MII and Regions - 19th to 24th Jun 2020 - Puzzle Ramayan & IPC Qualifier 2020
@ 2020-06-13 8:25 AM (#28338) (#28338) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-06-13 8:25 AM




Link for rules and other details about Puzzle Ramayan: http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/2020pr.asp
Instructions for MII and Regions - Coming Soon!


@ 2020-06-16 1:32 PM (#28342 - in reply to #28338) (#28342) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-06-16 1:32 PM

Instruction Booklet


The Instruction Booklet is now available: http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/202006/

@ 2020-06-19 3:06 PM (#28344 - in reply to #28338) (#28344) Top

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ashaash11ash posted @ 2020-06-19 3:06 PM

Hi Friends.

Do try to Give the PR round authored by @Anubhav Balodhi and myself. I am trying to make videos of the puzzle types that will appear in the contest. I will be explaining every detail on how to solve them easily. I hope you enjoy those.

A video on Rassi Silai. Few tips that will help you solve faster in the contest :)

https://youtu.be/QX93U2jTaN8

Stay tuned for one more video today :)
Do subscribe the channel if you enjoy our videos :)
@ 2020-06-19 3:28 PM (#28345 - in reply to #28344) (#28345) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-06-19 3:28 PM

(Updated) Instruction Booklet


The updated Instruction Booklet (with points distribution) is now available: http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/202006/

@ 2020-06-19 7:27 PM (#28347 - in reply to #28345) (#28347) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-06-19 7:27 PM

Puzzle Booklet


The encrypted Puzzle Booklet is now available for download: http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/202006/

@ 2020-06-19 9:09 PM (#28348 - in reply to #28338) (#28348) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-19 9:09 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many easy puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? 3D Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Answer keys could have been better
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-19 9:23 PM (#28349 - in reply to #28338) (#28349) Top

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WTM posted @ 2020-06-19 9:23 PM

I've gone through my solution many times to try and find anything that could contradict any of the rules. I've gone through the answer key I sent several times as well. And the answer key
3: PYXXXFLLLL
4: IFFUPPWFFU
5: VNILVPPUFU
was denied. I am, however, pretty sure that my solution (see link) is correct.

Am I wrong? Did I forget some strange rule? Or is there a mistake in my key that I didn't notice while reviewing it several times?
Or are there really multiple solutions?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nh6e465VWi5sDslxTryU22XafKhU-pZE/vi...

Thank you for your help.

Edited by WTM 2020-06-19 9:25 PM
@ 2020-06-19 9:29 PM (#28350 - in reply to #28349) (#28350) Top

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JoeGun posted @ 2020-06-19 9:29 PM

I got this same solution too
@ 2020-06-19 9:36 PM (#28351 - in reply to #28338) (#28351) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-06-19 9:36 PM

Updated Puzzle Booklet


An updated Puzzle Booklet was uploaded at 9:32 pm IST on 19th June: http://logicmastersindia.com/PR/202006/
There was an error in one puzzle.

Participants who have started the test earlier will be contacted separately, through private messages.

@ 2020-06-19 10:11 PM (#28352 - in reply to #28338) (#28352) Top

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Puzzle_Maestro posted @ 2020-06-19 10:11 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Pentominous
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-19 10:44 PM (#28353 - in reply to #28349) (#28353) Top

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Pierdante posted @ 2020-06-19 10:44 PM

I have another correct solution, too...
Mine is

3-- PYFFZZLLLL
4-- ZZZVPPWFFU
5-- VNILVPPUFU

Mine was denied, too: but I'm pretty sure that's correct...

Thank for your patience.
@ 2020-06-20 12:45 AM (#28354 - in reply to #28338) (#28354) Top

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randomperson1729 posted @ 2020-06-20 12:45 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Shashigane
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-20 2:13 AM (#28355 - in reply to #28338) (#28355) Top

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WA1729 posted @ 2020-06-20 2:13 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Shashigane
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Very fun! I like the addition of numbers counting turns in Rassi Silai.

