Enjoyed every second of this video. Can't imagine how much effort you put into crafting this Rowan, and thank you Melinda and Grant (and so many others!) for pushing the boundaries of hypercubing.
Thanks, it's all been such a lovely surprise to me. I mean I've fully enjoyed the virtual puzzles, but watching hypercubing spill into the real world like this was so unexpected!
It would be really cool! Currently the fastest times are done using custom keybinds. I think an optimal setup would be where you hook up your VR to your computer and then use the keyboard to interact with it, but you can move your head around to get better viewing angles :)
@@sowndolphin5386 Definitely, 4D is not hard for computers at all, there are already some 4D games, though I don't think any of them are for VR. I still suggest you check them out! I think someone even made 4D Minecraft lol
Ya know its wild that the modern world allows people to enjoy any hobby together, even something as niche as "making rubik's cubes in higher dimensions." I'm glad you all were able to connect with each other, and I hope more people find community with you. As an aside, I actually prefer the 2x3x3x3 puzzle the most, as it definitely has more elegance to the neighboring puzzles.
at what point in the process of making the 2x3x3x3 did you guys realize that such a simple movement would be possible? also, maybe the real holy grail was the friends you made along the way :p
I have never in my life solved a rubic's cube. I don't even know how I got here. With every new model you showed, I grew progressively more horrified. Yet, I loved it. Thank you for a thoroughly entertaining, entrancing watch that I will never be able to forget, no matter how I try. I hope I never have to see one of these monstrosities in the real world. EDIT: a few months after I made this comment, I learned how to solve a regular cube. I now carry one with me all the time. If anyone is wondering if they should learn, go for it!
If it’s any consolation, I solved my first Rubik’s Cube while I was halfway through solving the 4D Rubik’s Cube. I’ve now solved the 5D, 6D, and am currently in the middle of solving the 7D. The community is wonderful and always willing to help newcomers!
I think it can't be overstated enough how much Melinda's design is the foundation for everything. If you have a good base design, adding more layers to it does not require redesigning that foundation... which is exactly her invention. That really is spectacular. :D
i was whisper shouting "what!???" multiple times when watching fascinating work done by hyper people, i'm blown away by their creativity and dedication that brings these 4d toys into our physical realm you did an outstanding job with the storytelling and presentation, great explanations/visuals, interesting throughout truly one of the cubing documentaries to ever exist
I remember playing with the virtual 4D cube 20 years ago (never even close to solving it, however). I didn’t realize the first 4D cube was created in 1988. And it’s super fun to discover that rather than it being a weird one-off, there’s a thriving hypercubing community. This whole thing is delightful.
This is absolutely incredible.the way you explained 4D cubes was so understandable and entertaining, and every minute of this was so high quality and interesting. one of the best cubing videos out there!
I don't understand a single thing about how these 4d puzzles are supposed to work, it's all just completely incomprehensible to me However the video's editing and storytelling was good enough that i could pick up the impact and weight of each new development. I didn't understand a single thing but I had a great time with this one :)
I think I'm enjoying the video but my brain started to drip out of my ears about half way through. I'm going to need to let my brain heal a bit before watching the rest.
This was always a big dream of mine as a kid. My 3rd grade notebooks were completely filled with sketches of possible 4D cube designs. So happy to see a dream like this come true! 🎉
That's so cool! I got interested in the 4th dimension in 6th grade, started cubing in 7th grade, and then didn't have a thought about combining them until I was in college
I was really inspired by the online 4D cube game and I understood some of the basics of the 4th dimension from reading Flatland and extrapolating the idea to our world. I didn’t understand all of the different turns a 4D cube could do though since I was 8 or 9. I thought it was just like the picture of the 4D cube online. Just one cube in the middle with 6 cubes on the outside, one for each face. Kind of like the first 2x2x2x2 attempt you showed.
this is beautiful. a docu about a nook of the internet about funny 4 dimensional puzzles people would have otherwise not known about without the docu. just, amazing.
Dude, I can barely solve a megaminx and you guys come up with biblically accurate rubik's cubes. As a mathematical engineer, I feel both admiration and dread when I see this. You guys felt so compelled to make this lovecraftian toy a reality that even yog sothoth doesn't know how to solve these cubes or even dares to try. I love this, please people on the internet, make more of these abhorrent puzzles.
Your mathematical part feels admiration, and your engineer part feels dread? I love the phrase "biblically accurate rubik's cubes". That definitely evokes a new kind of terror.
@@MelindaGreen I feel admiration for the fact that they encoded 4 dimensions in 3d objects, and managed to turn 4 dimensional movements into 3 dimensional algorithms, and they did it first from theory and then in real life with real materials. I feel dread cause man it must've taken a lot of work, effort, money and sanity, to encode the pieces and movements, to design the manufacturing process and to assemble the whole thing
@@vulpesaxis8494 You may not realize that the 2x2x2x2 is my creation. You are correct about the amount of work and stress involved. I felt dread many times, especially as vendors tried to hold me hostage. So I tried to just deal with whatever challenge I was facing at the moment and hope it was going to work out somehow. It was only possible because many people stepped up at each stage to help and together we succeeded. I feel incredible gratitude.
@@MelindaGreen oh my god. I'm so sorry for not noticing earlier, you got named so many times in the video I just forgot. what you did is worthy of admiration, and I mean everything, from the original software to the physical puzzle. Truly amazing from both a maths and an engeeniering perspective. The work of everyone involved in the 2x2x2x2 and the bigger ones is honestly awesome. Still it fills me with second-hand dread just imagining all the effort behind them, and thinking of triyng to solve one of them is scary to me.
@@vulpesaxis8494 I haven't even solved it yet! I'm more of a puzzle maker than a puzzle solver. I probably will someday, but I get more pleasure from putting it into the world and seeing other people solve it.
