Reminder: US Round for WPF Puzzle Grand Prix
This weekend is the US round for the WPF Puzzle Grand Prix. It features a lot of puzzles from me and other GMPuzzles contributors including a special “Escape the Grand Prix” casual section. Please check it out.
Thanks, Thomas!
The “Escape the Grand Prix” was a ton of fun. (So check that out, everyone, if you haven’t yet.) I would enjoy seeing some things like that here on gmpuzzles.com some time.
-Carl
Hi Carl ! You sound as if you had completed the entire set.There is only the arithmetic square (coded) and the Escape the Grand Prix puzzle left between me and completion.Can you share on how to proceed with these ?
Hi skynet,
Yes, I’ve completed all of the puzzles from the Casual section of this round, (still have a few more Competitive puzzles that I haven’t attempted yet). I’d be glad to give a nudge, but I’m particularly cautious about avoiding spoilers. So maybe you can tell me (ROT13ed) what progress (if any) you’ve been able to make in the coded Arithmetic Square so far?
I would need more than a nudge 🙂 because I already tried a lot .
P,V ner 1,3 va fbzr beqre ,789 pna’g or ntnvafg Q be O va nevguzrgvp fdhner.Gurfr ner abg urycvat zhpu ….
Lbh fubhyq abg fgneg guvf chmmyr hagvy lbh xabj gur vqragvgl bs n srj bs gur yrggref sebz ybbxvat ryfrjurer va guvf ebhaq. Sebz lbhe fgngrzrag vg frrzf lbh qb abg xabj gur vqragvgl bs fbzr bs gur vzcbegnag yrggref lrg.
Lrf gung’f gehr.Ohg gung’f cerpvfryl gur ceboyrz gung V nz snpvat (abg xabjvat ubj gb pebff rfgnoyvfu gur chmmyr jvgu gur bguref naq trggvat gur vzcbegnag yrggref)juvpu vf jul V cbfgrq urer va gur svefg cynpr frrxvat uryc :-c
V pbhyq svther gung R vf 2 sebz pevff pebff juvpu sbeprf X gb or n 7 va Pbqrq Svyyb naq whfg xabjvat R vf 2 vf fhssvpvrag gb fbyir gur chmmyr.Va Jbeq frnepu, V frr na S pyrneyl ohg pna’g znxr jung gur bgure guvatf ner ?! V pbzcyrgrq gur pbqrq zvarfjrrcre ol nffhzvat inyhrf sbe A naq S . Fvzvyneyl V pbzcyrgrq gur fxlfpencre (jvgubhg gur nvq bs bgure chmmyrf)ol nffhzvat nyy qvtvgf ner qvssrerag.Ynfgyl ,V pbhyqa’g cynpr bar jbeq GHO va gur pevff pebff.V unir ab pyhr jul be ubj vg vf pbaarpgrq gb gur znfgrezvaq
Pbatenghyngvbaf ba svaqvat gur pyhr uvqqra va gur fbyhgvba gb gur Pevff-Pebff. Gung bar gbbx zr sberire gb svaq. Nyfb, pbatenghyngvbaf ba svaqvat inyvq fbyhgvbaf gb obgu gur Zvarfjrrcre naq gur Fxlfpencre. Ohg arvgure bs gur nffhzcgvbaf lbh znqr ner arprffnel gb fbyir gurfr. Sbe nyy V xabj gur chmmyrf zvtug or nzovthbhf vs lbh qba’g hfr gur vagraqrq nqqvgvbany vasbezngvba, (V qb xabj gung V gevrq n _ybg_ gb znxr cebterff ba gurfr ohg pbhyqa’g svaq nal ybtvpny cngu gung tbg zr irel sne hagvy V sbhaq gur uvqqra pyhrf). Fb xrrc ybbxvat—gurer’f vasbezngvba gung lbh unira’g sbhaq lrg. Naq ybbx cnegvphyneyl jurerire lbh frr fbzrguvat gung ybbxf yvxr vg zvtug pbagnva vasbezngvba—zber guna yvxryl vg qbrf, naq rirelguvat jbexf gbtrgure dhvgr ryrtnagyl va zl bcvavba.
Nf sbe GHO va gur Pevff-Pebff, vg svgf va zl fbyhgvba, (naq V nffhzr lbh qvq gur evtug sbyqvat orpnhfr lbh fnvq R=2). Creuncf lbh unir GHO va lbhe tevq vapvqragnyyl naq whfg qvqa’g abgvpr vg?
V qvq abg evtbebhfyl grfg havdhrarff bs gur chmmyrf vs crbcyr enaqbzyl thrff yrggref. V fhfcrpg fbzr pnfrf jvgu bgure fbyhgvbaf (gurer vf ab dhvpx jnl gb pbasvez vs fxlarg tbg na nafjre be gur nafjre) pregnvayl gur svyybzvab. Gur fbyivat jvyy nyfb or dhvgr qvssvphyg naq abg sha. Fb svaqvat gur sbhe cvrprf bs uvqqra vasbezngvba (bar sbe rnpu bs gur sbhe pvcure ybtvp chmmyrf) vf “arprffnel” gb Rfpncr.
@Carl .Can you email the solving process to netsky493@gmail.com ? Your nudge and whatever you asked me to do is not helping me.You can directly send the spoiler to my email if you can.Also I have checked my Filo coded and minesweeper solutions. Both are THE solutions.
Sure. In private email it will be easier to be direct. I’ll talk to you there.
Could someone explain:
1) gur pyhr sebz gur znmr (gjb guerr frira ryrira p r v x)?
2) jurer gur pyhrf sbe gur fxlfpencre ner? V qba’g frr t, y, g, be f fubjvat hc naljurer ryfr. V jnf noyr gb fbyir vg ohg vg eryvrq ba nffhzvat gung gur ahzoref jbhyq or qvssrerag.
Gurer vf nyfb n ? va gur zvqqyr bs gur znmr juvpu lbh ner zvffvat. Ivrj gur ahzoref naq yrggref sebz nsne, vapyhqvat gur ?, naq frr vs lbh unir arj vafvtugf.
(Gur frpbaq dhrfgvba znl eryngr gb gur svefg.)
Ohhhh, I can’t believe I missed that. For some reason I was thinking that gur yrggref naq ahzoref jrer fhccbfrq gb or cnverq hc.