This is a puzzle often used in the reality show Survivor. It's made slightly more difficult by making the cubes 2.5 feet tall and of significant weight making any attempt at brute force take actual brute force.
I love your videos! I really like that you didn't show the correct way to the solution immediately, but showed how to back up if it doesn't work right away.
I've just today discovered your channel, and I can just hear the joy in your voice when you are talking about these puzzles. Thank you for sharing your passion with us all
Thank you for including the patent link,I love doing puzzles and woodwork and think I can make one of these myself! I love Soduko too and am a solid expert now,so it looks like a fun challenge!
A busy bee who just got time to start watching videos speaking here. No mater what you do to each piece, you will always have a block of some random color. Additionally, if you perform the same move repetitively, you will eventually reach your initial color. That means this puzzle can be represented using math's permutation group. The rubik's cube is also a puzzle that can be represented with a permutation group. A lot of math clubs will hold some form of a lecture/seminar of permutation groups using a rubik's cube.
Got this puzzle in a cereal box in 1970, when I was eight years old. In 1980, I wrote a FORTRAN program to solve it with brute force (6X4)^4 = 331776 permutations. Handed my PUNCH CARDS to my college's mainframe computer operator, and picked up my form-feed printout later. It had timed out without a solution in 5 seconds of CPU time (the maximum allowed, LOL). A few years later I bugged my girlfriend in university to use her computer time. She entered the code on a terminal, and picked up the printout. It took 35 CPU seconds, and it was solved. She chewed me out because that was 1/3 of the total time allowed for her entire computer science semester! But I was was HAPPY.
4:32 GR-BY-RB-YG and YG-GR-BY-RB works. I first eliminated the GG and YY sides, as they resulted in no possible combinations. That left me only 4 possibilities with the last two cubes, and since GY wasn't on both of the prior cubes, you could eliminate both of the last two cubes having RB, which meant you had the combinations of YB-RB, and RB-GY to work with for the last two cubes. Much simpler than trying to work out all the possible combinations, you now have two greens, a yellow, and a red on the first two cubes, and also one of each color on the first two cubes.
Fleb, this is not an insult in any way. You're a good looking guy. But I just found it way too hilarious that I've never seen one of your videos with your face in it and you look EXACTLY how I pictured you based on your voice 😂
I had that thing lying around since forever, I didn't even knew it was a puzzle, I thought it was some fancy dices of my childhood or something! I was completely WTF to see this in vidéo, but also very happy to get to discover and solve it! ^^
Just wanted to say that instant insanity is not the same as what they used in the survivor show. Same idea but the survivor one is made with easier color palets. It would otherwise be to difficult.
i figured out the puzzle at 3 mins in there are 4 colours on each cube and 6 sides each cube has 1 of each colour except one of those colours it has 3 of so you find the 2 sides that are oposite of each otehr and the same colour on each cube and make those sides the sies that are not seen then arange the cubes from there
The Instant Insanity exists for android under the name IQ'biki. This is more hard because each app start the cubes have a new coloring and you can choose level of difficult. TH-cam has an example iq'biki.
Bro!!! Ur content is amazing and I love every single video, and u know I’ve been supporting u from the start. But damn!!! With this particular outfit u look like a low-key serial killer hidden by a “nice guy” persona!!
Id just eliminate the pair of colors in the pairs for each cube and place them so that these colors do not show on each brick. If the colors do not line up properly, I will switch the sides of the colors and TADAH! You are done.
I'm a bit confused; you said that the orientation wasn't important, but then went on to say that what was important was the "color pairs." What I find conusing to that is that it seems to me that the orientation (at least in this puzzle) is inextricably linked to the orientation because the orientation decides which color pair is visible. In fact, this is why you had to take the cubes out and reorient them; is it not?
He reminds me of that episode of spongebob where he became normal.
Delgado Army... normal? (Starts crying but cant explain it... ..)
ThIs channel is so wholesome
Thank you!
This is a puzzle often used in the reality show Survivor. It's made slightly more difficult by making the cubes 2.5 feet tall and of significant weight making any attempt at brute force take actual brute force.
I have one of these and I never knew what the goal of the puzzle was before. Thanks ...
It's still a challenge after watching answer.
this dude looks like kid on kahzoo
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TaiStar42 i scared... ..
I love your videos! I really like that you didn't show the correct way to the solution immediately, but showed how to back up if it doesn't work right away.
He's just so likeable and innocent
Makes me want to hate him but I can't 😾😾
I've just today discovered your channel, and I can just hear the joy in your voice when you are talking about these puzzles. Thank you for sharing your passion with us all
I had this puzzle years ago when I was a kid, and I never solved it and had no idea what it was called to look it up today. Amazing to see it again
master56565 Same for me, mine is buried in my closet. It is identical to this one, even with the same red string
master56565 so what is it called
I had a plastic version of this in the 80s under the name _Frantic_ . It's the same puzzle, just not as well made.
