The HINOMARU Puzzle is a form of Torture.

Today I'm going to attempt to solve the Hinomaru Puzzle. this was an exchange puzzle by long-time Puzzle Exchange participant Pavel Curtis at IPP21, held in Tokyo in 2001. The object of the puzzle is to place the 12 two-sided dominoes in the tray to form a picture of the Japanese flag. The solution is unique.
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[@ChrisRamsay52]

Lots of you wanted to see the other side. I’ll post a pic in my stories on ig 😊

[@Tahgtahv]

There's obviously a lot of ways the back could go. You have 3 completely blank pieces that could be turned 180, or shuffled between themselves, and also 3 other pairs of pieces that could be swapped. It seems kind of amazing it's not more unique, but there are only 5 different patterns a 1/2 piece can have: blank, full, corner, or edge x2.

[@NICKYG2X3.]

whats the audio please, it makes me nice and sleepy

[@kyrengorkian]

@@NICKYG2X3. It is Creativity (Theta) by Yotam Agam. Search for it and you will quickly encounter additional music by the same artist.

[@user-cp6bh5vl2w]

Puzzle pieces can be found by searching for Hinomaru (Japanese Flag) Puzzle by CodeMakor - MakerWorld. It is model 244743

[@pancakesnake]

or just be decent and post it here, pretty scummy not to

[@Zyugo]

Now, that's a *first* in history, someone on KZbin gets to solve one of Pavel Curtis's hardest puzzles. Wait until you try out the Devil's Doven sets, it's really hard even with the Half Doven set.

[@LovecraftianGodsKiller]

It's Pavel Curtis' not Pavel Curtis's If a name ends with an "s", you do not put an "s" after the apostrophe. You literally just put an apostrophe. Just a little English grammar lesson for you

[@Zyugo]

@@LovecraftianGodsKiller my bad

[@Sharter420]

@@LovecraftianGodsKiller No, You can actually, however most people would only do the apostrophe.

[@polaroid8349]

@@LovecraftianGodsKiller very pretentious for someone who's incorrect, both ways are grammatically correct.

[@eduardopupucon]

​@@polaroid8349yeah this reminds me of Ross's game dungeon and how much people would try "correcting" it

[@jazzman616]

With 12 pieces and two sides to choose from on each piece, there are 4096 possible combinations of choices for which sides face up. I'm a programmer, so to solve this puzzle, I encoded each piece with what parts of the circle that piece could fill in (corner, center, blank, half edge, other half edge). I programmed a quick loop to look at the 4096 configurations, and it gave me a list of 14 possible configurations that had the whole circle exactly once. Then I tried each combo until I found the one that worked.

[@OrangeHand]

I find there's a lot more mathematics to these kinds of puzzles than most people realize.

[@timeslice]

@@OrangeHandphysical combinations are all just permutations, which I find pretty cool

[@Amira_Phoenix]

How come the math gives 12 solutions but only one works irl?

[@Amira_Phoenix]

​@@OrangeHandof course it's maths, annoying as hell

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

⁠@@Amira_Phoenix I suppose some ways of building a circle would end up with the white part of the pieces could end up in a variety of shapes. The correct solution needs both the red to make a circle and the white to make a rectangle.

[@Mintsta27]

These are some of my favorite puzzles because for some reason I love hearing the sounds of the pieces sliding around when it's quiet

[@Gigaheart]

The only noise I dislike that on are the 3d printed scraping noises. It just triggers my Miso for some reason. This one I don't think is 3d printed so the noises didn't bother me. I know, it is strange. Welcome to having mIsophonia.

[@kyrengorkian]

Theoretically there is more than one solution. The 3 white tiles are interchangeable. The tile at "one o'clock" can swap with the tile at "4 o'clock". The tile at "6 o'clock" can swap with the tile at "9 o'clock".

[@weirdalexander8193]

Technically correct, the best kind of correct!🥸

[@Dash123456789Brawl]

Technically, since rotation matters for every piece that isn’t a solid colour, you can consider an additional permutation of the solution for every inconsequential rotation, without swapping anything. I believe that’s 2x2x2x2 = 16 Multiply that by however many permutations you get by swapping identical faces to find there’s several hundred additional ‘solutions.’