Favorites:

02 Turnkey
09 Rassi Silai
13 Sashigane
20 Pentominous
22 Pentominous Borders
@ 2020-06-20 12:51 PM (#28357 - in reply to #28338) (#28357) Top

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ashaash11ash posted @ 2020-06-20 12:51 PM

https://youtu.be/r9EAzzudJKo

A video on five cells.
@ 2020-06-20 9:11 PM (#28358 - in reply to #28338) (#28358) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-20 9:11 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-20 10:31 PM (#28359 - in reply to #28338) (#28359) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-20 10:31 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Pentominous Borders
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-21 12:38 AM (#28360 - in reply to #28338) (#28360) Top

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ghirsch posted @ 2020-06-21 12:38 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? 3D Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Great contest!

The one genre I really didn't like was Rangoli. Also do the letters RANG mean something? Why not just use 1234 or ABCD? I just found it confusing when solving.

Otherwise lots of fun though, I especially liked the Rassi Silai and the new variants (3D and adding turn counts)!
@ 2020-06-21 12:49 AM (#28361 - in reply to #28360) (#28361) Top

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ABcDexter posted @ 2020-06-21 12:49 AM

Thanks for the input.

Yes, RANG means colour. While coming up with the idea of this new puzzle, the thought of using 1234 had crossed my mind. But I didn't want to give it a Sudokuish feel.

Rassi silaai is a personal favourite of mine too. We came up with this innovative thinking of using exploratory clues, simple 3D grids and thematic puzzles (Swastik the holy symbol, LPS).

Hope you will like the future puzzles :)
@ 2020-06-21 5:02 AM (#28362 - in reply to #28338) (#28362) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-21 5:02 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-21 5:53 AM (#28363 - in reply to #28338) (#28363) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-21 5:53 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-21 9:19 AM (#28364 - in reply to #28338) (#28364) Top

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swaroop2011 posted @ 2020-06-21 9:19 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Pentominous Borders
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


A nice ending to PR.
Excellent set of puzzles.
I loved Shashigane and Pentominous.
Thanks Ashish and Anubhav for the wonderful quality.
I am glad I am able to finish the test on high note.
It went smooth today with no struggle.
@ 2020-06-21 11:52 AM (#28365 - in reply to #28338) (#28365) Top

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ashaash11ash posted @ 2020-06-21 11:52 AM

A Pentominous Border puzzle video.
https://youtu.be/jH6wppEPsyY
@ 2020-06-21 12:28 PM (#28366 - in reply to #28364) (#28366) Top

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ABcDexter posted @ 2020-06-21 12:28 PM

swaroop2011 - 2020-06-21 9:19 AM

A nice ending to PR.
Excellent set of puzzles.
I loved Shashigane and Pentominous.
Thanks Ashish and Anubhav for the wonderful quality.
I am glad I am able to finish the test on high note.
It went smooth today with no struggle.


Thanks a lot Swaroop :)
@ 2020-06-21 12:59 PM (#28367 - in reply to #28338) (#28367) Top

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stefliew posted @ 2020-06-21 12:59 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Pentominous Borders
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


I found it harder to get used to using the letters RANG instead of 1234 for Rangoli - had to use additional processing power to keep them ordered in my head since they have to be conseuctive either CW or CCW (not a criticism, just an observation).
@ 2020-06-21 6:18 PM (#28368 - in reply to #28338) (#28368) Top

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cyclohexane posted @ 2020-06-21 6:18 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? 3D Rassi Silai
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-21 8:34 PM (#28369 - in reply to #28338) (#28369) Top

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pranavmanu posted @ 2020-06-21 8:34 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Five Cells
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Rounding off the PR season with a fantastic set. Perfect difficulty level and a great quality of puzzles. Thoroughly enjoyed!
My favourites were the Pentominous 2, 5 Cells 3, and the Sashigane 1
My only gripe would be that the 3D Rassi Silai borders were hard to distinguish between dotted lines and borders. I did not see a dark border and ended up losing an easy 3 points.
Happy personally to round the SM/PR season off with a satisfying performance :)

Thank you Ashish and Anubhav!
@ 2020-06-21 10:24 PM (#28370 - in reply to #28338) (#28370) Top

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jkong posted @ 2020-06-21 10:24 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


This was fun, thanks! Almost all new types for me, I practiced the Regions puzzles (and they went pretty smoothly).

I found it tricky to remember the letter sequence in Rangoli: I ended up writing out the eight possible arrangements at the top of the page. ('1234' or 'ABCD' would have been easier?)

Rassi Silai seems very interesting, I'll probably have some fun figuring out the intended logical path through them.

