Questions tagged [locks]

Question 1

A lock company produces a special pin tumbler lock which is marketed towards the prevention of unauthorized key duplicates. Each lock contains a unique combination of 5 key pins chosen from 10 ...

Question 2

Here's a new enigmatic puzzle that I've been working on. I had someone play test it last week and it required some revisions, but I think it's all set now. If for some reason it still doesn't quite ...

Question 3

This gate is locked with 6 locks. What is the purpose of this construction?

Question 4

This is a puzzle attributed to Lionel Penrose according to a Russian blog post (http://www.nesenenko.narod.ru/GOLDHAND/game3.html). Is that true? I can't find proofs that this is his invention. Also, ...

Question 5

I have seen this one a few times in videogames and elsewhere, but I don't remember where. You have to open one door that has several locks on it. You have a bunch of levers that when moved change the ...

Question 6

Title says most of it. I've been at this for hours with almost no progress. There are two codes (37068 and 57063) that didn't work although they seem to fit the conditions given. Can someone please ...

Question 7

SPOILER ALERT PLEASE READ The Cryptic Lab * 1 * AND The Cryptic Lab +2+ BEFORE READING PART 3! The series is getting less and less attention, so I might close it sooner than I think; after part 5 is ...

Question 8

Once you've finished this puzzle, you can go to The Cryptic Lab +2+ This is a remake of the old puzzle, which was too broad (and I made such a terrible puzzle, lol). This is a harder yet simpler ...

Question 9

(discontinued puzzle) The remake for this puzzle is out. You wake up. Eyes wide open, you sit up, with a terrible pain in your stomach. You're inside a dark room, and you see a light above a light ...

Question 10

I'm trying to solve a lock 3 code game, Can You Crack The Code. From time to time I find myself presented with a puzzle that has 2 possible solutions, but the game only allows one correct answer. For ...

Question 11

Our escape room recently acquired some old lockers with a couple of these combination padlocks on them. Unfortunately, the seller didn't know the code. Is there a mathematical system in cycling ...

Question 12

Here are the views of a 11x11x11 puzzle box from all sides. The top face has a shallow hollow (about 1/2 a unit deep), with a spiral pattern printed inside of it. There is a black square on the corner ...

Question 13

Once inside the pitch black room, you hear a chime then a voice from above, "You have now entered the first puzzle". You sigh as the lights come up. You can't believe your father pressured you into ...

Question 14

Does any one know how to crack this? I got this as a challenge.

Question 15

I've sometimes seen boxes that feature a sliding puzzle or other mechanical puzzle on the lid which, when solved, opens the box. Advantages and applications mostly seem novelty and leisure, but I am ...

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Questions tagged [locks]

Lock company wants to prevent unauthorized key duplicates

Enigmatic Puzzle: Locks in Clocks

A strange construction of locks

Is this Lionel Penrose's interlocking puzzle?

What's that puzzle where multiple levers change the locks' states on one door?

My school has a "crack the code" riddle [closed]

The Cryptic Lab ~3~

The Cryptic Lab 1

Cryptic Chamber 1 (discontinued) [closed]

Lock code game puzzle

Is there a system to brute force a combination padlock?

Puzzle Box: Spiral

Numbers hidden in fantasy story

Crack the lock code

How could a puzzle-based locking mechanism work? [closed]

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