The Cast Keyring (Blind Solve)

This video is one that was requested by a bunch of commenters. This is a blind solve, meaning that I've never solved this puzzle before, and I talk through what I'm thinking about as I solve it. If you want to see more of these types of videos, let me know in the comments!
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I'm a Top-10 finisher in the US Puzzle Championship and just released a logic puzzle game on Steam! The game is called RYB: store.steampowered.com/app/547050
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[@IVI4V3R1CK]

Thanks for leaving the "OOPS" moment. I got a good laugh. And thanks for the blind solve; it was awesome seeing your methodology. I hope you do more!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm planning on doing more!

[@talesfromiDEATH]

next time you do a blind solve, if you're gonna edit the video down you should have a timer in the corner to show how long it takes you. great stuff none the less, i find these videos so satisfying.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

That is a great idea! I can't believe I didn't think of that!

[@timothywu8441]

Approximately how long did it take you to solve this one?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

It took me somewhere between 10 and 11 minutes, according to the amount of footage I took. Not super fast, but I was happy with the time! Next time I'll time it!

[@talesfromiDEATH]

FLEB i think editing the videos down is definitely the way to go then. saves having minutes of you just randomly twisting and going down dead ends. the timer would be cool though.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

A few commenters have suggested that I fast forward through the boring parts, which I think is a slightly better solution than just cutting it out. We'll see next time!

[@Shlafoutre]

Awesome! It was great to hear your explanations and understand how you solved this. The puzzle itself is interesting too, I like the way you're allowed to rotate the piece around to align the two pieces correctly.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you! I thought it was a neat puzzle too. It's a 2 star in terms of difficulty, according to Hanayama, so it's not very hard, but it was a lot of fun to solve! I really like the idea of needing rotations but blocking them in most cases, so you have to use unusual orientations to remove the pieces.

[@emanonmax]

*Professional puzzle solver and maker haven won big tournaments* *Drops puzzle*

[@FLEBpuzzles]

That actually messed up my solve, as I lost the orientation I was holding the puzzle in! A little embarrassing, but I thought I would leave it in.

[@electricmaster23]

It was funny. :)

[@SticklysKingdom]

I love how wholesome this channel's comments section is, all the time.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I've always heard that KZbin's comment section was awful, but people have actually been really nice! Lots of interesting questions!

[@DigitalNeb]

I'm really fascinated by historical furniture with hidden compartments like Roentgen's cabinets. Seeing these puzzles and puzzle boxes reminds me of his work. Pretty interesting stuff, and fun to watch. Cheers.

[@heyitsmikey128]

FLEB, you are one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!

[@gold4963]

A blind solve? That sounds hard!!!!

[@wexasmr3516]

Fleb, you are the best puzzle solver on KZbin. I enjoy your videos very much, and I hope you keep making them.

[@SB-et9nf]

That was awesome to watch! Loved it and keep up the good work.

[@marcuscooper2292]

I really enjoy seeing your thought process in solving puzzles. Verry methodical and intelligent thinking 12 steps ahead. Great video

[@awesomesickness10]

It took me half the video to realise he wasn't going to be solving it blindfolded

[@cassieshine2636]

These videos are the bomb dot com man. I've bought about 10 puzzles myself in the last few weeks and I've already solved them all. Thanks for what you do!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm glad you enjoy them and thanks for watching! Happy puzzling!

[@jamesl.9544]

I really enjoy these, makes me think it'd be a great hobby and good fun to try and confuse my friends. Keep it up!

[@troyroebuck36]

I definitely think you could make this into a common series. It was unique to see how you broke down the situation. Hopefully you come across more unique puzzles and continue a series like this

[@austinschlosser2561]

I'm loving your content man! Another thing you could talk about is the history of puzzles and best puzzle makers. Keep uploading!!!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm glad you enjoy it! My goal is to use every Saturday as a "puzzle review" video, and then to use the week for videos on whatever puzzle topic I feel like talking about. The history of puzzles and other, more obscure puzzlemakers, are definitely in the list of things I would like to talk about!

[@christopherdavis3432]

I don't think I've ever watched somebody's KZbin series with interest before, but I'm really into this channel.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[@nickturgeon6040]

I think it's so cool how you're so into these puzzles! you've got me to start working on a few of them and the Equa puzzle is frustrating me to no end but I've solved five others from hanayama

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks! I've actually never solved the Equa puzzle! It's on the backlog, though.

[@volkov6460]

CrazyRussianHacker : " Hey guys today i will solve chekain"

[@justindowning3845]

Big fan of this episode. I would love more blind solves

[@razmitora2214]

Very cool. This could totally be a new series on your channel!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm hoping to continue it! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MikeWallaceDev]

This was so entertaining that I had to stop watching and go look for that puzzle! I stopped the video before the solve, so I hope that you enjoyed it. Thanks for this!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@okboing]

fleb whats that word again that means a word that says something else when read upside down? i want to see the spelling of it plz

[@dogcowdogcow]

ambigram

[@FLEBpuzzles]

+UnityDog Ambigram?

