Rotate Rings Level 10 Walkthrough

Level 10 · Beginner · 1 large ring, 1 inner frame, several bars, 7 actions. This is a text-only solve. From this level on, most pieces with silver sleeves are pulled out rather than turned.

The centre is a large light blue ring with an H-shaped frame inside it. Bars radiate from the ring on every side, and most of them run through silver sleeves. The outer bars have to come off before the large ring can move, and the inner frame is the very last piece.

How the pieces work

• A ring has a gap; a clamp presses on its rim. Turn the held ring until the gap reaches the clamp.
• A bar or arc with a silver sleeve is a pull-out piece. Pull it along the sleeve, away from the ring it crosses. Do not rotate it around the centre.
• The large light blue ring is a carrier at the start. Leave it alone until the bars around it are gone.
• The H-shaped frame inside the large ring is a separate assembly. It only becomes accessible after the outer pieces are cleared.
• One click can take several connected pieces with it. The seven steps below are clicks, not the number of pieces that fall.

The board at a glance

Solution order

Step 1 — Pull the top purple bar

• Action: pull the purple bar at the top out along its silver sleeve.
• Why: it crosses the top of the large ring and covers a clamp.
• After this: the bar leaves and the top clamp is exposed.

Step 2 — Pull the upper-right green bar

• Action: pull the green bar at the upper right along its sleeve.
• Why: it presses on the red short bar underneath.
• After this: the green bar leaves and the red short bar loosens.

Step 3 — Pull the upper-right orange arc

• Action: pull the orange arc at the upper right out along its sleeve.
• Why: it is the next outer piece on that side and still blocks the red bar.
• After this: the orange arc leaves. Only a short connector remains at the upper right.

Step 4 — Pull the right-hand red short bar

• Action: pull the red short bar on the right along its sleeve.
• Why: it is the last piece crossing the right side of the large ring.
• After this: the upper-right side of the large ring is completely clear.

Step 5 — Turn the large light blue ring free

• Action: turn the large light blue ring until the last central clamp releases.
• Why: every bar that was holding its rim from the outside has now been removed.
• After this: the large ring comes free, and the orange arc and two green vertical bars at the lower left drop with it.

Step 6 — Pull the lower-left purple bar and light blue short bar

• Action: pull the purple bar and the light blue short bar at the lower left out along their sleeves as one group.
• Why: the large ring is out of the way and this is the last outer assembly.
• After this: the lower-left group leaves. Only the inner frame remains.

Step 7 — Turn the inner H-shaped frame

• Action: turn the light blue arc of the inner frame until its gap reaches the clamp on the green straight bar.
• Why: the frame is a separate piece that could not move while the large ring was still locked around it.
• After this: the light blue arc and the green straight bar drop together, clearing the level.

Pro tips

• Pull first, turn last. Steps 1 to 4 and step 6 are pulls. Only steps 5 and 7 are turns.
• Do not treat every ring as a gap ring. The large light blue ring is a carrier for most of the solve; forcing it early does nothing.
• Clear the upper right in order. The green bar, the orange arc and the red short bar all overlap the same corner, so taking them out of order can leave the red bar trapped.
• Expect extra pieces to fall. Step 5 takes three lower-left pieces with it, and step 7 takes the whole inner frame.

Level 10 in short

Strip the four upper-right bars, release the large light blue ring, pull the lower-left assembly, then turn the inner frame. The board clears from the outside in.