Once again thanks for the contest!
@ 2020-06-22 4:33 AM (#28371 - in reply to #28338) (#28371) Top

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GaS posted @ 2020-06-22 4:33 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-23 8:21 AM (#28372 - in reply to #28338) (#28372) Top

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chaotic_iak posted @ 2020-06-23 8:21 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Five Cells
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Too many pages / too large grids


Very nice puzzles overall; no complaints about the puzzles themselves. Answer keys for Pentominous could have just been lengths of contiguous blocks separated by border segments, like other puzzles. (I get this might be borrowed from Fillomino; I also think Fillomino should go with lengths of contiguous blocks as well, like what I did in WAPC1-2.) I think Pentominous could have also fit on one page.

EDIT: After looking back at the test, I realized I liked the Regions part of the test much better than MII. In fact, I feel every single genre in MII had something that rubbed me off the wrong way: Turnkey felt intuition-heavy, Rangoli seemed like a weird combination of rules (admittedly probably just unused to them), and Rassi Silai still felt like the threads didn't matter. True, there's the addition of numbers and internal borders, but numbers were only used in one puzzle, and the rules of the genre became filled with more things mashed together. It's very possible it's just everything in MII are new (besides Rassi Silai) and that I should face new genres.

Edited by chaotic_iak 2020-06-23 8:32 AM
@ 2020-06-23 9:53 AM (#28373 - in reply to #28338) (#28373) Top

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tamz29 posted @ 2020-06-23 9:53 AM

A nice short test. I think we were all strangers to the MII.
I remembered Rassi Silai from WPC2017, but there were no numbers/3-D there so it's a nice expansion to the genre.
I felt the 3-D grids could be squished-horizontally a bit so it didn't look too flat.
The Regions part were filled with high-quality puzzles. Thanks for them!

Extended thanks to everyone involved with this year's PR. I think this is the first time I competed in all 6 sets.
Would like to see the overall ratings updated regularly though.
@ 2020-06-23 12:41 PM (#28374 - in reply to #28369) (#28374) Top

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ABcDexter posted @ 2020-06-23 12:41 PM

pranavmanu - 2020-06-21 8:34 PM

Rounding off the PR season with a fantastic set. Perfect difficulty level and a great quality of puzzles. Thoroughly enjoyed!
My favourites were the Pentominous 2, 5 Cells 3, and the Sashigane 1
My only gripe would be that the 3D Rassi Silai borders were hard to distinguish between dotted lines and borders. I did not see a dark border and ended up losing an easy 3 points.
Happy personally to round the SM/PR season off with a satisfying performance :)

Thank you Ashish and Anubhav!


Thank you Pranav :)

Will note down your feedback.
@ 2020-06-23 12:43 PM (#28375 - in reply to #28370) (#28375) Top

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ABcDexter posted @ 2020-06-23 12:43 PM

jkong - 2020-06-21 10:24 PM

This was fun, thanks! Almost all new types for me, I practiced the Regions puzzles (and they went pretty smoothly).

I found it tricky to remember the letter sequence in Rangoli: I ended up writing out the eight possible arrangements at the top of the page. ('1234' or 'ABCD' would have been easier?)

Rassi Silai seems very interesting, I'll probably have some fun figuring out the intended logical path through them.

Once again thanks for the contest!


Thanks for your valuable feedback. I do feel that Rangoli should have had ABCD instead of RANG, will alter it accordingly.
@ 2020-06-23 8:21 PM (#28376 - in reply to #28338) (#28376) Top

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puzzler05 posted @ 2020-06-23 8:21 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-24 12:31 AM (#28377 - in reply to #28338) (#28377) Top

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vopani posted @ 2020-06-24 12:31 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Five Cells
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Too hard doesn't suit this fantastic PR round to end this year. It is one of my favourites across the years.

Favourites: Five Cells 3, Pentominous 1, Rangoli 3

Thanks a lot Anubhav and Ashish!

