The Metermass Puzzle

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7 жыл бұрын

This is an unusual puzzle themed after a meter stick. It has a very interesting solution and method of solving! A great toy! You can purchase the puzzle here: bit.ly/2s7n8yW
Twitter: / flebpuzzles
Email: fleb@flebpuzzles.com
If you want to send me something, such as a puzzle you created or a letter, you can find my address below!
Address:
FLEB
P.O. Box 53109
Medford, MA 02153
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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@babalon7778 7 жыл бұрын

Seeing it all snap into place was very satisfying. It would be fun to make my own version with popsicle sticks, rivets, and foam.

@prezombie7074 7 жыл бұрын

the long piece is 7 units long. because 7 has no gaussian factors, it can't be placed diagonally in the grid, no need to make an assumption there. what's your favorite puzzle that subverts expectations and assumptions?

@pokestep 7 жыл бұрын

I just today learned what Gaussian factors are and am so glad it was useful lmao

@pokestep 7 жыл бұрын

Prezombie (I have to admit I thought a very similar thing though haha)

@prezombie7074 7 жыл бұрын

considering that's the topic of the new 3blue1brown video, and the overlap between puzzle channels and math channels is 99%, I am not remotely surprised.

@pokestep 7 жыл бұрын

Prezombie I have actually got it from 3B1B, even though I don't regularly watch/subscribe his videos, unlike Fleb's. The only actual math channel I subscribe is probably ViHart

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know about Gaussian factors, but I'll have to learn about it! That would have been very helpful with this puzzle. Any resources that you know of that are a good introduction? My favorite puzzle that subverts expectations is "Dancing Shoes", which is one of the first puzzles I ever covered here. I still think it's one of the best puzzles I've ever seen! A close second would be "Blue Steel", which came on a floppy disk and was the first MIT Mystery Hunt Puzzle I ever solved! It's hard to solve the puzzle as it was first presented, but you can get a good sense of it here: web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/2006/puzzles/washington/blue_steel/

@fwuffycheeseball6982 7 жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing. it looks like he does it with no trouble and when you do it, you get headaches. its mind blowing that he does like hundred of videos of these puzzles. its interesting watching him ive been watching his videos for a few hours now. keep up the work FLEB

@YupHio 7 жыл бұрын

Another great video

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@rickstech6234 7 жыл бұрын

i really like the way you describe your thought process while solving the puzzle. great video!

@tinad.5099 7 жыл бұрын

This is so neat! Watching all of these unique puzzles being solved is truly interesting and shows their creative designs. Love it! ❤️

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@SnikieViniciose 7 жыл бұрын

Wow !!! Never thought of putting that first piece on the second row... it would of taken me ages !!

@danaondrackova3431 7 жыл бұрын

Somehow when I hear you starting the name "Jean Claude Constantin" I immediatelly finish the name with you and wait for an amazing puzzle :-) I like this one. My niece had the kids puzzle games with penguins on the icebergs, where you had 4 or 5 different pieces of puzzles (some of the pieces were even movable) and you had to fit them into the slots just like the guiding book showed you. The further in the book you went, the harder the game was. At the start it showed you how exactly put the pieces, at the end it showed you only the positions of the little penguins on the top of the puzzle and you had to figure out how to make the puzzle.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Nice! That sounds like fun! You're going to hear "Jean Claude Constantin" a lot more! He's probably the greatest living puzzle designer.

@keth8947 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing another physical puzzle. This one was fun to watch.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to do one per week, and then one or two other videos about puzzles. That lets me focus on the puzzle a bit more, and I think it lends itself to better videos!

@aeronronrich1567 7 жыл бұрын

Well Done Fleb, You Amazed Me Again.

@KRT054 7 жыл бұрын

This is a very interesting puzzle. Absolutely fantastic! It reminds me of photo masking integrated circuitry. Nice...,

@garywheeler7039 7 жыл бұрын

If a similar puzzle used a 3-4-5 triangle, you might hide a diagonal somewhere and add some complexity. Depending on how the corners were rounded perhaps. Carpenters regularly use a 3-4-5 triangle for squaring corners btw. It and its multiples are one of the few triangles that form a right triangle.

