Neat puzzle, but when you start placing the cubes into the tray, I would've liked to hear more exposition about how you were able to determine the orientation of each cube so quickly. Thanks for the cool channel and vids.
How I found the orientation so quickly? Well, it has to be one of the cube faces. For the sake of time, I found the right orientation on the cube, then filmed me putting it into the grid. I didn't think people would want to see me twisting a cube for 20 seconds to find the right orientation! :p
before seeing you explain the solution process i made one of those out of paper and tried it myself (even though making it took like 5 hours). i found that another challenge could be trying to match all edges. shame i couldn't find any information online about any of the other challenges though.
Do you have a written script? I'm assuming you've got a mental script or at least an idea of what you want to say but do you ever write it out? There's the occasional pause to collect your thoughts but aside from that your descriptions are in depth, all inclusive, and flawless. It's simple and to the point. I've had multiple times where I have been like "oh he should mention this." Then you do. And you describe it better than I could. Usually in the best way I can think of. It's really impressive. Even with a script
Okay, Fleb, there is a new IPhone game called the Guide's Axiom, REALLY amazing puzzle game that gives you all the information to solve almost 100 puzzles, with more to come. You should look into it! And, if you like it, make a video!
I'll give it a try. I played the first game "The Guides" a while back and wasn't very impressed with it, but I'd be interested to see if the sequel is better!
You mentioned that this is "a" solution. How many blocks would need to be fixed in place to only allow ONE solution? I'm thinking fixing two opposite corners would do it.
Rated R Sports Cards & Games there is the obvious possibility of having the same positions but replacing every color with another one: red becomes green, blue to white etc.. You can also derive new solutions by rotating the whole grid, by switching out rows and by switching out columns. This is already (9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2)[color switches]x(4x6x6)[row of 2 and columns of 2 switches] Now to figure put how many unique solutions (ones that are not the above solutions) is an exercise for another day XD
There was a paper a while ago that determined that the number of solutions to a 6x6 sudoku grid was 80. (I believe it was without the region constraint, but I can't remember exactly.) This puzzle, though, has millions of possible solutions, because of the color combinations like you said. They actually have the number in the booklet, but I don't have it on me at the moment.
Right, as other people have said, that's a variant known as "Diagonal Sudoku". I actually do a speed solve of one in another video on this channel! That being said, one of the pattens is making one of the diagonals all the same color, so at least one diagonal is possible!
Nice video! You've got yourself a new subscriber. I actually posted a tutorial this morning about this same puzzle, interesting how we both decided to post a first tutorial for this puzzle on the same day :) My video is a bit longer and lower in quality, but I use a very simple and straight forward method that allows me to solve it within about 2-3 minutes each time. Perhaps some people might find it helpful as well.
