This Week I Learned to Solve the Pyraminx

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In this episode I learn to solve the Pyraminx. A pyramid shaped version of the Rubik's cube. I try to do so entirely intuitively; that is no algorithms or guides. How long will it take me to learn?
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From tnl cruber

[@Aayush_Shah]

Let’s turn this into a cubing channel like yours

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Best speedyoutuber

[@Cubeorithms]

Way to go Mike! Nice job figuring it out :D

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Cubeorithims’

[@redkb]

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100th like

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6th comment of what someday be a very liked comment

[@dailypuzzles]

Excellent video Mike, great to see that you learn with just intuition. Thanks a lot for mentioning us in the video as well! Would love to see you solve more puzzles in the future.

[@enjoymacubingskills]

Helllllllo!

[@tommy6357]

Wow nice idea to send it to him

[@justaregularhumanbeing]

Billi

[@christoforcostea14]

Hi, i buy mutch cubes from your store

[@rathinamsalamonlasar2679]

Yayh

[@somewhatoriginal]

mike: pyraminx every cuber ever: Hello there.

[@BlackBeltYT1]

So true

[@domibros11]

i am a cuber and i clicked the video to do just that

[@ashlynseah2575]

Yep

[@nomasan]

Next step: Rubik's Tesseract

[@IndigoLikesVR]

general kenobi

[@redneckbean3409]

No joke, none of my friends could solve this, and we were sitting in my living room puzzled trying to figure it out. Then my mom, who openly says “yeah I’m not that smart, your dad is the smart one” walks by, asks us “what’s this?” and she solves this pyramix in literally less than a minute!

[@bru5142]

Bruh

[@mswcomparisons2562]

Lying 🤥

[@Sharpless2]

r/thathappened

[@irinaurukalo9002]

Pyramix is one of the easiest wca puzzles

[@peteiiseasy3217]

💀bro dafaq

[@gamespoint1701]

The box in the intro is every cuber's Dream...

[@cuberynth3079]

Lol yeah

[@danielchapman3875]

So true

[@tigheb5412]

Freakin drooling right here

[@justaregularhumanbeing]

Tru pog

[@1actose]

Yup

[@andrewseymour186]

“It needs to be solved...as one” I love the dramaticness

[@jybler007]

It is actually one if the easiest.

[@mtextingstories]

When i saw your comment i was right when he said that🤣🤣🤣

[@morphos8793]

What's the song at 2:42?

[@sheeshdawg8134]

@@morphos8793 Aka. The Liam Thompson outro.

[@sheeshdawg8134]

@@morphos8793 YOU'RE WELCOME

[@noahniederklein8081]

2:41 Anyone else watch Browney and instantly think of him when they heard this song? Song is called Come 2Gether by Ooyy btw

[@Lucasperks06]

yep 😂

[@jackbarton7689]

Intuitively solving a twisty puzzle is an amazing feeling. Even just watching someone else do it is nice. I recently solved the clover cube plus intuitively and I can safely say that those were some of the most fun hours of my life. Every time I solve it I'm reminded of how great it was the first time. I recommend solving something intuitively to any cuber looking for a reason to smile.

[@DanaYi13]

As a speedcuber, love the cubing videos! I recently made a video about me trying to get fast at pyraminx, but the production quality of this is SO good! Watching you work through it is an awesome process, love it!

[@nine_moons3073]

Not expected to dee you here

[@cooldiamondgamer611]

2:42 when I heard the music I thought my phone flipped to a Liam Thompson video

[@alexinator1288]

Same 😂😂

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i was looking fr this comment 😂😂

[@DerpyNub]

As always... peace... **random hand movements** and buh bye

[@danielchapman3875]

Same lol

[@Spanther.]

Same

[@kenfreeman8888]

I've learned the 2x2 and 3x3. I'm working on the 4x4 (using the ideas in Mike's "How to Learn" Skillshare class), but I love the Pyraminx. It's so fun to play with. I almost figured it out on my own, looked up one thing then worked out how to solve it all. Not sure I'm "solving it as one" but I am solving it.

[@exit337]

You should do balisong (butterfly knife) flipping.

[@LewysC]

Definitely!