This popped up randomly in my recommends and I put it on sort of intended as interesting background noise. I was enraptured and watched every second avidly. Not only is the subject incredibly fascinating but the dedication you all have to the craft is just beautiful! You as a community must be immeasurably proud of the leaps and bounds you’ve made in this journey!
Some of those hypercube turns, and especially those simplex turns, are absolutely disgusting and I love it. Thank you for sharing a strange and small side of the world with me and the rest of the internet.
My non-cuber brain stopped being able to keep up after the first few minutes, but it was still understandable in general and the density of information is incredibly refreshing because of how diluted most of youtube is now
With every second it kept getting more and more familiar until I thought it overlapped with a topic of another video I watched and decided to check if I commented just because
What an amazing video this is! I'm so honoured to have featured, and to have been a part of the early 4D world back in 2018! To this day, my videos on Melinda's 2x2x2x2 are some of my favourites and it's such an amazing solving experience once you get your head around it. It's also so crazy to think that there is now a functioning 3x3x3x3! Honestly, amazing job on this video - this is hands down one of the best cubing/puzzle videos I have ever seen!
Thank you for introducing the world of hypercubing to me :) Your videos were the first ones I ever watched about 4d puzzles, and it seems to have started something amazing!
Amazing quality and story telling - by far the most entertaining and interesting video/documentary type thing I’ve watched in a while! I will send it to my non-cuber friends to confuse them now 😂
Ninth person to ever solve the 2^4 here, great video! I had no idea that they created all these hypercuboids! I'm very intrigued by the 2x3x3x3, it looks very elegant compared to all the others (especially when comparing gyros). I must say though, the 3^4 looks like trash to handle 🤣
Hello Lucas! My feelings exactly. I knew any 3x3x3x3 would be made of pain and didn't think about hypercuboids much at all. So the result didn't surprise me much except for its appearance being quite different from what I expected. The 2x3x3x3 is definitely the real gem they've discovered.
incredibly dynamic video, loved it edit: i generally hate 4d videos because they all explain it over and over again in different ways, but this one didn't focus a lot on it and actually expanded my perspective on it way better than other videos lol
This is THE coolest thing I have ever seen. Its mind blowing how we can actually somehow represent 4D motion with 3D counterparts. I’ve been fascinated by the 4th dimension for a while now, but we’ve never had a “real example.” This is one of the best I’ve ever seen. Best of luck!!!
A documentary about successfully building a physical 4D Rubik's Cube with a ton of drama along the way? I've found a legendary corner of the internet. Fantastic video!
I love how my tiny reptile brain cannot comprehend a single damn thing in this video, n yet it is still sooooo damn interesting. Just got into cubing when I got a 2x2 and 3x3 phantom for christmas this year.
I'm a member of the discord! I proposed an (impossible) 12c peice design. I've also challenged the whole server to build a physical 4d simplex in 24 hours.
Never solved a cube, never watched or searched for vids on them. With that said, this video randomly popped up on my feed and I couldn’t stop watching. Great vid
Masterful video. It was a real joy to watch. After watching just the intro, I knew this video would to be completely awesome, and indeed the rest of it did not disappoint at all! I had so many "what!!" moments during this, and the video just kept on giving. Also I have so much admiration for Melinda, Grant and all the others involved in creating and exploring these mind-bending puzzles. Truly beautiful work!
Great job epic! Awesome video. Very well edited and professional. I liked the voice overs which were really good!. Thanks for the awesome content ~Hyperespy
I love this kind of stuff, not because I understand any of it, but because I hope to one day understand it. Pure Math for the sake of solving abstract problems is such a beautiful thing. As a teen I was quick to rote learn the known basic algorithms to solve the standard 3x3x3 Rubik's cube, but to this day I'm trying to reason on my own how I could (with my limited 3d thinking abilities) come up with such an algorithm. Major props to everyone involved with these higher dimensional projects for having the sheer intellect to do so; awe inspiring minds you have :) . I truly hope to catch up to you all some day! Best wishes to you nerds!
I like to belive that grant is a 4th dimensional being that came to our world to figure out how to let us mere 3d beings play with the 4d toys (also the 3x3x3x1 doubles as a normal Rubik's cube lol)
man i used to be a cuber when i was in middle school and this totally captured the passion i had for the hobby, really a super doc for an ultra-niche subject with that being said i am far too dumb to understand 85% of this
Hello Rowan, thank you for making this amazing video! I found every single second to be fascinating and this video became the catalyst for me to finally learn how to solve a Rubik's cube! :D Okay that's the tl;dr version lol but I feel like I should explain a bit more, plus I wanted to bring up a couple other points. a. So I'm a guy in my 30s, and like so many other people on Earth, I had played around with a Rubik's cube but I had never actually learned how to solve one. But a part of me had always wanted to learn at some point. I knew it was in my capacity to learn because I figure its something like chess; if someone can learn chess they can learn to solve a Rubik's and I've always loved chess. So I figured it's an easy to learn hard to master sort of thing. But people said it's not that hard, just got to get other the initial hump and then it gets easier and then you become addicted and learn other twisty puzzles lol. Hmmmmm, "even with the mind-boggling ~43 Quintilian combinations?" I'd think. I've also been super damn fascinated with the concept of the 4th dimension, like for 4/5 of my life. I read Edwin Abbott's Flatland as a kid, tried to understand Einstein's concept of 4D spacetime, etc. It's honestly something I've thought about constantly in my life, seemingly even more so recently because the computer age has allowed some amazing simulations, videos, articles, and games that have helped me to understand the 4th dimension more and more. And of course, in my travels across infospace I came across magic cube 4D. I thought it was a curious niche thing that humans would create it, and absolutely love that its all explainable by math, even if our human brains can't fully grasp 4-space. But I had never