MY STORE: www.1st.shop/
Mutex Puzzle: ominoushum.com/puzzle/
Today I'm going to attempt to solve the incredibly well crafted and super difficult Mutex puzzle by Andrew Magill.
1000's of PUZZLES Available here: www.puzzlemaster.ca/?a=681162
___
INSTAGRAM: / chrisramsay52
TWITTER: / chrisramsay52
__
LEARN A TRICK I CREATED HERE: sellfy.com/p/OiqQ/
LIKED A SONG I USED? GET IT HERE: share.epidemicsound.com/Ramsay
___
MY MAIN CAMERA:amzn.to/2M9Fl9a
SECOND CAMERA: amzn.to/2D0bVtU
BEST LENS FOR VLOGS: amzn.to/2DeNzth
BIG LENS FOR B-ROLL: amzn.to/2ANaqcA
TOP DOWN CAM: amzn.to/2COakmY
MIC: amzn.to/2AKIHJQ
TRIPOD: amzn.to/2EuP9GO
IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME STUFF:
Chris Ramsay
CP 50011 BP. Galeries Des Monts
St-Sauveur, PQ
Canada
J0R 1R0
Honestly so enamoured with this puzzle I didn’t even noticed they were numbered... thanks for pointing that out! Will make it easier next time for sure!! ❤️
Chris Ramsay Chris this video was amazing! Where do you get all these puzzles? I love collecting and solving myself so these videos are amazing keep up the amazing work!
Chris Ramsay that was quite cool
Where’s the copper field secret basement bro ?
Its ominous hum
du brauchst mehr deutsche produkte
It's amazing seeing my puzzle in such a great video! I'm impressed how quickly you solved it just by intuition. Think of the puzzle as a three-dimensional maze. The three brass rods each move you on one of the three axes. The solution is the maze's map. Rod 1 (the one with one black ring) moves you left and right on the map. Rod 2 (two rings) moves you up and down. Rod 3 moves between whole squares. You started off in the top left corner of the top square, and it unlocks at the bottom right corner of the bottom square. Green spaces on the map are on the shortest path from beginning to end. Yellow spaces are on dead end paths. So, following the map, your first moves would be: Move 1, location (1,1,1): Turn rod 2 right Move 2, location (1,2,1): Turn rod 1 right Move 3, location (2,2,1): Turn rod 3 right Move 4, location (2,2,2): Turn rod 2 right
Congratulations on the puzzle andrew, and thanks for explaining the solution makes a lot more sense now, wish i could order one from you but it's way out of my league currently. Hope you rack up a bunch of cash from this baby though !!!
+Chris Ramsay needs to see this lol
That's really cool then it's kinda like the Colossal Cave Adventure and Zork
@@gamingelementalist6725 he said "your first moves would be.. [these 4]", so I think that's just how you would get started and how you can figure out the rest of the solution sheet. There has to be more than just 4 moves, even avoiding the traps lol. But anyway, hats off to the creator, great machining skills and fine craftsmanship! I love any mechanisms that use bearings, like how they can be rolled/rotated freely yet also be used for locking. Can I ask what sort of machinery you used to create this puzzle?
hats off to you andrew, keep up the great work
Me: "Oh look, the designer put lines on the knobs so the user could differentiate them! Very nice!" Chris: *marks the numbers incorrectly with a sharpie*
5th Element: Chris puts the stones on the wrong pedestals. Throws dirt on the Water stone...
oh i seem to have already commented, but yes! no need for sharpie
Thought the same 😂
Lol
David Carey screaming at my phone for him to notice them 😂
Puzzle designer: "Ominus Hum... thats a great name for my website!" Chris: "omi noushum"
12 minutes in and he’s numbering the brass dials that are already numbered with black lines on the sides.
Ik i saw those and when he said “lets number these” it killed me
alexnelson09 and he numbered them wrong it’s triggered me so much
And he used a sharpie!
One of the reasons I really can't watch this guy anymore. He spends so much time with these puzzles, yet misses obvious little details like a complete doughnut.