[@asmr_anonya_a338]

Mike you’re actually a legend. Don’t think people understand the commitment and patience it takes to learn something new - props to you 🙌🏽🙌🏽❤️❤️

[@slipperynodd578]

As a cuber this makes me SO HAPPY

[@iliketurtles2187]

Ye

[@iliketurtles2187]

And im sooo jealous of the box he got full of cubes haha

[@CodyMemer]

same

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[@Alanhallow]

Seeing daily puzzles main stream makes the happy more fun

[@s7eezyio]

i personally think the pyraminx is the easiest "cube" ever. i learned it in the first hour without any tutorials or anything/anyone helping me :). my pb is also 32 seconds. but good job Mike, never fail to amaze

[@simonmccroskey906]

If you put in the time to learn 5 algorithms for last layer, you can get sub 20 if you try, good luck!

[@justinkeithtrinidad8202]

Have you ever tried the 1x3x3?

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070]

3x3x1 is easier

[@henryhank8249]

One of my friends knows how to solve some of these and his brother is REALLY good at it and im gonna share this to him! Awesome vid

[@pr.yanshi]

That laughter after he finally solved it was pure happiness

[@professionalplumber]

Lets just appreciate that he never clickbaits

[@senata.s3034]

lets say some random things that most people agree upon to get some likes off of youtube comments

[@kaytosu9972]

@@senata.s3034 Agreed

[@Kewbix]

I got jitters when I saw that huge box in the beginning haha. That would have made any average cuber's dream 😂😂

[@105gamez8]

The great part about cubes is that one you learn the 3x3, it is significantly east to recognize the same pattern for solving (middle, edges, corners)

[@grendel_nz]

When i was at school. I learnt to solve the corners first after getting one side complete, then 2 algorithms to move the edges around. Sadly i only remember one of those now so it takes much longer. I have someone's 5x5 to solve now, so i have to learn a different , more stsndard, way to solve that cos my methods won't work. Ho hum.

[@SpeedyGoneCuber]

The Cubes shown at the start of the video are epic!

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Me the ALPHA M*LE of this comment section and me command RESPECT. Right now me telling you to NOT observe any of me nice cool sweet videos. Instead just look at me awesome good powerful thumbnails. Thank you, dear spe

[@Jordan-xx9ux]

@@AxxLAfriku no

[@SDfighter1]

@@AxxLAfriku no

[@jimmypatel4910]

"U r a genius if u solve anything with intuition" we cubers know this but to the rest of the world " u r a genius if u can just solve any puzzle no matter with algs". Btw 40 mins that's dope man !!!!!!

[@oogabooga2337]

Its so easy it takes like 10 mind to learn

[@Alt3R]

Nice! The pyraminx was the first puzzle I ever solved without looking up how, its very satisfying how much easier it is to solve intuitively vs a regular rubiks cube.

[@jockerman_0119]

I love the pyraminx. It's the first puzzle I solved without an algorithm. Only took 15 minutes! I moved things around and found a way to solve it that works every time. It's a really interesting puzzle

[@vaibhavkhurana215]

Mike be like: I'll solve the first layer again and again till I get a last layer skip, cuz first layer is intuitive and last need algorithms lmao-

[@jacksands3089]

When you need him the most, he returns 🧡

[@bhpadma7671]

Hmm. Did he ever leave?

[@jacksands3089]

@@bhpadma7671 no but he only uploads like once a month

[@riddyrid]

Likebait

[@morphos8793]

What's the song at 2:42?

[@tannermichlitsch1364]

He need to upload more this one only took like 40 minutes

[@benlafaver5362]

Your content is so cool! You are living my dream, I love learning new skills, and it's inspiring to see you accomplish so much!

[@danielleamos7527]

I haven’t been on this channel in a couple of years, so cool to come back and you’re still trying new things

[@GothamWRizz]

Video suggestion: "This week I learned to balisong (butterfly knife)"

[@ningcraft6694]

Mikeshake did that

[@jamiemcgibbon8631]

YES

[@kokakola837]

Hes done that🤨

[@jamiemcgibbon8631]

@@kokakola837 no he’s not

[@The_asdfghjkl]

The pyraminx is probably my favorite twisty puzzle out of the ones I own. It's just really fun to solve, nice and easy to learn if you're starting and just really fun overall.