@ 2020-06-24 5:00 AM (#28378 - in reply to #28338) (#28378) Top

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mstang posted @ 2020-06-24 5:00 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many easy puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Shashigane
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Too many pages / too large grids


@ 2020-06-24 2:51 PM (#28380 - in reply to #28338) (#28380) Top

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TiiT posted @ 2020-06-24 2:51 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? 3D Rassi Silai
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Very nice puzzles!
@ 2020-06-24 3:38 PM (#28381 - in reply to #28338) (#28381) Top

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ABcDexter posted @ 2020-06-24 3:38 PM

Thanks Tiit, Rohan, Tawan and Ivan.
Glad that you enjoyed the puzzles :)
@ 2020-06-24 3:54 PM (#28382 - in reply to #28338) (#28382) Top

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ropeko posted @ 2020-06-24 3:54 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Five Cells
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-24 7:39 PM (#28383 - in reply to #28338) (#28383) Top

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rajeshk posted @ 2020-06-24 7:39 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Five Cells
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


It was nice test. Liked Pentominous and 5 cell puzzles very much. Thanks to Ashish and Anubhav for such nice puzzles.
@ 2020-06-24 7:49 PM (#28384 - in reply to #28338) (#28384) Top

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harmeet posted @ 2020-06-24 7:49 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Pentominous
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Really enjoyed the puzzles, particularly the new variants Turnkey and Sashigane. Thanks Anubhav and Ashish!
@ 2020-06-24 8:12 PM (#28385 - in reply to #28338) (#28385) Top

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kishy72 posted @ 2020-06-24 8:12 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Pentominous
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Mostly perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


Nice set of puzzles @Anubhav and Ashish.
Felt I solved very rustily.
Point distribution felt a little bit off.I was mostly able to solve the higher pointers faster than the lower ones. Pentominous 6 felt much harder than the pentominous 10 and the answer keys of this type was laborious to enter.Would have preferred continuous set of cells as answer key in line with other puzzles.

Strangely, the puzzle I practised the most (sashigane) got me nowhere and I couldn't finish even one while the ones I didn't focus much (pentominous and pentominous borders) helped at the end.

Thanks a lot for a fun set !
@ 2020-06-24 8:55 PM (#28386 - in reply to #28385) (#28386) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-06-24 8:55 PM

Extension


This being the last PR episode for 2020, the test is extended for another 24 hours, based on a request.
It now ends at 11:59 PM (midnight) IST on 25th June.

@ 2020-06-24 9:13 PM (#28387 - in reply to #28372) (#28387) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2020-06-24 9:13 PM

chaotic_iak - 2020-06-23 8:21 AM

Answer keys for Pentominous could have just been lengths of contiguous blocks separated by border segments, like other puzzles.


kishy72 - 2020-06-24 8:12 PM

the answer keys of this type was laborious to enter.Would have preferred continuous set of cells as answer key in line with other puzzles.


Yes. It would have been easier to enter with lengths of continuous cells. But it also improves the chance to get the right answer key without getting some pentomino parts correctly. This option was considered and then the letter notation was preferred.
@ 2020-06-24 9:19 PM (#28388 - in reply to #28369) (#28388) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2020-06-24 9:19 PM

pranavmanu - 2020-06-21 8:34 PM

My only gripe would be that the 3D Rassi Silai borders were hard to distinguish between dotted lines and borders. I did not see a dark border and ended up losing an easy 3 points.

tamz29 - 2020-06-23 9:53 AM

I felt the 3-D grids could be squished-horizontally a bit so it didn't look too flat.

Valid points. These will be considered while designing the next 3D puzzle.
In this test, there was actually an attempt to make the solid lines thicker than the dotted lines but probably that distinction was not enough.
@ 2020-06-24 10:27 PM (#28390 - in reply to #28338) (#28390) Top

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priyambhushan posted @ 2020-06-24 10:27 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Five Cells
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


This was a really fun round, with spectacular puzzle quality! it is always great to see new and innovative puzzle types, and all of themexecuted so well :) Great jov by Ashish as usual, and my fellow-new-author-2020 Anubhav! Thank you guys... this was a really enjoyable last round! gonna miss the monthly tests so much now that the 6 rounds are done!
@ 2020-06-24 10:53 PM (#28391 - in reply to #28338) (#28391) Top

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Joo M.Y posted @ 2020-06-24 10:53 PM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Pentominous Borders
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-25 12:00 PM (#28392 - in reply to #28385) (#28392) Top

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ABcDexter posted @ 2020-06-25 12:00 PM

kishy72 - 2020-06-24 8:12 PM

Nice set of puzzles @Anubhav and Ashish.
Felt I solved very rustily.
Point distribution felt a little bit off.I was mostly able to solve the higher pointers faster than the lower ones. Pentominous 6 felt much harder than the pentominous 10 and the answer keys of this type was laborious to enter.Would have preferred continuous set of cells as answer key in line with other puzzles.

