Nice+puzzles+...

Hey+what+does+this+%22Pen%22+in+the+score+table+mean%3f+And+how+can+one+get+bonus+points%3f

Pen means penalty, if you have a wrong submission and then submit the same puzzle correct later you'll get a penalty. Look in the Instruction Booklet for a breakdown of this.

There is a bonus of 1 point per minute saved if you finish all 22 puzzles before the 60 minutes.

This is also in the instruction booklet, I suggest that anyone with questions look through it once, especially the starting pages.

I+can%E2%80%99t+get+18+Pentopia+to+work+even+without+the+time+pressure+of+the+contest%2E+Broken+it+in+many+different+ways%2E+What+am+I+missing%3F

%5BQUOTE%5Dpinkagape+%2D+2023%2D03%2D19++2%3A10+PM%0D%0A%0D%0AI+can%E2%80%99t+get+18+Pentopia+to+work+even+without+the+time+pressure+of+the+contest%2E+Broken+it+in+many+different+ways%2E+What+am+I+missing%3F%5B%2FQUOTE%5D+perhaps+you+can+link+to+an+image+of+your+progress%3F+

wow%2c+absolutely+awful+round%2c+but+considering+how+bad+I+am+at+all+the+non-akari+genres+in+general+I+guess+that's+not+surprising.++Kept+breaking+both+of+the+easier+pentopia%2c+I+need+to+go+back+and+solve+these+legitimately+to+figure+out+where+I'm+going+wrong.

As I say, I'm not deliberately guessing, I just get to a broken point. I think this is the last common point before I start trying different things, so I reckon something is wrong by this point.

http://fuchsia.parallelepiped.co.uk/PentopiaPicture.PNG

%40pinkagape+I+can+say+this+is+correct+actually.+Your+mistake+is+probably+coming+after+this.+From+here%2c+you+may+see+contradictions+in+2+of+them+if+you+try+the+3+different+possibilities+for+the+r1c8+clue.+

I+was+something+like+25+seconds+away+from+a+completion+here.++Fun+set!

You saying there were three options in the top right was all I needed. I only had two and found the contradictions multiple times. Thanks!

Really nice puzzles, especially the Akari (Skyscrapers)