- This is my puzzle.
This is something I created with Hanayama,
one of the leading puzzle manufacturers in Japan.
Today, I'm going to be challenging my three best friends,
Wes, Eric, and Alex to solve my puzzle.
Now I've had this thing lying around
for about a month and a half.
These guys could very well have been playing with it,
and learn how to solve it.
But alas, they didn't, which is so great
because today we're not only putting
the puzzle championship belt on the line
to whoever solves this puzzle the fastest,
but also to the winner goes $5,000.
So before we get into the video,
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All right, so today, boys, is a bit of a different theme
because as you know First dot shop,
we launched our first puzzle.
- Yeah, oh boy.
- [Chris] Like a month ago, probably like a month ago.
- I know where this is going.
- [Chris] So like a whole month ago-
- You didn't send us any.
- [Chris] A whole month ago we launched a puzzle,
my own puzzle.
I worked so hard on it and I was so proud of it.
I was so proud of this puzzle
and I could not wait to see my friends play with it.
(laughing raucously)
- We've been here for 100 hours
and these puzzles are laying around.
- [Chris] Yeah, and you and you guys
have not really played with it,
so today you're going to get a chance to play with it.
Because Magic Spoon's coming through with big sponsor,
$5,000.
- Oh, what!
- Hang on, we're getting 5,000?
- [Chris] If you you're the first one to solve it.
- What!
- [Chris] So solving it, is not only-
- No time limit? - Bring it!
- [Chris] Opening up, but solving it is opening it up
and putting it exactly the way it was.
So please remember that
it has to be exactly like the way it was
or else it's a no-go. - Holy shit.
- No forcing at any time.
If there's any forcing or anything
you're automatically disqualified.
I don't want to hear anything from anyone.
- They're not built strongly? (Wes laughing uproariously)
- Well, I mean, yeah, don't, well, yeah.
- Is that the quality is not there
or can you, it's metal, right?
- [Chris] Here's how it works.
On your mark, get set, go.
(packaging ripping and tearing)
Wes is in the lead here, he's got it out already.
- [Eric] Oh my God.
- [Wes] Okay, that's how it's gotta be.
Okay. Holy crap guys.
- [Alex] This is so intense. Are you Googling how to do it?
- [Chris] No, you can't Google how to do it.
(Wes laughs)
Eric's taking pictures for the Instagram.
- [Alex] Do you guys remember how it works?
- [Wes] So the goal is to take the ring off, obviously.
- [Alex] And you gotta put it back after.
- [Chris] All right, so we got Eric, we've got Alex.
- [Alex] I'm actually feeling good about that.
- [Wes] How are you feeling good?
There's no way you're feeling good about this.
- Well, I saw the first version of it, you know,
the prototype of it and I'm like, hmm.
- So Alex is saying he has an edge here.
Now for those of you watching,
stick around to the end of the video
if you want to see the solution in its entirety.
I will show you exactly how it comes apart
and how you put it back together.
I know a lot of you have.
You've been sending me your solutions so thank you for that.
I just want to see these guys suffer a little bit,
to be honest, so this is mostly just for me
and also reward, obviously, the best of the three friends.
That's the way this goes.
- [Wes] How long does it normally take people?
- [Chris] It can take anywhere up to,
I've had messages from 10, 20 minutes to get it back.
I'm usually really quick.
Don't force, Eric. I'm watching you.
There's no forcing. - [Eric] No force.
It's supposed to just slide. Okay.
- [Chris] Everything slides through nice and easy.
It helps if you don't shake so much, Alex.
- [Alex] This is so stressful.
You keep doing the same things over and over again.
- [Chris] And all you have to do is remember what you did.
(Wes laughing)
- Hey, by the way, happy 40th birthday, bro.
Happy 40th birthday to Eric Leclerc, by the way.
40 now, which is great. You know, you're only 40 once.
Very old man to be playing with such a silly toy for money.
- [Wes] (laughing) That's the worst part.
I got myself stuck in a spot that I don't want to.
- [Alex] I feel it. - [Wes] I hate doing it
next to you guys. - [Alex] I feel it.
- [Chris] Here, while you guys are doing that,
I will also add this on the line.
This is, for those of you are not aware
of these puzzle challenges,
this here is the puzzle champion belt,
the undisputed puzzle champ, as you can see here.
This is a real belt.
We've had winners in the past, like Eric and Wes.
Alex has yet to take home the puzzle.
Maybe this is your day. - Almost, almost.
- [Chris] Maybe this your day.
I mean it'd be a great day to win the puzzle challenge.
Show me where you're at.
- [Wes] I'm stuck in this little loop here.
