Tutorial: Quintuple Icosahedron (Zen Magnets)

The Quintuple Icosahedron is made with 6780 Zen Magnets, and the 6-layered version (the Sextuple Icosahedron, I suppose) is made with 9600 Zen Magnets.
Leave a comment and let me know what you think! Or, if you've got a question, ask away! I'll do my best to answer everything as well as I can.

[@jakobstephens5025]

I wish I had as much money and time on my hands to be able to do something like this. And the skill and patience...

[@SauradeepPaul]

So the title says 5 layers and he creates one with 6 layers. Guys, we have discovered the opposite of clickbait!

[@el667a]

disclickbait

[@hecko-yes]

ʇᴉɐqʞɔᴉlɔ

[@idklmao6251]

Sauradeep Paul Wait dont that mean it not clickbait

[@leonardomorenoshannon6124]

Because magnets

[@SJELACOUSTIC]

Sauradeep Paul

[@hakan9775]

It's 4am why the fuck am I awake watching this I don't even care about magnets.. nevermind the smashing part was satisfying so I'm gonna like it

[@FilmorthStreams]

same... this is weird

[@diegojose193]

Because magnets are fun to play with, fun to mesd around with and do stuff with. And its really unique not weird.

[@brrritcold552]

Same

[@xMarty2105x]

ikr, lol

[@tracykeenan4565]

i am exactly like u i dont know why i am even watching this

[@ok5917]

i guess these are the places you venture when watching youtube at 3 in the morning.

[@jm2watkins]

and at 6.... I gotta stop

[@shmud5528]

lol thats litteraly me right now

[@shmud5528]

lol thats litteraly me right now

[@ok5917]

time to do it again, but with chrono trigger music

[@matthewjohnston5048]

same I don't know how I got here

[@pliniomourao]

The art of creation and destruction... so beautiful!

[@dannyskinner1689]

welcom to DESTROY BUILD DESTROY

[@auail5594]

Moral of the story: It is very difficult to create order, but very easy to destroy it.

[@merikmalhads1676]

+Au Ail Well considering that the tendancy of the universe is to higher entropy (disorder) it stands to reason that it would require energy to counteract it

[@auail5594]

Gibbs free energy to be exact

[@merikmalhads1676]

Au Ail Gibbs works only under constant pressure. Overall it is best to refer to it as the second law of thermodynamics.

[@nathanschubert3048]

gibbs free energy is the entire driving force of the universe, nothing is accomplished without minimizing gibbs free energy in one form or another.

[@merikmalhads1676]

Nathan Schubert At constant pressure. While Gibbs is a great way to approximate reactions in an open system it falls apart in closed atmosphere system. It's true that everything tends towards its lowest energy state but Gibbs alone doesn't work everywhere all the time

[@brutalbunny]

"im not going to smash it..." *disappointed awwws* "just yet." *ecstatic cheering*

[@voidling_715]

well that proves that people love destruction 💣

[@astro3389]

+Crimson Chief well that proves you like roblox AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA

[@toodles6718]

lmao

[@jessesaucedo996]

+Astronity 212 IM PLAYING ROBLOX YOU HEATHEN

[@voidling_715]

Cool

[@liampurdy3712]

Holy shit,that is beautiful,and very pleasing to the eye

[@lilmelon6745]

It fucked my eyes when I look at something it'd always shaking

[@samhennessy5716]

ITS 4 IN THE MORNING WHY AM I HERE WHAT THE FUCK EVEN ARE ZEN MAGNETS AND HOW DO I GET AS MANY AS HIM

[@evanknop5284]

lier u posted this 10 according to ur posting time

[@user-pp5wm5rv2c]

+evan knop He probably lives in a different timezone than you.

[@FlorianTotal]

Me: 5 in the morning GMT+01 Germany...

[@filthyryytgaming7671]

Yes! 😂😂 Omf this is perfect 😂😂😂😂

[@Kadereii]

Mr ThunderChocolate this what i get for waking up in the middle of the night >_>

[@liebesleid]

And kids, that is how you create the 4th dimension

[@scrimx5209]

stfu

[@liebesleid]

Oh sorry, it was my fault. it wasn't the 4th dimension, its the 7th dimension isntead.