@funnyhahaful 7 жыл бұрын

congratulations on hitting 100,000 subscribers. great content keep up the fantastic work.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!!

@jamescameron2550 7 жыл бұрын

That was so satisfying to watch!

@kimberlypatton8473 6 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant creative mind this inventor must have!

@collectivelight 7 жыл бұрын

Another great puzzle! Looks like you are almost at 100k subscribers. Well done!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Almost there!

@mightbepossiblykaine4871 7 жыл бұрын

Really love the new setting!!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Unfortunately, that was from a spot I was vacationing at in Vermont, so that might be done. I'll try to get outside more, though!

@MegaXander24 7 жыл бұрын

almost 100k subs good job FLEB!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We're almost there!!! :)))

@Riiisuu 7 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 100k!!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!!!

@bryanedwards2835 7 жыл бұрын

great video. would love to find a puzzle like this.

@franzjosephliszt1555 6 жыл бұрын

"And there you have it!" best line of 2017

@brandonlin8171 7 жыл бұрын

This video deserves the title of the let's solve

@danielagraffeo3765 7 жыл бұрын

YAY!!!! 100k!!!!!!!! GREAT JOB!!!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!!!

@pokestep 7 жыл бұрын

"if we assume all pieces go horizontally or vertically" While probably impossible, I now wonder if there's a way to fit it in diagonally...

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Evidently there's some mathematical reason why it wouldn't work? Prezombie commented about it in another comment.

@pokestep 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB I read that comment and it's not really a proof! It just means that blocks lengths 6 or 7 cannot be placed diagonally. In fact, it seems that only the one with length 5 could be set diagonally. I don't assume it makes the puzzle impossible, but it won't allow the rest of the puzzle to be placed nicely.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Right, now that I understand it, it seems that the 5 could be placed diagonally.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Yep! Now I want to make a variant with diagonal placements...

@pokestep 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB Definitely post results if you do please! I don't think it'll work but... I'm really curious now

@abbybeulke3915 7 жыл бұрын

great vid! love your channel!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Grozdor 7 жыл бұрын

satisfying solution, great job!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Deuphus 7 жыл бұрын

It would be easy to tell if diagonal positions were necessary because the rivet spacing would be different than on XY sections.

@sungahn7386 7 жыл бұрын

This is such a creative puzzle! It would've been even cooler if the hinges spelled something or made a letter, but this is a great puzzle nonetheless! Keep up the good work, Fleb!!!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was really neat! I feel like I should say, though, that I did not design this, Jean Claude Constantin did. I've seen people give me credit for a bunch of puzzles that I didn't invent, so I want to be more careful about explicitly calling this out when I see it.

@sungahn7386 7 жыл бұрын

Oh, I wasn't implying you did! I meant that if Jean Claude Constantine made it like that it could've been even cooler!

@jackelectric7075 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB tgey gave u credit because u solved it easily like the creator would Ur a puzzle master yo road to 100k I hope ul nava leave utube

@IonKattTMCE 7 жыл бұрын

Fleb remember me from 7000 when you reach 1M! Didn't realize I said flub previously ahahhaahh

@stakingbloom4423 7 жыл бұрын

IonKattTMCE same for me!!

@kingbob851 7 жыл бұрын

IonKattTMCE me from 99k

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I promise to, if you promise to remember that I'm FLEB and not FLUB!

@IonKattTMCE 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB no problem FLUB! Ahaha just kidding. No problem FLEB :p

@nanobotjr 7 жыл бұрын

IonKattTMCE I was here from 10k. Love you Fleb!

@VaibhavVardhanvvg 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@arv_is 7 жыл бұрын

this is really cool

@blixology 7 жыл бұрын

Road to 100K subscribers! You can do it Fleb!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

We're so close! I've been planning something special for 100k...

@cosmicjenny4508 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing!! How long did it take for you to originally solve this? Keep it up, FLEB!

