Rotate Rings Level 173 Walkthrough
AdvancedRotate Rings Level 173 is rated Advanced difficulty. The video below is the walkthrough recording used for this board.
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Level 173 board at a glance
Measured from the board image on this page, Level 173 shows 23 ring-shaped pieces: 16 open rings with a gap and 7 closed circles. Pieces cover 20% of the play area. The largest colour share is orange at 15.6% of the coloured piece pixels. Blue and Red and Purple and Light green and Dark green and Light blue and Orange appears more than once; use the position column to tell the rings apart.
| Ring | Position | Size | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | to the upper left | Medium | Closed circle, never turns |
| Red | above it | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Purple | above it | Small | Open ring with a gap |
| Blue | to the upper right | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Purple | to the upper left | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Light green | above it | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Dark green | to the upper right | Medium | Closed circle, never turns |
| Purple | to the left | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Light blue | to the upper left | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Blue | to the upper right | Small | Closed circle, never turns |
| Light blue | to the right | Small | Open ring with a gap |
| Orange | to the left | Small | Closed circle, never turns |
| Orange | to the lower left | Medium | Closed circle, never turns |
| Purple | to the lower right | Small | Open ring with a gap |
| Dark green | to the right | Small | Open ring with a gap |
| Red | to the lower left | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Blue | below it | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Red | to the lower right | Medium | Closed circle, never turns |
| Light green | below it | Small | Open ring with a gap |
| Light blue | to the lower left | Medium | Closed circle, never turns |
| Dark green | below it | Small | Open ring with a gap |
| Blue | below it | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
| Orange | to the lower right | Medium | Open ring with a gap |
Colour coverage
- Orange 15.6%
- Blue 15.5%
- Purple 12%
- Red 10.1%
- Light blue 9.4%
- Dark green 8.2%
- Light green 4.1%
- Yellow 2.3%
Percentages are shares of the coloured piece pixels, not of the whole image.
Read from the board image on this page, last measured 2026-10-21. These measurements describe the visible pieces; they do not claim clamp ownership or a solve order. Each ring's clamp is owned by a neighbouring ring, and a held ring comes free as soon as its gap reaches that clamp. Start with the outer rings that hold nobody, then work inward layer by layer.
How to read the Level 173 board
Start with the pieces that hold nothing
A piece that does not hold another piece can move without disturbing a connector someone else still needs. Clear those outer pieces first, then work inward one connection at a time.
23 ring-shaped pieces on this board
Measured from the board image on this page, the play area contains 23 ring-shaped pieces. 7 are closed circles with no opening, so they only hold other pieces and never turn themselves.
More than one blue piece
The image shows 5 blue ring-shaped pieces (to the upper left, to the upper right, to the upper right, below it and below it). Turn the one at the stated position, not just any piece of that colour.
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