I just keep spinning back and forth. Nothing happens.
- [Alex] Same.
- [Chris] You too, huh?
- [Alex] Yep. Same, same.
- [Chris] How about you, Eric? Where are you at?
- [Eric] I think I'm down here.
- [Chris] Same thing.
You guys are all kind of in the same position, to be honest.
No forcing.
- [Alex] No forcing. - [Chris] No forcing.
- [Wes] Is it cleverer than I'm thinking?
Or is it just as annoying as I'm thinking?
- [Chris] It's a puzzle, man.
(all laugh)
- How much extra, if I laugh at your jokes, Chris?
We got more money for that?
- [Chris] Only if you solve the puzzle.
So funny, 'cause we were having such a good time
before this (all laughing)
and now I just sat here
watching the Three Stooges figure this out desperately.
- I went way too fast earlier and now I've ma-
- Oh! I'm just practicing for later.
- [Wes] Oh geez.
- [Chris] So if you're all stuck,
you might as well stop fidgeting with it
and really take a look at it.
'Cause you're all stuck right now.
So really take a look at what you're looking at
and maybe figure out what you can do differently.
Everybody hold your puzzle out by your fingertips
to show everybody where you're at.
This is really interesting. So we have one,
two, and three.
You're pretty much all at the exact same spot.
- [Eric] Damn it.
- [Chris] Oh Eric got it out.
No forcing, that's forcing.
- [Wes] What! How am I the only frigging...
- [Chris] No, you did get it out.
Now he's looking at how to get it back in,
but he didn't remember how he put it back in.
He took it out and now he doesn't remember.
- [Eric] Yeah.
- [Alex] Maybe if I do this. (metal gyrating on glass)
- [Wes] So Eric's on the way back in now?
- [Eric] Yep, and we went back to the top.
- [Chris] He's on the way back to the top.
- [Wes] Wow. That's amazing.
- [Chris] It's not easy.
No, man. Come on, get it out of there.
- [Alex] I'm trying, dude.
- [Eric] Comprehending.
- [Chris] No, he's not in the right spot here anyways.
You still got time to catch up. Trust me.
Oh, I think Wes found the move.
- [Wes] Almost.
- [Chris] Did you find that clever move?
- [Wes] Not quite.
- [Chris] I think you did.
- [Wes] I don't want to force it.
- [Chris] No, you just did the clever move.
- [Eric] Hey, hey, hey.
- [Wes] No, but I- - [Eric] Hey, hey, hey.
- [Chris] Oh, you found it too.
- [Eric] I'm on the outside.
- [Alex] Guys!
I'm on the outside, I just can't (growls in frustration).
- [Wes] This is getting a bit- - This has got to come out
here for sure, no doubt that this has to come out here.
- [Chris] So much moaning and groaning going on.
- [Wes] I'm so upset right now 'cause I'm right here.
- [Wes] Quick, shout at your computers
and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Shout at me, please.
Louder! Louder!
- [Chris] Eric's still not close to the solution here.
He's gotten it out, but he's very having a very hard time
because he completely forgot how he got it out.
He's literally trying all combinations now.
- [Eric] Hoping to find my way back somehow.
- [Chris] Through luck.
- [Eric] Yep. That's how I win these.
- [Chris] Don't force it.
You see how they're keeping this entertaining.
- There's a lot of money on the line here.
- Every time I realize how hard your job is
when I can't talk.
- Yeah, to solve these puzzles
and actually have contents, say things.
- [Chris] Yeah, so other than so this here is that,
and then that doesn't pass through the thing that I just did
'cause the other thing stopping my way from the,
just never makes sense when you try to vocalize it.
- Chris. I'll give you $2,500 if you tell me how to do this.
That's a good bet for you, man. Think about it.
- [Chris] I really should have gave you guys a time limit
then I could have just kept $5,000.
Just a quick shout out to Magic Spoon, once again.
There you go, Magic Spoon.
- Their cereal is actually delicious.
- Yeah, it's really good. - [Chris] It is.
Packed with protein, I actually eat too much of it,
which is a problem.
I'm a big cereal guy. Actually.
You guys have given up already. Huh?
- I just can't see-
- [Chris] I feel like that sounds,
just because Eric figured out how to take it out,
he is nowhere near putting it back to where it was.
- Really? I'm nowhere near right now.
Yeah. I am. I am. I'm somewhere near.
This little loop here, the smallest loop in the puzzle
obviously needs to come out of there.
So let's concentrate on this.
Man, so stressful.
- [Wes] It's an infuriating puzzle.
- So stressful.
- [Chris] It's only just $5,000 on the line.
- [Wes] That's the worst part about all of this.