considered that I might try to figure it out someday....welllllll all that has changed recently. Because I've been watching tons of videos on 4th dimension, this wonderful video of yours popped up in my suggestions. And I watched it and found every single part of it interesting. Then I watched it multiple times. And I watched some of your other cool videos like the list of twisty puzzle permutations, cuboids being awesome, and you solving cubes simulating different forms of colorblindness. And I watched Cuberly's videos why we cube as well. And I became inspired to finally learn. Then I got covid recently and had a bunch of free time, and so I busted out my old ass unsolved Rubik's cube that I had saved from when I was a kid and proceeded to learn how to solve it. Those satisfying neurotransmitters when I solved it the first time were nice but I realized I wanted quality. And so Pandora's box was opened because I ordered a couple hundred bucks of twisty puzzles from the cubicle and it really is satisfying solving these puzzles! So again, thanks for making this video because it pushed me into this new world and its been a lot of fun. And hey, I figure its good for my brain. Learning these puzzles is something that I feel sticks with a person the rest of their life, and like reading or chess it can help keep our brains healthy as we get older. I even convinced my dad to learn, I think he got jealous after he saw me solve one in just a couple minutes after I couldn't just weeks prior XD. And also thanks to this video I'd like to learn how to also solve the 3^4. b. If you get a chance, you should check out some of the other 4-dimensional games/simulations that exist, I think you would enjoy them. I saw you made a VR video, one of the games is called 4D toys that is also in VR. It's neat, basically feels like you are a 3-d slice being with 4-d shapes in your hands. Another one is called 4D miner, and is exactly what it sounds like, 4 dimensional Minecraft. It's currently in beta but its a lot of fun. You are a 3D being in the game of course, but it allows you to spin your 3D slice around in the world to see different views of the 4-space. Nothing like having 4 dimensional spiders come at you from an angle you can't see lol. 4D golf and Miegakure are two more that are currently in development but look absolutely amazing, can't wait to play them. 4D golf is being developed by CodeParade, he's made some really incredible games like fractal marble madness and a game that lets you explore hyperbolic and spherical 3-space's, its called Hyperbolica. Walking around in the 3-sphere dimension made me absolutely dizzy but it was a blast. His channel and the devlog videos for both 4D golf and Hyperbolica are super fascinating. c. I downloaded the various programs you mention in this video. But I was wondering, I didn't see some of the cuboids you showed from magic puzzle ultimate. Is there somewhere online where I can download the code to add those as custom puzzles or some kind of guide (or would you be willing to post the code)? ... Or do I need to do some extensive reading about Schläfli symbol's first? I got a kick out of the 3x3x3x1, especially since after learning the Erno OG 3x3 I also learned to solve the floppy 3x3x1 I ordered at the same time. I love the design Grant and you came up with for a physical 3x3x3x1 and wouldn't mind having one someday (as well as having Melinda Green's 2^4), but I figure I should try to solve them on my computer first. Sorry for the wall of text lol
Wow! I rarely see massive comments like this any more haha. I'm glad you're having fun learning about puzzles and dimensions, and yes, I've played 4D toys, 4D miner, and Hyperbolica before, and can't wait for 4D gold and Miegakure to release :) Some people in the hypercubers community don't really like 4D toys because of the slice projection. Projecting things by showing their slices doesn't give you as good of an intuition as a pure projection, like that in the 4D blocks game (which I've actually never played, only watched other people play). 4D golf solves this issue by letting you see more of the 4th dimension at once. Also, you can find some of the definitions for puzzles in Magic Puzzle Ultimate on our new work in progress wiki, here: hypercubing.xyz/wiki/software-mpu/ You can just copy and paste these definitions into the puzzles.txt file, reload the program, and it should be good to go. The actual syntax is a mystery to me, but Luna knows it pretty well. Once you learn it, you can define almost any convex non-self-intersecting puzzle you can imagine. Cheers!
@@RowanFortier Awesome, thank you so much for the info! The new hypercubing wiki looks great! When I get more time soon I wanna add some of the custom definitions and play around with some hypercuboids lol. Nice to hear you have checked out the other 4D games I mentioned. Your point on projection is a good one. I like how not only will 4D golf let you "see more of the 4th dimension" but also just the fact that it will have a bunch of viewing options. Plus I love how it uses a sort of "holographic projection" (on the conventional view at least and I think one of the wireframe ones too), basically creates a holographic projection of what's nearby in 4-space onto the 3-space slice you are currently looking at. It's definitely a clever solution, I can't wait to play it. I'm not sure if anyone else has thought of this concept yet, but I was thinking the other day that it might be a lot of fun to play a 4D version of pool / billiards. Preferably in VR. I remember years ago playing an online version of pool against friends, I think it was through yahoo or something, but it was basically a 2D top-down view. The top-down view is kinda like a 2D slice, only with the added benefit of adding the green part of the table. But if there was a 4D equivalent, it would probably be best to have our 3D slice view be centered on the equator of the hyperpool balls / pockets; so basically, the balls would look like they are floating in a cuboid box with 12 pockets instead of 6, but they would still behave with the rules of friction, gravity, spins/english, etc. There would also be an option to jump the ball into hyperspace, when done right it would look like the ball disappears and reappears behind the other ball blocking it's way. Done wrong and you scratch by jumping the ball off the hypertable XD. I feel like that could be a really fun concept to play in VR. There could even be different variations, like having options for different hypertable sizes, different games, or even hyper-bumper-pool. Welp, I need to get back to -solving more twisty puzzles again for practice/experience- ... work...yeahhhhhhh, back to work I mean :)
The problem is that it's too easy to cheat, even by accident. I think the best solution is to make an electronic toy that looks like the cubes in the hypercube games, and then has LEDs that change colors as you turn.
