Penn and Teller: Fool us - Rubik's Cube Magic

[Sjbrundage]

I don't know if this was used on the show, but (RULD)*2 is great for what you're looking for.

Nope it wasn't used on the show.. but that is pretty cool. I am going to play around with it a Bit.

 

[AlexMaass]

I guess I'll post a pastebin link to a text doc explaining everything, I'll work on it now.

 

[ncube]

Superflip in a millisecond is pretty cool

 

[newtonbase]

I guess I'll post a pastebin link to a text doc explaining everything, I'll work on it now.

That would be great.

 

[adimare]

I guess I'll post a pastebin link to a text doc explaining everything, I'll work on it now.

I'd ask the OP if he's OK with that first. Don't think any magician is a big fan of having his secrets readily available for anyone to read online.

 

[Sjbrundage]

Some Guy on Reddit already went through and reconstructed all my closely guarded secrets! : O

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/com...oudest_moment_of_my_life_fooling_penn/csvqyq9

 

[AlexMaass]

Okay then, are you fine with it Brundage?

 

[Sjbrundage]

Okay then, are you fine with it Brundage?

Keep it within the cubing Community. No need to share it with the normal public. I wouldn't want my secrets out to the world. Can you email it to me privately first: [email protected]

 

[AlexMaass]

Keep it within the cubing Community. No need to share it with the normal public. I wouldn't want my secrets out to the world. Can you email it to me privately first: [email protected]

Okay I will.

 

[Stefan]

Two things I'm wondering about:

At 2:28 the cube was still scrambled, then we don't see it for four seconds, and then it's suddenly solved. Did you solve it there, or was that part edited after all?

Whose idea was that terrible fake screenshot of your video? The URL is the invalid [noparse]https://www.com/watch?v=rWfWI9mQAb0[/noparse] that you get when removing ".youtube" from the actual URL. The page is fake, including the 15 million views counter. On the real page, up to now, it's about 2.3 million. Igtfmivfebtsisfabm

 

[AlexMaass]

Two things I'm wondering about:

At 2:28 the cube was still scrambled, then we don't see it for four seconds, and then it's suddenly solved. Did you solve it there, or was that part edited after all?

Whose idea was that terrible fake screenshot of your video? The URL is the invalid [noparse]https://www.com/watch?v=rWfWI9mQAb0[/noparse] that you get when removing ".youtube" from the actual URL. The page is fake, including the 15 million views counter. In reality, up to now, it's a little over 2 million.

I was wondering about that too, kinda confused me.

Also, maybe that includes facebook views too.

 

[molarmanful]

Two things I'm wondering about:

At 2:28 the cube was still scrambled, then we don't see it for four seconds, and then it's suddenly solved. Did you solve it there, or was that part edited after all?

Whose idea was that terrible fake screenshot of your video? The URL is the invalid [noparse]https://www.com/watch?v=rWfWI9mQAb0[/noparse] that you get when removing ".youtube" from the actual URL. The page is fake, including the 15 million views counter. On the real page, up to now, it's a little over 2 million. Igtfmivfebtsisfabm

About the cube scrambled --> solved, maybe he made a mistake there?

In the screenshot: That's not youtube... The webpage layout/design isn't even right!

 

[CubeWizard23]

Fyi when he flipped over the "scrambled" cube it was solved on 3 sides and in a pattern on the other, if p and T had any knowledge of the cube they could of guessed it. sorry bro kinda lame

 

[newtonbase]

Steve, did you get to discuss the tricks with them at any point?

 

[DeeDubb]

Steve, did you get to discuss the tricks with them at any point?

I know with the rules of the original show (and probably this version), the magician has to show a director or producer (can't remember which) who is also a magician how each trick is performed, so that if Penn & Teller guess close, that person can decide whether or not they figured it out.

 

[newtonbase]

I was thinking more about after the show and whether they get a bit of green room time together.

 

[Sjbrundage]

Two things I'm wondering about:

At 2:28 the cube was still scrambled, then we don't see it for four seconds, and then it's suddenly solved. Did you solve it there, or was that part edited after all?

Whose idea was that terrible fake screenshot of your video? The URL is the invalid [noparse]https://www.com/watch?v=rWfWI9mQAb0[/noparse] that you get when removing ".youtube" from the actual URL. The page is fake, including the 15 million views counter. On the real page, up to now, it's about 2.3 million. Igtfmivfebtsisfabm

So on Penn & Teller for legal reasons they can't show youtube.. it was easier to just make up a fake page. If you notice I said it has had over 15 million views total or "On all platforms". Which means I am also counting the times it has been played on Good Morning America, Steven Harvey, Today Show, ETC ETC. Each of those TV shows has millions of views that have seen the video.

Fyi when he flipped over the "scrambled" cube it was solved on 3 sides and in a pattern on the other, if p and T had any knowledge of the cube they could of guessed it. sorry bro kinda lame

You're forgetting that they only see the trick once.. and not online where they can rewind and watch it back. Sometimes its hard to pick up on all the colors when it happens so fast.

I was thinking more about after the show and whether they get a bit of green room time together.

Before you go on the show you are kept from Penn and Teller. They have no idea who is going to be on the show and what they are going to do. Right after my episode they started practicing for a show.

 

[adimare]

Fyi when he flipped over the "scrambled" cube it was solved on 3 sides and in a pattern on the other, if p and T had any knowledge of the cube they could of guessed it. sorry bro kinda lame

That was actually my favorite trick by far. It's the easiest to figure out for a cuber but the effect is very cool.

By the way, you meant "could have", "could of" is just nonsense, that annoys me quite a bit for some reason.

 

[Chree]

That was actually my favorite trick by far. It's the easiest to figure out for a cuber but the effect is very cool.

I agree. I'm sure most people here figured that one out immediately after they saw it. But the general public are completely dumbfounded that any of us can solve it at all. That trick must seem absolutely ridiculous to that audience.

 

[DeeDubb]

Fyi when he flipped over the "scrambled" cube it was solved on 3 sides and in a pattern on the other, if p and T had any knowledge of the cube they could of guessed it. sorry bro kinda lame

That trick was set up by the previous tricks. If he had done it first, it would be more obvious that the hidden 3 sides weren't solved, but he shows all six sides on the previous 3 tricks. The audience has no reason to suspect the hidden 3 sides were still in checkerboard pattern because he had established that he's solving all six quickly.

It's the magician side of things that might be hard for us to appreciate because we are viewing the trick through a totally different lens than the public. Just because you don't get something doesn't make it lame. Look at how the audience reacts.