[@squirrelinabox]

I definitely prefer the sequential discovery puzzles instead of the more "jigsaw" type puzzles like this one. I did like the added twist of having there be two sides to each piece but these kind of puzzles still usually just boil down to a lot of trial and error instead of those "AHA!" moments of figuring out a new step in a sequential discovery puzzle.

[@Luzianos]

I gotta say, I really like how the pieces sound

[@Thisdown]

Indeed!

[@strawberrana]

my toxic trait is thinking i could do this in 20 minutes flat

[@demetriajones3231]

Try it I guess

[@loftvh]

Real

[@ThePenguinMan]

mine is thinking I could do it in 5

[@thesaddestdude3575]

Alpha volume

[@strawberrana]

@@thesaddestdude3575 beta volume

[@DemonicAkumi]

3:05 It was then that the torture of the puzzle starts...

[@gruntopolouski5919]

And Yes, we noticed. Some of us anyway.

[@IntellectCorner]

This might be easier than we thought. Lol 🤣

[@adrianrubin8435]

@CaptnCosmicsame bro

[@maztecs]

I've done this puzzle. It took me hours. I distinctly recall arriving at a solution like yours and my friend whose puzzle it was saying, "No, that is not the answer." My recollection is the right answer does have a proper circle for the flag, not the extra bumps....

[@DemonicAkumi]

Will always envy your endurance on puzzles like this. I would've had a horrible headache during and afterward.

[@michaelsparks1571]

Something small that might've saved a few minutes and dead-end attempts is that once we know the solution will probably require some number of the "blank/all-white" pieces, we can just remove them wholesale, pretend they don't exist, and see if we can build the circle from what's left. If we can't we add back one blank on it's other side. If no circle, remove blank-A, replace with blank-B (then B for C, then C for D). This saves time by not repeatedly flipping over tiles we place trying to find a blank we can swap (as they're already "out").

[@WilliamWizer]

while hard as hell, I'm sure of it, it puzzles me (no pun intended) how much time is wasted on things that clearly can't work and how little time is spend with logical analysis. for example: 1) we know 100% sure that we will need 1-2 full red pieces (find them and find what the other side shows) 2) we know 100% sure that we will need 3-4 full white pieces (find them and find what the other side shows) 3) if we use only 3 full white pieces we will need two tiny corners that are mirrored and there's only one shape that can join them. find the pieces that have it and check the other side) this gives you a huge boost in solving the puzzle. I'm not 100% sure that this is enough to solve the puzzle but it sure helps to discard a lot of combinations.

[@MH_Binky]

I agree that some deductive reasoning could narrow the possibilities down significantly, but none of these points you made are 100% guaranteed. 1) as you can reduce the number of full red tiles down from 2 to 1 by having one of them replaced by 2 other tiles that stick out from the circle, the same could be said of the other tile, reducing it down to 0 fully red tiles. 2) same as point 1, it could be 0-4 white tiles. If all of the tiles are horizontal, all tiles will have red on them, for example. 3) even if there are exactly 3 white tiles, the single white tile could be in a corner, rather than the centre of its edge, giving us one tiny corner tile and one half edge tile. These points *might* be confirmed if the number of each tile was counted (which would help narrow down the possibilities regardless), but without knowing that information, there's no way of guaranteeing the number of each tile type in a helpful way.

[@WilliamWizer]

@@MH_Binky the center of the circle can't be made without using, at least, 1 full red tile. that's 100% sure given the size of the circle and the shape of the pieces. the puzzle is 6x4, the pieces are 2x1 each and we only have 2 pieces that are half-white. we know the red circle will be in square of 4x4 so we have two rectangles of 1x4 (one at each side) of pure white. to cover those rectangles we need either 4 pure white pieces or three pure white pieces and the only two half-white pieces. there's no other mathematical way to do it.

