There's a book "The Archimedes Codex" that argues that this puzzle is about trying to calculate how many ways there are to solve it. It's Archimedies dealing with what we now call combinatorics.
@@otdg6787 people aren’t allowed to be smart nowadays, too many times when people are correct their findings get brushed under the table which only stunts their work
It's more about other things which i will not go into here, but yes. People were smarter back then, perhaps even 10x times smarter for various reasons.
This is a great puzzle, and appreciate you sharing. This is the first "puzzle" I've seen that I think I'll get, one for myself and one for my father. My father has Parkinsons and he and I spent some good time over last Christmas playing with some metal puzzles my wife and kids had gotten me because they noticed me watching your channel - playing with the puzzles helps with his motor skills and is a good mental exercise for him, so this one will be exceptionally perfect. Thanks Chris ❤️👍
TCS Clipzz I'm not sure if you're kidding or not... But yes, working on your fine motor skills is pretty important to folks who are already struggling to hang onto what they have...
Archimedes: invents puzzle to confuse and make you forget what pieces fit. *Thousands of years later* Chris: Lemme just take a picture here real quick Archimedes: ಠ_ಠ
5:08 I'm thinking right now, "If you took a protractor and ruler and measured every piece, angles and lengths, I'm SURE somewhere out there is a program that could calculate all the possible ways to fit them together to form a square.
@@russianbiasgold6607 There's nothing to inform, I believe Leaf Eater's implying that Carly is wrong and that Archimedes wasn't the first one to utter the word 'eureka', but rather, that it was Einstein. It is in fact Archimedes who first uttered the word however. There's really nothing to take from this lol.
This video was nostalgic for me. My grandmother had a mini version of one of these on her desk at work and anytime I was off from school I spent the day with her working on finding different solutions. I worked on it from age 8 to 13 (just a few days a year), kept a little notebook recording my progress, and found only about 50 solutions. Wish I had a smartphone in 1990 to make the process easier. Lol. Congrats on 4m subs, Chris.
It is supposed to be called "Ostomachion", meaning bone-fight, as in a game that used to be played with bones, instead of "Stomachion" which means stomach and is a bad translation that has been accepted as the closest one that modern day people, not willing enough to research, can relate to.
I love Chris' technique of approaching puzzles like this using just his intuition and trial/error. I tend to overthink every piece on puzzles like this and before I know it, half an hour is gone with no attempts pieces even in the puzzle.
I like the assembled shapes, its really elegant. You have two big triangles with the cut in the square diagonal and you also have two rectangles with the cut in the square middle.
Chris, It would be fun if you challenged each of your friends to solve the Stomachion Puzzle and document the different solutions found. Also, can I suggest that when you fail to solve a puzzle, that instead of opening up the directions, you keep it as an unsolved puzzle and trade your unsolved puzzles with your other puzzle friends for their unsolved puzzles. There's some really good lock picking videos where they do this.
Such a colorful puzzle! These old puzzles that look to simple to be true are lots of times the hardest to solve! The other objects in the corners to match the puzzle, classic Chris!
My wife and I love your vids. We have binge watched the majority of them. Usually while we eat dinner, haha! I bought her the Hanayama cake for her birthday and she carried it with her everywhere, for about a month and then finally solved it. She was so excited when she solved it. We just want to thank you for your amazing content and extra amazing cinematic quality! Please keep it up!! :)
Wow youre already at 4 mil! Chris just know your channel is one of the most unique on here. I subscribed right before you hit 1 million. Not even a minute into the first video I have seen I knew that your channel would be one of my favorite here. Congrats you deserve it all
Honestly man, I have no clue how i found this channel but I’m so happy i did. You got me into puzzle solving videos and i look forward to everyone you post. Your intros are seconded by none! Seriously man i love everything about your channel and personality. Keep up the good work brother!
