jdyer ([info]jdyer) wrote,
@ 2007-06-16 12:31:00
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My 2007 USPC results
My target goal was 250.

My actual score (presuming no typos) was... 180.

I'm feeling really discouraged about now. Doubly so in that I felt confident going in (in the instructions the puzzles seemed reasonable, and I prepared hard).

I got about 2/3 through the Kakuro but the combinatorial explosion at the end was just too much for me to finish it off.

The Masyu didn't seem to succumb to logic at all. I had to use uniqueness to get anywhere, and I still didn't finish.

Normally Fridge Magnets would be my thing but I just sat there staring.

Same for the Double Murder.

Favorite puzzle: The Fences variant. It really felt like an entirely new puzzle that I'd never tried before, yet I got it smoothly.

Best performance: No Parking. At least there was *something* to help retain my ego.



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[info]motris
2007-06-16 10:45 pm UTC (link)
The Corral was very very nice. It used a slow creep around the edges, but the 9, 7, 8, 8 communication was excellent. If anything, having noticed that gimmick, I probably solved it too fast and I think its one puzzle that should go down in points, to 25 (Circuit maze and masyu going up 5 to 20 each).

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