[@nicholasbustin6266]

@@WilliamWizer If the four pieces down each side are horizontal, while the four in the middle are vertical, then there would be no fully white nor fully red tiles. I doubt this is possible with the actual pieces, and it would be easy to check that this isn't the solution given the constraints it places on the pieces, but until this case has been checked you cannot guarantee that there is a piece that is fully one colour.

[@brianishee8250]

30:40:75....F it man, I'm painting this last piece and no one will know...lol. You are a true master of patience my friend

[@dogdonut3]

This whole video is the best analogy for the health issues I've had for the past year. Just keep trying, new perspectives, fitting things together. For so long it's felt like doing the same thing over and over and getting nowhere. Praying and getting deeper in my faith, so that's been a plus. Glad you solved the puzzle. I take that as hopeful that I too will solve mine. Blessings to you!

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

Reading your comment, I took it as an analogy to dating

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

Reading your comment, I took it as an analogy to dating.

[@dogdonut3]

@rizkiramadhan9266 Yes, I could see that, too. Interesting how a puzzle video got us thinking. 😊

[@GypsyGorilla]

I wish we could have seen the back side!

[@TheAlmightyBracket]

I like the big ones but I appreciate them being far apart, it's almost like an event. The smaller ones are just as fun and sometimes seem more challenging.

[@JohnnyD10055]

I love the smaller jigsaw puzzles as well as the huge extravagant ones. Also the lego puzzles are always really really impressive.

[@supermcfly85]

Beautiful music! Calm and relaxing. I love sequential discovery puzzles. All puzzles are friggin amazing!

[@rainbowducky2546]

i adore this relaxing type of video with calm music and commentary and the clicks and clacks of the puzzle, would love to see more videos like that!

[@BnSmokin]

Congrats on the solve! Every puzzle you do is amazing especially the more extravagant ones! Still love the OG (whistle-boom) puzzle drop! Thanks for always making my week a lot better Chris💯👍

[@sarahhirzel7201]

I love a variety of puzzles, but it definitely depends on my mood. I love the jigsaws when trying to relax, the sequential discovery ones pique my interest, the storylines are entertaining, etc. Mostly, I love the ones that I can tell you are most passionate about because it makes it fun to watch you be excited to solve them.

[@queengalandra]

I love the difference in all the puzzle. Big, small ore in everything in between. You do them all and it makes it different every time. So keep on going and looking forward to the next one ❣️🥰

[@aylamao]

My favorite puzzles to watch you solve are the flat acrylic ones like this! They always look so simple but then are somehow nearly impossible to solve. My second favorite is fan-made puzzles, I'd love to see more of those!

[@alanbrott3159]

I love your story lines and the big solves. But honestly even small puzzles you do are great to watch. I enjoy watching your process.

[@markhenderson6389]

Amazing puzzle and video! So seemingly simple with just 12 pieces, 2 colors and a single geometric shape, yet so intricately complex! Enjoyed watching you work on it and hearing your commentary from beginning to end. Beautifully done!

[@Quicksilveeer]

This puzzle is ingenious in the fact that it's the definition of insanity when you need just one piece and keep circling back to getting the same one

[@andymitts251]

I actually enjoy all of them: the simple puzzles, the harder ones like this, the ones with good storylines, etc. It's a nice mix that keeps me wondering what I'm going to get every time you post something new.

[@IamCanning]

Love all your puzzels Chris, they're our (me and my girlfriend) favourite of all your videos. Especially love the big puzzles, the puzzle boxes, these ones and the objects. The least favourite category would be the brass/smaller ones where it's difficult to follow along with the solve but even then still enjoy your commentary and humour. The best part about the puzzle videos is always you!

[@ChrisRamsay52]

Glad you like them!

[@kevincase2141]

These type and the other smaller tactile and sequential discovery puzzles are by far my favorite and why I started following you love your stuff dude!!

