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  • @yellowmarkers
    @yellowmarkers  2 місяці тому +95

    I can't believe I forgot about ShengShou's higher-order circle cubes being asymmetric

    • @lord0fthecubes
      @lord0fthecubes 2 місяці тому +7

      Their crazy 4x4 v1 is not a real 4x4 :(

    • @nerdiconium1365
      @nerdiconium1365 2 місяці тому

      Question about the orbit cube variant: can the round pieces on the non-red/orange sides not be turned 90 degrees?

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  2 місяці тому +6

      @@nerdiconium1365 The gimmick of the Orbit Cube is that, when you turn a face 90deg, the four circles on the inside also turn 90deg in the same direction. You can't turn the circles manually. So:
      - If the puzzle is solved (or if you've turned the non-red/orange sides 180deg only), the vertically bandaged circle pieces block the red/orange sides
      - If you turn one or two of the non-red/orange sides 90deg, that still doesn't unblock the red/orange sides thanks to the vertically bandaged circle pieces that weren't included in the side(s) you turn
      - If you turn one non-red/orange side 90deg, you can't go ahead and turn a different non-red/orange side after that because the circles on the side you had turned become horizontally bandaged, blocking any other sides
      So it's essentially just a floppy cube (3x3x1) but with orbit pieces

    • @lukatolstov5598
      @lukatolstov5598 2 місяці тому

      Really???

    • @cameodamaneo
      @cameodamaneo 5 днів тому

      WTF is a "circle cube" lmao. That's an oxymoron

  • @zyill
    @zyill 2 місяці тому +284

    Video is clearly meant to appeal to a specific target audience that I'm not a part of, but I went and accidentally found it really funny anyway despite knowing absolutely nothing about cube puzzles.

    • @metachirality
      @metachirality 2 місяці тому +26

      it will never not be funny to me that what are basically chinese knockoffs are higher quality than the official product when it comes to rubik's cubes

    • @conlanger
      @conlanger 2 місяці тому +7

      As a semi-part of the community this is part of (I’m not really a collector or modder) this is the same reaction I had

    • @ingvarsuigin609
      @ingvarsuigin609 2 місяці тому +6

      @@metachirality well, the old versions (depicted in this video too) are equally bad - and of course the main feature of the official rubik's cube product was being unbreakable, so your children can throw it at through a wall, and then it still survives to your grandchildren. But nowadays the "speed-cube rubik's cubes" are literally officially rebranded "chinese knockoffs". It went full circle.

    • @SrijayDhungana
      @SrijayDhungana 2 місяці тому

      Same bro

    • @willowthelyxra
      @willowthelyxra 2 місяці тому

      Same

  • @thecloudwyrm7966
    @thecloudwyrm7966 2 місяці тому +59

    I love it when people are clearly passionate about something I personally know nothing about. Like yeah those all sound like annoying little nitpicks but it sure is fun to hear about it

  • @AexisRai
    @AexisRai 2 місяці тому +24

    enthusiast : cube as permutation puzzle
    company : cube as plastic toy line w/ variants

  • @lord0fthecubes
    @lord0fthecubes 2 місяці тому +70

    FINALLY, somebody's talking about this. THANK YOU

  • @Ensign_games
    @Ensign_games 2 місяці тому +23

    Finally I don't have to compile normal examples to confuse my friends with

  • @AstonCulf
    @AstonCulf 2 місяці тому +17

    4:10 finally someone mentioned that even layered minxes AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE CENTRES

  • @HNBGamer
    @HNBGamer Місяць тому +6

    I got randomly recommended this video and now I have seen more cursed Rubik's Cube than ever before

  • @aloading444
    @aloading444 Місяць тому +2

    one of the best cubing videos i've seen in a while, i gotta say

  • @radnukespeoplesminds
    @radnukespeoplesminds Місяць тому +3

    I imagine if an ancient human found any of these puzzles they would declare them evil

  • @etiketi
    @etiketi Місяць тому +2

    Got recommended this despite not engaging with Rubik's cube content for the past 2 or so years. Used to collect nxnxn cubes until I got to 12x12 I think; then I stopped while finishing college. Loving the humor, and this might convince me to go buy a weird cube or just alternative puzzle like a pyramix now, congrats.