[@okboing]

FLEB thank you

[@marcelvdberg]

Very interesting to actually get an idea of how you approach these problems. I like the method of splitting something complex into smaller parts. I will try this for my next Hanayama puzzle. Thanks!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Go for it, and let me know how it goes! Good luck!

[@jazzy_jz]

Wow, this was great! I hope you do more of these in the future :)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm going to try to continue it!

[@joefreberg7222]

I like what you're doing, FLEB. Great channel.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks!

[@nisonlikethecar]

Would love to see more blind solves!

[@poof65]

I love your puzzle videos, keep doing it :) i though first you will do that puzzle blindfolded like the rubik's puzzles, i was thinking what a crazy guy i like it. I'm totally crazy about the cast collection, i own 36 puzzles at the moment and with your method i hope i'll manage to solve even the hard ones.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks! The cast collection is great! I'm going to try to do some puzzle techniques videos here soon, so if you can't solve the hardest ones yet, maybe in a little bit... :)

[@mahelaniarektbb]

love the blind solve. more please!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Will do!

[@aaronswank]

FLEB - these vids are legit! thanks for taking us through your steps....any puzzles you have never figured out?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Yep! Two come to mind immediately. 1. I was gifted a custom puzzlehunt for my wedding, which consisted of 20 some puzzles and a 4 foot x 2 foot x 2 foot box filled with electronics. My wife and I are stuck on the last puzzle, but we'll hopefully solve it this month! 2. The last puzzle of the Maze of Games is really difficult. At last year's GenCon, I talked to Mike Selinker about it, and he told me that I was the closest to the answer out of anyone he's seen, but I still haven't solved it! A few months ago, the "Lotus Box" would have been an answer to that question, but I finally sat down and worked out what I was missing.

[@22lr_plinking]

I watch them all. You have a great channel

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks!

[@JosephHeadley]

Great video. I found this really helpful.

[@pedroscoponi4905]

I loved having an insight into how you solve puzzles. There's clearly a logical method there that I never tried to apply when I was little... D:

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!

[@sebby12321]

Cool video love puzzles and this channel.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!

[@thedrumalchemist]

now that's some quality content!

[@kwerboom]

I'm bad at puzzles, so it's neat to see someone good at it using their methodology. I guess I could say from this video that step one is find the end point and step two is to break the whole puzzle down into smaller steps.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Exactly!

[@pre4edgc]

A lot of the Hanayama cast puzzles have very similar steps to this one, requiring you to rotate and re-insert the pieces in order to solve it. A similar puzzle to this one (which was far more difficult) would be the Hanayama Twist. It adds a maze to it, which was very interesting to me. Another unique challenge would be the Hanayama Marble, and one of the more difficult ones would be the Hanayama Enigma. I recommend all of them (really, all Hanayama puzzles are pretty fun). Also, really loving RYB. Really well-designed.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!

[@jeffreypincus7068]

Do more first time solves! This was awesome

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I am planning to continue this series!

[@j___617]

I love this channel

[@indianfyre]

Awesome solve! Keep it up homie

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you very much! Will do!

[@D34d1yFoxD3m0n]

I really like you're videos and wish I had the money and hook ups to do these puzzles you're very inspiring

[@rizanugraha4515]

how do you do this blind. even i need to look at the puzzle while solving!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I didn't do it blindfolded or anything like that. The "blind" part of "blindsolving" means that it's the first time I'm ever looking at the puzzle!

[@StealthDino]

Riza Nugraha This gave me a good chuckle!

[@AcidDvl]

FLEB, hahaha, I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm lol

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Have I been bamboozled?

[@eyadmardini8904]

You have indeed sir!

[@marcleeg]

Nice video Paul! I enjoy watching the solve of several different puzzles that bring to your channel. Do you have any more puzzles coming that you have created?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm working on a puzzlehunt book and a new video game. More on that soon!

[@tlittlebo]

Impressive!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!

[@Novaximus]

I like puzzles like this one which has solid pieces to them unlike ones that include strings/chains or hoops.

[@holdenking879]

You are a super good puzzle solver my man

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you very much!

[@ceuti]

love how you dropped the puzzle :'D

[@wadehamilton7522]

I definitely thought this meant you were solving it without looking. Still cool!

[@braydenzimmerman9461]

The sentence below is true The sentence above is false

[@FLEBpuzzles]

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[@BradMerc]

Fleb you're the best!

[@yasinghulam7703]

Hey fleb, i really like your puzzle solvings and one of my favourite youtuber. frm where did u got this puzzle im really intrested to solve it by myself and should experience something new. :)

[@HIIMUsc]

lets get this out on a tray. nice!

