yes I can solve it." She then hands me this.😑
This is fascinating! The very first thought I had was how useful objects with similar properties could be used in spacecraft and extraterrestrial rovers/robots/vehicles. "Origami" devices will likely be important to the future of space-travel and planetary exploration, as the ability to fit complex devices into small spaces is vitally important. Being able to not only to FOLD such devices, but possibly to CHANGE the shape and functionality of such devices, via use of geometry similar to/inspired by this puzzle could be revolutionary. Imagine being able to, say, convert a space telescope into a communications array, or a shelter into a vehicle, or one tool into another. You might be able to construct such devices a 3D printer (possibly using in situ material (like space junk, asteroids, regolith, etc.) could further increase the variety and usefulness of such objects, as well as saving precious cargo space/weight, in a scenario in which every gram of extra weight you can eliminate might mean the difference between success and failure.
Oh man, this was great. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. You brought back so many memories. The cube was complicated enough when I was a kid but this thing destroyed my teenage brain. Hours upon hours I spent trying to wrap my head around it but I never could. I just made every other conceivable shape in the world like you did. That was a blast to watch.
Ahh, I had one o’ these things back when they first came out. I think the cube was both more iconic and combinatorially a more classic puzzle toy, but I do recall this experience a bit fondly now.
As someone who has played with this without knowing it was a puzzle I legitimately thought it was some sort of destresser/stim toy because it was so fun to play with.
I had one of these decades ago. I was never particularly interested in solving it, but it was the best, most satsifying way to keep your hands busy I've ever come across. Beats a fidget spinner into a cocked hat.
it brought back so many memories watch you play with this. as someone who owned one but didnt have the patience to solve it properly but still lost ages in its magic. thank you for making me smile
Lol, my Magic Rings had the fishing line snap back in the late 80's, but I think I could probably still solve it blindfolded. When you got it to the state at 2:50, you can finish it by only touching one tile (though it moves with other tiles, and would be, roughly, 6 moves - but you don't have to move to a different tile to do those moves)
I'm pretty sure that each face has a circular rail, so the peices are just rotating on a rail for each move, id look it up if I was you so u can see what I mean
Basically there is a core, but its hollow, it isn't like a traditional core with springs in such but rather one that is kind of cubic in shape, I figured out how it worked through a disassembly video which it your interested should be available here th-cam.com/video/FQPyIr5b-4c/w-d-xo.html
@@chonkachu671 there are 2 variants of the void cube the original which is more block like and the one in the video, I believe they function on the same mechanisms just one looks a little nicer, the core is the hallow piece in the center the RedKB takes 2 sides off of to put the golf ball in
1:45 - Trial and Error is how we learned to solve it back in the 80s. I still remember the joy I had once I figured it out long before the internet could help me. :-)
In high school I went to a separate classroom some periods to do work. That class had a teachers aid who I got along with very well. Over the 4 years I knew him we brought each other new puzzles to try and challenge each other to solve. One day he brought this thing in and I fell in love and bought one of my own. I love this puzzle. The way it moves is so satisfying, and it's got a particular uniqueness to it that I just love.
I quite enjoyed watching this video! Not disappointing at all. :D Though I was so scared of you snapping the strings. I once watched a video of someone restringing theirs and that did not look like a fun time lol. It actually makes me want to get a Rubik's Magic myself. I've been meaning to but it always seemed like a pretty boring puzzle. Maybe figuring out how to solve it myself would actually be fun, though!
I have an original one from the 1980s like shown in the puzzle. I also ended up with a small book on how to solve it, and how to get back to the starting position from any 4x2 position based on the location of the copyright and Rubik's text, and man, once I learned how it was solved and back it was exceptionally straightforward and simple to do. I could even do it blindfolded. Maybe not as quickly as 0.6 of a second, though. There's one really interesting shape you didn't find though, and that's one of a fish shape (a fully enclosed box with two sections coming out at one edge forming the tail).
I absolutely loved watching this!! I didn't even know this was a thing! Even just playing with that looks quite fun even if there wasn't a puzzle to solve! Keep it up man! Peace&Love&Light ☮☯️🕉
Thanks! You reminded me how it felt, 30 yrs ago. Never mind solving, I spent whole evening trying to get the damn thing flat again - and when successful at last, the feeling of triumph... Of course the process itself was filled with wonder: What did I do to get this? How is that even possible? I felt the same amazement from your video. Weirdest shape I created was like a star - all 8 panels connected in the center, 3 other edges free. Solving was quite easy once I had it flat again, and even now can do it without thinking. But doing 3D shapes is much more fun.