[@KikiCuber]

Same. I spent hours teaching myself show to solve it’s so satisfying

[@stupendouschuks4209]

I love you content man you are killing it I wish for one more video to view the internal part of your massive collections especially the pyramids

[@cecilsweeney9482]

You know, Mike just popped in my recommendations one day, and I’ve never regretted subbing. This guy... just what a fucking legend 😂

[@HrsHJ]

Lockdown again in 2021 Everyone : "oh no not again noooo...." Me : "hell yeah time to focus on myself and enhance my skills"

[@gentus7239]

Then lockdown is over and you havent done ANYTHING

[@HrsHJ]

@@gentus7239 hahaha well you are right procrastination is a big deal for many

[@andrewmartin2321]

@@gentus7239 haters be saying that without investing in mental health resources

[@muhdazamlimohdnawi5760]

Next video: i will try to solve a rubik's cube one handed

[@jacobbutbreathing9281]

As soon as i saw this on my recommended i just got a rush of excitement, great vid!

[@louis_keah]

Great job Mike!! It's exiting watching you learning from scratch. Keep it up and way to goo!!

[@tigheb5412]

Next up: This week I learned speedcubing Speedcubing is my favorite hobby

[@CraterCuber]

Same

[@tyazgagaman671]

next video: "I tried to be sub-30 on 3x3"

[@CraterCuber]

@@tyazgagaman671 I wish…

[@tyazgagaman671]

@@CraterCuber Good luck buddy. I'm sure you can do it 👍

[@tyazgagaman671]

@@CraterCuber wait, you are a sub-20 even sub-15. I take my word back 😂. I guess, good luck to become a sub-10 average (for me too actually)

[@delvindenni2432]

“This week I learned to solve the 1x1” NOWW

[@delvindenni2432]

@____________________ ya ya tHiS wEeK i LeArNeD tHe 0x0 Lol

[@tigheb5412]

But the 1x1 is impossible No cuber can solve it It's one of the universal mysterys Not even god could solve the 1x1 _the 1x1 demands worship from us all_

[@delvindenni2432]

@@tigheb5412 exactly which is why I want him to solve it

[@tigheb5412]

@@delvindenni2432 he will outsmart god I'm sure if it

[@delvindenni2432]

@@tigheb5412 wow 😳 nice confidence

[@badders4753]

The pyraminx will always have a soft spot in my heart. When I was about 12 I was fascinated by solving this and I didn’t really know the internet properly. I spent about 10 hours in total probably as a 12 year old learning to solve and creating my own method all by myself and have always been proud of my self to this day

[@blueyoshi101]

Intuition was the same way I solved when I first got mine it was so satisfying. Awesome job Mike. Keep it up.

[@sour_coleslaw9095]

I actually did this myself too. I was messing around on it and solved it. Then figured out how I did it. Still can solve it to this day : )

[@liverspeed1882]

2:45 He went Browney style and I like it.

[@stippystips9418]

whats that called again im tryna find it

[@adrianpalco3034]

I was about to say that😂

[@AndrewTateOfficial_]

I was looking for this exact comment!

[@stippystips9418]

@@AndrewTateOfficial_ ofc browney is goat

[@RaindropsBleeding]

I learned to solve one of these while bored on deployment. Took me about the same amount of time. Right at the end there I could see you'd got it, you just hadn't realized it yet. I love that moment from the outside looking in. Must feel great.

[@Kibenwa]

New subbie! I just learned of your channel recently and this is the first video I'm watching. Which is great because it takes me back to my childhood! I could solve this particular puzzle in a flash when I was a kid. I'm not sure I could now, but one thing's for sure, I can relearn how.

[@zrkhan1124]

0:03 Every cuber's dream

[@oliviervanluijk966]

Cool stuff, would be cool if you ever go to a cube competition!

[@tigheb5412]

Petition starts right here 👇

[@noahdalentoft8076]

3x3 blind

[@davidfrau4517]

Nice mullet action you have going on there.. And thanks for the inspiration, very interesting seeing how the pyramid works and trying to think out of the box... lol

[@JJCuber27]

This is amazing Mike!

[@mathiasjonsson7301]

Looking forward to the day you try a 50x50 rubik's cube

[@michaeljung6874]

I had one of these...I just fiddled with it and I got it in like 10 min every time lol

[@endlessfam-7389]

I love your videos man! You should do a video of learning how to use a harmonica because it’s quite a challenge.