I don't even want the money anymore.
I just want to know how this works.
- [Alex] Yeah. Oh.
- [Chris] Okay.
- No, I'm just joking, I care. (laughing)
- [Alex] Same exact spot.
- [Chris] Where are you at, Eric?
Show me.
- [Wes] What? Am I closer or further away?
That wasn't on my game.
- [Eric] Actually here,
hold on, I have a picture from before.
- [Chris] Look where the ring is.
The ring is quite clearly on the inside.
- [Wes] That's what I'm saying.
- [Chris] Show me. (Eric speaking French)
- [Alex] Why can't I get it off?
- [Chris] No.
No.
- It's not going to go that way?
Of course it will.
- [Chris] That's not it.
- That's not it. So that means I got to twist it.
Oh baby. I can smell it.
- [Chris] You guys haven't even gotten it out yet.
- No, I'm going backwards. - [Alex] Yeah, me too.
Me too. - I'm going back in time.
- Oh.
Oh man.
Time! - [Chris] You guys,
stop calling false finishes.
Yeah. You got it.
- [Alex] Son of a bitch! Fuck!
(Eric howling) (Wes screaming)
- [Wes] Damn it! God!
- Hey! - Hey!
- Hey, dinner and drinks on me tonight, boys.
- [Chris] I think true friends
would have solved it together.
- What's that?
- [Chris] I think real good friends
would've solved it together and split the money.
- (laughing) Nope.
(Eric howling) - [Alex] Okay, all right.
- Man, how does it work?
I gotta give him my belt now?
- [Chris] Yeah, you gotta - I actually want to know
the solution, man. - [Chris] give him your belt.
Yeah? How about watch my videos?
Be a good friend.
- Eric, come get your belt, buddy.
(Eric crowing) Thank you. More comfortable.
- So defeated. I hate losing to that idiot.
- I know that people always hate when you celebrate
and I'm sorry.
- [Alex] No, you're doing great. Good for you buddy.
You deserve it.
You deserve it. - [Wes] Wrap it around ya.
- [Chris] Eric Leclerc, once again,
the reigning and undisputed puzzled champ.
Congratulations Eric.
- Yes! - [Alex] You're good, man.
- Good job, buddy. - [Eric] Thanks, guys.
- I'm not happy.
- How about as a consolation prize,
you guys get a shout out.
Check out Alex and Wes's link below.
Click through YouTube, go subscribe to these guys.
Honestly, they tried their hardest. Feels bad.
We got to declare a winner. It has to be this guy.
- I'm so happy.
- [Chris] I know man, congrats, buddy.
Instead of using the standard puzzle,
we're going to use this one.
This is a little bit of a special edition
that we're thinking about putting out.
Let me know in the comments
if that's something you're interested in.
I thought this was a cool little color way
for a little limited edition that we could do at some point,
but I'm gonna use this because it's not reflective
and it's easier to see on camera.
So that's the starting position.
I'm going to run through this pretty quickly.
So try and keep up.
If you have your puzzle with you handy, check it out.
If you have your puzzle with you handy, perfect.
If you don't, there's a link below
where you can check it out.
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This is the starting position.
You want to (clicks tongue) take it out of there.
Now notice that the pins here are offset.
That's very important here.
The pins are not aligned.
Normally in one of these maze puzzles,
these little labyrinth puzzles,
those pins would not be misaligned
and that's what makes this a little bit more unique.
You're going to take it through that first loop.
You're then going to rotate your ring
and you're going to bring it down here.
Now, remember every step we're doing at this point.
Now we're in the smallest sort of groove.
This is where the boys really got stuck here.
And to get out of here is pretty simple.
What you want to do is you want to rotate it through.
You want to bring it through this notch here
And you want to bring it up through this here.
Now, most people,
and this is the little bit of a red herring here,
most people would keep going
and then try to try to escape it through here somehow
or force it through there but that is incorrect.
That is red herring. You do not need to do that.
What you need to do is you need to stay in this position now
because of the pins being offset
in this small little piece here,
what's really cool is that you can just
place this pin inside.
So hold on right there.
With your loop being in the end of the R here,
and then you're going to slide
and this is such a cool satisfying move.
So you're here, you come in
and then you slide and as you slide, boom, now it escapes.
And now you can take out the ring.
So to go back, you go in through here,
we slide up, we're through there.
We're going to rotate the ring through.
Come back down here,
come back through here.
Rotate. Now, bring the ring up here.
So not down here, but up here.
And then we're going to pass it through here.
We're going to rotate one more time.
We're going to bring it through here
And back to the starting position.
And there you go. That is my puzzle solved.
(mysterious upbeat music)