Ironically, this is one puzzle I DID figure out how to solve. I wish I could say that I worked out how all the panels moved and what had to go where, but it was purely trial and error. However, once I learned what needed to be done, I could do it every time. I think it was only 3-4 moves to solve it. I have two other versions of this puzzle. One is a larger version, with more panels/rings and the other just has colors on it. The colors one says that you're supposed to make the cube with it. I always assumed that to mean that you were intended to fold it into a cube shape, maybe with two of the panels forming a stand, but I was never able to do that. I never solved either of these.
I had these as well. This one had 8 panels and the goal was to link the three rings in an upside down V-shaped pattern and took 11 moves as I think back through muscle memory. The bigger one had 12 panels and the goal was to unlink five rings in an upside down W-shaped pattern. The unlink version had a grey or silver background as opposed to black. The "colors" version you mentioned was called Rubik's Magic: Create the Cube. And you were right about the finished shape having two panels as a sort of stand. I was never able to figure out how to make the shape let alone create the shape with all the corners with the appropriate matching colors. Man, I wish I knew where my puzzles were.
I once saw Rubik's interview on TV where he was holding cube-shaped Magic -- 6 panels made a cube standing on its edge, and 2 panels flat on his palm sticking out from the same edge in opposite directions. I tried to create it, but closest I managed was the 6-panel cube with 2 panels sticking out, but connected on opposite side.
It takes most people over a year to find a way to crack my brain, this is my first time watching you amd not even 2 minutes in you absolutely obliterated my brain, thanks a lot
I'm just here to relive my childhood when I actually tried to connect the rings in the picture only to end up constantly creating random shapes and designs like you did in the video. It takes me back. Good stuff!
I was six years old when this came out. I remember winning one for a Halloween costume contest at the mall, don't even remember what I wore, but I never knew it was a puzzle, I just loved making shapes and flipping it around :D
This is unironically SO fun to see! My parents had one of these on our kit hen table as a child, and while I never knew what "solving" it even meant, I spent SO many hours having fun making shapes and playing with it. I completely forgot it existed up until this video!!!
I watched one rubiks cube video 3 months ago to remember how to do one part of the cube and I've been flooded with Rubiks videos ever since. This is the first one I've clicked on since then and I'm glad I did. That thing is cool!
Oh my GOD. 1st time seeing this in almost 35 YEARS. I feel like I just had deja vu but it was actually a weird lucid dream. I didn’t know this was REAL. I thought I made this up when I was a kid. Wow.
@@TornaitSuperBird no , what I did make a copy on paper and shift until I figured out it must change shape in a V. So knowing it had the V shaped is part of the solution
I first saw one of these in the mid/late 80s and went to buy my own, then mistakenly got the master's edition (2 by 6 panels). Loved it for years and had to buy it again when a filament broke. If you watch closely you will see that each panel will always be connected to the same two adjacent panels, even though the joining edge can shift. This means when you get it into a continuous loop of all panels, they will always be connected to the same adjacent panels all the way around the loop. No matter which edges are currently joined. I used to love watching how the filament changes groves, changing the joining edge between panels. A little experimentation and you can find moves to change the orientation of adjacent panels to solve it. I'll have to start looking for them again, my two master's editions both have broken filaments, if I can still find 'em. I did solve them, just not record breaking fast. Mostly I enjoyed seeing the shapes, and how different moves would often result in the same final configurations. Thanks for the memories.
This must of been really hard (for old people). Mom “Yes hun” I think I told something To someone “WHAT DID YOU DO?” “HUH” I-I-I- I LIED IM SORRY MOM I SAID HE IS OLD “You made a really big deal for that ugh”
I had this as a kid. It was my favorite toy for a long time. I think I solved it but honestly I just loved all the different mines and patterns. The joy was in the doing, not the finishing.
I used to play with one of these in the 80s as a child and I still remember the feeling of moving it from the rectangle to the l-shape in my fingers...
Dayum! I used to have this in the beginning of the 90s. But since then I have never seen it again. It made my old brain feel strange suddenly seeing it again.