  • @filval387
    @filval387 2 місяці тому +5

    This feels like the classic case of:
    "This product is super popular!"
    "Great! Now what?"
    "... How about we use [insert feature here] and put it on [insert cube here]?"
    "I don't know... [Insert feature here] wouldn't work well with [insert cube here] and-"
    "We'll make money~"
    "Let's do it!"

  • @Actual-Knight
    @Actual-Knight 2 місяці тому +5

    oh my God I sincerely hope you keep making more videos. I absolutely love this frantic style, my wife and I were _dying_ watching this

  • @johnny141093
    @johnny141093 2 місяці тому +9

    I love that the "Super Fisher Cube" from Calvin's puzzle actually makes it easier than a standard one because you cant hit parity if you know which way round middle layer edges go

  • @SevenMint
    @SevenMint 2 місяці тому +6

    As a cuber who loves twisty puzzle mods, this is hilarious.

  • @letter_o_hyphen_letter_o
    @letter_o_hyphen_letter_o 2 місяці тому +14

    rubik's panopticon

    • @eon1311
      @eon1311 2 місяці тому +6

      _Pandemonium - heaven peirce her plays_

    • @siyustuff213
      @siyustuff213 2 місяці тому +5

      This scramble... to solve... ME?

  • @CalderTF2
    @CalderTF2 2 місяці тому +7

    I have a mirror 2x2 that isn't a true mirror and it pisses me off to no end. Also would love to see more of these

    • @gt1975
      @gt1975 2 місяці тому +1

      I was so disapointed that I had to 3d print extensions for my 2x2 so it bacema real mirror 2x2

  • @TimofeiSopin-ov6dp
    @TimofeiSopin-ov6dp 2 місяці тому +3

    This video is actually great and very funny! Keep it up!

  • @knghtbrd
    @knghtbrd 2 місяці тому +4

    Katie over my shoulder: "thaaat sounds like a rant video." 🤣

    • @Blue_Guy_The
      @Blue_Guy_The 8 днів тому

      Who’s Katie? Nobody knows about your personal life we haven’t met you

  • @PureZOOKS
    @PureZOOKS Місяць тому +2

    Now this video is some good 'tism ramblings, you got any more?

  • @DrakonPhD
    @DrakonPhD 28 днів тому

    Me, who has never solved a normal rubik's cube: Ah yes, what a strange conundrum.

  • @timbomb374
    @timbomb374 2 місяці тому +2

    Oh, I have that floppy ghost cube. It's not my favourite but it's kind of neat

  • @albireo2990
    @albireo2990 2 місяці тому +4

    the first one should have been called the floppy mirror pentagon

  • @JonFawkes
    @JonFawkes Місяць тому +1

    I'm not ashamed to admit I own most of the cubes mentioned. Hate solving them though, so I never do unless a guest comes over and thinks it would be fun to scramble all the cubes on my shelf

  • @Trojan073
    @Trojan073 2 місяці тому +1

    6:30 this one legit makes the cube easier to solve bc there would be no edge parity

  • @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555
    @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555 Місяць тому +1

    they're fine cuz we don't actually want to solve them they are there just to fill up the space

  • @DinoCuber
    @DinoCuber 2 місяці тому +6

    Part 2? Please.......

  • @NathanWood23
    @NathanWood23 2 місяці тому +1

    That was kind of amazing. Thank you.

  • @ceqell
    @ceqell 26 днів тому

    my hyperfocused ADHD couldn't even keep up with this

  • @not_estains
    @not_estains День тому

    hell nah not the cube glazing from calvin

  • @spawnnumber2126
    @spawnnumber2126 Місяць тому +2

    3:07 the like button glowed for some reason?