A few things....1. Awesome opener, incorporating the blue cyclone thing B. Where’s the love for the ladies with the apparel? 3. Psyched about Friday! In addition... did totally gasp when you dumped the tiles!! Sweet video
I like watching these because it appears like you're fumbling around aimlessly like most mortals would, but then you actually solve the puzzle. At which time I become conflicted as to whether I'm supposed to be happy you solved the puzzle or sad knowing I wouldn't have been able to.
WOW DAMN THAT WAS AMAZING... YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A REALLY HIGH IQ SOLVING THESE... ALWAYS INSPIRED BY YOU... STARTED MAGIC BECAUSE OF YOU... LOTS OF LOVE AND RESPECT FROM INDIA.... Keep being such an inspiration you are my Dumbledore (beard).
@@JulesJukes Aaah! How did you find that? Lol had a good laugh, appreciate your sense of humour and that you had the time to track my comment down. Made any day!
Hey Chris, was wondering if u could review plastic playing cards. Heard some of them are good for practicing fans and faros, but rather take that from an expert
I loved playing with this puzzle as a kid.... Never found a solution, but it was fun. Also, yes. That is exactly how puzzles are made. It's literally you getting others to put the picture you made back together. Mazes are the same way. Mazes are my guilty pleasure.
This is my favorite puzzle because it's one of the only times I've slept on something and figured out the answer in my dreams. Also, got top marks for being the only one in the class to figure it out on day 2 with no hints at all.
11:09 just to correct you that Germany's flag is black red gold while Belgium's flag is black gold red, so no matter what the orientation is, it's still a German flag.
It’s more geometry unless you are trying to calculate the possibilities for the number of solutions where the method is properly Pythagoras hypothesis of giving each side a letter and then puzzle around the letters, like in the equation. I’m no mathematician but that’s my guess.
Das Hinata Ch。 星野 ひなた Well, my mistake, this channel doesn’t do mathematics but more math magic. I’m not the best at math but I like puzzles which are a subtle way to get better at maths. Enjoy your stay...
I have to say, I'm not THAT interested in the kind of content you put out, but I came out of curiosity and i stayed due to the passion i can see and FEEL when you solve these kind of puzzles. Keep the good work up man.
Imagine that someone of his friends or “neighbors if they even existed” wanted to take a look at the puzzle and opened It upside down the opposite way 😳😳😳
I love puzzles like this.... Very cool!! I'll be on the live stream Friday with puzzle ready to go... I still haven't opened it yet either.. Should be fun
I actually forgot that I ordered that "solve-along" puzzle because I got no shipping confirmation or anything. It came today right after this video and I've never been more excited!!
Congrats on making it to 4 million subs Chris. You earned every one of them. Keep making awsome content and I'm sure you'll be celebrating 8 million subs before too long.
Holy Cow!! 4 Million Subs!!! Didn't expect that to ever happen hahaha
Oh~~it happened! Finally!
Congrats bro!! I remember watching you around 200k subs!
It's well deserved!! You put so much work into your videos ❤️
I'm surprised it did not reach 4mil earlier
lets goooo congrats man. i been watching since 1m.
I broke my favorite cup yesterday. Shall I send these 34 shards to Chris to solve it?
Yes you should xD
I kinda don’t hate the idea
Yes!!!
Yea send it to him. That would be funny
your favorite cup? :'(
There's a book "The Archimedes Codex" that argues that this puzzle is about trying to calculate how many ways there are to solve it. It's Archimedies dealing with what we now call combinatorics.
Which is much harder lol
@@otdg6787 people aren’t allowed to be smart nowadays, too many times when people are correct their findings get brushed under the table which only stunts their work
It's more about other things which i will not go into here, but yes. People were smarter back then, perhaps even 10x times smarter for various reasons.
