Thread - 8th Open Moscow Puzzle Cup 2012 (Dec 9th/10th)

@ 2012-12-12 9:42 AM (#9102 - in reply to #9055) (#9102) Top

Joo M.Y

Posts: 72

Country : South Korea

Joo M.Y posted @ 2012-12-12 9:42 AM

How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were?	Fairly 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?	Way too many puzzles (too little time)
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

@ 2012-12-12 2:37 PM (#9103 - in reply to #9102) (#9103) Top

Riad Khanmagomedov

Posts: 234

Country : Russia

Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2012-12-12 2:37 PM

Congratulations Ulrich, Bram and Nikola!

In puzzle ratings, “Trid on tetrahedron” (9.66) and “Pentamino 2” (9.40) are at the top. It is noteworthy that “Pentamino 2” puzzle is not submitted by anyone.
According to statistics, “Five ships 1” had least accuracy. 9 players (out of 40) made a mistake while submitting this puzzle.

Thanks to all Moscow Cup participants and LMI!

@ 2012-12-12 11:35 PM (#9105 - in reply to #9103) (#9105) Top

Administrator

Country : India

Administrator posted @ 2012-12-12 11:35 PM

Riad Khanmagomedov - 2012-12-12 2:37 PM
It is noteworthy that “Pentamino 2” puzzle is not submitted by anyone.

A quick database query shows this is the first puzzle in LMI tests not to be submitted by anyone.

@ 2012-12-13 4:06 AM (#9107 - in reply to #9055) (#9107) Top

prasanna16391

Posts: 1784

Country : India

prasanna16391 posted @ 2012-12-13 4:06 AM

I was on my way to submitting it, and made a counting mistake and thought the solution was wrong. Only one to submit a puzzle correctly would've been quite a nice stat. Ah well..

Anyway, I don't think this is due to the puzzle being extremely hard or something, while it was definitely one of the tough ones, I think the main reason is the high percentage of easy puzzles in there that people would attempt before it. Whatever be the case I really enjoyed working through it and the rest of the puzzles on the set.