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A six-band puzzle ring assembled, beside a second one fallen into loose bands

Puzzle Rings: Not Actually Turkish

Four to twelve bands that collapse the moment you take the ring off. The famous story behind it is charming and almost certainly invented.

Puzzle Rings: Not Actually Turkish

Four to twelve bands that collapse the moment you take the ring off. The famous story behind it is charming and almost certainly invented.

A carved Chinese puzzle ball with nested spheres visible through the openwork

Chinese Puzzle Balls: Carved, Never Assembled

Twenty-five spheres inside one another, every layer carved through holes from the outside. Nothing was ever assembled, which is the whole point.

Chinese Puzzle Balls: Carved, Never Assembled

Twenty-five spheres inside one another, every layer carved through holes from the outside. Nothing was ever assembled, which is the whole point.

A Shashibo part-folded from a cube into an angular star solid

Shashibo: 36 Magnets and 70-Odd Shapes

A cube with no solved state, held together by magnets rather than geometry. It is the best-selling puzzle object of the moment and barely a puzzle.

Shashibo: 36 Magnets and 70-Odd Shapes

A cube with no solved state, held together by magnets rather than geometry. It is the best-selling puzzle object of the moment and barely a puzzle.

A Pyraminx: a tetrahedral twisty puzzle with its apex tip turned out of line

The Pyraminx: 90 Million Sold in Three Years

A tetrahedron with four corners you can solve by accident. Strip those away and only 11,520 positions are left, which is why beginners finish it.

The Pyraminx: 90 Million Sold in Three Years

A tetrahedron with four corners you can solve by accident. Strip those away and only 11,520 positions are left, which is why beginners finish it.

A Void Cube: a 3x3 with the centres removed and holes through the middle

The Void Cube: A Rubik's Cube With Nothing Inside

Take the middle out of a Rubik's Cube and it still turns. It also gains a position the original cannot reach, which is where people get stuck.

The Void Cube: A Rubik's Cube With Nothing Inside

Take the middle out of a Rubik's Cube and it still turns. It also gains a position the original cannot reach, which is where people get stuck.

Twelve matchsticks arranged as a two-by-two grid of four squares

Matchstick Puzzles: Older and Newer Than You Think

They feel like folk puzzles passed down for centuries. They were invented as school exercises in the 1860s, and one man in 1957 made them famous.

Matchstick Puzzles: Older and Newer Than You Think

They feel like folk puzzles passed down for centuries. They were invented as school exercises in the 1860s, and one man in 1957 made them famous.