I agree with you, I would certainly manage to mess up a couple times trying to gyro, but the electronic toy idea sounds like it would be missing the mechanical feel of the original puzzle (I could be misinterpreting how this product would function, so please do correct me if you think that may be the case!). The moving rings idea sounds like it could maybe be a good middle ground between still having the mechanical aspect of the puzzle and "cheat protection" or however you might phrase it, but I can't say myself I understand how a 3x3x3x3 would be implemented using it 😅
Yeah but I couldn't find it actually written down anywhere. Melinda just told me that Don said something along those lines in an email, which is why I put the little disclaimer on screen.
Good job to everyone working on this since this is alot of work and money 😃and all that mathematic or scientific stuff, i dont understand this building but its cool!
This is an incredible endeavor, and a very interesting way to wrap your head around 4d and up. And now I REALLY want one! Thank you, didn’t even know about all of this!
The way Rubik stated that his puzzle is more important and everyone elses is useles, is well, clearly wrong. What you guys have managed her is way WAY more impressive and mind bending, just wow.
This is just so... nerdy! And if I understood it i world surely think its even more awsome! I feel like I can relate to the story tho bc I'm trying to make a physical mixup cube but all layers are mixupable (not just centers).
On the one hand: damn that's a cool video. On the other hand: groove grove is deeply ingrained in my head as "KSP editor music", making it really hard to not also hear the background humming of industrial fans and clicky nouse of parts snapping together lmao.
ok, to fix the problem of not being able to semetrically make a 5d rubix cube, what you have to do is make a 4d shadow of a 5d object, THEN take that 4d shadow and make a 3d shadow of that, idk if it will work, but its worth a shot
Wow, why do I want to buy a 3d printer now?? You sir have opened another one’s eyes in this amazing corner of society. Love your work and hope one day these dreams are accomplished❤
Suprisingly a lot of these techniques of reimagining dimensions apply to 3d modelling. We use a lot of these methods when UV unwrapping with minimal stretching while taking up the most UV space and being as equally sized as possible. Even though less seen stuff can be optimised by shrinking its UV island it still brings up the some of the same questions in this video. I just thought this was a nice little fun fact.
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Enjoyed every second of this video. Can't imagine how much effort you put into crafting this Rowan, and thank you Melinda and Grant (and so many others!) for pushing the boundaries of hypercubing.
Thank you so much Tingman! This means so much to me ❤️
Its been lots of fun for me! So I'm glad that other appreciate the work!
Thanks, it's all been such a lovely surprise to me. I mean I've fully enjoyed the virtual puzzles, but watching hypercubing spill into the real world like this was so unexpected!
@@grant-hypercuber you are a hero
Try to solve it
I wish all the 4D programs were on VR, it would be so cool.
It would be really cool! Currently the fastest times are done using custom keybinds. I think an optimal setup would be where you hook up your VR to your computer and then use the keyboard to interact with it, but you can move your head around to get better viewing angles :)
@@RowanFortier like, not a rubiks cube, but cant a 4d virtual world be simulated on VR? just like you say
This would certainly break my brain haha
@@sowndolphin5386 Definitely, 4D is not hard for computers at all, there are already some 4D games, though I don't think any of them are for VR. I still suggest you check them out! I think someone even made 4D Minecraft lol
Some VR simulation of 4d space would be awesome and completely shatter my brain
the irony that the 4d cube was made so people didn't have to use a program, only for it to be mostly experienced using a program
Yeah it just turned out to be too painful to use ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@RowanFortier the 4th dimension is painful to the unprepared mind
Certified bruh moment
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@@TDXC------fr that’s trippy
Ya know its wild that the modern world allows people to enjoy any hobby together, even something as niche as "making rubik's cubes in higher dimensions." I'm glad you all were able to connect with each other, and I hope more people find community with you.
As an aside, I actually prefer the 2x3x3x3 puzzle the most, as it definitely has more elegance to the neighboring puzzles.
I very much agree . The 3x3x3x3 is still the holy grail, but the 2x3x3x3 is the gem.
at what point in the process of making the 2x3x3x3 did you guys realize that such a simple movement would be possible? also, maybe the real holy grail was the friends you made along the way :p
@@jasonbradley7082 hmm true he didn't exactly explain that
I actually think 1x3x3x3 is top 1. 2x3x3x3 is 2
I have never in my life solved a rubic's cube. I don't even know how I got here. With every new model you showed, I grew progressively more horrified. Yet, I loved it. Thank you for a thoroughly entertaining, entrancing watch that I will never be able to forget, no matter how I try. I hope I never have to see one of these monstrosities in the real world.
EDIT: a few months after I made this comment, I learned how to solve a regular cube. I now carry one with me all the time. If anyone is wondering if they should learn, go for it!
If it’s any consolation, I solved my first Rubik’s Cube while I was halfway through solving the 4D Rubik’s Cube. I’ve now solved the 5D, 6D, and am currently in the middle of solving the 7D. The community is wonderful and always willing to help newcomers!
All it takes is a RUclips video or more. Go look it up. I taught myself in 30 min how to solve a Rubik's cube.
what he said
literally a gigachad right here
9 months since i learned how to solve one
took me 20 minutes to learn, i can now solveit in 20 seconds
That is not how you spell Rubik's cube
I think it can't be overstated enough how much Melinda's design is the foundation for everything. If you have a good base design, adding more layers to it does not require redesigning that foundation... which is exactly her invention. That really is spectacular. :D
well, except you have to constantly add magnets.. i have the feeling God is trolling the hypercubing fans here...
i was whisper shouting "what!???" multiple times when watching
fascinating work done by hyper people, i'm blown away by their creativity and dedication that brings these 4d toys into our physical realm
you did an outstanding job with the storytelling and presentation, great explanations/visuals, interesting throughout
truly one of the cubing documentaries to ever exist
It was such an honor to create one of the cubing documentaries to ever exist 🦀
Can you create a RUbar analog for the 3^4?
@@RowanFortier lol
I remember playing with the virtual 4D cube 20 years ago (never even close to solving it, however). I didn’t realize the first 4D cube was created in 1988. And it’s super fun to discover that rather than it being a weird one-off, there’s a thriving hypercubing community. This whole thing is delightful.