    • @missingsemi
      @missingsemi Місяць тому +1

      Best guess is that youtube misheard "master" as "smash the" so highlighter the like button lol

    • @OkieDokieSmokie
      @OkieDokieSmokie Місяць тому

      @@missingsemiWhat an odd feature to for them to add in the first place

  • @NoenD_io
    @NoenD_io Місяць тому

    Cant wait for skewed cubic circular star mirrored 6x5x3x7 fardagon

  • @angelrivera1551
    @angelrivera1551 Місяць тому

    5:16 I was laughing with water in my mouth and it went in my nose

  • @Negreb25
    @Negreb25 29 днів тому +1

    You need more subscribers 🔥

  • @kiwi_2_official
    @kiwi_2_official 24 дні тому +1

    ym1 popping off

  • @JamesonJamestackSwick
    @JamesonJamestackSwick 2 місяці тому

    Can someone talk about the maddening mess of the Mixup puzzles

  • @geeteevee7667
    @geeteevee7667 2 місяці тому +5

    2:57 killjoys

    • @Bubitalk
      @Bubitalk 2 місяці тому +1

      holy shit jtoh

    • @spidey5558
      @spidey5558 2 місяці тому

      What

    • @Bubitalk
      @Bubitalk 2 місяці тому

      @@spidey5558 you wouldn't know

  • @ianmoore5502
    @ianmoore5502 Місяць тому

    3x3xX bloat is a real epidemic

  • @Unknowntrashcan
    @Unknowntrashcan 17 днів тому

    Ok but what if we mixed every single cube from this company into one really big one

  • @fezziegd
    @fezziegd 2 місяці тому

    and about the even layer dodecahedra the newer versions that are being made are only being made in stickerless which means you cant get the proper version if you get one of those :/

  • @HenryY8
    @HenryY8 7 днів тому

    I love this video, it's fun and interesting but tbh there's so much text sometimes and I keep struggling to pause and read all

  • @theredrighteye4380
    @theredrighteye4380 24 дні тому

    Your should named this video ,,cursed Rubik’s cube,, 😂😂😂.

  • @oliviareillyyoutube6652
    @oliviareillyyoutube6652 Місяць тому

    2:46 Mmh ah yes this is very information

  • @draakisback
    @draakisback Місяць тому +2

    Yeah it's unfortunate that a lot of the nonwca puzzles aren't really standardized so you get this mishmash of nonsense. There are certain cube collectors who will basically buy anything and these companies feed into that idea. Also, I have to imagine that some of the designers over at Calvin's want to be the next Erno Rubik.I mean I don't blame them, it is the most popular toy of all time.

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  Місяць тому

      Most of the designers of the base puzzles are independent of Calvin's Puzzle, but their names get put on the puzzle and in the full name of the puzzle. The video is more about the variations, which are all done by Calvin

  • @LeoStaley
    @LeoStaley Місяць тому

    I can't find that 2x2 cross cube to buy anywhere anymore

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  Місяць тому

      You are everywhere

    • @LeoStaley
      @LeoStaley Місяць тому

      @@yellowmarkers did you mean they? Because I haven't actually looked for them in years, maybe it's changed.

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  Місяць тому +1

      @@LeoStaley Sorry about that; I did mean "you". I'm saying I see you in comments sections all the time in various videos I watch. I am glad that you have wandered onto the comments section of a video of mine as well. I acknowledge that I completely ignored the subject matter of the comment you wrote, so I'll try to make up for it:
      It is true that the ShengShou Crazy 2x2x2 and Crazy 2x2x4 are very difficult to obtain as of now, because they were first produced many years ago and they haven't been restocked in a while. I only brought them up in this video because the entire video is just me cherrypicking the funniest quirks I could find and I thought that Crazy 2x2x4 existing and not the 2x2x2 cross cube itself was especially funny (and I have pointed it out in the past), so I thought it would be appropriate for this video

    • @LeoStaley
      @LeoStaley Місяць тому

      @@yellowmarkers speedrunning videos? math videos? General edutainment?

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  Місяць тому +1

      @@LeoStaley Mostly math videos, but I've seen you in a few other places as well

  • @testedcatgaming7714
    @testedcatgaming7714 2 місяці тому +2

    I don't really do Rubik's Cubes, how do they suspect you to solve the one at 5:24
    Does it even move???