As a cuber back in the 2005 era, this reminded me of how confused I was when i first bought my Rubik's magic. I gave up fairly quickly though as I wanted to be able to compete so I learned the solution. At the time the WR holder was Bob Burton at 1.3-ish seconds. Good old times!
I've only ever seen this puzzle in pictures and always wondered how it actually moved. After seeing it in motion..... I'm even more confused lol.
Same
Its probably best descibed as a 3d jacobs ladder with the strings weaving diagonally
@@jonengen2927 that just made it harder to understand
i thought it was done with magnets
The strings criss-cross across the panels. When you fold them the grooves that hold the strings are in line up on top of each other, so it's possible for the strings to transfer from one panel to another. Of course it's more complicated than that, but in essence, the strings can transfer from one panel to another in various ways and that allows for all the different movements.
As someone who's pretty well versed in this puzzle, I can say you were excruciatingly close to solving it a few times! When you first saw the 2x4 pattern with 2/3 of the linked rings, you were one "algorithm" or 6 panel folds away from the solution. Unfortunately, it kinda went downhill from there lol! But you also started to figure out how to change it into the L shape, but only when the puzzle was in an incorrect state.
Fun fact about the puzzle, there's two sides to it, and each side has their own set of ways how each side can be folded, but those sides also have the possibly of being reversed! So, when you were making it into a tube/bracelet, you were folding It to where the unlinked rings were on the inside. If you had tried it again with the unlinked rings facing out, it wouldn't work, and you could only create a "hole" the size of 1 panel. In that state, you can also only create the L shape on the linked rings side. However, in the middle of your solve, your managed to do a reversing move, which made it to where you could only perform the L making pattern on the unlinked rings side. That's actually when you found the L shape and tried to reverse engineer, but there was a single panel move that you couldn't quite figure out. Excellent attempt! Another hour or so of play, and I'm willing to bet you could solve it!
Thanks for the tips and encouragement! I tried giving it another go recently but the elastic snapped :( Another's in the mail though, so fingers crossed it'll happen soon!
@@Tingman Yeah, same experience watching here, you nearly had it!
How do you exit the L shape? Please help, I've no idea what to do and I find no good tutorials
@@Tingman man I broke several of those things when I was a kid. NEVER solved one though!
@@Tingman You were so close at the 6:10 mark but you were too fascinated by the shapes you were making and no longer looking at the pictures on the panels. All you needed was to flip the two panels on the right onto the linked face, take the top single layer of that fold (one panel, not both) and flip it up. Then flip that same single panel to the left (which now connects to the bottom row of panels) resulting in 3 panels wide in top row and 2 panels wide in the bottom with an empty space in the bottom right. Then fold the two top layer panels down. Then take a single panel layer from the middle to the outside right. Then the two remaining top layer panels flip down to make the V shape and it's solved. I had an original Matchbox edition when I was in 7th grade. The above solution is strictly from muscle memory. I haven't seen my puzzle in decades.
As someone who can solve these things (although one of the fishing line loops on mine broke, so I don't have one to solve at the moment) I can honestly say that this was quite fun to watch, except for those times when you were trying to force it to fold in a direction that it didn't want to fold in and I could almost feel the fishing line straining.
Haha thanks that’s very kind of you.
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Hi amn
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Goal: solving the puzzle
Reality: looking for what weird shapes it can make
I think that's why the Rubik Snake became a thing lol.
I want to buy one just to keep my hands busy since I quit smoking😂😂
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I tried that already and I STILL can't solve it.
I feel like putting it on a shelf while in one of those bizarre shapes and using it to store cubes on would make a really cool display.
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@@rylietagoai2363 what
@@polofnbryt4khdfbmcpebutido968 what do u mean what, I don’t get it.
@@rylietagoai2363 did you watch the video, if not there is some shapes that look like shelfs.
@@rylietagoai2363 have you watched the video??
3:35 "Help, I accidentally build a shelf"
I held the US National Record once upon a time. lol 😂
Ello redkb
hi redkb
WHOA. That's a pretty cool thing to be able to say. I'm literally the complete opposite of that.
This is shocking that you are still active, good to see you
Sheesh
Honestly, this is just a great 8 minutes of watching someone be delighted by a puzzle 😂 Definitely a cheerful video.
