From the Foxger’s Den #2: Slitherlink
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in edgex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X’s)
Theme: Triples
Rules: Standard Slitherlink rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the internal loop segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:45, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00
Solution: PDF
Like the new solved button setup. Had to re-enter so many solutions when it realized I wasn’t logged in that I started copying them to the clipboard before submitting as a habit.
Yes, David’s been doing a good job when he has the time making that API more friendly. Some more updates should come in the next couple weeks and I’ll mention the important ones when I can.
7:04
45 seconds ?Was that a robot who test solved?This is certainly not a 45 second slitherlink even for a person who had been solving slitherlink all his life .Because of that X whoever has test solved the expert times have got horrifyingly low.And i was highlighting the times happily expecting to see an expert time break and i got a shock.
Reveal the test solver’s name.Let him take a piece of advice from the times i post on how to solve puzzles slowly.
Yes, I do solve like a robot! I didn’t have as many other times this week but I had to believe my own.
I solved this in paint in 31 seconds – and I suspect I’d be a second or two quicker on paper. Some authors have developed a particular “feel” to their puzzles, and when you solve them you become one with them!
Yea. About 50 seconds on Paint for me.
I’m usually somewhere between master and expert, and got this one done in about 2 minutes. So I’d say the times were pretty accurate.
On puzzles with shorter times like this one, my notation usually holds me back a bit.