@@someting9205 lol nice joke
@@Ebonybootysmackerfromjotunheim What a vapid aphorism
This is a great puzzle, and appreciate you sharing. This is the first "puzzle" I've seen that I think I'll get, one for myself and one for my father. My father has Parkinsons and he and I spent some good time over last Christmas playing with some metal puzzles my wife and kids had gotten me because they noticed me watching your channel - playing with the puzzles helps with his motor skills and is a good mental exercise for him, so this one will be exceptionally perfect.
Thanks Chris ❤️👍
Thanks Chris!
Yes, give fine motor tasks to someone with Parkinson's, smashing idea
TCS Clipzz I'm not sure if you're kidding or not... But yes, working on your fine motor skills is pretty important to folks who are already struggling to hang onto what they have...
@@tmotus84 don't worry about him, you keep doing what your doing. You're doing the right thing.
Most wholesome comment award goes to you
Archimedes: invents puzzle to confuse and make you forget what pieces fit.
*Thousands of years later*
Chris: Lemme just take a picture here real quick
Archimedes: ಠ_ಠ
now thats thinking on a whole different level
Yeah I think this might sound as cheating to Archimedes
It’s the freaking mark rober song at the end ;-;
リᓵ⍑ᔑリᒲᒷℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᔑʖꖎᒷ
Sponge man ice cone
The way the pieces sound when moving across the wood is SO satisfying
He should make all his vids asmr
I legit went to the comments to say he's missing out on a huge ASMR audience for that alone! 😂🖤
Oml yess. I love the sound of the pieces. It was sooo satisfying to me, I could listen to that fo hours ti be honest. I pove that sound
You should get out more.
@@0_demonglock_097 No. No he shouldn't. Creep.
“I just want pieces that fit nicely” another t-shirt, Chris. You awesome, man
maybe with the same type of pattern as the puzzle on it too
An ordinary person gaming yeah, man, or maybe his beard and a cap
5:08 I'm thinking right now, "If you took a protractor and ruler and measured every piece, angles and lengths, I'm SURE somewhere out there is a program that could calculate all the possible ways to fit them together to form a square.
Yup
The Messiah
Anyone try coding this yet? Lol
If I had a dollar for every time he says...
"Hellooo"
"Ooh I like that"
"That works"
I'd be a millionaire.
Just like him
you forgot
"lets go!"
If I had a dollar for every time I had a dollar, I'd have a lot of dollars
@Nicolas Suarez you forgot correct comma placing
@@esoij Burn
Chris, you missed a chance for an Archimedes reference by not yelling "Eureka"! 😆
i goddamn hope this is ironic
@@leafeater1227 ? Inform my uninformed ass
@@russianbiasgold6607 There's nothing to inform, I believe Leaf Eater's implying that Carly is wrong and that Archimedes wasn't the first one to utter the word 'eureka', but rather, that it was Einstein. It is in fact Archimedes who first uttered the word however. There's really nothing to take from this lol.
@@curlybrace4984 thanks I thought it was Archimedes but wasn't 100% Shure thanks for clearing that up m8
@@russianbiasgold6607 I had to google it myself. It's a little strange, but a little interesting too.
Chris “I feel like there’s a piece missing” Ramsay
Topher you mean?
Basundhara Paul r/woooosh
@@THEULTIMATESONICFAN2024 Lol. I meant Chris(topher)
Topher is missing
Basundhara Paul yeah nah I’m just making the joke based off the name he uses for his channel, and the one he goes by lol
Basundhara Paul oops, thought u meant his middle name
This video was nostalgic for me. My grandmother had a mini version of one of these on her desk at work and anytime I was off from school I spent the day with her working on finding different solutions. I worked on it from age 8 to 13 (just a few days a year), kept a little notebook recording my progress, and found only about 50 solutions. Wish I had a smartphone in 1990 to make the process easier. Lol. Congrats on 4m subs, Chris.
It is supposed to be called "Ostomachion", meaning bone-fight, as in a game that used to be played with bones, instead of "Stomachion" which means stomach and is a bad translation that has been accepted as the closest one that modern day people, not willing enough to research, can relate to.