[@rhsduekip7908]

you are a nice person and i like your videos... thanks fleb

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you for the kind words! I've been in a bit of a slump this evening, and it really cheered me up!

[@doublin23]

i like this format. as other have suggested, a timer or fast forwarding through boring bits might be nice.

[@senzaparole6]

i'm impressed!Nice vid:-)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!

[@Kilroxx]

Great job! Yes, a timer would be nice showing the total amount of time, even through edits. Also maybe even annotations summing up what you are saying, i.e., "1. Main Goal - Flip 180°".

[@jeremiahkirby6552]

Your gentile and calm nature while doing these puzzles is infuriating.

[@donut992]

Hey FLEB! You should do a video on what you had to do and what interested you in becoming a puzzle designer. Just a thought :D

[@Kelis-melissa]

great puzzle :D

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you!

[@luna-wk4db]

this is very insightful thank you AAHHA //*drops puzzle*)) that mustve made it harder omg

[@FLEBpuzzles]

It did! I completely lost my orientation!

[@avibt10]

Love you vids fleb... I enjoy all of them Keep it going Avi from israel :)

[@Megu2910]

I find this stuff really interesting. any recommendations for those who wanna start doing these? like places to get them?

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I finally finished nemesis factor in my "perfect score" run I ended up with 995 I didn't notice it doing anything different from when I used the hint button in my previous runs but it has been a week. But now I am curious what happens if you actually end with a perfect score of 1000. But I am putting the puzzle away fro a while I am burnt out. Thanks for introducing me to the awesome beast and all the other puzzles on your channel. I can't wait to get some more fun things you recommend.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

995 is a very good score! Wow! But yeah, take a break. I can tell you what's supposed to happen if you get a perfect score, but I haven't done it myself. I'm going to try a 100% run in a few months myself.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I am pretty happy with it. I was kinda hoping to get 999 but at the same time that would have been soul crushing. I don't want to be spoiled on what happens but is it different than a non-perfect score?

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

DUDE! I just met Michael Stevens of Vsauce and he asked if I watched your channel! He and Adam Savage are in town for Brain Candy Live.

[@Quetzachapin]

Great video. Subscribed.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it!

[@OmegaYak]

It's an interesting insight into your thought process in solving a new puzzle, but the camera going out of focus combined with the very reflective surface of the puzzle makes it hard to see exactly what's going on. I hope to see more blind solves in the future!

[@jackdebois7898]

i do some rubik's cubes and i wanted to star puzzles cause i find that very interesting i just wanna know where do u but these puzzles (keep up the good work)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Oh, I think I saw one of your comments in the "Hanayama Spiral" and answered it. This one was also a part of that order (which was several years ago, I'm not sure if they still offer it) It often takes quite a bit of work to find a puzzle you're looking for!

[@mp711]

Hey Fleb like your stuff. Im an aspiring puzzler my self, where would you recommend I start? Where do I even get some of the cool puzzles youve got? Thanks and keep up the good work!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I made a "recommendations" video with some mass-produced puzzle recommendations! Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqK4fXR_r5mbf68

[@JCEurovisionFan1996]

Can you do some more Puzzles of the Year so that I can analyze even further?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Sure!

[@22lr_plinking]

Great. Thanks!!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thank you for watching!

[@kayden8093]

you should do a live stream where you do blind solves

[@gilbertserrano485]

cool i was one of those commenters that requested this :)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Awesome! It was a lot of fun to film, so thank you for the suggestion!

[@KeyMan137]

Great!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks!

[@blaze1148]

I thought when you said a blind solve I thought you were going to do it blind folded ;)

[@MolitovMichelleX]

Do you have a place you buy these from? Maybe if you recommend a store you could get a sponsor from them for send people their way.

[@reverently]

do you dab on a daily basis? this an extremely important inquiry that you have to answer immediately for the sake of humanity....

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm more of a once-a-week or once-a-month sort of dabber. I used to dab on the daily but the inside of my elbows got sore.

[@AngrySanta]

Great job but did you get the secret word or phrase from it? ;)

[@MrBaxa92]

I know it doesn't relate exactly to the content of the video, but how do you store all your puzzles? Do you keep them in their original packages or in a custom made box? Great videos anyway! Before seeing your channel, I've never realised how many mechanical puzzles are out there! Thank you!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I have a set of drawers that have a lot of puzzles, there are a bunch on a shelf, there are a bunch in a pile in the bedroom, there's a bunch in a pile on the desk, there's a bunch in a pile on top of a really big puzzle... maybe I should organize them better? I don't keep the original packages, but if it comes with instructions I put them in a few folders I use for puzzle documents.