This is absolutely incredible.the way you explained 4D cubes was so understandable and entertaining, and every minute of this was so high quality and interesting. one of the best cubing videos out there!
thanks Ox!
Rowa
@@RowanFortier what is that emoji
@@sillyandfamilycorner1738it’s a 4D Rubik’s Cube. Specifically the projection from the Magic Puzzle Ultimate program.
I don't understand a single thing about how these 4d puzzles are supposed to work, it's all just completely incomprehensible to me
However the video's editing and storytelling was good enough that i could pick up the impact and weight of each new development. I didn't understand a single thing but I had a great time with this one :)
I think I'm enjoying the video but my brain started to drip out of my ears about half way through. I'm going to need to let my brain heal a bit before watching the rest.
I have a sneaking suspicion that some of this might be about me 🤔
Enough information is already available for you to know
@@MelindaGreen I know haha, I edited the script for the video...
@@MelindaGreen what ever happened to don hatch
ur the mvp like actually gg on making all these cool puzzles also good job to Melinda for the original 2x2x2x2
@@tyronium2 tysm!
This was always a big dream of mine as a kid. My 3rd grade notebooks were completely filled with sketches of possible 4D cube designs. So happy to see a dream like this come true! 🎉
That's so cool! I got interested in the 4th dimension in 6th grade, started cubing in 7th grade, and then didn't have a thought about combining them until I was in college
I was really inspired by the online 4D cube game and I understood some of the basics of the 4th dimension from reading Flatland and extrapolating the idea to our world. I didn’t understand all of the different turns a 4D cube could do though since I was 8 or 9. I thought it was just like the picture of the 4D cube online. Just one cube in the middle with 6 cubes on the outside, one for each face. Kind of like the first 2x2x2x2 attempt you showed.
this is beautiful.
a docu about a nook of the internet about funny 4 dimensional puzzles people would have otherwise not known about without the docu.
just, amazing.
Dude, I can barely solve a megaminx and you guys come up with biblically accurate rubik's cubes. As a mathematical engineer, I feel both admiration and dread when I see this. You guys felt so compelled to make this lovecraftian toy a reality that even yog sothoth doesn't know how to solve these cubes or even dares to try. I love this, please people on the internet, make more of these abhorrent puzzles.
Your mathematical part feels admiration, and your engineer part feels dread? I love the phrase "biblically accurate rubik's cubes". That definitely evokes a new kind of terror.
@@MelindaGreen I feel admiration for the fact that they encoded 4 dimensions in 3d objects, and managed to turn 4 dimensional movements into 3 dimensional algorithms, and they did it first from theory and then in real life with real materials. I feel dread cause man it must've taken a lot of work, effort, money and sanity, to encode the pieces and movements, to design the manufacturing process and to assemble the whole thing
@@vulpesaxis8494 You may not realize that the 2x2x2x2 is my creation. You are correct about the amount of work and stress involved. I felt dread many times, especially as vendors tried to hold me hostage. So I tried to just deal with whatever challenge I was facing at the moment and hope it was going to work out somehow. It was only possible because many people stepped up at each stage to help and together we succeeded. I feel incredible gratitude.
@@MelindaGreen oh my god. I'm so sorry for not noticing earlier, you got named so many times in the video I just forgot. what you did is worthy of admiration, and I mean everything, from the original software to the physical puzzle. Truly amazing from both a maths and an engeeniering perspective. The work of everyone involved in the 2x2x2x2 and the bigger ones is honestly awesome. Still it fills me with second-hand dread just imagining all the effort behind them, and thinking of triyng to solve one of them is scary to me.
@@vulpesaxis8494 I haven't even solved it yet! I'm more of a puzzle maker than a puzzle solver. I probably will someday, but I get more pleasure from putting it into the world and seeing other people solve it.
This popped up randomly in my recommends and I put it on sort of intended as interesting background noise. I was enraptured and watched every second avidly. Not only is the subject incredibly fascinating but the dedication you all have to the craft is just beautiful! You as a community must be immeasurably proud of the leaps and bounds you’ve made in this journey!
The existence of this community surprises me, but it is really wholesome how you work together and incredible what you achieved!
Some of those hypercube turns, and especially those simplex turns, are absolutely disgusting and I love it. Thank you for sharing a strange and small side of the world with me and the rest of the internet.
My non-cuber brain stopped being able to keep up after the first few minutes, but it was still understandable in general and the density of information is incredibly refreshing because of how diluted most of youtube is now
With every second it kept getting more and more familiar until I thought it overlapped with a topic of another video I watched and decided to check if I commented just because
Awesome video! I forgot that all of this happened within one year -- pretty incredible
Hi damocles!!!
What an amazing video this is! I'm so honoured to have featured, and to have been a part of the early 4D world back in 2018! To this day, my videos on Melinda's 2x2x2x2 are some of my favourites and it's such an amazing solving experience once you get your head around it. It's also so crazy to think that there is now a functioning 3x3x3x3! Honestly, amazing job on this video - this is hands down one of the best cubing/puzzle videos I have ever seen!
Thank you for introducing the world of hypercubing to me :) Your videos were the first ones I ever watched about 4d puzzles, and it seems to have started something amazing!
@@RowanFortier And I'm forever grateful to him too, as his videos drove a huge amount of visibility to my strange new puzzle.
Thanks to you to making it all possible, I originally found out about hypercubing through your videos in 2018...
Well made! It's crazy how far the hyper-cubing community came in such a short time.
Indeed
Even after watching other RUclipsrs try to explain the 4th dimension I have learned so much more in this one random video then any other
idk as a 4D enthusiest this doesn't explain much
Amazing quality and story telling - by far the most entertaining and interesting video/documentary type thing I’ve watched in a while! I will send it to my non-cuber friends to confuse them now 😂
Thank you 🙏
Ninth person to ever solve the 2^4 here, great video! I had no idea that they created all these hypercuboids!
