Post #2592385

2026-05-06 18:06 UTC

@robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz @simontatham@hachyderm.io I'm looking for a puzzle that's on the same principle as this but it has multiple overlapping hexagons. Does this ring a bell for either or you?

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@simontatham@hachyderm.io 2026-05-06 19:27

@mjd@mathstodon.xyz @robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz I've definitely seen puzzles of that kind with the circles full of beads interlocking, though I couldn't name a brand or manufacturer – never owned one myself. But hexagons sound more unusual. Don't think I've ever seen one based on hexagons at all.

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@robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-06 21:07

@mjd@mathstodon.xyz It doesn't, but I know people who will know for sure. I'll find out.

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@jvl@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-07 07:27

@mjd@mathstodon.xyz @robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz @simontatham@hachyderm.io Not quite what you are looking for, but Devin Montes (Make Anything, https://www.youtube.com/@make.anything/videos) made puzzles based using the same mechanisms of balls on interlocking tracks (https://youtu.be/eESLIrxw2x0?t=840). These are inspired by https://www.astrolabacus.com/.

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