@SilmaThoron 7 жыл бұрын

Would it have been possible to invert the layers ? It seems that using the layer you put on top as the bottom one would have been easier, as no pieces would have needed sliding under another one, only sliding over.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

It is possible to invert the layers, but they you can't see the numbers! The numbers are only on one side of the puzzle.

@garrythirtle 5 жыл бұрын

Another puzzle i can actually solve 👍. Those are the best ones 😜😂

@theblackhatclub 7 жыл бұрын

Jean-Claude Constantin sounds like a kick boxing street magician.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Not too far off!

@marcelvdberg 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great puzzle is this. I have some of the lock puzzles of Jean Claude Constantin and i think i will buy this one as well, so i did not watch the solution this time. Another great video, thanks! Nice surroundings by the way, did you record this in a park somewhere?

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I recorded this outside of a hotel that I was staying at in Vermont. It was near a forest!

@ssizko 7 жыл бұрын

wonderful video dude! I already subbed and liked. how do find all these cool puzzles?

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I've collected them over the last 10 years. Some are from puzzle shops like Eureka and Puzzlemaster, some are from competitions and events I've been to, and some are small run puzzles that I've specifically sought out. This one I got from Puzzlemaster, and I put a link to it in the description!

@arthur1739 7 жыл бұрын

I like the outside setting.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I liked it to, but it was at the Weathersfield Inn in Vermont where I was taking a vacation. I'll try to get outside more, though!

@braydonmcafee8576 6 жыл бұрын

I know this video was made months ago but maby those metal circles that r there to keep each piece together also mean something in bar code or whatever the language is called

@braydonmcafee8576 6 жыл бұрын

Most likely not but sill

@explogeek 7 жыл бұрын

That's a nice puzzle, I'd love to try solving it if I had it :) anyway, when the new PC game comes out Fleb?

@KaiCyreus 7 жыл бұрын

Would've been pretty mind blowing if the silver joints actually formed a certain shape upon completion. I wonder if someone could design that.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I bet they could! It would definitely be a harder puzzle, though.

@pattycakesxd9672 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Fleb! Have you created any real life puzzles besides from your game?

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I write a number of puzzles for different puzzle competitions. I covered one here last week, which I wrote for BAPHL 15. I've also written for DASH and Puzzled Pint. I also have a small puzzle consulting business which writes puzzles for a bunch of different types of events. I'll be covering one of those puzzles next week! There are a bunch of projects I'm involved with which have been in the works for a while and should come out sometime in the next year... so stay tuned!

@skudzer1985 7 жыл бұрын

Jean-Paul Constantine. What a name!

@MrZachywack 6 жыл бұрын

Heres your baby ma'am what would you like to name him... IMA NAME HIM FLEB

@jackelectric7075 7 жыл бұрын

al.ost 100k nice keep up the cool work

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@AldyWaani 7 жыл бұрын

the numbers doesn't mean anything? i mean if it's only for measurements, it can be just start from 1 for each pieces. or none I thought it was meant to multiply or add when it sits correctly next to each other on the board

@bystephi 7 жыл бұрын

your videos are so intruiging becsuse your voice and tone remind me of a calmer version of Sheldon from big bang theory, which is a good thing because he's my favourite character

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I haven't seen very much of the show, but I hear it's really funny! I get a comparison to "fun with flags" a lot.

@mortonandroy 7 жыл бұрын

Are you a fan of puzzle book puzzles? Like the PennyPress Variety kind?

@SpicyFPV 7 жыл бұрын

Constantine rarely leaves anything without a purpose. Have you found any usage for the numbers on the sticks, or is your assumption his intention was to make it look like a yard stick.

@graff5274 6 жыл бұрын

The shapes of the over and under peices basically show u where they go immediately....

@minecraftgamer700 7 жыл бұрын

what magic is this?

@SgtSupaman 7 жыл бұрын

This one was actually easier than it initially looked (to me). Still an interesting puzzle, though.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

A lot of puzzles aren't too bad once you find the right way to look at them. Finding that, though, can be very tricky.

@SgtSupaman 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this one was more visually accessible, so I was able to work through it mentally before you did your solve. A lot of puzzles that I've seen in KZfaq videos are something that require hands-on to really get anywhere.