[@Libratarot]

Yes, to all the questions :) I like the intros they are like little movie trailers, the 'simple' puzzles that are mind-numbing, the big guys that I could never afford, all of it. Hope that helps ;D

[@idontwannagotowork]

ambient music feels really good it fits so nice this kind of content

[@noodleeees]

Dude, listening to you rambling to your self trying to solve this puzzle, in a sense it was soothing because of it feeling like how my brain processes problems. This puzzle solve sounded different from the others from you in the past for some reason. Also wish that I could get ahold of that puzzle, I really like that one. I do enjoy listening to your videos and popping in and out of the videos as I sit doing something. For the most part, the physical puzzles in general that you do all the way down to real escape rooms, not a fan of digital escape, Idk not my cup of tea. The story lore that comes with some of the puzzles, I absolutely love, the work and ideas behind capturing where your imagination went for a theme is fun all the way down to the random blips in random videos tying to a big reveal of something.

[@Thagrynor]

The puzzle was cool but this video was absolutely awesome. The calm peaceful music with the solid, intentional clacks of the tiles being placed and shifted was just so relaxing and tranquil. Excellent video Chris.

[@TwospotzArtAndCraft]

These seemingly "simple" puzzles are great little inbetweeners. Your big production puzzlemachines and the ones you find and show us are faaaantastic as well, downright nervewracking at times, but little treats like this is so relaxing and truly enjoyable as well. Their beautiful simplicity is very much appreciated.

[@josephsorber5920]

I enjoy all the puzzles you do man!! Keep on keeping on.

[@Ilse_Swanepoel]

Chris, been following you for quite some time now, initially it was an interesting in magic, but I then discovered the world of puzzles through you! Had the privilege of visiting Japan last year and made a point of picking up some Karakuri puzzles. Even got some of my colleagues to join me for the trip out there and they were in awe! The diversity of your content is great - from big grand puzzles I’ll never be able to afford to something seemingly simple as this. Keep doing you! Lots of love from South Africa! 🇿🇦

[@bellonthemove]

This was interesting, but I have to say that I love the extravagant puzzle boxes. Anything you have interest in and are passionate about are the best videos.

[@ApfelJohannisbeere]

I love all your puzzle content ones. The ones with a story, even more. The most was your own story puzzle one that sent you through all the ages. ;)

[@MrQi123]

I love your vids so much, been following from the beginning!! I really like small puzzles, and wooden ones that you need to go in certain orders for. The extravagant ones are fun but they aren’t as realistic, I love seeing stuff that I could do at home!!

[@ChrisRamsay52]

Glad you like them!

[@ReverendLondo]

The way the circle's corner arc doesn't match up and how the shadows on the edge of the pieces show that their surfaces don't quite align... I bet someone could step this up a level by beveling the pieces so that even a seemingly correct solution was wrong until everything was perfectly flush.

[@ParadoxicalSage]

I love your videos I find them very calming! They border on asmr without getting uncomfortable, perfect for relaxing and doing my crochet to As for your question at the end, The style of the puzzle, small like this or big sequential discoveries, your content is beautiful. Though I personally prefer the ones that are 30 minutes or longer

[@user-md5gc9ix7h]

Nice solved! Like the music in the background! Really relaxing after a long ER shift! Thanks for the good times!

[@_mrcrypt]

That’s a neat one! Thanks for sharing that! Honestly like just all the puzzles you show/solve, but it is appreciated when you do a bit of story (since you asked). Cheers! 🍷

[@annettehawkins8467]

Great job! I like all your puzzles so do what you want!

[@Casper51tfg]

Really love seeing all of your content. The big, extravagant ones are amazing. The storylines are fantastic. Especially when it’s like a three or four part puzzle Absolutely amazing.

[@ezracohen6020]

I think the best approach with this one is to remove every piece that could have a white side first, they are the ones that create restrictions so keeping them separate is useful, then I would see if you could get a solution where all of them are white (there are four of them so that’s the case where you have two on each side, trying to build a circle with all of the rest of the pieces in the center), then I would try to create one with two white pieces (I recognize that three up is most likely to be correct from a puzzle perspective and watching till the end it was, but two up is more restricting so I would’ve tested it before 3 up), then I would try with three up, focusing on one of the white pieces other sides at a time, it would mean a lot more testing of the possibilities but would be structured enough to make the puzzle easier

[@ezracohen6020]