This guy would Survive The Next SAW Movie
Thank you for including the patent link,I love doing puzzles and woodwork and think I can make one of these myself! I love Soduko too and am a solid expert now,so it looks like a fun challenge!
You still have your sanity
Darn.
I didn't even try to solve it but I lost my sanity years ago
A busy bee who just got time to start watching videos speaking here. No mater what you do to each piece, you will always have a block of some random color. Additionally, if you perform the same move repetitively, you will eventually reach your initial color. That means this puzzle can be represented using math's permutation group. The rubik's cube is also a puzzle that can be represented with a permutation group. A lot of math clubs will hold some form of a lecture/seminar of permutation groups using a rubik's cube.
I found this channel 3 videos ago, and I already want every single puzzle he has
I'm wearing exactly the same cloths as you. Not close... But exactly the same. It was wired for first few seconds.
Nice! I see you are a very fashionable person!
FLEB hah. No.
Lol good one fleb:)
I'm "wired"
Maciej Kuśnierz weird. Not wired. Unless your a computer of course! 😁😁😁
A very good explanation, something learned today. Thanks for sharing. I love your channel!
Thank you for watching!
Looking forward to the "how to design a puzzle" series.
Now I wanna start collecting puzzles.. Thankkkkks now I have a new addiction lol
The most wholesome TH-cam channel :) this always makes me happy seeing him so invested into these puzzles
Got this puzzle in a cereal box in 1970, when I was eight years old. In 1980, I wrote a FORTRAN program to solve it with brute force (6X4)^4 = 331776 permutations. Handed my PUNCH CARDS to my college's mainframe computer operator, and picked up my form-feed printout later. It had timed out without a solution in 5 seconds of CPU time (the maximum allowed, LOL). A few years later I bugged my girlfriend in university to use her computer time. She entered the code on a terminal, and picked up the printout. It took 35 CPU seconds, and it was solved. She chewed me out because that was 1/3 of the total time allowed for her entire computer science semester! But I was was HAPPY.
4:32 GR-BY-RB-YG and YG-GR-BY-RB works. I first eliminated the GG and YY sides, as they resulted in no possible combinations. That left me only 4 possibilities with the last two cubes, and since GY wasn't on both of the prior cubes, you could eliminate both of the last two cubes having RB, which meant you had the combinations of YB-RB, and RB-GY to work with for the last two cubes. Much simpler than trying to work out all the possible combinations, you now have two greens, a yellow, and a red on the first two cubes, and also one of each color on the first two cubes.
As soon as I realized that there were 3 sides of the same color (2:20) I already knew how to solve it.... It's so easy
Calm down Tweak, have some coffee.
This looked like fun. I never heard of a color cubed Sudoku puzzle. I'm gonna check it out.
FLEB IS SO CUTE 😭
This left me puzzled
*slow clap*
Fleb, this is not an insult in any way. You're a good looking guy. But I just found it way too hilarious that I've never seen one of your videos with your face in it and you look EXACTLY how I pictured you based on your voice 😂
Please continue solving puzzles :)
Awesome! You took my suggestion! Finnaly a good video about this puzzle lol
What a wonderful puzzle! Thank you for the content; keep up the great work! :)
Whew! That was extremely helpful and I solved it thanks to you!
You have kept me entertained while in quarantine! ❤
I love these videos! Super neat!
Thanks Chris Blananas2!
...was Chris Blananas taken???
Are you Ivan?
Fleb you have such a cheery demeanor I love this new format! And another interesting puzzle 😁
Your such a chilled nice laid back guy you have an amazing smile with a calm smoothing voice and I love that well done
This is the insane instant solution of the Instant Insanity Puzzle .
I just wanted to say thanks! I'm glad you game along. Partner.
FLEB for president in 20/20 !!!!!!!
I had that thing lying around since forever, I didn't even knew it was a puzzle, I thought it was some fancy dices of my childhood or something! I was completely WTF to see this in vidéo, but also very happy to get to discover and solve it! ^^
These video’s are so awesomee 😁
Thank you!
I think you’d make a really good teacher, the way you walk through solving the puzzle makes me wish someone would explain math to me the same way
You're the most wholesome person on the internet 🤗
Jokes on you though, I don’t need your puzzle to have insanity.
I'm still not sold on this new "Fleb has a face" format.
ditch the holder until you've solved it 'freehand',then place the cubes at the last move...it'll save so much time
My grandma had this while I was a child. I managed to solve it once but then never again.
this is how you don't think like a witch hunter
wow! today fleb, mr puzzle and Tim from Grand Illusions three new videos!