He slow
Chris: I'm gonna use a marker. Everyone else immediately sees different number of lines around the cylinders FACEPALM
I got so bothered by 1 and 2 being wrong :D
@@Mozze13 lol same
Thang KILLED me
@@dn6725 Same. I saw it in the first few seconds to be honest, but I was expecting Chris to realize later on. Boy was I wrong.
It still helps from our perspective
Chris Ramsay: "What's inside this puzzle?" Gordon Ramsay: "It's RAW in the middle!!"
The engineer of this puzzle is absolutely brilliant on multiple levels. Also, amazing video and intro. This channel has turned into one of my mainstays.
Plot twist, it was a weed grinder
No shit sherlock
AND it was his father.
Ok, I think I figured out how this puzzle works. Based on the solution diagram at the end, it is essentially a 3D maze, where each dial controls one coordinate. What's unusual, though, is how that maze is constructed. The name of the puzzle, Mutex, refers to something which can only be used in one place at a time. In this case, that refers to the tubes with bearings. There are too many ball bearings to fit between the dials, so they must rest in the pits around each dial. In other words, at least one side of each bearing must have a pit; they can't both be bumps. That's why the marbles sometimes stay still - the mutex is in use. There are 6 mutexes in total, two between each pair of dials. Each dial can have one of 7 possible states. The solution diagram lists all the legal combinations for the dials. Working backwards from there, we can determine the mutual exclusions. None of the following combinations are allowed: X = 2,3,4,5 and Y = 1,5 ; X = 3,4,7 and Y = 2,3,4,6 ; X = 1,4,6 and Z = 2,5,6 ; X = 1,2 and Z = 3,6,7 ; Y = 3,7 and Z = 1,4 ; Y = 2,4,5,6 and Z = 3,6,7 Based on how Chris moves the dials at the beginning of the video X, Y, and Z are the dials marked with 1, 2, and 3 rings. Each dial begins in state 1, and the puzzle opens when they are all at state 7. By twisting the dials so that none of the forbidden combinations are encountered, the puzzle is solved.
Cool
8:45 "click outta one, moving on to number two, two is binding..."
ahhhh LPL. respect earned
Chris: check it out at "oh-min-ooh-shum" Everyone else: Ominous Hum?
They were already numbered with the black lines Rams😂
I was wondering if I was the only one that saw that! I can imagine the creator yelling at his monitor as Chris Sharpied the knobs that he numbered with the lines.
I could understand moving the numbers to the top for ease (sharpie will come off brass fairly easy with a solvent), but it PAINED me that he didn't number them the same!
Same, especially when 1 and 2 were misnumbered haha
the numbers don't match the line count *twitch....twitch*
Ya, just noticed.. 🤦♂️
It hurt me a little when Chris wrote the numbers on the puzzle when there are grooves on the side of each knob already giving numbers. (one has 1 stripe, another has 2, the last has 3)
Eh. You can always clean it up with rubbing alcohol
I know I was screaming at my phone
Sharpie comes off metal really eaisly anyway just rub thumb over it mutiple times and the friction will bring it off
Glad I'm not the only one
Nah man, i was just laughing my ass off. :))
Just the fact that this project is the first undertaken by its creator is fantastic enough given the craftsmanship that went into it but the fact he made sure you got the second one ever made blows my mind, that shows how much respect respect and admiration he has for you Chris as a magician and master puzzle solver. I like this guy. Great content too thanks bro
Imagine you broke into his house and you had to go through one of these puzzles to get his money
Saw/Drill, these are toys not safes
Alzorion dude, it was a joke.
@@alzorion6208 your life is a toy.
@@reddgaming5921 this is why i hate god
@@alzorion6208 Yeah because a house invader will most certainly ALWAYS walk around with one of those, smh.
Comment section: 50% gushing over the intro, 50% freaking out about Sharpie on the numbered knobs
They always freak out on every puzzle video. It's really annoying.
And the .5% wondering how he pronounced ominous hum as ahminooshum
Honestly the sharpie numbering is scandalous.
