Attempting to Solve the RUBIK'S MAGIC (With NO HELP) 

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.

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.

Goal: solving the puzzle Reality: looking for what weird shapes it can make

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!

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.

I held the US National Record once upon a time. lol 😂

3:35 "Help, I accidentally build a shelf"

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.

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.

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.

Honestly, this is just a great 8 minutes of watching someone be delighted by a puzzle 😂 Definitely a cheerful video.

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.

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

I love Rubik. The way he combined basic engineering principles with his background in architecture to create these puzzles is wonderful

3:56 wow,it was actually 2 minutes

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.😑

“It’s a octopus, octopus” with four tentacles 7:01

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 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!

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

My dad used to always solve this, he could do it in 12 seconds!

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.

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

Has 3 minutes left Tingman: 6:21

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

I think I had a puzzle with a similar concept as a kid but this one is so so much more complex!

Tingman is slowly turning into J-Perm, and I can feel it...

Who remembers when this was in WCA Competitions…

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'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!

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)

4:23 he made a chair.

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.

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. :-)

Just curious but does anyone know the mechanism of the rubik's void cube? logically it shouldn't hold together without a core.

This was far too entertaining 😂 Great effort! And yes, you did make some pretty impressive shapes throughout this journey 😁

4:23 he got so happy over the seat i love it

Alternate title: Tingman laughing and breaking a Rubik’s Magic for 8 minutes

6:50 Can be used to store the lube bottles

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. :-)

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!

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 love how you found so many of the bonus shape creations while not being able to solve the puzzle.

Love hearing your laugh full of delight and frustration

2:13 nice lol

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 ☮☯️🕉

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

OMG, this brought back so many memories and hours of fun I used to have with this! I finally solved it by accident about a year after getting it.

This is the *next* puzzle in line to overtake 3 by 3…

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

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!

Glad you posted this came across it browsing now following you!

When your started giggling around 5:00 I couldn’t help laughing as well. I want one!

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!

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 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.

When you accidently copy 4:44 a piece

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.

6:16 is horse

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 used to own a magic, but unfortunately the strings literally broke within the first week :(

baldi ruler slap tho 0:54

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.

Had one of these, thought the solution was circles on both sides lol. You made every shape and had all the frustration I did. Bless us.

I could never do this and always ended up breaking it

Hey Tingman! Love the video/channel like always! Keep it up stay safe hope you reach 250K subscribers and have an amazing day! 😁👍

Brings back so many memories. This puzzle is insane

My mind was already blowed by sheer amazingness after discovering how the RUBIK'S CUBE work, then this comes along

3:40 Sorry but Olor knows how to solve this and she watched this video

5:19 heart or v shape i see heart

This was delightful. THank you for posting.

Man I remember the Rubik's magic in the WCA. I've been slowly getting back into cubing recently after a decade long hiatus.

Great video like always tingman! I think you will turn into BrodyTheCuber or Jperm soon! Keep the amazing videos coming!

When it came out we did not know how the closed ring solution looked like, so definitely you had help.

this is the most wholesome video i've seen in a while, thank you for making me smile for the first time in months

Ah finally a Rubik puzzle I could solve, that and the Rubik clock. I remember this one being interesting in how it changes shape as opposed to the clock which I found easy to solve within a few minutes of getting it. I'm frustrated in not being able to find my old copy of it (and the master version) so my sons can try it... on the other hand I did find my Rubiks 4th Dimension cube and finally solved it - only took me 24 years, one of my best times!

Honestly, this is like trying to do a kick flip on a skateboard , but you don't even know how to do the simplest tricks.

At 07:28 .. Coolest shape :)

I love his mindset 😭 it's so funny and wholesome

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 (:

You did great man! Better than what I could ever do!

I came here cuz of the kid

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

ngl, it feels like a flattened infinity cube

7:08 sus

08:00 “rubic is magic but im not” AHAHAHAHAHAHA

6:22 YO HE SAID THE THING!!! (in the thumbnail)

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.

Your daughter solved it like in a minute

Hi

I got this puzzle for Christmas in 1986. By the end of the day, I had it solved. By lunchtime Boxing Day I had it down to 12 moves. A few days later some kids appeared on the news talking about how they had solved it ... I certainly didn't think it was newsworthy, but there you go.

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.

6:34 is the survival craft logo

6:55 Tingman: "What even is this?" me: "It's a rubix cube magic." ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Had one of those as a kid. Didn’t know there was a solve or it was Rubik’s! Lots of the shapes you made were my favorite things to do with it. LOL

I held the unofficial world record for these. In 1986 there was a worldwide competition. My mom was a sale manager for Matchbox so my brother and I couldn’t go in the competition. They used us to test the timing gear. No one came close to our times. Big TV event here in Australia and the winner went to Europe to the big comp. My time still beat that. I can still do it in 2-3 seconds.