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| O | Player | Country | Solve Time | Pen | E | Finish Time | Clicks | Replay |
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O = Official Rank
Solve Time = Time taken to solve the puzzle correctly
Pen = Penalty
E = Early Bird Rank
Finish Time = Time at which puzzle was submitted correctly
The numbers next to Replay link shows how many times the replay has been played (excludes self replaying). Only top 3 are shown.
About the contest
- This is an online only puzzle contest with 16 Voxas puzzles.
- A new Voxas puzzle will be live in every 30 hours between 2nd April and 22nd April.
- Cumulative points from each day's solving will determine the final scores.
- There will be a leaderboard for early-birds, apart from the official one. Details here.
Voxas Rules
- Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells, each of which must be either 1x2 or 1x3.
- Some borders are given. These must divide two different regions.
- Borders with white dots separate regions with the same size and orientation.
- Borders with black dots separate regions with neither the same size nor the same orientation.
- Borders with grey dots separate regions with either the same size or the same orientation, but not both.
Penpa Interface
- Only the edges will be checked as part of solution checking.
- Lines connecting the centers of cells are not needed.
- It does not matter if given borders are traced or not.
Example Puzzle
Points to remember
- Rule 1 - Each region must be a 1x2 or a 1x3. The image on the left is wrong because there is a 1x1 region and a non-rectangular region. The image on the right follows this rule correctly.
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Rule 2 - Each white dot must separate two regions with the same size and orientation. The image on the left is wrong because a white dot separates two regions which aren't identical. The image on the right follows this rule correctly.
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Rule 3 - Each black dot must separate two regions with different sizes and orientations. The image on the left is wrong because a black dot separates two regions which aren't different in both of these ways. The image on the right follows this rule correctly.
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Rule 4 - Each grey dot must separate two regions with either the same size or orientation, but not both. The image on the left is wrong because a grey dot separates two regions which don't have exactly one trait in common. The image on the right follows this rule correctly.
History of Voxas
- Voxas is a genre invented by Eric Fox, first appearing on his blog in July of 2021.
- The name has no meaning. It's simply a made-up word.
| Official Leaderboard | Earlybirds Leaderboard | |
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| A | B | C |
A is determined by player's rank on that day. The table below demostrates the link between rank and A. | B is puzzle difficulty indicator. Players solving all 16 puzzles will always get 1600 points as B. B for each puzzle will be calculated based on the following formula after the official time for the puzzle is over. B for Nth puzzle = 1600 * (Avg of Top 10 players's time of Nth puzzle) / [ Sum of (Avg of Top 10 players's time of all puzzles) ] | First 100 players to submit the puzzle will get C as 100 to 1 |
| Final Leaderboard considers cumulative of A + B for each day. | Final Leaderboard considers cumulative of C for each day. | |
Official
| # | N | Player | A + B |
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Earlybirds
| # | N | Player | C |
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Player
| Puzzle | A | B | C |
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N = Number of puzzles solved within Official Period / Number of puzzles solved
A = SUM(Top 100 players get points from 100 to 1 based on their ranking for that day)
B = SUM(Puzzle Points calculated based on average solving time of top 10 players)
C = SUM(First 100 players get points from 100 to 1 based on their solving end time for that day)