And me like "Meh, back to Mr Puzzle, bye forever"
Except for this comment
Chris : *sets the camera to manual focus for whatever reason* Also Chris : *tries to explain something and brings the puzzle close to the camera pointing at something that’s completely blurred*
As intriguing the mechanism was, this dude who designed, engineered, and made this awesome puzzle made my mind blown, you know it took FOREVER to make and design and he killed it!!
My friends and I like to play D&D, and all I can think is, "How great would this be for my players?" Say one of them found this in a loot pile, and inside could be an epic spell or something. Instead of just giving them the spell just hand them this puzzle irl and only let them try and figure it out during play sessions! Beautiful puzzle with amazing craftsmanship!
Graydo VonGurren it can be yours for the low low price of 800$
@@DobisdotIncorperatedatgmail that's not a low price 😂
Another legendary intro!! Can’t get over them man 🙌🏻 so good.
WES Barker twiddle dhum twiddle dae
💪
This might be my favorite one yet. Amazing design inside and out. Plus I'm super jealous of the wax seals.
This is why I love Chris’s channel so much. I could careless about puzzles or magic,but I am drawn to his genuine enthusiasm he has for both.
@Caleb f u
So here's my interpretation of the solution: The solution has 7 boxes, each is a 7x7 grid, making it a 7x7x7 cube. There are 3 knobs on the puzzle, each with 7 marks. Each knob essentially controls 1 direction 7x7x7 cube space, ie knob 1 moves left/right, knob 2 moves up/down, knob 3 moves between layers. You could then follow how the numbers increase and move corresponding knobs in that direction. I think yellow numbers are alternative paths? And reverse the numbers to reset probably. It's brilliantly designed puzzle, must've taken a lot of thought to design a mechanism like that.
I honestly have no idea what you mean but good job👍
It is just a bunch of notches and depths to pass you to the next level. Each nob has a "combination" but the pressure of the top bearings will push onto two other posts unless the channels give the bearings just enough of play to rotate the knobs.
katl555 hincks 😂😂👌🏻 XD
The yellow marks are dead ends
The second disc of the seal press in the puzzle is for doing the backside of a wax seal when sealing something like two ends of a cord inside a seal, where the seal can hang freely.
From the intro to the puzzle and even the wax seal this is absolutely hands down my favorite video of yours! Thank you!
Truly impressed how one person could design this, but first, collecting all the equipment, learning how to use them, improving the skill, designing the game, make it compelling... Total genius.
That mechanism is amazing, it looks so elegant and beautiful too.
I really wasn't expecting the other layers. Beautiful puzzle.
I love the intricacy of this puzzle and the streamlined design. The mechanics are amazing.
That seal was a brilliant touch from the creator. What great people watch this channel..
That into was actually really really sick. No clue how you pulled that off
me when sees him take out a sharpie: "dude, they're alrealy labled, look at the sides of the cylynders"
I like the level of "production" your video's have. They far exceed many of the other creator's channels on You Tube!
The chillhop/jazzhop throughout Chris' videos is just...everything.
the entire trajectory of star wars of the past few year is a level 10 puzzle except it has no answers
The puzzle has thin black rings around the knobs that are markers for "numbering". One, two, and three rings.
Chris Ramsay is so addicted to solving puzzles that if we fail to provide him with new ones he might start ripping our heads open to see how the brain works.
What a masterpiece! The thought behind the puzzle, and then machining it...wow!
It never ceases to amaze me how brilliant people can make things like this in their basement workshop. So talented, and the drive and passion involved is extraordinary, not to mention the machining skills. 👍🇬🇧
I'm a huge Star Wars fan and I loved the intro. Love all your puzzles and magic. Keep up the great work Chris
Mike Yettner just saying I watched Star Wars and went up stairs and then Watched this video... Is my life cursed or did I get lucky?
@@fearedplayz7169 I'd say the Force is strong in you
Chris: "ahminooshum" I go to the link... it says ominous hum
Words are hard. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@AdventurerJessica does this confirm that he has dyslexia?
