I Had to contact the Creator of This Puzzle... 

I'll be watching ! 😀😀😀

Where can I get this puzzle? I want to try it before I watch the video.

FYI, release the whale = free willy, free willy was released in 1993

Well happy late birthday mine was the 28th...as always awesome stuff keep it up😂

The addition of the close-up camera is a fantastic idea!

please continue the story

@@nadca2 "we will do it again to prove it wasn't a fluke." end of story.

Yeah that lock looks manual decodeable

@@Sammmeow It's a pretty common cheapo lock, I got one around here somewhere. It is manually decodable.

I thought the same

A magnifier isn't considered as a tool.

A tool is defined as anything that helps make the job easier. I think it made his job easier, therefore it would be defined as a tool.

@@philwilliams8328 an instrument is also considered a tool

@@philwilliams8328 In addition to that, you are also a tool for trying to ruin the joke.

@@llortaton2834 jokes aside I agree. I’m pretty sure most puzzle creators would say they intended for it to be solved with the naked eye if asked.

so I actually sold that puzzle on puzzle paradise to chris ramsay and I told them I needed an email to forward the designers instructions that were sent to me via email so they were told and never provided me an email to send it to. thank you.

Personally, I blame the puzzle maker (no offense or anything but they can use this as a learning scenario). You should never have a hole in similar size to a tool that you use if you do not want people to put the tool in that hole. A note saying "don't put a pin in the holes on the bottom" is not enough, especially when there's no markings for what the top and bottom of the puzzle are. You could say that the lock side is the top cause it can't be placed nicely if it's the bottom but it could be the side and there is an arrow so maybe that's pointing to the top (which would make the bottom not the bottom)? Instructions are not clear if there can be multiple ways to interpret them. The solution here is to just not have that hole there or make it bigger so the tools can come back out or block it in some way (assuming it's there to let air in so things don't stuck), solder/weld a little tiny rod across the hole to act like a screen. Never assume people wont do what they shouldn't, just don't let people do things they shouldn't. Puzzle solvers are going to try anything they can solve a puzzle, especially in a moments of frustration or confusion. It's very possible that even if he had received and read that, it is forgotten about for a second and that's enough to ruin the entire puzzle, potentially forever. That's not good especially for something that's probably fairly expensive given it's a machined block of metal. Additionally, "no outside tools" includes googling. Why would anyone know the combo is supposed to be the year a movie (which this puzzle is not titled after) came out. The proper way to do that would be to write a story like "The movie Free Willie, which was released in 1993, is about a whale...." in the instructions. ALL of the information needed to solve a puzzle should, in some way, come with the puzzle. Just saying. It was a cool puzzle though and aside from that hole it was very well crafted!

@@currentlypooping by your "no outside tools includes googling" logic, Shirley you can't use your brain either?

​@@tevinburch8886Uh no dude, you still sent him the puzzle knowing he was missing critical information, and for some reason you needed his email to send him two sentences. Uh bullshit. Type it in word, print it out, put it in the box. Or if your too lazy for that write it on a napkin with a pencil, shit dude. I just don't understand the email excuse, it makes me kind of doubt you sold him the puzzle in the first place. You lose either way, if you did you're an idiot, if you didn't you're a liar.

@@currentlypooping Ideally yes i think puzzles should be made in a way to be fool proof. It is a nice puzzle, but marks do come off for allowing a fail state. IMO instructions are not sufficient and a mechanical design fix should have been implemented. simply changing the size of the holes or rods could have easily prevented a broken puzzle. What a shame.

Genius

Why is this not top comment

Yup I INSTANTLY thought of Free Willy & googled it. 1993.

As soon as he mentioned Free Willy, and I saw the four digit lock, I thought of the year it released. Interesting that didn't come to him.

He found it. I don't know why you all need to comment that.

Oh you beat me to it. lol

The movie Abraham also came out in 1993

I still have it on VHS 😂

@@juliawidener466 Abraham was Arnold Jackson's goldfish on 'Different Strokes'. unrelated but 😂🤣

But Willy was an Orca not a Whale...

And people from other countries that may not know about the movie should be able to solve it

@@DocBree13 I'll argue that they can. There's no rule saying you're not allowed to bruteforce the lock it just takes time, and the method used in the video for breaking the code without the hint is also not impossible to figure out.