No lie, at some points I was laughing to hard I was literally crying. It was just when you'd come up with some random ass shape that didn't even seem possible and your reaction that got me so tickled. I love it.
I agree, like at the start when he moved a bit and he turned it around and just went: “……..What?”
…the horse stable… 😂😂😂
@@momofmanda it was sus
It's not even a competition of solving it anymore, but discovering the most bizarre shape possible xD
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This is insane.. How have I never seen it before? Such a cool design, it really feels like magic the way it is able to move.
It's no less baffling holding it in your hand either. I spent hours upon hours playing with it as a kid and still couldn't wrap my head around how it works.
My parents had one of those when I was kid. Watching you make the shapes I used to make without solving it was actually more fun than a solve imo.
Nostalgic.
Ditto. Definitely had a few "Ohh yeah, I remember that shape!" Reactions, hahah.
This takes me back. There is a certain twist you can do that gets you there real quick. After weeks of trying the original back in 86 I linked the rings by complete accident. The fun part was unlinking them again
I got one of these back in the 80s, and yes, I eventually learned how to solve it. No, I wasn't weeping at you fiddling with it and finding all the odd shapes it can take, because I recognise so many of those shapes. I got a new one a couple of years ago, as well as a deluxe one (I had one of those back when as well). I think you did well getting to the V and eventually back to the flat rectangle again. Getting the linked rings and back is just finesse.
I still have (and still play with) the 1986 magic puzzle that I've had since I was a kid. Easy to solve once you figure it out, but it's more fun to just do what you did and explore a ton of different configurations! Love this!
This entire video is massively entertaining, just from how utterly relateable your bafflement is. I have never been able to wrap my head around Rubiks cubes, and my attempts to usually amount to the same overal tone as you have in this video. Best of all however, is when all you want to do is get it back into the shape it started..... and after the time runs out and you are foldnig it in frustration, it just suddenly is and you have no idea how XD
A long time ago we learned (at uni) how to solve Towers of Hanoy using a recursive algorithm (that is actually very simple). I've always considered the rubiks cube to be in the same genre. To move this square from here to there it has to go via some other locations. That would mean that in principle it is an easy problem, the difficulty is figuring out the "via" part. And I've simply never been interested in actually doing that bit.
Absolutely anybody can learn how to solve a rubik's cube in about 15 minutes. It's really really really simple. The best guide on TH-cam is probably J Perm's guide. But there's many good ones. You should give it a try. Because most people are still impressed by it because they don't realise that even 7 year old kids are learning to solve them in 15 minutes by just watching a video guide.
I had this as a kid (circa 1986 I guess) and never even understood the purpose of the thing... I remember getting many of those same shapes but I just didn’t have a goal other than to flip tiles and mess about... I guess it was kind of relaxing, but then the 80’s were a very different time and we didn’t have nearly as much stress as it feels like we have now...
I love Rubik. The way he combined basic engineering principles with his background in architecture to create these puzzles is wonderful
When I was at my grandparents, I left all my cubes at home. I then asked if she had a Rubik's cube and she "oh yes I can solve it." She then hands me this.😑
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I would have a blast playing with that honestly.
3:56 wow,it was actually 2 minutes
My dad used to always solve this, he could do it in 12 seconds!
Wow nice!
Thanks for reacting Tingman i think its crazy how you can both be an amazing science teacher and my favorite youtuber
I have a friend who can solve in 0,00000000000001 seconds
@meme chave I have a friend who can...... oh wait I don't have freinds
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This is fascinating! The very first thought I had was how useful objects with similar properties could be used in spacecraft and extraterrestrial rovers/robots/vehicles. "Origami" devices will likely be important to the future of space-travel and planetary exploration, as the ability to fit complex devices into small spaces is vitally important. Being able to not only to FOLD such devices, but possibly to CHANGE the shape and functionality of such devices, via use of geometry similar to/inspired by this puzzle could be revolutionary. Imagine being able to, say, convert a space telescope into a communications array, or a shelter into a vehicle, or one tool into another. You might be able to construct such devices a 3D printer (possibly using in situ material (like
space junk, asteroids, regolith, etc.) could further increase the variety and usefulness of such objects, as well as saving precious cargo space/weight, in a scenario in which every gram of extra weight you can eliminate might mean the difference between success and failure.
i think they should bring it back to the WCA but it starts in a random state and you have to solve it from there
It has so few scramble positions it would still be faster then a 2x2 :/
From where, Texas or Michigan?