DUH!!!
I love Chris' technique of approaching puzzles like this using just his intuition and trial/error. I tend to overthink every piece on puzzles like this and before I know it, half an hour is gone with no attempts pieces even in the puzzle.
okay so now one is talking about how dope all his intros are??
His intros are soooooo aweeeesome
the intros are the dopest of the dope
I remember when he received the blue thing he is using on this intro hahaha
ALL his intros are awesome that's why nobody's talking about them anymore! 😄
"now one"
I like the assembled shapes, its really elegant. You have two big triangles with the cut in the square diagonal and you also have two rectangles with the cut in the square middle.
How is the Hazmat puzzle solve going?
Stoll working at it!!
@@ChrisRamsay52 *Still You know autocorrect never spares anyone
I don't mean to offend you I was just saying sorry
Basundhara Paul why you seem so scared?😂
@@youreoffline4934 His buddy Stoll is working on it. He's delegating his puzzle solving now
@@ChrisRamsay52 where u can buy this hazmat puzzle btw?
Chris, It would be fun if you challenged each of your friends to solve the Stomachion Puzzle and document the different solutions found.
Also, can I suggest that when you fail to solve a puzzle, that instead of opening up the directions, you keep it as an unsolved puzzle and trade your unsolved puzzles with your other puzzle friends for their unsolved puzzles. There's some really good lock picking videos where they do this.
"Well, that works out."
Dumps puzzle
I am loving the sounds the pieces make. It's so soothing to listen to.
That was so satisfying to watch! The multiple solutions makes it even more appealing ✨
11:11
"Or Belgian, depends on the orientation" 🇧🇪🇩🇪
That hurt
same! :p
It's true tho hahaha
Mirko Sinnaeve why on earth does it hurt??? It’s a flag.
Oops
lmao
Ah yes. The old "shit! I dropped my hardened tray of rock candy" puzzle.
Such a colorful puzzle! These old puzzles that look to simple to be true are lots of times the hardest to solve! The other objects in the corners to match the puzzle, classic Chris!
Chris when when a piece clearly doesn’t fit, “ooh, that’s a *g i b b e n* “
An amazing puzzle with tons of replayability, love it!
am i the only one waiting for chris to make a movie?? the production of these intros are always so intricate!
Working on the puzzle judging his progression somewhat on how pretty the colors and angles look. Love it.
Every morning i like to make myself a cup of coffee and watch Chris getting frustrated
congrats on 4 million!!!!
My wife and I love your vids. We have binge watched the majority of them. Usually while we eat dinner, haha! I bought her the Hanayama cake for her birthday and she carried it with her everywhere, for about a month and then finally solved it. She was so excited when she solved it. We just want to thank you for your amazing content and extra amazing cinematic quality! Please keep it up!! :)
My nephew- have you heard of chris Ramsay, his puzzle videos are amazing.
Me- his magic is dope too! You know him for his puzzles only?!
Wow youre already at 4 mil! Chris just know your channel is one of the most unique on here. I subscribed right before you hit 1 million. Not even a minute into the first video I have seen I knew that your channel would be one of my favorite here. Congrats you deserve it all
Scare movie plot: he solves the puzzle using all of the pieces, but there's still empty space remaining.
These ones are some of my favorite puzzles! I'm gonna order that metal puzzle this weekend but I can't wait for the video!! ✌🦜
Chris Ramsay:solving the oldest puzzle
Me: the oldest one trying to get a heart from him
Congrats u did it!
Solved :)
CRodHog Official ohh thx
Chris either has a big heart or he has too many hearts but I'm happy for you!!!
Honestly man, I have no clue how i found this channel but I’m so happy i did. You got me into puzzle solving videos and i look forward to everyone you post. Your intros are seconded by none! Seriously man i love everything about your channel and personality. Keep up the good work brother!