Strangely, the puzzle I practised the most (sashigane) got me nowhere and I couldn't finish even one while the ones I didn't focus much (pentominous and pentominous borders) helped at the end.

Thanks a lot for a fun set !


priyambhushan - 2020-06-24 10:27 PM

This was a really fun round, with spectacular puzzle quality! it is always great to see new and innovative puzzle types, and all of themexecuted so well :) Great jov by Ashish as usual, and my fellow-new-author-2020 Anubhav! Thank you guys... this was a really enjoyable last round! gonna miss the monthly tests so much now that the 6 rounds are done!


Thanks, Kishore and Priyam, happy to know that you really liked the puzzles as well :)
Hopefully, more puzzles coming soon...
@ 2020-06-25 11:36 PM (#28393 - in reply to #28338) (#28393) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-25 11:36 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Five Cells
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Answer keys were horrible
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-06-25 11:56 PM (#28394 - in reply to #28393) (#28394) Top

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2020-06-25 11:56 PM

For puzzles 1 (turnkey) and 3 (turnkey), all submissions with answer 113,14 and 42,1221 respectively have been considered correct, as the answer key statement can be interpreted in two ways.
@ 2020-06-26 7:33 AM (#28395 - in reply to #28338) (#28395) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-06-26 7:33 AM

Thanks to the 212 participants from 37 countries. Congratulations to Endo Ken, Walker Anderson and Hideaki Jo for taking the top 3 spots, completing the set in under 40 minutes. Lukasz Kalinowski (Poland) was the first to take the test while Fernando Almazan (Spain) was the last person to start the test. The median score of the test was 72.

Top results for countries with 10+ participants:

India (40): Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao and Swaroop Guggilam
Japan (26): Shinichi Aoki, Tomoya Kimura and Ryotaro Chiba (ranks 3-5)
USA (20): Jeffrey Bardon, Anderson Wang and Michael Tang (ranks 2-4)
Korea (11): Choi Yong Seok, Hyunmo Kang and Yu-jong
Germany (10): Robert Vollmert, Michael Ley and Martin Merker
France (10): Anne Limoges, Denis Auroux and Timothy Doyle
Poland (10): Tomasz Strozak, Tomasz Skalski and Krystian Swiderski

Thanks Anubhav Balodhi and Ashish Kumar for the puzzles!

Participants may share feedback on the results page and rate the puzzles on the contest page.
@ 2020-06-26 8:41 PM (#28396 - in reply to #28338) (#28396) Top

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ABcDexter posted @ 2020-06-26 8:41 PM

A final note of gratitude to Ashish and Rakesh, they taught me so much about the delicate art of puzzle creation. Also, thanks to each and every fellow puzzler who solved the puzzles we made and provided feedback on the forum.
Hope to make more exciting puzzles in the upcoming times ^_^

Edited by ABcDexter 2020-06-26 8:48 PM
@ 2020-06-27 7:11 AM (#28397 - in reply to #28338) (#28397) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2020-06-27 7:11 AM

 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
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Shashigane
 What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? Perfect answer keys
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount
 What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? Just right


@ 2020-07-05 4:40 PM (#28401 - in reply to #28338) (#28401) Top

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KyaFarkPadtaHai posted @ 2020-07-05 4:40 PM

Where can I get the solution booklet for this set?
@ 2020-07-06 2:13 PM (#28402 - in reply to #28401) (#28402) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-07-06 2:13 PM

KyaFarkPadtaHai - 2020-07-05 4:40 PM

Where can I get the solution booklet for this set?

It is not uploaded yet. This shall be uploaded by 8th July.
@ 2020-07-09 12:53 AM (#28403 - in reply to #28338) (#28403) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2020-07-09 12:53 AM

The Solution Booklet is now available here.
@ 2020-11-05 10:35 PM (#28554 - in reply to #28338) (#28554) Top

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professorX posted @ 2020-11-05 10:35 PM

Can you kindly share the password for the puzzle booklet? The link in the Monthly Tests doesn't show the password.