My impression is there are no rules to claiming. If you think you have any grounds to get points, claim and explain why. It's the author's decision as to whether you get them in the end or not.

Test authors handle claims a bit differently anyway.

Edited by MellowMelon 2013-01-09 1:58 AM

How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were?	Perfectly balanced
What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles?	Just right
What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test?	Very nice
What was your opinion about the answer key extraction?	Answer keys could have been better
How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test?	A bit too many puzzles
Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did their point values reflect the difficulty/time spent?	Most puzzles were worth the right amount
What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing?	Just right

The test is over. Thanks to all the puzzlers for participation!

TOP 3:
1. Hideaki Jo (JAP)
2. Palmer Mebane (USA)
3. Ulrich Voigt (GER)

Here are some statistics:
186 competitors started the test
- 135 (72.58%) made at least one entry
- - 131 (97.04%) made at least one correct entry
- - 63 (46.67%) made at least one incorrect entry

The most submitted puzzles are:
- Suraromu (114, 84.44%)
- Ripple Effect (104, 77.04%)
- Make Room For Tapa (99, 73.33%)

The least submitted puzzles are:
- Spiral Battleships (10, 7.41%)
- Chained Battleships (14, 10.37%)
- Border Loop (15, 11.11%)

The puzzles submitted with the highest accuracy:
- Border loop (15/15, 100%)
- Pointing evens (43/44, 97.72%)
- Loop the loop (54/56, 96.42%)

The puzzles submitted with the lowest accuracy:
- Spiral Battleships (7/10, 70%)
- Chained Battleships (10/14, 71.42%)
- Trio Cut (21/28, 75%)

The puzzles with the biggest number of incorrect submissions:
- Ripple Effect (14/104, 13.46%)
- Horse Snake (13/77, 16.88%)
- Make Room For Tapa (13/99, 13.13%)

The puzzles with the highest rating:
- LITS2 (9.10)
- Cubic Star Battle (9.03)
- Fishermen at War (9.02)

The puzzles with the lowest rating:
- Yin-Yang Samurai (7.13)
- Ripple Effect (7.37)
- Horse Snake (7.53)

Also I would like to thank all the authors of the tests used for this compilation. Me and Andrey both had a great time selecting/creating the puzzles for this test.

All the best,
Vladimir

I couldn't solve any Puzzle Fusion puzzles :(
The puzzles were really good. Thanks!

Greetings to the winners and thanks to all participants.
Unfortunately I was ill last few days and couldn't watch the contest. Thanks to Vladimir and Deb for handling all claims.