@YK-tr5ti 7 жыл бұрын

What do you think about doing puzzles in games. It will probably get you more views because it's easy and quick to put out.

@josephscott1877 7 жыл бұрын

Your friends must love visiting you. I would forget what the time is....

@AJLord 6 жыл бұрын

6:01 Watch. It all falls apart on him. 6:04 Nevermind, phew.

@exaedeth107 7 жыл бұрын

Cool.

@chrisk8214 7 жыл бұрын

*me when i watch this kind of vids*: i hate you i wanted to find the answer by myself!! *also me*: probable never going to do this

@chrisk8214 7 жыл бұрын

I subbed but not going to watch the solutions because I want to do it myself 😂

@johnchancey3941 7 жыл бұрын

Great puzzle! Nice vid! Is there only one solution?

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I think so, but I haven't seen a proof that it's the case. I didn't go through all the possibilities, but intuitively, I think it would be difficult to fill the grid any other way.

@separatedfox 6 жыл бұрын

"Rotatating" 😂

@antequerini 7 жыл бұрын

another Constantine puzzzzzle destroyed by Flebby

@HavingVision 7 жыл бұрын

HELLO FLEB NICE TO SEE YOU

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

HELLO GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL HOW ARE YOU

@HavingVision 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB IM GREAT MAN I WISH YOU LUCK AND HAPPINESS!GREETINGS FROM GREECE!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

THANKS MAN I WISH YOU HAPPINESS AND LUCK AS WELL. HOPE GREECE IS TREATING YOU WELL IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT

@m0ss941 7 жыл бұрын

WHY ARE YOU YELLING

@b7eee 7 жыл бұрын

The Cheshire Cat YOU ARE YELLING TOO

@Dinger154 7 жыл бұрын

This puzzle is the product of a troubled mind.

@oblivionhunter7854 6 жыл бұрын

most puzzles are technically.

@KRZLY. 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the buttons make up a word in braille? Anyone here know braille?

@yorgle 6 жыл бұрын

I think i want to recreate this using Technic Lego

@Kelis-melissa 7 жыл бұрын

interesting puzzle!

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was neat as well!

@Noah_7s 7 жыл бұрын

can you solve a rubik's cube? I can but it takes me like 5 minutes I'm new to finishing rubik's cube.

@warcatbattalion 7 жыл бұрын

very interesting puzzle

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was cool too!

@georgeb2160 7 жыл бұрын

I have an idea. Stand it up vertically. Ha.

@ELP1125 6 жыл бұрын

New subbie 👍🏾

@arbor5338 7 жыл бұрын

Every time he says a fancy word, it speeds up. *the video is three seconds*

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Did I say a lot of fancy words? Does "puzzle" count as fancy?

@arbor5338 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB The way you use puzzle makes it sound fancy.

@TVFILMBUFF 7 жыл бұрын

If the official solution left holes vacant or had diagonal placements that didn't interlock as nicely as it clearly has here... it wouldn't have been such a nice puzzle. Id feel it was either incomplete or poorly designed.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

It depends. You could put other moves in, such as making the 5 length piece a diagonal. It could be nice in other ways! I definitely assumed it would fill every hole though, purely because I trust the designer to make a nice puzzle!

@m0m041 7 жыл бұрын

Yay

@gooberus9167 7 жыл бұрын

Lol I would just use this as a fidget toy

@darioiii9773 7 жыл бұрын

I always forget that name until I hear you start saying it. this is by far my favorite puzzle you've featured. theres something about it thats so satisfying

@robertlozyniak3661 7 жыл бұрын

The "centimeters" are larger than real centimeters, aren't they?

@sarahvecchio314 7 жыл бұрын

so close to 1Mil.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Just 900,000 to go!

@rosefeltch6313 7 жыл бұрын

how fast can you solve a Rubik's cube?

@stakingbloom4423 7 жыл бұрын

HHH the gamer i asked him once in a live stream and he doesn't use algorithms he solves it intuitively, so he varies.

