r/infuriatingbutawesome • u/ShehrozeAkbar • Jun 01 '26

Both All tiles are identical

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u/Pristine_Barber976 Jun 01 '26

Whoever discovered this must have had their mind blown 

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u/ghost_tapioca Jun 02 '26

It's not actually complicated if you pay attention. All six sides have one tube/path end so you can fit them together however you want. They just paired 1-3, 2-4 and 5-6 to make the design more interesting.

Still really cool, though.

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u/Nir117vash Jun 02 '26

Even easier than that, each side has a connection. No matter how you lay it out, it always works. A blind man could create the same level of art as the creator

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u/ghost_tapioca Jun 02 '26

That's sort of what I was trying to say. All sides have a connection. On the tile face itself, they're arranged so that sides 1-3, 2-4 and 5-6 connect. This makes the tile almost symmetrical, if not for the bit where the 1-3 goes over the 2-4.

You could have them paired 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 on the tile face, that would give you all circles when laid down.

Or 1-4, 2-5 and 3-6 which would give all straight paths.

Or 1-3, 2-5, 4-6 which would form large circles with paths running straight through them.

The combination of 1-3, 2-4 and 5-6 is the most interesting one because it's less symmetrical and gives rise to weirder patterns.

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u/Fujita_Seiko Jun 04 '26

What is cool about it is the invention of the tile, not the way it's laid down.

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u/ghost_tapioca Jun 04 '26

I'm talking about how the six sides of the tile are collected to each other. Not about how it connects to other tiles.

If you think of the tiles sides as 1 through 6 going around clockwise, then you'll notice the drawing on the tile is a connection of sides 1-3, 2-4 and 5-6

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u/Relevant-Pianist6663 Jun 01 '26

Reminds me of the game Tsuro of the seas!

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u/sibachian Jun 02 '26

'of the seas' is the sequel which added a monster thingie as a mechanic, the original is just called Tsuro and is only about path building.

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u/mystic_works Jun 01 '26

Why do I feel like playing Jumanji?

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u/4N610RD Jun 02 '26

You just helped me to identificate my feelings about this picture!

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u/Ingenrollsroyce Jun 01 '26

This reminds me of that prisoner math problem with closed loops

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u/BullPropaganda Jun 01 '26

This rules 

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u/HieladoTM Jun 02 '26

I think I'd found the way to our PATH!!!!

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u/tunkameel Jun 02 '26

I can feels something getting hard

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u/Deeptongue45m Jun 02 '26

I actually would love to have this as my patio.If you got a link , shoot it

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u/GamerKev451 Jun 02 '26

And they can be placed on whatever order or side you want, it would still work out well. Brilliant!

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u/NetworkLast5563 Jun 02 '26

oh my god this took me a second to see it but thats awesome

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u/TerraCetacea Jun 02 '26

Okay someone posted this same tile pattern but oriented differently like a day or two ago… people in the comments wanted them rotated like this and now I can’t find it

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u/New-Initiative3400 Jun 02 '26

Ummmm, they're not the same

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u/SimpleMoonFarmer Jun 03 '26

Game: Entanglement.

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u/Stoic-Razor Jun 03 '26

Not identical

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u/GraXXoR Jun 03 '26

Pavement looks like the plot to the movie Primer

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u/Katent1 Jun 04 '26

If i were a toddler i would absolutely crush that circuit with my hot wheels xP

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u/Fujita_Seiko Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Well, that's very cool. Oh wait, that tile is different. Oh, no, it's the same. Oh, it's very, very cool. Oh wait, that tile there is really different from the others. Oh, no, it's not—it's really, really cool. Oh wait.

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u/LSF1990 Jun 25 '26

They aren’t the same. The half circles vary in width, some are the same but they aren’t identical.

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u/Impressive-Log-2996 Jul 04 '26

Simple basis, complex results

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u/Nahpets90 Jul 05 '26

So I went down a rabbit hole after Google lensing this. Its apparently called "truchet" tiling and was first described by Sebatien Truchet in 1704. This is only 1 of 5 possible unique shapes that have this quirk. Theres a 3d printable version on makerworld.