I was literally just thinking about that
There are literally so few ways you could scramble it that a cuber could just memorize how to solve every single one. wait- not cuber, I mean Magiker
Oh man, this was great. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. You brought back so many memories. The cube was complicated enough when I was a kid but this thing destroyed my teenage brain. Hours upon hours I spent trying to wrap my head around it but I never could. I just made every other conceivable shape in the world like you did. That was a blast to watch.
His attitude is so much of a loving father sounds like, always imaginative and happy. With his content he sounds like such a cool guy
Ahh, I had one o’ these things back when they first came out. I think the cube was both more iconic and combinatorially a more classic puzzle toy, but I do recall this experience a bit fondly now.
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Lol
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As someone who has played with this without knowing it was a puzzle I legitimately thought it was some sort of destresser/stim toy because it was so fun to play with.
Tingman is slowly turning into J-Perm, and I can feel it...
No Tingman knows that he won’t and he knows that it isn’t was he needs to do
Bro I love your profile name lol @thatoneenderman
can they compare ti Z3Cubing?
Then if J-Perm has a daughter, we know that they’re swapping identities.
without the voice, i might not have noticed really
I had one of these decades ago. I was never particularly interested in solving it, but it was the best, most satsifying way to keep your hands busy I've ever come across. Beats a fidget spinner into a cocked hat.
Who remembers when this was in WCA Competitions…
4:23 he got so happy over the seat i love it
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LMFAO
it brought back so many memories watch you play with this. as someone who owned one but didnt have the patience to solve it properly but still lost ages in its magic. thank you for making me smile
Lol, my Magic Rings had the fishing line snap back in the late 80's, but I think I could probably still solve it blindfolded. When you got it to the state at 2:50, you can finish it by only touching one tile (though it moves with other tiles, and would be, roughly, 6 moves - but you don't have to move to a different tile to do those moves)
ngl, it feels like a flattened infinity cube
Just curious but does anyone know the mechanism of the rubik's void cube? logically it shouldn't hold together without a core.
I'm pretty sure that each face has a circular rail, so the peices are just rotating on a rail for each move, id look it up if I was you so u can see what I mean
Basically there is a core, but its hollow, it isn't like a traditional core with springs in such but rather one that is kind of cubic in shape, I figured out how it worked through a disassembly video which it your interested should be available here th-cam.com/video/FQPyIr5b-4c/w-d-xo.html
@@creeperstkoed6282 isn't that the wrong puzzle? I don't see how this one can have a core in general
@@chonkachu671 there are 2 variants of the void cube the original which is more block like and the one in the video, I believe they function on the same mechanisms just one looks a little nicer, the core is the hallow piece in the center the RedKB takes 2 sides off of to put the golf ball in
@@creeperstkoed6282 this isn't a void cube tho, theres legit zero space for a core at all since it's one flat plane that can fold
I think I had a puzzle with a similar concept as a kid but this one is so so much more complex!
1:45 - Trial and Error is how we learned to solve it back in the 80s. I still remember the joy I had once I figured it out long before the internet could help me. :-)
this is the most wholesome video i've seen in a while, thank you for making me smile for the first time in months
Glad you enjoyed it
Alternate title:
Tingman laughing and breaking a Rubik’s Magic for 8 minutes
My biggest flex is that my grandfather made the music for it
4:23 he made a chair.
No he made a piano but with no keys
OMG!!!!
A BLAST FROM MY CHILDHOOD!!!!
I remember spending hours plying with this & being just as amazed with the patterns it could make.
😅😅😊😊
Tingman is now doing the "cool kids" memes in his video, this not only made me laugh but also gave a smile to my face
Tingang!
3:40 Sorry but Olor knows how to solve this and she watched this video
In high school I went to a separate classroom some periods to do work. That class had a teachers aid who I got along with very well. Over the 4 years I knew him we brought each other new puzzles to try and challenge each other to solve. One day he brought this thing in and I fell in love and bought one of my own. I love this puzzle. The way it moves is so satisfying, and it's got a particular uniqueness to it that I just love.