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  2 місяці тому +2

      The image in the video is the puzzle's solved state. The goal of the puzzle is to get it into that shape, with the weird bit sticking out like that. If you're asking how it turns, it's mechanically the same as a regular 4x4x4 cube, but some of its pieces have different external shapes, which is why it looks weird from the outside.

    • @testedcatgaming7714
      @testedcatgaming7714 2 місяці тому +1

      @@yellowmarkers Rather cool I guess, though it looks rather hard LOL.
      Thank you for the explanation!

  • @schoclatesouce3784
    @schoclatesouce3784 Місяць тому +1

    GREAT FUCKING VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Agent_508
    @Agent_508 2 місяці тому

    With your mention of stickers making it look like a hypercube. Doesn't that make picture cubes "hyper cubes" as well?

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  2 місяці тому +2

      If you meant supercubes, then yes, picture cubes require the centre pieces to be rotated a certain way, so they are supercubes. The stickers I mentioned in the video are just one way of requiring the centres to be oriented, I've also seen putting arrows on each sticker and a few others

  • @lukatolstov5598
    @lukatolstov5598 2 місяці тому

    3:11 I like it!

  • @baguetteking4417
    @baguetteking4417 2 місяці тому

    The fact that more companies keep making them tells me that there are people actively buying these and I want to know who

  • @ianmoore5502
    @ianmoore5502 Місяць тому +1

    This video gives jan misali vibes

  • @1HundoGames
    @1HundoGames Місяць тому

    Been trying to find one 3x5x5 cross puzzle with hexagons at each end but can't remember its name. Made up by a guy who made a contest for people to innovate on the design and I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  Місяць тому +3

      You're thinking of Gregoire Pfennig's Dual Hexangle: ua-cam.com/video/bGKkwBqBRZ8/v-deo.html

    • @1HundoGames
      @1HundoGames Місяць тому +1

      @@yellowmarkers thank you. I've been searching 'custom rubik's puzzle' and this never came up

  • @willowthelyxra
    @willowthelyxra 2 місяці тому +1

    ...What?

  • @rabbitmario751
    @rabbitmario751 2 місяці тому +2

    i really hate calvins puzzle for their lazy variants and disgusting prices, they make a few cool puzzles tho

  • @yigitdogan27
    @yigitdogan27 20 днів тому

    1:33 just buy 2 of them and swap the pieces around. Profit.

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  20 днів тому

      If you did that, the 3x3x5 would have two yellow faces and the 3x3x7 would have two white faces, so you would have to swap some of the stickers between the two cubes as well

  • @AlexMaass
    @AlexMaass 2 місяці тому +2

    CalvinsPuzzles does piece swap mods so much, it's so lazy imo to just try to sell more editions of puzzles

  • @Afrncul
    @Afrncul 15 днів тому

    My brain is on life suport

  • @leotaku5216
    @leotaku5216 Місяць тому

    4:56 No

  • @Ice.burrrg
    @Ice.burrrg 2 місяці тому +1

    It’s a cash grab

    • @RandomGameClips27
      @RandomGameClips27 Місяць тому

      exactly this. Doing low effort just for some weird people to waste their money to gain big profit

  • @wildawnnaviane2187
    @wildawnnaviane2187 2 місяці тому

    Real. . .

  • @hrac88
    @hrac88 2 місяці тому

    ah yes
    horros beyond my comphrehension

  • @clayday5299
    @clayday5299 2 місяці тому

    i have no idea what this guy is talking about

  • @jbot8108
    @jbot8108 9 днів тому

    lol, more pls

  • @YellowBunny
    @YellowBunny 2 місяці тому +2

    Nice video! But none of the twisty puzzle companies you talked about are Rubik's Cube companies, as only Spin Master has the rights to that name. I'm sure you can relate to me getting mildly annoyed about a detail like that :)

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  2 місяці тому +4

      The title is clickbait. "Twisty Puzzle Companies" would have indeed been more accurate, but I think it's a less recognisable term and the one I did use is still reasonably related to what I'm talking about; twisty puzzles are often colloquially referred to as "Rubik's cubes". You are correct, though

  • @YellowBlue3x3
    @YellowBlue3x3 2 місяці тому

    Why do you sound like my friend lmao

  • @FurryEskimo
    @FurryEskimo Місяць тому

    A lot of these feel like gimmicks of the exact same mechanism, just changing up the shape, and I know a lot of people are fascinated with this type of puzzle, but I'm actually kind of glad that I never became one of those people who's really good at solving them, not because it's bad or anything, but because I don't see a genuine advantage to perfecting the skill. What is it transferable to? Other shapes of the exact same product? There's all running an army of people out there who can solve these things in a matter of seconds, and computers that can solve it even faster, but what are they contributing to the world in general? I'm genuinely asking because I don't know why it's so popular.