[@edwardbernal7515]

+origamiboy99 xD great come back xD no sarcasm intended

[@liebesleid]

+esreveRsIemaNyM MyNameIsForward (LOLFace) thanks.

[@isonbogosian3080]

origamiboy99 bleeds nose

[@happsider]

6780 Zen Magnets? That's like $800 duuuuude! Ain't nobody got time for that

[@sean_haz]

closer to 1000 actually :P

[@JoshuuaLee]

Sean Hazlett $1,035.20 it would seem... With my non-post-secondary math skills and a windows start menu calculator EDIT: USD$

[@ernsthaft9397]

wow so expensive? who is so dumb to buy this shit then??

[@ScottDavidWarner]

order NOW and get FREE shipping! ($5.95 value)

[@8462ism]

buy some every month and you have all that amount in 1 year, atleast

[@piperlandry6726]

I don't have the heart to smash something like that.

[@octamaster5000]

i dont even have zen magnets. why am i here?

[@Aelexito]

recommended

[@Zeptrio]

+Retarded Dog me i got it recmmended for me too and i still dont know why

[@spicypeanutbutter2725]

same

[@Rajsingh-dq4zm]

we are all the same here

[@no-lu3vb]

This is how i found zen magnets and became addicted to it.

[@FujishimaAkiko]

My 9 year-old-son when he smashed it.. "WHHHHYYYYYY????" lol

[@timainsworth692]

Akiko Fujishima hah

[@GoldenGabeMCPE]

i bet 80% of the viewers don't even have Zen magnets

[@lihao2843]

95% I would say

[@gametiger9050]

i know this popped up in my recommended and it looked kind of cool so i watched without having tho's things my self

[@Youkai2100]

+GoldenGabe I'm not allowed to have them because I live in Canada and All it takes is one stupid kid to ruin it all for us

[@dxb8086]

+GoldenGabe Because they are expensive as fuck. One magnet costs 0,50 Cent. Now count...

[@MSG685]

You can get them much cheeper on ebay and looking around the internet. www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-5mm-neodymium-magnets.html

[@Chichirumiru]

You just need a small loane of a billion dollars to build one of these :D

[@woodwire7150]

small loan of a million magnets

[@huntereudy8377]

Better call Donald Trump lol jk

[@evanhoward1391]

And a small loan of a million years

[@bluesoldier1141]

Thanks for telling me all the science I need for this year

[@hylianmontage451]

This was geometry,

[@diegojose193]

There was no science there was common sence

[@megadude936]

+Diego Jose Abreu Molina Common sense would be knowing how to actually spell 'sense'.

[@laziboi5285]

when he said smash it I was like omg 9600 pick up then he just crushed it into a ballish shape

[@alexandervazquez7501]

+Cody Lane ikr..

[@Phondue]

Difficult to understand what he is saying but the video itself of the magnets is satisfying

[@mozkitolife5437]

I'd like to see the magnetic fields generated by each of your creations. Do you know if anybody has thought of a way to visualise fields in 3D? It always seems to be a 2D representation.

[@GigaChadstar]

ik

[@mozkitolife5437]

There's one video that does it but it requires a tank of viscous fluid and the space to put these formations within it. The video has a straight and small bar magnet inserted into a hole. Not sure how you'd do it with these larger, complicated structures.

[@blumac9801]

He talks so serious about magnets but i gave it a 👍

[@wendytestaburger2602]

This is Oddly Satisfying to me...

[@pelufaz8435]

Toriel is pleased

[@littledemon1721]

Me too

[@foxykj1987]

Wendy Testaburger what the hell are you doing here Wendy?! Ur supposed to be trying to get stan's attention

[@AC-wj6zs]

why did this make me smile?

[@jasminepodresov4838]

I love how this video is so relaxing and amazing at the same time

[@A_Block_of_Cheese]

Finally! I have been trying to find a tutorial on this for months.

[@michaelrabon1189]

Zen magnets are so calming... until you drop your creation and the little bugger explodes...