@@DocBree13 Also the movie is about an Orca not a Whale

Its attached to the lid, one of the two poles

The Allen key is retrieved where he got the brass rod stuck

I don't think so. he was just sloping it around in there to move it a little. @@JaSon-wc4pn

It's still in the puzzle the bottom plate comes off and has more tools

😂

Aww a fellow twisty puzzle slover. I happened to be a speedcubber!

I beg to differ, I'm human and I'm also perfect 🧐

@@royksk You too? Wow! 🤣

He’s gotten stumped quite a few times, but his puzzle videos, and the work he puts into them are simply chef’s kiss. And with this “solve” anyways, I wouldn’t really say he got stumped, but just lacked critical information that should have been provided with the puzzle. Either way, another spectacular video from Chris.

He's been streaming puzzle games though.. May have been from twitch though

I tought the same!

He's been uploading consistently once a week for the past 9 months or so. Gotta get on the ALL NOTIFICATION SQUAD😂😂

@@tonyb1984 Holy shiiieeet 🫣

lol

The microscope light isnt powerful enough

​@@SadisticLoliagreed.

All 3 of your are incorrect. The light has a microscope, with a bright companion microscopeless light. They help each other solve puzzles. I'm trying to solve why I leave comments like this. Thanks for playing a small part in my quest

Impressive. I could understand the puzzle layouts from Chris' description, but this is great for visual people.

Would better with a proper microscope cam and a gooseneck light.

July 16, 1993.

Some jerk locked Willy back up

I love puzzles that have off the wall clues like that

The little bastard

That would be cheating since the instructions said no external tools and the fridge in that respect would be an external tool...

Looks like billet milled aluminium case to me.

The idea of the fridge or freezer is not cheat but to unstick the piece that was stuck

@@BTW... okay if it's aluminum it would need to be heated then. That's not as easy.

@@andrewdacunha5695 That would be OK then...

Bottom plate is to ge removed and has more tools

It is also the year when movie Free Willy came out.

I was also thinking that whale in there looked like moby dick, not free Willy. So that makes sense now

No bro it’s when Free Willy came out!!

Moby Dick was published in 1851, it's reprinted almost daily so I doubt 1993 was related.

@@SkyOctopus1 the movie was released 1993, it was related

Hanayama puzzles are a great place to start.

Yes I agree the camera was a no no. That could give you decisive advantage looking at the fine workings of the puzzle. That being said I love this podcast.

I think he was trying to help us see better. A basic magnifying glass with a light might work best, I reckon

​@@who6339Forget the microscope, that did nothing. Everything was easily visible. What he did do is immediately pull out his phone to try finding the lock combination. Granted, starting off with needing to know a dumb trivia question is a bad design but still an external tool nonetheless. The lock should be meant to be picked, which it basically is since anyone who's had locks like this know how insecure they are but clearly that wasn't the primary intent. Some sort of hint, such as a clue to the first digit, should guide the person to looking closer at how it works.

Oh wow that would have been good

On what part ?

By brute forcing it the way he did it!

@@A.C.Lawrence brute and forcing in the same sentence ALWAYS equal a shitty puzzle design for me.

IMHO this is more likely to wick between the brass rod and the case, permanently gluing the rod in place.

@@bobsd387 Only if you put too much glue on, you only want the most miniscule amount.

Guess he did technically bypass it a bit but the movie Free Willy came out in 1993 and that was the code 😂😮 guessing the name of the puzzle was a hint.

​@bryannichelson2 A very vague one

The same year as movie titled Abraham ;)

You'd be better asking Mr Puzzle. Chris just tries random sh@t until something works. There is a bit of logic, but I'm amazed he hasn't got more methodical over the years he's been doing this. Chris clearly didn't solve this properly, because he never found the Allen key. I'm sure there's more to this puzzle, but by removing the screw with his fingers, he cut a corner.

Free Willy was released in 1993

Free willy came OUT in 1993.

Would seem they created the drama for video if ur telling the truth why else

Ok

naaaah because if you can include a printed set of hints, you could also easily have printed the email with those crucial instructions. Shouldn't have been shipped without a physical copy.

Came here to say this, too! Also haven’t finished the video yet.

What is "Free Willy"? Why the hell would every solver know that? Why would they be required to know it? They SHOULDN'T. The idea of puzzles in general is for them to be solvable by as many people as possible, not by a specific cohort, born in a specific period of time, having knowledge about a specific subject.