Just listening to the pure joy in your voice as you play with all the shapes it can make put a huge smile on my face. :-)
6:50
Can be used to store the lube bottles
Have you guys ever seen the video where Olor solves this in less than 30 seconds and she shows tingman and he spits his water out 😂
I quite enjoyed watching this video! Not disappointing at all. :D Though I was so scared of you snapping the strings. I once watched a video of someone restringing theirs and that did not look like a fun time lol.
It actually makes me want to get a Rubik's Magic myself. I've been meaning to but it always seemed like a pretty boring puzzle. Maybe figuring out how to solve it myself would actually be fun, though!
I have an original one from the 1980s like shown in the puzzle. I also ended up with a small book on how to solve it, and how to get back to the starting position from any 4x2 position based on the location of the copyright and Rubik's text, and man, once I learned how it was solved and back it was exceptionally straightforward and simple to do. I could even do it blindfolded. Maybe not as quickly as 0.6 of a second, though.
There's one really interesting shape you didn't find though, and that's one of a fish shape (a fully enclosed box with two sections coming out at one edge forming the tail).
This is the *next* puzzle in line to overtake 3 by 3…
I love that as soon as you made it into one loop you put your arm through it, because that was exactly my first instinct as a kid too.
I absolutely loved watching this!! I didn't even know this was a thing! Even just playing with that looks quite fun even if there wasn't a puzzle to solve!
Keep it up man!
Peace&Love&Light ☮☯️🕉
Thanks! You reminded me how it felt, 30 yrs ago. Never mind solving, I spent whole evening trying to get the damn thing flat again - and when successful at last, the feeling of triumph...
Of course the process itself was filled with wonder: What did I do to get this? How is that even possible?
I felt the same amazement from your video. Weirdest shape I created was like a star - all 8 panels connected in the center, 3 other edges free.
Solving was quite easy once I had it flat again, and even now can do it without thinking. But doing 3D shapes is much more fun.
Ironically, this is one puzzle I DID figure out how to solve. I wish I could say that I worked out how all the panels moved and what had to go where, but it was purely trial and error. However, once I learned what needed to be done, I could do it every time. I think it was only 3-4 moves to solve it.
I have two other versions of this puzzle. One is a larger version, with more panels/rings and the other just has colors on it. The colors one says that you're supposed to make the cube with it. I always assumed that to mean that you were intended to fold it into a cube shape, maybe with two of the panels forming a stand, but I was never able to do that. I never solved either of these.
I had these as well. This one had 8 panels and the goal was to link the three rings in an upside down V-shaped pattern and took 11 moves as I think back through muscle memory. The bigger one had 12 panels and the goal was to unlink five rings in an upside down W-shaped pattern. The unlink version had a grey or silver background as opposed to black. The "colors" version you mentioned was called Rubik's Magic: Create the Cube. And you were right about the finished shape having two panels as a sort of stand. I was never able to figure out how to make the shape let alone create the shape with all the corners with the appropriate matching colors. Man, I wish I knew where my puzzles were.
I once saw Rubik's interview on TV where he was holding cube-shaped Magic -- 6 panels made a cube standing on its edge, and 2 panels flat on his palm sticking out from the same edge in opposite directions. I tried to create it, but closest I managed was the 6-panel cube with 2 panels sticking out, but connected on opposite side.
It takes most people over a year to find a way to crack my brain, this is my first time watching you amd not even 2 minutes in you absolutely obliterated my brain, thanks a lot
2:13 nice lol
i searched through the comments to see if someone would say nice😂😂😂
6:55 Tingman: "What even is this?"
me: "It's a rubix cube magic."
ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Wow i need to find one. Used to solve in around 1 second. Finished 3rd in a comp by .02 average when it was still an event 2005
Lol i found one ended spending 55 bucks. Im a nerd
Cap
I'm just here to relive my childhood when I actually tried to connect the rings in the picture only to end up constantly creating random shapes and designs like you did in the video. It takes me back. Good stuff!
baldi ruler slap tho 0:54
I had one of these back in the days! Sooooo addictive! 🤩
I used to own a magic, but unfortunately the strings literally broke within the first week :(
You can fix it with fishing line if you still have the tiles
0:32 I remember seeing that commercial on TV in the 80s. I always thought it was cool. Now I want one of those toys after seeing you play with it (:
Hey Tingman! Love the video/channel like always! Keep it up stay safe hope you reach 250K subscribers and have an amazing day! 😁👍
This video made me dig out my rubiks magic. I have one of the older ones and fondly remember solving it when I was younger
I could never do this and always ended up breaking it
I was six years old when this came out. I remember winning one for a Halloween costume contest at the mall, don't even remember what I wore, but I never knew it was a puzzle, I just loved making shapes and flipping it around :D
Your daughter solved it like in a minute
I still have mine from when it first came out in the 80's. It's delicate but still works. Easiest of the line to solve.