@@WatcherObsi lol you call that close? Ok buddy
@@WatcherObsi stop trying to be edgy, thank you
@@WatcherObsi very valid question. Especially considering that's not even what dyslexia is 🤷🤷
This guy needs to make more puzzles, I love the ball bearing lock mechanism, I've seen similar locks that are pressure locks with ball bearings, this thing is dope. He definitely needs to stretch those puzzle making muscles with a little more budget and workforce!
Thank you Chris for helping me get through my workouts they go much faster watching your videos keep up the great work
whoever made this puzzle is a genius! respect man
These intros just keep getting better and better
Intro was the BOMB! WOW, a wax seal, that is so amazingly unique... I would never have guessed that was in there. Grats!
My fingers hurt just watching his go red from turning the knobs. Owie. What a sweet puzzle.
THE JEDI CALLED: THEY WANT TO USE THIS PUZZLE FOR THEIR HOLOCRON CASES
*skips intro* Rams: “hope you guys liked that intro we spent a LOT of time on it.” Me:
Lol. I always skip them. Too long.
I SKIP EVERYONE THEY ARE NOT WHY I COME TO THIS CHANNEL AND ITS GETTING MORE ANNOYING THAT HE IS FOCUSING ON IT MORE AND MORE.. NO ONE WANTS TO WATCH YOUR SHITTY ACTING BRO STICK TO PUZZLES, YOU SLAY PUZZLES
Sometimes I watch them but most times I just skip. I'm here for the puzzle not the b roll
@@spope7510 Come here and tell him how he should record HIS channel? Because of what YOU want? Go play with a blender, you childish troll.
@@Varksterable listen douchenozzle I watch all his puzzle videos and these new intros HE ASKS of we like them. So whose the troll? Look in the mirror you hang on the wall of the bridge you live under.
Beautiful puzzle. I've watched it being solved and read the makers explanation but I have to confess, like Chris I'm not sure how it works. I'd love to have one in my hands to inspect it. Great concept elegantly executed, congratulations. My fav part of the video was when Chris opened it and completely ignored the "prize", instead marveling at how different the mechanism was to what he had imagined. Again, very well done!
I think it would way cool if you could go to this guys place to talk with him. I’d love to know what brought him to this idea & what his thought process was. It would also be fascinating to see how he builds this lock.
only me who sees the black lines on the nubs that indicates the number of the nub?
Haha nope I definitely saw that almost instantly
Everybody talking about the sharpie, no one talking about the fact that Chris straight up murdered that guy in the intro. Thats some cold shit
I absolutely loved your opening man!
Cool puzzle! Thanks for sharing Chris!
Easily my favorite mechanism of any puzzle you've done so far!
The knobs have lines such as 1, 2, and 3 maybe the pattern
Probably one of the best puzzles you've ever done and gotten. When you opened it I was amazed! It was stunning. It was genius. And it was very special with the gift you were given.
I freekin LOVE the introductions you guys do for these videos!!
Ramsay: "looks like a future technology" Me:"looks like the casing to picture films back in the day"
He said you couldn't solve it Chris: chokes friend "How dare he"
His friend: Choke me daddy... Chris: What?!? His friend: What?!?... Emm... Nothing... 😂😂😂😂😂 Love the intro and the vid👌🏻❤️
This whole video is so satisfying! I love such elaborate mechanisms constructed like a labyrinth of sorts.
There is some pleasing quality to these videos. The shots are clean and the film location has a sleek and modern feel to it.
The b-roles are getting more and more cinematic and i love it!
Love how they were already numbered and he missed that.. they each had 1, 2, and 3 black lines around the base of the knobs
Love watching your videos bro!!! All the puzzles I have seen you do have been so impressive and beautiful.
I was hooked as soon as the video started. Amazing puzzle and presentation.
"Looks like a piece of future technology." Really just looks like a capacitor... lol
"But I was going to Tosche station to pick up some power converters"
You can blame capacitors for most things that went wrong with electronics :D
@@koushiroizumi0 relative... everything that when right.