This guy looks like he would chain you up in his basement and make you do puzzles
Thanks, I actually became more confused after watching the video.
Your bookshelf told me that you are a scientist or maybe a researcher
I feel like my dream interaction with you would be a board game night
I wish you had Amazon affiliate links in the description so I could buy these puzzles.
Great video keep it up. Great explaining
Found it in an an line auction and bought it instantly just knowing what it was from your channel ;)
Fleb is so cute and such a cinnamon roll. Protect this channel at all costs
I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU HAVE TO GET EACH SIDE THE SAME COLOR WTFFFF MY MIND IS BLOWN HAHAHAHA
that's definitely gonna make me insane
(HEY MOM CAN YOU GET ME ONE OF THESE?)
This is awesome!
I'm tripping on LSD, sitting on my toilet, and watching your video.
Its like a color themed sudoku
Hey fleb nice video!Wasnt this puzzle used in some puzzles in the usa's survivor?
Was it? If it was, I'd love to hear about it!
yes it was actually used in some challenges!heres an example if you want to see it th-cam.com/video/FfZt1qUP6Z4/w-d-xo.html
No way!!!! That's hilarious!!!
Anyone else think Fleb is super cute? Like, he’s so adorable
Hey! I can see a MATE on your right. Nice!!!! Greetings from Argentina
Is that the kazoo kid all grown up?!
please do more mazes! there my fave
Look at FLEB's office: reference books and games. NERD!!! Jk FLEB you da man. Lol
looking and listening to this guy gives me instant insanity
For the longest time I thought that you were supposed to get all of the sides to the same color... failed so much lol
This puzzle looks familiar somehow...
I think I may have had it at one point when I was a kid.
You cannot go insane if you don't think *taps head*
or
You cannot go insane if you already are
Just wanted to say that instant insanity is not the same as what they used in the survivor show. Same idea but the survivor one is made with easier color palets. It would otherwise be to difficult.
Can i suggest using a white board for color puzzles?
I miss you, Fleb
it's real-life board james!
That's the same kind the puzzle store at pier 39 has
I meant to add "of puzzle" after "kind"
When I noticed that there was three of the main color I solved it
i figured out the puzzle at 3 mins in there are 4 colours on each cube and 6 sides each cube has 1 of each colour except one of those colours it has 3 of so you find the 2 sides that are oposite of each otehr and the same colour on each cube and make those sides the sies that are not seen then arange the cubes from there
What’s so great about this one, wait, ITS GOT ITS OWN WIKIPEDIA PAGE?!
The Instant Insanity exists for android under the name IQ'biki. This is more hard because each app start the cubes have a new coloring and you can choose level of difficult. TH-cam has an example iq'biki.
I had a social studies teacher in 6th grade named frank armbruster
Is fleb your actual name?
Ship 758 no, it is his nickname
the girl
Then what is nick'sname?
tubeist- dan
Nickname its a name you use that's not your real one
what i want to know is who is name
Yes
Bro!!! Ur content is amazing and I love every single video, and u know I’ve been supporting u from the start. But damn!!! With this particular outfit u look like a low-key serial killer hidden by a “nice guy” persona!!
Id just eliminate the pair of colors in the pairs for each cube and place them so that these colors do not show on each brick. If the colors do not line up properly, I will switch the sides of the colors and TADAH! You are done.
it's comical how his voice still sounds normal at 1.25 speed
I'm not instantly insane. False advertising. 0/10.
FIGHT THE IMPERIALISTS
I'm a bit confused; you said that the orientation wasn't important, but then went on to say that what was important was the "color pairs."
What I find conusing to that is that it seems to me that the orientation (at least in this puzzle) is inextricably linked to the orientation because the orientation decides which color pair is visible. In fact, this is why you had to take the cubes out and reorient them; is it not?
there is 331,776 ways to orientate this puzzle
I checked the web address - have you taken it down? I love your teaching methods.
Youve got lots of maths books. Must be a doctor in maths
In FLEB either F or B should be in green...
i was waiting for Its hip to be square to start playing, are the rain coat and axe just off screen?
I was born in the 1900s; an "awfully long time" ago.
Bruh 10 minute video? It took me 30 seconds to figure it out...
I want him to drive me to instant insanity if you know what I mean
Uh, I'm sorry but within the 1st few seconds of your video, your smiling sent my mind to evil dark thoughts. U look waaaaayyy to innocent.
Lol you can tell that he dI'd it first try :) this is both a cool puzzle and a funny blooper video :D
this guy reminds me of castiel so freaking much
You should make an app about puzzles
Omg. I'm actually falling asleep