Great video like always tingman! I think you will turn into BrodyTheCuber or Jperm soon! Keep the amazing videos coming!
omg you actually got really close here 1:38
and even closer here!!! 2:52
5:19 heart or v shape i see heart
At least you still have a complete puzzle. If I were to play that thing, it would break in like 30 minutes of play max.
6:16 is horse
This is unironically SO fun to see! My parents had one of these on our kit hen table as a child, and while I never knew what "solving" it even meant, I spent SO many hours having fun making shapes and playing with it.
I completely forgot it existed up until this video!!!
You did great man! Better than what I could ever do!
Same
I watched one rubiks cube video 3 months ago to remember how to do one part of the cube and I've been flooded with Rubiks videos ever since. This is the first one I've clicked on since then and I'm glad I did. That thing is cool!
7:08
sus
Their sus
Oh my GOD. 1st time seeing this in almost 35 YEARS. I feel like I just had deja vu but it was actually a weird lucid dream. I didn’t know this was REAL. I thought I made this up when I was a kid. Wow.
glad I was able to help you time travel!
When it came out we did not know how the closed ring solution looked like, so definitely you had help.
Maybe it comes packaged like that?
@@TornaitSuperBird no , what I did make a copy on paper and shift until I figured out it must change shape in a V. So knowing it had the V shaped is part of the solution
I first saw one of these in the mid/late 80s and went to buy my own, then mistakenly got the master's edition (2 by 6 panels). Loved it for years and had to buy it again when a filament broke. If you watch closely you will see that each panel will always be connected to the same two adjacent panels, even though the joining edge can shift. This means when you get it into a continuous loop of all panels, they will always be connected to the same adjacent panels all the way around the loop. No matter which edges are currently joined. I used to love watching how the filament changes groves, changing the joining edge between panels. A little experimentation and you can find moves to change the orientation of adjacent panels to solve it. I'll have to start looking for them again, my two master's editions both have broken filaments, if I can still find 'em.
I did solve them, just not record breaking fast. Mostly I enjoyed seeing the shapes, and how different moves would often result in the same final configurations. Thanks for the memories.
08:00 “rubic is magic but im not” AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Love hearing your laugh full of delight and frustration
At 07:28 .. Coolest shape :)
hmmmmm...
I love how you found so many of the bonus shape creations while not being able to solve the puzzle.
I came here cuz of the kid
I got one as a kid when it first came out. I loved playing with it, it was like the original fidget.
7:20 sus?
its sus
This must of been really hard (for old people).
Mom
“Yes hun”
I think I told something
To someone
“WHAT DID YOU DO?”
“HUH”
I-I-I-
I LIED IM SORRY MOM I SAID HE IS OLD
“You made a really big deal for that ugh”
I had this as a kid. It was my favorite toy for a long time. I think I solved it but honestly I just loved all the different mines and patterns. The joy was in the doing, not the finishing.
I used to have one of these. You can also have Olympic 4 rings joined together. Loved it but once you do it, it's super easy.
I used to play with one of these in the 80s as a child and I still remember the feeling of moving it from the rectangle to the l-shape in my fingers...
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I had one of these in the 80s and didn't even care if I solved it, I just had so much fun flipping it around.
Dayum! I used to have this in the beginning of the 90s. But since then I have never seen it again. It made my old brain feel strange suddenly seeing it again.
As a cuber back in the 2005 era, this reminded me of how confused I was when i first bought my Rubik's magic.
I gave up fairly quickly though as I wanted to be able to compete so I learned the solution. At the time the WR holder was Bob Burton at 1.3-ish seconds. Good old times!
The challenge for this puzzle should be to put it in a series of shapes as quickly as possible, like chest, piano, rectangle, horsey, etc.
Brings back so many memories. This puzzle is insane
I'm here for all those shapes!!! That is the best. When you made a chest! And an octopus 🐙??? How? ?? I want one. The ultimate fidget toy!!!
When you want a headache :🗿