I'm very intrigued by the 2x3x3x3, it looks very elegant compared to all the others (especially when comparing gyros). I must say though, the 3^4 looks like trash to handle 🤣
Hello Lucas! My feelings exactly. I knew any 3x3x3x3 would be made of pain and didn't think about hypercuboids much at all. So the result didn't surprise me much except for its appearance being quite different from what I expected. The 2x3x3x3 is definitely the real gem they've discovered.
Really cool that you got people to voice their emails and messages.
It turned out pretty good. Thank you so much for doing the animations 😃
@@RowanFortier Oh yea no prob!
@@alvin55531 The animations where really clean!
It's crazy how far you've come Rowan. I remember being blown away at how deep you knew cubing at cube club and this is just incredible. Keep it up :)
Yo, thanks Henry!
I can't even solve a normal Rubik's cube but I enjoyed this video. It's so awesome to see things never thought possible brought into reality.
incredibly dynamic video, loved it
edit: i generally hate 4d videos because they all explain it over and over again in different ways, but this one didn't focus a lot on it and actually expanded my perspective on it way better than other videos lol
This was such an amazing video, it's so cool how people were able to make physical analouges of puzzles that literally are in a higher dimension.
This is THE coolest thing I have ever seen. Its mind blowing how we can actually somehow represent 4D motion with 3D counterparts. I’ve been fascinated by the 4th dimension for a while now, but we’ve never had a “real example.” This is one of the best I’ve ever seen. Best of luck!!!
Erno Rubik's reaction to the 2x2x2x2: "fuck yall, i'm the boss here"
A documentary about successfully building a physical 4D Rubik's Cube with a ton of drama along the way? I've found a legendary corner of the internet. Fantastic video!
I love how my tiny reptile brain cannot comprehend a single damn thing in this video, n yet it is still sooooo damn interesting. Just got into cubing when I got a 2x2 and 3x3 phantom for christmas this year.
this should be renamed "Grant's Epic 4D Rubik's Cube Adventure"
because he IS THE MAKER OF 3/4 OF THE PUZZLES
This is the best documentairy i’ve seen in a while, absolutely astonishing!
I don't understand 3x3x3 cubes, and I understood about 5 words of this video, yet I still found it interesting to watch, nice job!
10/10 great video.
I hope this video gets very popular. It is well deserved to be.
I'm pretty sure it's destined to be a classic
@@MelindaGreen Without you this video wouldn't exist.
Well, as a child math, physics, and cubing enthusiast, this video put 81 smiles on my face cause this is just all for me
What a mind-blowing story. Enjoyed every second of this amazing video. Great job :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Penguins need HUGS
I literally have no idea how 4 dimensional cubing works, but I found the video fascinating, well done!
You know you're a niche community when you have mailing list drama in the 2020s
So true 💀
I'm a member of the discord! I proposed an (impossible) 12c peice design. I've also challenged the whole server to build a physical 4d simplex in 24 hours.
Bruh I'd absolutely pay for that 1x1x2x2 monstrosity
me too
Never solved a cube, never watched or searched for vids on them. With that said, this video randomly popped up on my feed and I couldn’t stop watching. Great vid
The true hardest cube to build in 4D is 1x1x1
1^4 is still 1 👁️👄👁️
@@zacharyandjulianbrownell6171 exactly 💀
@@zacharyandjulianbrownell61711*1*1*1
@@zacharyandjulianbrownell6171 y
@@decract wouldn't that mean we would need *one piece*
I don't know why I'm here, I can't even solve a regular 3D Rubik's Cube. But your video did make me want to start learning and going towards 4D cubes.
2:41 that horrific thing is called a 3,5 duoprism, and isn't really special.
It looks like it tho
Masterful video. It was a real joy to watch. After watching just the intro, I knew this video would to be completely awesome, and indeed the rest of it did not disappoint at all! I had so many "what!!" moments during this, and the video just kept on giving. Also I have so much admiration for Melinda, Grant and all the others involved in creating and exploring these mind-bending puzzles. Truly beautiful work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great job epic! Awesome video. Very well edited and professional. I liked the voice overs which were really good!. Thanks for the awesome content ~Hyperespy
Thanks :)
god, cubers are something else i swear. love all of this
You just earned a sub, my friend. This niche topic really deserves more attention.
This needs 100x the views
Imagine the video is just the Rowan saying "no" and quitting
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@@RowanFortier i told him to break the 2^4 WR he said no
I love this kind of stuff, not because I understand any of it, but because I hope to one day understand it. Pure Math for the sake of solving abstract problems is such a beautiful thing. As a teen I was quick to rote learn the known basic algorithms to solve the standard 3x3x3 Rubik's cube, but to this day I'm trying to reason on my own how I could (with my limited 3d thinking abilities) come up with such an algorithm. Major props to everyone involved with these higher dimensional projects for having the sheer intellect to do so; awe inspiring minds you have :) . I truly hope to catch up to you all some day! Best wishes to you nerds!
When the intro is good enough to be an excellent video you know you're in for a wild ride
And when the intro is almost half of the entire video's length 💀
Don't you mean good enough to be a Netflix trailer?
21:53 I LOVE THE PIECES JUMPING
Great video! Thanks for making it, and telling the story so nicely! 🙂
Grant's role in all of this is underestimated. He should really get some more recognition in the hyper/speedcubing community.
Thank you, haha
My god such a underated vídeo you deserve much more my dude
thank you so much!
I like to belive that grant is a 4th dimensional being that came to our world to figure out how to let us mere 3d beings play with the 4d toys (also the 3x3x3x1 doubles as a normal Rubik's cube lol)
interesting theory
i have no idea how you got me to watch the full 26 minutes of a video i understood none of.
also i appreciate your t-shirt in the last clip, very cool
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man i used to be a cuber when i was in middle school and this totally captured the passion i had for the hobby, really a super doc for an ultra-niche subject
with that being said i am far too dumb to understand 85% of this
Wow this was insanely well put together!