Yeah, if this was the capacitor in my a/c unit I would give it a transparent case.
I have to say that was one of the best puzzles I have seen.
I completely agree. Reminds me a little bit of the machining of Babbage's Difference Engine. But with new materials added and a completely different purpose. What a beautiful thing. I hope the creator does as well from this exposure as is deserved. All the comments here about the intro, the sharpie and so on just seem so _vulgar_ when such an object is presented to us to admire.
'I'm in deep thought right now' *COMPLETELY MISSES THE LINES ETCHED INTO THE KNOBS AND THEN SHARPIES ALL OVER THIS BEAUTIFUL PUZZLE*
Wow that design is amazing! Great job Andrew that's a piece of art right there
Daaaaaaaamn that intro was fire🔥🔥🔥
Don't you mean "Well HOT DAAAAAAMN"
@@xyzabc198 *DAAAAAANG
Lord yeetus I bow down to you and pledge my loyalty to you and your kingdom.
@@egorsdeimos3523 I'm very thankful, I will serve you as well as I can
Lord Yeetus I will change my name in ritual to officially become part of your glorious kingdom
Big star wars fan, so you got me with the intro 😂 amazing stuff again! Keep it up man!!
Wow, this may be one of my faves. So cool!
that into was legit amazing asfff!!, the sparks on that saber kill tho, and that slidiing choke !
Sometimes I be yelling at the screen or wishing I had it in front of me. 😂🤣😂🤣
I do the same thing I threw my mouse when he he labled it with a sharpie
How to get a hardest puzzle in the world: Step 1: Take a lock with a random passcode Step 2: Try to open it
D a n Y L that’s not much of a puzzle tho, just random guessing
@@kakao7339 mabye
Mind blown, truely a work of genius and so artistic.
Wow. Just wow. To the person who created this, i dont know how its possible to logically map out this puzzle from scratch, and the amount of effort in design and craftsmanship is amazing!!! Congrats
Absolutely amazing video ----- and those red glasses though!!!!!!!! Looking exceptional sir !
1:25 well now all his fan mail will have a wax seal
such an amazing lock, love it!
Genius genius design!! This world of puzzlrs amazes me!
I wonder how a puzzle builder feels when Chris is trying to solve their puzzle. I also wonder what they are saying as he’s writing on the puzzle that’s already identified for him, 😂.
“Why the beads though? What’s happening Wes?” Time 7:18. My name is Westlee and I thought you were talking to me and it freaked me out
Lol
I've had that happen to me before. When I was a kid, the first time I heard the singer Ciara say her name in a song, it really freaked me out. I didn't know who she was. My name's Sierra lol
Dude I don't know if anyone mentions this, too often... But your performances and introductions make my watching experience on KZhead, thoroughly, every time. Great job all around bro
Loved the intro you guys killed it. And the puzzle was awesome as well. Thanks Chris and crew. Keep em coming. 💯
"Aminooshum.. idk I'll put a link" its literally ominous hum😂
Really freaking awesome Intro Chris! That puzzle has got to be one of the best that you have ever solved. Congrats to the guy that made it as it's an incredible piece of work!!
That what was wonderful to watch, a lovely piece of kit, beautiful.
That was awesome and I'm sure actually getting my hands on one of those would be a mind-boggling yet mind liberating experience as well you must share with us how to get one as I am still scratching my head
I was convinced you would fine a red Khyber Krystle inside
The intros alone are amazing , love this channel
Awesome engineering, love how many people make your logo into puzzle parts, that must be quite rewarding. Love the wax seal idea.
Dude!!! Great vids!! Just found you and cant stop watching your puzzle solving :) keep up the great work.....loving your channel :)
THE BEST INTRO EVER!! Your intros are always breath taking. Loving your content!!
When you realize the 1 is on the 2 and the 2 is on the 1 but the 3 is on the 3. OCD has never killed me enough
the intro was the best thing I saw today...what a perfect work!! I loved it XD
Loved the scene in the beginning, keep up the good work! 🔥🔥🔥