[@ohmygoolai]

Im in that part of youtube again. not the weird part of youtube. just "that" part of youtube

[@eyem6407]

Why am I watching this? I don't even own zen magnets.

[@RyuLightorb]

+Eyem you and me both buddy

[@antrupdoesgaming9619]

I have never heard of zen magnets or own any.

[@Lychen_Lyre]

+Antrupdoesgaming that moment when you look up a 5 minute music video and 9 hours later you're looking at a tutorial on how to talk to a giraffe

[@astrokid7664]

i love watching vids with ppl playing with zen mags. it makes me relaxed and all lil 'ol fuzzy.

[@Donkey_xox]

I love when he flattens the rings and how he cuts them up with the card

[@PeachyFuckingKeen]

lol who just watched this for there own amuse ment

[@Scaevola9449]

Yes, this does indeed mentally stimulate me. Unlike your grammar.

[@hanifhasan9320]

Me

[@PeachyFuckingKeen]

wow your a total douchbag

[@acck01]

Foster Treadwell You're*

[@Scaevola9449]

acck01 Thanks mate. My apostrophe is bloody broken, it is hard being a Grammar Nazi without it.

[@alejandrocruz2462]

Why is this in my recommended

[@sashaleefirestorm1987]

same XD

[@TheDerrogative]

science!

[@sashaleefirestorm1987]

XD tru

[@emmanuelluna4078]

YEA WHY This was cool tho)

[@Crazyduck-jk4in]

Lol same

[@b1998En]

2:27 magnet cokecane

[@lamboman2198]

b1998en cocaine*

[@joeymorrissey5916]

*most middle schoolers * "Heh he said SEXtuple isohedron" *most high schoolers * I prefer to call it hextuple

[@nicholasmarion8468]

That's prolly the coolest 80's Chrysler hood emblem

[@RoroTheDeer]

I'm just watching this because the shape is so fucking awesome.

[@girrafrica]

Nice avatar

[@RoroTheDeer]

Riley Dawson You too ;)

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

***** I like monster cat :D

[@ummayrumman1973]

Same

[@WanderTheNomad]

So at least 2 million views and 10 thousand likes are required for KZbin to randomly put you in recommended videos.

[@dizzytoad]

spoiler alert: he keeps doing the exact same thing each layer

[@arkaiushs1361]

Fantastic! I was unaware you could make such advanced forms using only standard sized zen magnets.

[@arkaiushs1361]

On another note, this looks like something from an acid trip.

[@travhaveman]

I didn't even know this kind of thing existed, and now it's my favourite thing. I need to get some zen magnets.

[@TyTheRegularMan]

13:49 OH THE HUMAGNETY

[@dogger8367]

I hate you for the pun, but then again I love you for the pun.

[@Narabedla4]

WTF found my zen magnets like yesterday evening and today this is recommended? (no didn´t google anything related nor youtube content)

[@davecrupel2817]

its all connected, maaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn! :)

[@Ellamcg-vo9br]

Overmind97 lol fake af

[@cabs251]

Illuminati confirmed

[@rafaelsilva9699]

Vc tben

[@fanamatakecick97]

Can you get a Septuple or Octuple? Or even Nonuple or Decuple?

[@nicolarighetto3767]

Millions of magnets would be required

[@clintonthomas7180]

Nicola Righetto

[@zelda64rules]

I don't know about structual integrity or weight, but if you want to test it, I have figured out how many you would need: Excluding the core, which is 300 Magnets, each layer is: 12 x 5 12 x 2 x 5 30 x 2 x 8(layer-0.5) layer: this layer (total) (ring size) 1: 300 (300) (rings of n/a) 2: 900 (1200) (rings of 12) 3: 1380 (2580) (rings of 20) 4: 1860 (4440) (rings of 28) 5: 2340 (6780) (rings of 36) 6: 2820 (9600) (rings of 44) 7: 3300 (12900) (rings of 52) 8: 3780 (16680) (rings of 60) 9: 4260 (20940) (rings of 68) 10: 4740 (25680) (rings of 76)

[@fanamatakecick97]

zelda64rules Wow... Yeah that's a lot.