[@tommysmith2681]

Mike I feel like ur videos would be a great tv programme because an average person learning hard things step by step is very interesting and watchable. Also u make it look like a tv programme and it works well haha

[@robothms9787]

I’m gonna say what we are all thinking... Your accent makes the video 10x better

[@advikgupta5922]

Finally something he learns which i can proudly say ik how to do.😆😆😌😌

[@sparat1c631]

Love your vids man, great quality and interesting topics.

[@VicJang]

Great job, Mike :) I've been quietly following all your videos. Hope you're doing great!

[@TepidWater]

I liked it more when he used to prove that he actually learned it and didn't just stop the timer when he first solves it (cause that can be partly or fully luck). I'm not saying that he didn't actually learn how to solve them, I just feel like having that confirmation and then explaining how it works adds a much more satisfying end to the video.

[@tyrone7244]

I remember first solving one of these late at night in a car going home in China after getting it a few hours prior

[@DevynPlaysGames]

it's honestly the best part about learning these puzzles. the more you learn, the more knowledge you can apply to solving harder/different ones without assistance

[@Maxmaxs5]

Some incredible videography!! Well done Mike always love your videos 🔥🔥

[@bananabananathebananakingh9634]

I did this once, turns out all you have to do is solve one side enough times and it all clicks into place You do need an (easy) algorithm to get the side sometimes though

[@ang31mrtz26]

To he honest, it is pretty easy to solve considering I solved it without even trying to.

[@coelbreesawitz6111]

Great job personally the pyraminx is one of my favorites because of the unique shape and the simplicity it was fun to watch you try and figure it out it reminded me of when I first tried to solve it and how I was so excited because it took me only around 5 minutes to figure out how to solve it it’s an amazing puzzle and it was fun to watch you solve it

[@Marcinezz]

Keep it up bro. Thats the content we need.

[@shashwatjohri1503]

if this guy can figure out a parity algorithm on his own, there's nothing he can't do

[@theflatsixth]

not that hard, I figured out one myself, and I wouldn't call myself that smart

[@shashwatjohri1503]

@@theflatsixth so maybe pyranmix parity isn't that hard i guess. Im not familiar with pyranmix. I was thinking n*n n>=4 parities level

[@mhw-mr.helloworld4400]

Taking everything in consideration , the pyraminx is actually easier than the standard 3/3 cube especially if you have ever solved the 3/3 :)

[@piotrsawicki9582]

Yes, can related

[@TobsterStrudel]

Plus, he can solve it blind

[@mhw-mr.helloworld4400]

@@TobsterStrudel yup that's the point

[@mhw-mr.helloworld4400]

I was actually kinda disappointed by pyraminx , I just didn't get the feeling of achievement that I felt with my first Rubik's cube solve and megaminx solve. But it's still a fidget toy tho...

[@ultimate7798]

My god! I had this for like 5-7 years and never solved it, and now seeing you promotes me to do it!

[@gamer9smith]

As a speedcuber it's always awesome to see these kinds of videos. One thing that I think would be cool for you to attempt is the square-1. Its this shapeshifting puzzle that is absolutely mind-boggling to try to understand and I think it would make for a fascinating video. Once again, love this kind of content, always so cool to see more people cubing.

[@notvalk5475]

I learned to do it by myself by just solving random sides and eventually solved it.

[@thisisnotme4591]

Same !!

[@ameerali1791]

Same lol

[@shawnbrasuell8951]

yes, do one color at a time and then it comes together at some point

[@garinchung9490]

The corners arent useless, they help determine what side is what color

[@therexafyte8616]

You can also just look at the rest of the puzzle

[@halo289]

0:32 That company sent in a box of maybe $150 worth of cubes and was able to get an ad read for a half a million viewed video 😂🤷‍♂️

[@tankkitukka656]

These cube videos are awesome!

