I want a puzzle that is really, really hard

[Hadley4000]

I want a new puzzle that will totally stump me. I have never had a puzzle that has taken me more than 5 days to solve(I don't use tutorials at all). I really want the ISIS puzzle, but that costs ~$150.

I am just trying to find a puzzle that will take me a really long time to solve, and will totally mess with my mind. Any ideas for twisty/mechanical puzzles that will be a SERIOUS challenge?

 

[Anita09]

There are these things called cast puzzles. They are the ones that you have to try to untangle the medal parts without bending them or just removing the pieces from each other. The hardest ones are level 6. The one my friend has is called a Cast Enigma. They are pretty hard

 

[Hadley4000]

Eh, those have never been super intriguing to me.

 

[Tim Major]

I checked your WCA profile, and you haven't competed in square-1. You may have one, but if not, buy one, and don't look for any help on it. Try to solve it completely yourself. Don't even look into the steps, though I'm guessing you may have already, just browsing through this forum.

Or, buy a puzzle that isn't used in the WCA speedsolving. Buy something that isn't mass produced. For example, rainbow cube. However, I don't know how challenging this is. Try something that's different. For example, shape shifts.

 

[Anita09]

lol they are cool i guess. They make the time past by quickly.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

http://users.skynet.be/gelatinbrain/Applets/Magic Polyhedra/octa_e4.htm

enjoy

 

[Hadley4000]

I checked your WCA profile, and you haven't competed in square-1. You may have one, but if not, buy one, and don't look for any help on it. Try to solve it completely yourself. Don't even look into the steps, though I'm guessing you may have already, just browsing through this forum.

Or, buy a puzzle that isn't used in the WCA speedsolving. Buy something that isn't mass produced. For example, rainbow cube. However, I don't know how challenging this is. Try something that's different. For example, shape shifts.

Took me about 2 hours or so to get the Square-1, no tutorial. Pretty fun, mine is broken now, though.

Things like the ISIS puzzle, Revomaze Extreme Puzzle, and Kuku ball are the style I'm really interested in getting now.

 

[Stefan]

5-dimensional cube

 

[Hadley4000]

http://users.skynet.be/gelatinbrain/Applets/Magic Polyhedra/octa_e4.htm

enjoy

I mean a physical puzzle.

 

[joey]

Do NOT get a rainbow cube.

 

[blade740]

Golden Cube? FTO?

 

[michaellahti]

http://users.skynet.be/gelatinbrain/Applets/Magic Polyhedra/octa_e4.htm

enjoy

I usually don't use the word "impossible," but that seems to fit this very well.

 

[Catalyst]

These drove me insane, 2 weeks for the mini conundrum X2
http://www.maxton.com/maxtongallery.shtml

btw these are pretty expensive

 

[Johannes91]

There are these things called cast puzzles. [...] The hardest ones are level 6.

That's the intent, but for some puzzles the levels are really off. A few level 6 ones are surprisingly easy and some level 4-5 ones are fricking hard...

@Hadley4000: If you want hard twisty puzzles, try some subgroups like <r,U> on 4x4x4. It's easy to come up with insanely hard ones.

 

[tlm1992]

if you want a hard puzzle, you should check out this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCMScomc6g
it's granite..!

 

[gpt_kibutz]

What about a super square 1?

 

[TemurAmir]

Flip an edge piece on a 3x3 and try to solve it without taking it apart, . Or: http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.26351

 

[V-te]

Find a girl

There's your puzzle

 

[spdqbr]

along the same lines as isis you have this and this. Neither are that much less expensive. You could win some cash if you solve them though!

 

[Carson]

Find a girl

There's your puzzle

He said really really hard... not IMPOSSIBLE.