Also, it would be important to keep track of any piece that’s the same on both sides just because again it imposes a restriction onto the puzzle, for example, if there was any piece that on both sides had a corner red that would need to be put in horizontally you would actually be able to immediately eliminate the case of four whites, because it would mean that piece would have no spot, I really couldn’t tell if any of the pieces were like that when watching the video but it’s another thing that I would try out if I were actually solving

[@mvrkusxx]

Puzzles I like... can be anything as long as it's challenging and is piquing my interest... I used to really like the intros and the themed aspects of some of them. Ancient Maya Sun-Dial, Harry Potters Briefcase, Yo Ho Ho Chest...Some of the Cubes were interesting (Got a little stale in a way just based on them being printed and kind of the same in appearance I think)... While I do like some of the larger ones.. They have HUGE price tags too.. so.. LOL.. but always watching with interest as to what is going to happen next or be found... The puzzles where the main reason I started watching the channel and I started literally watching them all... Intros, background music.. themes... storylines.. ALL good work.. and most of the puzzles are great, very few have I thought were a little too simple and maybe milked a little.. but still...lol

[@sassypuppy2937]

🎉🎊🎉 Any & all kinds of puzzles is why we watch you, but you definitely need to show more OBI imo😂😅🤣

[@SpiderSparta56]

Packing puzzles are my favorite. I love this video. So satisfying

[@DragonBookWriter]

I love the variety of puzzles you do, but my favourites are the larger ones that fill the top of a table with multiple puzzles to solve; they feel like a bit of an adventure

[@Dustins_Woodworking]

I love the hanayama and yu asaka type puzzles. Not too into the huge puzzles. Great video.

[@charliewaterman816]

Love the full mix, brother. 👍

[@ninjabard1898]

I like both styles of puzzles. The sequential/discovery and these jigsaw on steroids. In fact, it was the DaVinci codex puzzle book that brought me to this channel. Ended up staying for the magic, cardistry, and everything else.

[@ashleyhughes1830]

i love all puzzles big small all types i dont sleep to them lol but i love to watch them as a puzzle lover myself! thank you for the content you make. and BOB is the best podcast i follow on youtube!

[@byran270]

I have been watching your stuff it feels like for ever. I enjoyed the Hanayama puzzles the most out of most your videos where you and/ir others would solve or compete. The story line videos have been pretty good. But, I really just come to your channel mainly for the magic tricks and puzzles. :P

[@WWOWS]

Genuinely love all the puzzles. You had an awesome sequential discovery machined puzzle maybe 4-5 years ago it was blue in color. I like the machined puzzles whether they are complicated or just a dazzling move!

[@a__mayyyyy]

19:48. Great job Chris 💙and I LOVE every single kind of puzzle video you make. You channel is indeed magical.

[@carlamartinez7559]

I love every content you put out. I love every puzzle you solve. Some I’ve never seen and it’s just fascinating to see these beautiful puzzles. I’m still waiting for you to solve prison break lol it’s a sequential puzzle and I know you love those. Thank you again for all that you do!!

[@DevonDowner]

Wow, this puzzle seemed like it would have made me rage quit so quickly into it, which makes it even more satisfying to see the last piece to go in. I love it!

[@themagicofseth]

I'm glad you do these. I love puzzles but lack the temperament to do them

[@morbidtabletop350]

I love the BIG puzzles, the puzzles with stories, and puzzles boxes. Those would be my favorites.

[@hasanberkanarslan3215]

Even the Titans imprisoned by the Olympians under the Mount Tartarus did not have to endure an endless torture like this puzzle…😂😂😂

[@natashabrodie9658]

i love all the puzzles. the ones that i call the saga puzzles where the prizes and solutions lead to the next puzzle are extra cool though also

[@franciscoormachea2247]

Just last week I was looking for one of your videos to relax and this is perfect ! Definitely use music ! And this are the ones I prefer the most

[@SiobhanR28]

This was so relaxing. Thank you 😊

[@pawelnfm6495]

Great puzzle! Thank You very much for sharing it with us!))

[@jamesbramlett5407]

So good, thx for sharing Chris

[@Iamgeoffw]

Sequential puzzles for sure my favorite. Lock puzzles and ones like this video are also fun

[@CookinWithSquirrl]

I love the big boy puzzles and the storylines. I feel like those already go hand in hand.