Thanks JF!!
JFKUBING
this deserves an Oscar for the best documentary.
Hello Rowan, thank you for making this amazing video! I found every single second to be fascinating and this video became the catalyst for me to finally learn how to solve a Rubik's cube! :D Okay that's the tl;dr version lol but I feel like I should explain a bit more, plus I wanted to bring up a couple other points.
a. So I'm a guy in my 30s, and like so many other people on Earth, I had played around with a Rubik's cube but I had never actually learned how to solve one. But a part of me had always wanted to learn at some point. I knew it was in my capacity to learn because I figure its something like chess; if someone can learn chess they can learn to solve a Rubik's and I've always loved chess. So I figured it's an easy to learn hard to master sort of thing. But people said it's not that hard, just got to get other the initial hump and then it gets easier and then you become addicted and learn other twisty puzzles lol. Hmmmmm, "even with the mind-boggling ~43 Quintilian combinations?" I'd think. I've also been super damn fascinated with the concept of the 4th dimension, like for 4/5 of my life. I read Edwin Abbott's Flatland as a kid, tried to understand Einstein's concept of 4D spacetime, etc. It's honestly something I've thought about constantly in my life, seemingly even more so recently because the computer age has allowed some amazing simulations, videos, articles, and games that have helped me to understand the 4th dimension more and more. And of course, in my travels across infospace I came across magic cube 4D. I thought it was a curious niche thing that humans would create it, and absolutely love that its all explainable by math, even if our human brains can't fully grasp 4-space. But I had never considered that I might try to figure it out someday....welllllll all that has changed recently. Because I've been watching tons of videos on 4th dimension, this wonderful video of yours popped up in my suggestions. And I watched it and found every single part of it interesting. Then I watched it multiple times. And I watched some of your other cool videos like the list of twisty puzzle permutations, cuboids being awesome, and you solving cubes simulating different forms of colorblindness. And I watched Cuberly's videos why we cube as well. And I became inspired to finally learn. Then I got covid recently and had a bunch of free time, and so I busted out my old ass unsolved Rubik's cube that I had saved from when I was a kid and proceeded to learn how to solve it. Those satisfying neurotransmitters when I solved it the first time were nice but I realized I wanted quality. And so Pandora's box was opened because I ordered a couple hundred bucks of twisty puzzles from the cubicle and it really is satisfying solving these puzzles! So again, thanks for making this video because it pushed me into this new world and its been a lot of fun. And hey, I figure its good for my brain. Learning these puzzles is something that I feel sticks with a person the rest of their life, and like reading or chess it can help keep our brains healthy as we get older. I even convinced my dad to learn, I think he got jealous after he saw me solve one in just a couple minutes after I couldn't just weeks prior XD. And also thanks to this video I'd like to learn how to also solve the 3^4.
b. If you get a chance, you should check out some of the other 4-dimensional games/simulations that exist, I think you would enjoy them. I saw you made a VR video, one of the games is called 4D toys that is also in VR. It's neat, basically feels like you are a 3-d slice being with 4-d shapes in your hands. Another one is called 4D miner, and is exactly what it sounds like, 4 dimensional Minecraft. It's currently in beta but its a lot of fun. You are a 3D being in the game of course, but it allows you to spin your 3D slice around in the world to see different views of the 4-space. Nothing like having 4 dimensional spiders come at you from an angle you can't see lol. 4D golf and Miegakure are two more that are currently in development but look absolutely amazing, can't wait to play them. 4D golf is being developed by CodeParade, he's made some really incredible games like fractal marble madness and a game that lets you explore hyperbolic and spherical 3-space's, its called Hyperbolica. Walking around in the 3-sphere dimension made me absolutely dizzy but it was a blast. His channel and the devlog videos for both 4D golf and Hyperbolica are super fascinating.
c. I downloaded the various programs you mention in this video. But I was wondering, I didn't see some of the cuboids you showed from magic puzzle ultimate. Is there somewhere online where I can download the code to add those as custom puzzles or some kind of guide (or would you be willing to post the code)? ... Or do I need to do some extensive reading about Schläfli symbol's first? I got a kick out of the 3x3x3x1, especially since after learning the Erno OG 3x3 I also learned to solve the floppy 3x3x1 I ordered at the same time. I love the design Grant and you came up with for a physical 3x3x3x1 and wouldn't mind having one someday (as well as having Melinda Green's 2^4), but I figure I should try to solve them on my computer first.
Sorry for the wall of text lol
Wow! I rarely see massive comments like this any more haha.
I'm glad you're having fun learning about puzzles and dimensions, and yes, I've played 4D toys, 4D miner, and Hyperbolica before, and can't wait for 4D gold and Miegakure to release :)
Some people in the hypercubers community don't really like 4D toys because of the slice projection. Projecting things by showing their slices doesn't give you as good of an intuition as a pure projection, like that in the 4D blocks game (which I've actually never played, only watched other people play). 4D golf solves this issue by letting you see more of the 4th dimension at once.
Also, you can find some of the definitions for puzzles in Magic Puzzle Ultimate on our new work in progress wiki, here: hypercubing.xyz/wiki/software-mpu/
You can just copy and paste these definitions into the puzzles.txt file, reload the program, and it should be good to go.
The actual syntax is a mystery to me, but Luna knows it pretty well. Once you learn it, you can define almost any convex non-self-intersecting puzzle you can imagine.
Cheers!