Actually i think i just remembered it was from a tattoo video you did and I’m into watch/learning magic so your channel is right up my lane
Puzzle: Is created
2000 Years Later
Chris solves it :)
What a Patience indeed . Love & respect man.
"Comme ça"
Ah ah i'm French, and it's "strange" to hear some word from my country, in other. ;)
Bien joué!
I love your channel Chris. Definitely binge them. They are perfect to play while I solve my own puzzles.
Even if you didn't took a picture of it, you were Still recording right😂😂
Good grief 🤣🤣🤣
So you’re pretty much all I watch on TH-cam now. You and My Mechanics. Life is so good.
he should make his own puzzle :)
omg thx for over two hundred likes! it's the most I've ever gotten :D
No like but i agreed,he need make one.
@redlineh ok
I agree, therfore I like
Wtf
Wtf
Congrats on 4 million!
Every time the angles line up just right... so many satisfying times when they were just perfect... it was almost zen...
petition for chris to film a whole movie because DANG those intros slap
To me watching a well crafted nice sounding puzzle with soothing bg music hits the sweet spot
"That's looking like a hot snack"
Lol I'm rollin
A few things....1. Awesome opener, incorporating the blue cyclone thing B. Where’s the love for the ladies with the apparel? 3. Psyched about Friday! In addition... did totally gasp when you dumped the tiles!! Sweet video
Me looking at Chris's logo
"Too bad he is a slytherin"
A Huge Congratulations to you Chris!!!!!!!!!!Can't wait for 5 million.💪💪
Imagine hydrodipping these pieces. It would look so pretty
I like watching these because it appears like you're fumbling around aimlessly like most mortals would, but then you actually solve the puzzle. At which time I become conflicted as to whether I'm supposed to be happy you solved the puzzle or sad knowing I wouldn't have been able to.
WOW DAMN THAT WAS AMAZING... YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A REALLY HIGH IQ SOLVING THESE... ALWAYS INSPIRED BY YOU... STARTED MAGIC BECAUSE OF YOU... LOTS OF LOVE AND RESPECT FROM INDIA.... Keep being such an inspiration you are my Dumbledore (beard).
Stoll
@@JulesJukes Aaah! How did you find that? Lol had a good laugh, appreciate your sense of humour and that you had the time to track my comment down. Made any day!
Same pinch! I also post tons of comments to get hearts 😁
@@JulesJukes i was about to say that how dare you
The dude who corrects stoll
Omg I had this puzzle as a kid. Solved it a million times and loved how many different ways it could be done. Had no idea of the history behind it!
Hey Chris, was wondering if u could review plastic playing cards. Heard some of them are good for practicing fans and faros, but rather take that from an expert
Really creative intros for each puzzle you do, every single one has a unique touch to it like the radioactive one, you wore a hazmat suit and so on.
I am here before 4 million subscribers! 🤯🔥
Same
I loved playing with this puzzle as a kid.... Never found a solution, but it was fun. Also, yes. That is exactly how puzzles are made. It's literally you getting others to put the picture you made back together. Mazes are the same way. Mazes are my guilty pleasure.
"Just bare with me ok" - the definition of every C. Ram puzzle video
Not only a great puzzle, but a great looking puzzle too. I have one, and it's a joy! Fantastic video, Chris!
Chris you should do a series where you solve all 536 combinations.
LIke for Chris to see or if you agree.
This is my favorite puzzle because it's one of the only times I've slept on something and figured out the answer in my dreams. Also, got top marks for being the only one in the class to figure it out on day 2 with no hints at all.
11:09 just to correct you that Germany's flag is black red gold while Belgium's flag is black gold red, so no matter what the orientation is, it's still a German flag.
U call yellow "gold" hehe
@@knewmereal no that's really the color
@@knewmereal gold look at Wikipedia
In Belgium, we call it yellow :)
only been watching for a few days but this is already my favorite channel
Bill Cutler: well I see... I guess there is 537 possibility’s now
Great job on 4 Million subscribers you definitely deserve it!