[@MrBaxa92]

Thanks for the answer! No, it's perfectly fine the way you keep them! It's that I always try to keep my stuff as organized as I can. Ahah!

[@demilp]

It would be nice having an amazon link or some store link to buy the puzzles.

[@robertolimpio9164]

The level of methodology you use is impressive. Are there other areas in your life you feel have been impacted by using your brain in this way.

[@easykimpin8461]

More blind solves

[@danaondrackova3431]

Nice one! you are really good in solving :-) I remember when I waw small I played with my friend´s puzzle called "the hedhehog in the cage" and I was fiddling with it so long I actually somehow took it out of its cage and I run to my family crying I broke it :D

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Did you ever get it back in the cage?

[@danaondrackova3431]

my family laughed at me and my dad actually knew this puzzle (it is one of the oldes puzzles in Czech republic used by a comix creator whose antagonist hid a secret blueprint into The Hedhehog and whoever takes him out can have the blueprint) so my dad put it together. Now I have my own one in my room too :-)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

That's awesome!

[@danaondrackova3431]

You should try that puzzle, I would love to see the video of you getting the hedhehog out of its cage because it is said in the comix you can´t get it out without a hint where to start:-)

[@ovenheating9482]

Have you ever actually thought about doing a puzzle blindfolded? Not a blind puzzle or anything but maybe a puzzle that you have solved and think is fairly difficult. Maybe one that involves looking into small spaces or so? i think that would be pretty neat to try out. Even if you have already solved it.

[@rickrodiii6030]

Wow i thought he was going to do the puzzle blindfolded 😆

[@sw0rdz]

Fleb!? How long have you been solving and collecting puzzles? By chance do you teach for a living? You solved that puzzle quickly and explained it quite well!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I've been solving and collecting puzzles as long as I can remember, but there's another milestone I recently past which I remember better. It's a few months past ten years, at this point, since I wrote my first puzzle! I'm glad you liked the explanation!

[@cos0]

FLEB is going to become Ford in Westworld.

[@brennabullock1531]

i wonder if i can... **throws puzzle across the room** oops

[@Jacksaur_]

Hey Fleb, have you ever tried a puzzle game called The Witness? The puzzles all follow the same formula, but with different rules introduced over time and different layouts. It may be interesting to try. It's $12 if bought on Humble Monthly right now :)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Yep! I love the Witness! I also met Jonathan Blow when I was showing my game at PAX East last year. Great guy!

[@Jacksaur_]

Oh good to hear! I can only imagine how the meeting went, master creator and master puzzler. :D

[@thyllama6367]

im so stupid. I thought you had to solve the puzzle blind. wow good video still.

[@dogcowdogcow]

Other than the color, are the two pieces identical?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Yes! If I had noticed that during the solve, I could have saved myself some time.

[@hypnotyze_]

Where do you buy these puzzles?

[@palermo777]

did you cut out a part for some extra thinking at 3:35 when you cut after dropping the puzzle?? ;-) :-)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

While picking up the puzzle I accidentally knocked over my camera, so I did cut out an extra part, but it was mostly for setting the camera back up!

[@aliceklein180]

How on earth do people create these puzzles??? It looks like such a simple piece of metal but it's actually complex as heck. baffled

[@22lr_plinking]

Nice. Where could someone get one of these?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

This is by Hanayama, so it's available lots of places. Searching google for "cast keyring" should bring up a couple places where it's sold.

[@pabloquiroz463]

where do you buy the puzzles?

[@grimthereaper2321]

can you do the vector ball

[@sten260]

I thought you'r gonna do it blindfolded

[@oskioskioski]

You did a lot of nearly doing the move and then backing up instead of completing it. For example at the end you rotated the piece the way you wanted, but instead of trying to pull it out you went back and redid the rotation to check if it went the way you wanted it to. I probably would be trying to pull it out after every move. Is there a reason you aren't doing that?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

This puzzle is "maze-like", so I wanted to make sure I knew where I was in the maze and could back out to a position I was pretty sure was correct. When I undid that move at the end, I wanted to make sure that the move was doing what I wanted it to. I could have pulled it out at that point, but I was just being careful!

[@CSmyth-]

I can't tell too easily because the pieces are never oriented the same way, but it looks like the two halves are identical to eachother? Is that correct?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

They are! I only noticed that after I solved the puzzle, or I could have solved it more quickly!

[@angerymustache8274]

3:35 **drops puzzle** "oops"

[@FLEBpuzzles]

:p

[@landlord571]

You say your a puzzle designer. Have you made any puzzles, can we see them? Or you could just tell us about your ideas.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Sure! I mostly design puzzlehunt puzzles for competitions. Here's an example: www.baphl.org/15/static/puzzles/puzzle_1-8.pdf The answer is an English word or phrase!

[@sophiakennett6867]

I keep thinking he's saying "honey I'm a"