[@lastnamefirstname2390]

I really like one. You can logic your way through it easier than others.

[@lucasmagalhaesluciano3529]

That's a nice puzzle thanks for bringing this brings s lot of great puzzle ideas that you on frist glance you think that will be easy. But it's great as ever.

[@FullyActivated1]

I do enjoy the large desk puzzles. Secret hiding places and the such. I could watch those all day.

[@NatBuggy]

Can’t wait to watch this later ❤

[@rondickson1491]

What a great puzzle. Love the video.

[@james_herold9786]

this is one of my favorite puzzle videos ever

[@dsb1763]

Great job Chris! I love the calming background music and you are not rating throughout video and keep a calm voice.

[@jamescorbett806]

Any puzzle that you find interesting cause you are the puzzler god!!! The story lines are always epic and same with the big ones! I particularly liked the one with metal drawers. Those furniture ones are sick

[@zistitcher9614]

Like a little bit of all everything big small solving and the stories your a really good story teller I always like jigsaw puzzle but you got me into the puzzle games thank you love your videos

[@RichardJr1134]

Watching this, i knew right away. Nothing is ever as easy as it first seems, when it comes to these types of puzzles

[@jessicahubbard7707]

My daughter and I love all your stuff! Our favorites are the medium sized sequential puzzles with a video lasting close to 30 mins.

[@timgrant8729]

I WANT ONE!!!! WOW! Great puzzle. Even after watching you solve it i still dont have a clue! I definitely am going to try to find one. Love these kinds of puzzles. Thanks for sharing! Also you jinxed yourself at the beginning by saying it looked easy. 😊

[@Howlerx777]

I personally love the big fancy (definitely expensive) ones because they are so cool and have so much to them and so many cool comics to see happen and I just love the all in one concept!

[@chriskechely678]

I really like your big elaborate puzzles.

[@magnolia1253]

I like extravagant puzzles with in depth stories. The small puzzles are good as a pallet cleanser between big productions

[@wotzatfa]

This is amazing ! So much patience.

[@Bestpolevaulter]

These jig saw kinda puzzles are my favorite

[@Alexander_Sannikov]

simple, nice, pleasant and clever puzzle. enjoyed it a lot.

[@JoeVanGogh]

I love your UFO puzzles; ik theres not a ton of them so its not that easy to makes a bunch of videos on them but they are my favorite

[@tristandanner-dr1pp]

I already fall asleep to your videos because they are so relaxing…. Sleep music is deadly ❤️❤️❤️

[@monicareno4088]

This seemed like such a stressful puzzle to solve. I probably would’ve gotten frustrated after a half hour and had to walk away. I do really love the big puzzles with a storyline to the solve best, the sequential puzzles with a cool story. 😊

[@BobMotster]

Really like the bigger, more intricate puzzles you've done (e.g. the one with the goblet or the one whose sides looked like the facades of a gothic cathedral).

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Wow... awesome, Chris 🤘

[@chrisschreier8709]

I'm not gonna lie I enjoy everything from the ground up. I really love the hands on puzzles even something like the hanayama love puzzle. It's an escape if you know what I mean bro. RAM FAM all day keep changing lives man!

[@djstoplichtofficial]

I wanna see what the bottom looks like when it's finished! Love these puzzles

[@FreddieFirth]

Yay another jigsaw! These are my faves!

[@username_not_found6926]

Nice job solving the puzzle and all, but I can't stop thinking about how beautiful that red color in the center is

[@Gigaheart]

I really enjoy the big flash extravagant puzzles. I pretty much only get to see those on this channel. I also like the sequential discovery. I think there is a niche there.

[@tonyrobinson4595]

I'm a big fan of the bigger sequential puzzles. Personally, I'm not bothered one way or the other with all the top and tail stuff. Keep up the great content and thank you for entertaining us. 👍👍

[@Smartielew]

Yes all of them, I like all of the puzzles lol. If you do the large puzzle solves I do like the multiple camera angles and if necessary using the head cam so we can see what you’re seeing.