    • @tastyl2356
      @tastyl2356 Місяць тому +1

      people have hobbies

    • @FurryEskimo
      @FurryEskimo Місяць тому

      @@tastyl2356 Yes, I'm not challenging that, but I literally don't understand the fascination. Do you? From my perspective it's a bit like collecting decorative jacks. I know each is functional, but they seem functionally identical, so the interest lies in the visual novelty?

    • @rabbitmario751
      @rabbitmario751 Місяць тому

      @@FurryEskimo they are not all functionally identical, you dont get it cause you have no idea what youre talking about

    • @tastyl2356
      @tastyl2356 Місяць тому +1

      there's multiple parts to the cubing community - some enjoy speedsolving more than collecting various puzzles. speedsolving, especially depending on the puzzle requires years of optimisation and dedicated practice. however, on the collecting side, most puzzle vary drastically in their solves. it is true that some puzzles are simply shape mods of others, however it is far from the truth to say that they are all functionally identical. even in official puzzles, for example, take a skewb - a puzzle that rotates around its corners. this clearly cannot be compared to a 3x3 for example.

    • @FurryEskimo
      @FurryEskimo Місяць тому

      @@rabbitmario751 Dude, why the hell are you being so mean? Yes, I don't know about rubric cubes, I literally have zero interest in them and asked about why others were fascinated in them.

  • @5h3i1ah_and_Nik0
    @5h3i1ah_and_Nik0 28 днів тому

    {this video has so much split-second text holy shit please slow it down a bit}

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  28 днів тому +2

      I'm working on a second part, so if I finish that, I'll make sure to tone down the split-second text. Sorry about that

    • @5h3i1ah_and_Nik0
      @5h3i1ah_and_Nik0 27 днів тому

      {@yellowmarkers oh, thank you! and, sorry for being a bit harsh there, dunno why i was like that... it's honestly a pretty small thing. i should, perhaps think more about when my tone when commenting ^^}

  • @VitaEmerald324
    @VitaEmerald324 2 місяці тому +14

    Please lay off the text that appears for a split second that you need to pause to read, I’m less than a minute in and already sick of it

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers  2 місяці тому +4

      I'll keep this in mind for the next video. Oftentimes there's extra information I don't want to leave out, but isn't all that important and I can't find a way to fit in the video script without it getting too cluttered. But, I'll try to minimise that next time

  • @FinlandHappy23
    @FinlandHappy23 Місяць тому

    Congrats to the Yuxin Master Pyraminx for calling a "speedcube" without magnets...
    AND MAGNETS IS THE ENTIRE POINT OF A SPEEDCUBE.

    • @rabbitmario751
      @rabbitmario751 Місяць тому +2

      no it isnt? speedcubes existed long before magnets

  • @R-BGamingUK
    @R-BGamingUK 2 місяці тому +2

    "Fun" fact:I have more than 40 more videos than you, but less than a quarter as many subscribers
    Fml

    • @Bubitalk
      @Bubitalk 2 місяці тому +7

      nobody asked

    • @Pinkcircleguy
      @Pinkcircleguy 2 місяці тому +4

      either it's because your videos are low quality (not an insult) or yellowmarkers makes more high quality videos than yours. Pick your poison

    • @marcelborkowski4192
      @marcelborkowski4192 2 місяці тому +4

      Literally no one cares, just make shorts or high quality content and you'll get subs

    • @cubixthree3495
      @cubixthree3495 2 місяці тому

      Grr imagine having a youtube channel... Nobody care! 😂🤬 blah blh bleh. You have subs? Yhat's so mean !! Grrrrrrr