@stakingbloom4423 7 жыл бұрын

I have an average of 56 seconds it is pretty slow:(

@kuro13wolf 7 жыл бұрын

Makes sense, speed solving has little to do with puzzle solving. It's more akin to a sport.

@gooberus9167 7 жыл бұрын

HHH the gamer lol I can't, I don't know why I watch this channel 😂

@kevinm1317 7 жыл бұрын

StakingBloom 442 How does one solve it intuitively? It almost always uses an algorithm to do the last few pieces.

@zurfg7347 7 жыл бұрын

Yeeeaaaaaaayyyyyaaaaaa!

@cxmx4984 7 жыл бұрын

fuck you are my god fleb love this channel aha

@vegetablescankill 7 жыл бұрын

KayKayBaire Minecraft and more! KZfaq is for ages 13+. Most people aged at least 13 would not be harmed by a simple swear.

@winddoggo9406 7 жыл бұрын

PFKNTHETA // Yeah but if you haven't noticed even 8 year olds have gotten on youtube :D I know that because I have a youtube channel and mostly very young children. And I had my first youtube account when I was 10

@Optropicraft 7 жыл бұрын

Christopher Lefont I think by 8 fucking years old they know what swearing is.

@sw0rdz 7 жыл бұрын

Do the numbers mean nothing? Why do the numbers exist?

@davefilms7422 7 жыл бұрын

sw0rdz because after you figure where the pieces go

@dexwrecker 7 жыл бұрын

I already know it.

@dhgrush3342 7 жыл бұрын

@FLEB 521 more subs to 100k good job dude

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Almost there! :)

@dhgrush3342 7 жыл бұрын

are you going to do an unboxing or special video for the occasion??

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

There will be a 100k special!

@dhgrush3342 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB awesome can't wait

@dhgrush3342 7 жыл бұрын

passed 100,000 congrats

@ophello 7 жыл бұрын

Your name is not actually Fleb. Right?

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB is the name I use while writing puzzles. It is not my birth name.

@digitalons 7 жыл бұрын

my name is fleb

@zhongkenlim7537 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video, appreciate it if u would spare sometime and increase upload freqency ^^

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to! I just don't want to compromise on quality!

@zhongkenlim7537 7 жыл бұрын

Don't fret bout the quality we love yr vids!

@adhiraj4988 7 жыл бұрын

mi name fleb

@jorbapak 7 жыл бұрын

w0w

@brodyconnell2529 7 жыл бұрын

Hi fleb love this new vid keep it up please reply

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@shadey_yellow_boi 7 жыл бұрын

+FLEB your vids is so cool...i subscribe to your channel👍😀

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

+papyroos cewl Thank you very much!

@BiinTokyo 7 жыл бұрын

U should watch an anime called "phi brain" .. enjoy :)

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out!

@m.cortes2447 7 жыл бұрын

I bet one of Thomas Sanders' personalities would absolutely love this channel! *cough* Logan *cough*

@evanwatling3897 6 жыл бұрын

I love your channel but you need to learn how to focus the camera better dude. Seriously.

@idkwriteanameiguess9559 7 жыл бұрын

yay

@meijinkawaguchi3876 7 жыл бұрын

Would have been cool if the buttons say something or have initials of a name or word.

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

That would have been cool!

@meijinkawaguchi3876 7 жыл бұрын

Omg u actually replied lol

@overkillsnake 7 жыл бұрын

You lost me at "this piece".

@LarsGavris 7 жыл бұрын

turn off your autofocus ;)

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

I need to figure out how to do that. Believe me, it's incredibly annoying while filming!

@LarsGavris 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB I believe you! ^^ great content besides that though :) keep up the great work!

@LarsGavris 7 жыл бұрын

FLEB what camera are you using ? I might be able to help

@nolancal9257 7 жыл бұрын

omg at 0:53 lol

@FLEBpuzzles 7 жыл бұрын

It makes the puzzle much more interesting!

@midwestskiesinnyc 7 жыл бұрын

EARLYISH

@DigitalViscosity 7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Puzzle is better you talk to much and explain obvious things even a 3 year old can visually figure out. Unsubbed.

@computrnerd01 7 жыл бұрын

nerd