- So I've got a little Rubik's cube illusion
slash puzzle set up for you here in the front room.
I want you to be able to count how many Rubik's cubes
it takes to make up this structure in it's entirety.
So give it a quick count,
count the structured ones in the back as well.
And if you need to pause the video at any point right now,
you can go ahead and do that.
Otherwise, I'm gonna give you a solution.
Ready for it? You guessed 11?
Well, it's actually not 11, it's 12.
'Cause you gotta count this one right here.
So make sure you're carefully counting everything
when you're looking at these illusions.
(camera whooshes)
So I've got a couple more Rubik's cube
themed illusions for you here in this video coming up.
But just give you a little behind the scenes look
at the last one.
I didn't really show you that side profile,
but it's half yellow, half red,
that I painted on this cube.
And it just took a ton of time testing
to get that correct.
Here's some more illusions.
(magic whoosh sounds)
This is a fun illusion because it's very simple.
You can just fool you friends at home
by drawing a little pencil shadow,
resting your cube on the edge of a piece of paper there,
and you've got a little fun, floating cube illusion.
Speaking of floating,
have you ever wondered if they can float in water?
Here we're go.
(water splashing)
Hey, they float.
But crazy, a solved one, if you put it in...
(water splashing)
No, it also floats.
All right, this one's gonna happen real fast,
but I want you to count up all the real cubes
in this shot, here.
And here we go.
Pause if you need.
And we've got six real cubes here.
This is one of the real ones.
The rest are made out of paper.
As you can see, we've got three over here.
We've got three real ones over there.
So that's six.
And these three are printed on paper.
(upbeat electro music)
(Rubik's cube shuffling)
This next illusion focuses on colors,
and your mind's ability to stay focused on those colors.
So don't be upset if it doesn't work.
It works on about 75% of people.
This illusion is a photo setup,
and it's a little funky.
You're gonna see that I'm focusing my camera
on a foreground object.
By lifting it several feet higher
than the other objects in the background.
And I mixed up the top cube for you,
so that you can focus on one of these colors,
red or orange.
I'm gonna show you a photo,
I'm gonna keep it up for about 10 seconds.
I want you to focus on ideally the orange.
Some people work on the red center dot,
for me, that doesn't.
When I look at the four orange dots,
the rest of the cube starts to fade away.
If you need longer than 10 seconds,
you can pause the video.
And just see if your eye can slowly fade out
the other cubes.
A lot of people have told me that suddenly
half of them disappear.
The others, some people can get all of them to disappear.
And for me, they actually slowly blink on and off.
Let me know down in the comments, though,
what happened for you when you looked at this photo.
Even if it was nothing.
All right, so I want you guys to guess right now,
how many Rubik's cubes I have here on the floor with me,
as I solve this last one.
Done.
So if your answer's four...
- [Alexa speaker] Sorry, I'm not sure about that.
- Alexa, I didn't say anything.
If your answer's four,
then you're sadly mistaken,
because there's two and a half.
I have this one,
I have this, but there's a reflection,
and this one is a half of a...
Let me show you the full situation here.
You're looking at a mirror.
You're looking at one cube here.
Second cube here.
And our half is over here, but there it is.
Boom, in the mirror. I love that.
It looks like a two by two.
What?!
(camera whooshing)
Hey, I've got one more illusion for you.
But first, hey, give it a thought over.
If you wanna subscribe, it's totally free,
and I've got a ton more grand illusions
coming out this summer.
So I don't want you to miss 'em.
And if you're looking for a summer read,
My second magic book just came out,
links down below.
Zachkingmagic.com.
And for your final grand illusion,
hope you guys have a sweet day.
(upbeat electro music)
- Mmm, that's so good.
Comment your favorite flavor below.
These are fantastic.