TH-cam: what about calculus
Me: what about no
TH-cam: sure have this
And I definitely like it
It’s more geometry unless you are trying to calculate the possibilities for the number of solutions where the method is properly Pythagoras hypothesis of giving each side a letter and then puzzle around the letters, like in the equation. I’m no mathematician but that’s my guess.
Alexander Engholm no, i mean youtube was suggesting me calculus videos then this poped up
Das Hinata Ch。 星野 ひなた
Well, my mistake, this channel doesn’t do mathematics but more math magic. I’m not the best at math but I like puzzles which are a subtle way to get better at maths. Enjoy your stay...
Alexander Engholm thanks you！
i love your videos, they usually bring up my mood! thank you. congrats on four million too. 🥺💕
Try solving the rarest puzzles! Like so he can see ^•^
I have a prototype in my hand and am floored at how cool it is. So excited!
last time I was this early I was outside without a mask.
I have to say, I'm not THAT interested in the kind of content you put out, but I came out of curiosity and i stayed due to the passion i can see and FEEL when you solve these kind of puzzles. Keep the good work up man.
If he likes or replies he's is the most underrated TH-camr anyone could see.🙂
U dont deserve that heart but ok
@@powerpug964 well that's rude
@@juliavioletl Not really, I mean, they literally begged for it, pug is right.
@@AtomixKingg look at the main point tho, he is still an underrated youtuber
Atom if the commant has no relevance to the thing it commented to, it does not deserve praises,pug is right
so satisfying how they all fit together.
It’s just like a tangram puzzle.
But not the same.
Awesome! Super excited for the success on the merch and subs!
Imagine that someone of his friends or “neighbors if they even existed” wanted to take a look at the puzzle and opened It upside down the opposite way 😳😳😳
it wouldnt matter
the clicky-clack of the puzzle pieces against each other and the wood was very satisfying
That puzzle is as old as Jesus ?
Maybe one of the wise men gave it to him..
the production quality of the videos never ceases to amaze me
Wrong, oldest puzzle known to man is woman
I love how the finished puzzle looks like some weird-ass modern art painting or some shit like that. Really good solve, Chris! ^^
Congratulations on 4 mil subs Chris keep up the great content.
That is such a cool puzzle, love the idea of melting people’s minds as they wait for something!!! I love the puzzle vids, keep em coming!🔥🔥🔥
I Love these kinds of puzzles. Thanks for doing this one.
You rock the puzzle videos. Really fun to see you solve it. Great work!!!
Mine arrived last week. Can't wait to solve it with you!
i like you bringing back the whirlpool magnetic spinning thing, I knew it would make for a good intro!
I love puzzles like this.... Very cool!! I'll be on the live stream Friday with puzzle ready to go... I still haven't opened it yet either.. Should be fun
You got me hooked now Mr Ramsay ^^ Really enjoying all the puzzels.
Took me on a nostalgic trip. My grandfather brought me a version of this puzzle when I was a youngin. Super cool congrats on 4M!
Would love to see you create a puzzle and show the solution.. Congrats on 4 million, you deserve it.
I honestly could watch a whole movie of you just solving puzzles always been interested in puzzles and your so good at them🤩🖤
I love your puzzles!!! I've got my own stomachion puzzle now and I just can't get my hands off of it!!!!😁
I actually forgot that I ordered that "solve-along" puzzle because I got no shipping confirmation or anything. It came today right after this video and I've never been more excited!!
somehow this was the most satisfying video ever.. cuz i lost my patience half way n was so excited when it ended!
Congrats on making it to 4 million subs Chris. You earned every one of them. Keep making awsome content and I'm sure you'll be celebrating 8 million subs before too long.
These videos are why this channel is my favourite.
Also what a beautiful puzzle how do people make these.
Love your vids keep up the good work!
I like these videos before I even watch it, it's never bad and the intros are amazing!