[@Aayush_Shah]

Hey, I am one of the best pyraminx solvers in the world and I would like to tell you that we solve the pyraminx intuitively by 1 looking (memorising the whole puzzle at once and solving without thinking twice) and because of the way we apply our intuition we avoid the 2 flip (when 2 pices are flipped) like in your case. For most of what you got it will be easier to use a tutorial so you can at least solve the thing. Sincerely, Aayush:)

[@drawdo2905]

Let’s gooo

[@mrsflamingo5814]

I’m glad you had this experience. Upon getting I accidentally solved it within a min so I didn’t get to experience the challenge the pyramix holds

[@mementomori7160]

I'm envious, now you have more cubes than I. And yeah, pyraminx is one of the cubes that you can quite quickly solve intuitively

[@sweetysureka1573]

Being a cuber, I am genuinely proud of you that you have spelled the spelling of the pyraminx correct!

[@felixroux]

Being a pyramid, I genuinely don't see how you could misspell 'pyraminx'.

[@ethanj9833]

Ngl, this is one of the easiest cubes to solve, but still good job

[@A590Gaming]

I learned it in 5 min

[@ethanj9833]

@@A590Gaming same, if you can solve the 3x3 easily then it is not hard to solve this cube

[@A590Gaming]

@@ethanj9833 yup its basically the same for the most part

[@ethanj9833]

@@A590Gaming what's ur time for the 3x3?

[@A590Gaming]

@@ethanj9833 my Pb is 16.53 second

[@Matthew-ft6nh]

I know I’m late but mike keep it up I’ve been watching since I first bought my unicycle and your video popped up first and the rest is history

[@RODSUIT]

Good job man! Would love to see you try and solve a square 1 intuitively!

[@iemand8665]

This was the first "rubic cube" puzzle I succeed in witouth searching an algorithm up.

[@ttmfndng201]

me too, but it took me multiple weeks

[@corncobs]

This is like the easiest “cube” to solve by just figuring it out

[@jybler007]

Yeah I invented my own algorithms for it.

[@gyroninjamodder]

It's also easy to just get lucky and have the puzzle be solved. That's why I was disappointed he only did it once.

[@hag007]

@@jybler007 me too, lol🤣 I figured them out in around an hour😁

[@gaviballew841]

@@jybler007 same

[@dovahkiin52]

Yep, this is something you can easily figure out yourself by just toying with it. That cannot be said for a proper 3x3. When I got this thing myself I immediately noticed that the corner pieces were redundant.

[@bmillerburton13]

This cube took me months to learn !🤣 you make it look easy!😩

[@ellluksubchannel9905]

When my friend showed me his Pyramix, I decided to have a crack at it tutorial-less. And within a couple minutes I had solved it! I then got one from him for my birthday, and without tutorials I figured out a working algorithm that's solved it flawlessly every time!

[@UsernameIsName]

Mike is starting to look like a crazy hunter who lives in the desert, in the 1980's who goes a British dentist.

[@macd1996]

nobody: BigYeet: Let’s just appreciate that he never clickbaits

[@o.g.bwoodwork]

You’re one smart bugger Mike! Bravo 👏

[@dnlgvnperez4459]

4:37 his victory laugh is the best in the world

[@Xaneliar]

How To Solve A Pyraminx: Do One Side Get To The Other Get To The Other (If Needed) Solved.

[@nikobellic2869]

No, it's not meant to be solved side by side

[@caspzz6215]

But did you really learn to do it or did you just solve it once?

[@OnefinityAnimationsTSF101]

I remember the first time I solved a pyraminx. I was so happy that I got to solve it without any help. It's just so satisfactory

[@_cuber28_86]

I never get bored by looking at your videos. You always shock us with different content.

[@miewwcubing2570]

A pyraminx is not that hard to solve I learned it myself in literally 5 minutes

[@hrshah8260]

im the first one

[@user-to5nd5nc8h]

Yes

[@megdeg7685]

Yes

[@Xernia]

Who cares lmfao

[@sethusk]

Great work, that doesn't look easy by any stretch of the imagination!

[@JaydentheMathGuy]

Wow Mike! When I learned how to solve the 3x3, a month later I moved onto the pyraminx. I had thought that it wouldn't be too hard as I have heard from a lot of the internet that it would be easy. I tried to learn the pyraminx layer by layer intuitively, but I eventually gave up as you explained it was really strange to me. That day, I figured out how it worked via tutorial, beginner method (solve sides until you get lucky). I eventually learned some pyraminx algorithms and by now, I am pretty confident with this WCA event. As a 3x3 main event solver, I love the pyraminx and I love that you were able to figure this out.