[@amberlane3596]

Fanamatakecick dfn

[@jongy]

I've finally found a channel to satisfy my ocd... i dont know how it does, it just does

[@tobimacri8252]

That final product was so cool looking... A big clump of MAGNET PEBBLES

[@BullshotDarts]

that hurt me when he smashed it

[@dimdaman]

Drop it from at least a 3 story building, record impact with ground in slow motion video.

[@blainevogt1908]

he uses so many hard words that I have never heard

[@sharkypoopsultimately5589]

men nerd words to much for a gangster

[@astromaniac9821]

This is fascinating. I've never seen anything like this before. Very cool!

[@BigDaddyWes]

This was incredibly interesting to watch. I could see myself getting obsessed with those things. I will say I wish you put in some chill music while the sped up building was happening. Great video.

[@JovanVVV]

Idk why but I enjoyed silence

[@connorfortune8483]

You use your card like you know what youre doing

[@TheCosmosIsEvil]

kids from Africa could have eaten those magnets

[@internallyscreaming8444]

Yes, then they would've died from their intestines being ruptured

[@Fil1204_]

+Erick Ordaz new to the internet?

[@internallyscreaming8444]

Fil1204 Are you?

[@jaames]

+Erick Ordaz sup newbie. Welcome to youtube.

[@internallyscreaming8444]

James Mendoza welcome to youtube, been here since 2008. Only now that I've bothered to make an account

[@josuenegron1729]

Smash? Did you mean softly squeeze?

[@daxterz5775]

I don't think his first language is english, I was sitting here for the whole video thinking SMASH IT ALREADY, but I'm now sad because he squeezed it to death

[@MrWalkthruman]

Where does he say that

[@reaganduvall2266]

I love how hes just so casual like this is what everyone does in their daily lives "just like you do when you're building an Icosahedron frame" lol

[@nathanschubert3048]

soooo satisfying. Finally found these through all the clickbait thumbnails.

[@_Happythefox_]

how many Zen magnets did it take to make this I only have like 1000

[@esseubot]

"The Quintuple Icosahedron is made with 6780 Zen Magnets, and the 6-layered version (the Sextuple Icosahedron, I suppose) is made with 9600 Zen Magnets. " - Description.

[@_Happythefox_]

esseubot holy shit how much would that be

[@manaralameri1650]

UN HAPPY "only" bitch

[@perfectmarnon]

who else clicked on this because they had to know what the fuck an Icosahedron was?

[@nikkixalli5538]

I did!! But then I realized what it was cuz my brother has like 30 of these in his room....

[@krowenki5333]

+Nikki X Alli wtf. just wow. i mean the things this guy makes or the cores only?

[@krowenki5333]

well its a 20-sided polyhedron and a polyhedron is a 3d polygon, like a cube.

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

welp, time to spend countless monies on these "Zun" magnets and make one with 9 layers

[@rachelhokaj9978]

*zen

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

Rachel Hokaj I know they are zen, I'm just making a reference to zun, creator of touhou,

[@SunnyDispsition]

+ShadowOfOurHearts Why make a reference to someone who is to my knowledge entirely unrelated to the topic.

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

SDM because why not?

[@SunnyDispsition]

ShadowOfOurHearts It's just odd.

[@quagswagon]

The crushing part was satisfying. Like crunchy slime.

[@thomasoconnor5267]

"Alright I'm ready to smash it". Wtf bro in my eyes that shit could be in a museum!

[@kai_noir]

Could someone tell me how many magnets each layer needs? (From the core onwards)

[@rottenlol]

Wow. This guy hasnt uploaded in 3 years.

[@slickgod884]

Edgy Potatoes bcause these magnets are illegal now

[@rottenlol]

Savage Gaming Oohhh....Why?

[@aaa-vl1lk]

Edgy Potatoes kids were swallowing them and ripped apart their intestinal tract

[@rottenlol]

Not My Username SHIT.

[@aaa-vl1lk]

Edgy Potatoes was that pun intended or not?

[@agentfenniken4831]

how many sides does a icosahedron have?

[@el667a]

✋

[@cooxy9964]

Space Core 20

[@manaralameri1650]

Space Core wat?