@@RowanFortier Awesome, thank you so much for the info! The new hypercubing wiki looks great! When I get more time soon I wanna add some of the custom definitions and play around with some hypercuboids lol. Nice to hear you have checked out the other 4D games I mentioned. Your point on projection is a good one. I like how not only will 4D golf let you "see more of the 4th dimension" but also just the fact that it will have a bunch of viewing options. Plus I love how it uses a sort of "holographic projection" (on the conventional view at least and I think one of the wireframe ones too), basically creates a holographic projection of what's nearby in 4-space onto the 3-space slice you are currently looking at. It's definitely a clever solution, I can't wait to play it.
I'm not sure if anyone else has thought of this concept yet, but I was thinking the other day that it might be a lot of fun to play a 4D version of pool / billiards. Preferably in VR. I remember years ago playing an online version of pool against friends, I think it was through yahoo or something, but it was basically a 2D top-down view. The top-down view is kinda like a 2D slice, only with the added benefit of adding the green part of the table. But if there was a 4D equivalent, it would probably be best to have our 3D slice view be centered on the equator of the hyperpool balls / pockets; so basically, the balls would look like they are floating in a cuboid box with 12 pockets instead of 6, but they would still behave with the rules of friction, gravity, spins/english, etc. There would also be an option to jump the ball into hyperspace, when done right it would look like the ball disappears and reappears behind the other ball blocking it's way. Done wrong and you scratch by jumping the ball off the hypertable XD. I feel like that could be a really fun concept to play in VR. There could even be different variations, like having options for different hypertable sizes, different games, or even hyper-bumper-pool.
Welp, I need to get back to -solving more twisty puzzles again for practice/experience- ... work...yeahhhhhhh, back to work I mean :)
Dude this is amazing! I enjoyed every single moment of this video, and I learned so much!
The problem is that it's too easy to cheat, even by accident. I think the best solution is to make an electronic toy that looks like the cubes in the hypercube games, and then has LEDs that change colors as you turn.
I agree with you, I would certainly manage to mess up a couple times trying to gyro, but the electronic toy idea sounds like it would be missing the mechanical feel of the original puzzle (I could be misinterpreting how this product would function, so please do correct me if you think that may be the case!). The moving rings idea sounds like it could maybe be a good middle ground between still having the mechanical aspect of the puzzle and "cheat protection" or however you might phrase it, but I can't say myself I understand how a 3x3x3x3 would be implemented using it 😅
Yes! You would need 8 cubes like the wowcube. Turning one would interact with all of the others.
what about the EX-mars?
Man i've never had experience with cubing, but i was so captured by this video! The passion you guys put into this stuff really shines through
Pollution of the mathematical world? Jeez
That's a very rare insult
Yeah but I couldn't find it actually written down anywhere. Melinda just told me that Don said something along those lines in an email, which is why I put the little disclaimer on screen.
oh, ok
At 3:35, I realized just how much I was enjoying the video- it felt like it had been three times that.
Good job to everyone working on this since this is alot of work and money 😃and all that mathematic or scientific stuff, i dont understand this building but its cool!
amazing work of art, never thought id be invested in a story about rubiks cubes and the 4th dimension
one of the best vids about rubiks cubes ive ever seen
edited so well and it kept me interested, great vid rowan!
This is an incredible endeavor, and a very interesting way to wrap your head around 4d and up. And now I REALLY want one! Thank you, didn’t even know about all of this!
Ah yes, learning about 4D objects while living in a 3D space, watched on a 2D screen. Makes sense.
stolen.
The way Rubik stated that his puzzle is more important and everyone elses is useles, is well, clearly wrong.
What you guys have managed her is way WAY more impressive and mind bending, just wow.
This is just so... nerdy! And if I understood it i world surely think its even more awsome! I feel like I can relate to the story tho bc I'm trying to make a physical mixup cube but all layers are mixupable (not just centers).
Cool! I hope you succeed in your project :)
seems like they're just making analogous machines in 3 dimensions, not actually letting cubers return to 4d
what did you expect lol we can't just make a 4d cube😭
Absolute madmen.
How interesting! You are an important part of your own documentary too! Nice video!
5head
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What
My brain can't even comprehend a simple cube and only 16 mins in I gotta cut the video off because I'm smelling smoke 🤣
I have 3D printer, but I do not know how to use it
same
Buy a 4d printer
This is insane!
I always used to think those 4D simulation programs are just for experiments and that no people actually solve it 😅😆
the creativity of humanity never ceases to amaze me
Can't wait! 😆
Cool video and all, but when can I get my hands on a 1x1x1x1 Rubik's Cube?
Amazing! Can't wait!
Still unable to wrap my head around higher dimensional puzzles, but totally awesome nonetheless! Keep the innovation coming!
Now solve it.
On the one hand: damn that's a cool video.
On the other hand: groove grove is deeply ingrained in my head as "KSP editor music", making it really hard to not also hear the background humming of industrial fans and clicky nouse of parts snapping together lmao.
Am I being quizzed on this
Great video! Not only was the idea really interesting, but I found it very entertaining and keep coming back to this video months later!
The Waffle House Has found its New Host.
the Waffle House has been retired
The Waffle House has Spoken
ok, to fix the problem of not being able to semetrically make a 5d rubix cube, what you have to do is make a 4d shadow of a 5d object, THEN take that 4d shadow and make a 3d shadow of that, idk if it will work, but its worth a shot
This is a video every cuber needs to see!
i have no idea how to even solve a 3x3x3 rubicks cube, but god damn i wanna try out a 4d cube now
Dude, the feeling that the video gives while we watch it... It's amazing!
Wow, why do I want to buy a 3d printer now?? You sir have opened another one’s eyes in this amazing corner of society. Love your work and hope one day these dreams are accomplished❤
Suprisingly a lot of these techniques of reimagining dimensions apply to 3d modelling. We use a lot of these methods when UV unwrapping with minimal stretching while taking up the most UV space and being as equally sized as possible. Even though less seen stuff can be optimised by shrinking its UV island it still brings up the some of the same questions in this video. I just thought this was a nice little fun fact.