[@chump5438]

12

[@nosoupforyouever15]

This is highly satisfying to watch

[@thatdeathstepguy8719]

U r amazing. That's looking so good. Keep the work up! 👌

[@hotxhotguy]

I heard they are legal again.

[@nahrms]

Where do you purchase these magnets?

[@32kAnthony]

the store...

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

you can't. they are banned in the US cus a kid died from swallowing them. there are half size weaker magnets that they sell now.

[@nahrms]

Ohh shit... ok

[@littlellama400]

zeb mcbain it just takes one dumb kid to destroy the fun for everyone 😡

[@deltav9784]

where'd u get the mags?

[@blainevogt1908]

ikr

[@deltav9784]

Kroaky bvogt whut

[@blainevogt1908]

+Peter Beal ikr means "I know right"

[@adamkrzysiak]

+Peter Beal amazon

[@liljamalcool]

20 second into the video and you earned a subscriber

[@Azntastic3]

this guy is ready to do a line anytime of the day

[@leoshaw4675]

The incousa.... What now?

[@stellaconnieexo2777]

the icosahedron. a shape with 20 triangle

[@CloroxBleach-ub6qv]

its easy... you dont

[@lmnsworld6608]

Wow he possibly spent 2 hours on that maybe even three and it took him 2 or 3 secs to smash it !! AMAZING

[@Theodore764]

He knows what he's doing! Cool video man :)

[@krisstrong5936]

watching this stoned is one of lifes simple pleasures.

[@ernibetschoga9826]

The satisfying sound of scrunching the magnets tho...

[@leftyrighty8196]

The music really compliments the time lapse!

[@prod.prezident]

Im so happy this showed up in my recommended

[@statykelektro4690]

When your pineal gland is unlocked and you can build sacred geometry

[@thelamb288]

Very good work. The calculations and the alignment must have taken a good deal of pre-planning. Cheers

[@jaymeselliot8181]

i cried a lil inside when u smushed it, but part of me was like "yeah, get wreked quintuple icosohedron"

[@TheParablade]

When you smashed it, you smashed a part of my soul

[@kimjarvis7861]

So cool. Love your vids.😁😁😁😁😀😀😀😚😚😚😉😉😉😊😊☺️☺️☺️🙂🙂🙂😋🙂😋🤗🤗🤗😍😍😍😘😘😘😗😗😗😙😙😙😙😆😆😆😆😄😄😄😄😃😃😃😃😣😣😣😣😝😝😜😜😜😛😛😛

[@User-gy9ho]

When you click on a tutorial video then you realize a 14 minute video is to good to be true

[@pokemonaddictionz7244]

Damn! It looks like a freaking ILLUSION

[@pokemonaddictionz7244]

Brain+TNT= Mind Blown

[@fredabud3483]

all those magnets probably cost my kidneys.

[@MrHeck-gz7bd]

When he smashed the giant magnet shape (forgot what it was called) I instantly thought that it should go in a most satisfaction vid

[@FunnyPantsTV124]

when you pulled out the card and cut them, all i could think was " this is how robots will do Coke in the future"

[@leebennett6896]

That would be so cool with different colours for different layers

[@verge3497]

2900$ = 9600 zen magnets. Monthly earnings in Poland ~ 2200 PLN. 2200PLN ~ 555$. After deducting taxes etc I have 100$. I will do this Sextuple icosahedron in a twenty nine years! Nice ;)

[@revampedharpy09]

am i the only one who finds this content very theraputic?

[@DevlishDonut]

there something satisfying about watching him fold the cylinders

[@simonmaracine4721]

That's very brutal how you smashed it. :)

[@CurdledUrine]

that moment when the aftermath looks better than the design itself.

[@ThatFakeGoose]

That is thing COOLEST thing I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@supersaiyanj9710]

all the triangles = illuminate confirmed

[@wesleyellis3167]

indeed

[@olegyefremov2583]

Amazing! Very beautiful

[@lucymata8761]

The end bit is like crunchy slime 😍😍

[@blxxdy_blue]

When you just want to be super satisfied by just getting the magnet ball and messing with it and squishing it

[@mixey01]

somehow I'm getting a mystical vibe from these structures