Braingle: 'Olympic Swim Team' Brain Teaser

Olympic Swim Team

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Puzzle ID:	#24243
Fun:	(2.91)
Difficulty:	(3.27)
Category:	Logic-Grid
Submitted By:	cnmne

Five swimmers (Adam, Brad, Carl, Doug, and Eric) have been preparing for the Olympics. It is now time for the swimming time trials. The five swimmers each compete in the four different strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle). The top three finishers in each event will qualify for the Olympic swim team in that stroke. Using the following clues, determine the order of finish in each of the four strokes.

1) Only one contestant qualified in all four strokes.
2) No contestant finished last in more than one event.
3) Adam finished better in the backstroke than he did in the butterfly.
4) Brad finished better than Doug in the butterfly.
5) Adam finished just behind Brad and just ahead of Eric in the breaststroke.
6) Doug finished just ahead of Carl in the freestyle.
7) Neither Brad nor Eric finished third in any event.
8) Eric's finish in the backstroke was the same as Doug's in the butterfly.
9) Doug only finished in the same position in the backstroke and the freestyle.
10) Carl finished in a different position in each event.
11) Brad finished only two events in the same position.
12) The contestant who finished second in the butterfly beat Doug in the freestyle.
13) The contestant who finished first in the freestyle did not qualify in the backstroke.
14) The contestant who finished fifth in the backstroke did not finish third in the butterfly.
15) No contestant finished in the same position in both the breaststroke and the butterfly.

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Comments

cinnamon30 Jul 04, 2005	Awesome teaser. I really had to think to figure this one out. I love logic grids that are like this one. Excellent job.
chaskey Jul 04, 2005	I drowned! I couldn't even figure out how to use the grid on this one. I will just dry off and try again.
hotbeaverchick Jul 04, 2005	good one!
amanduh05 Jul 05, 2005	i liked this one keep em comin i love logic grids and this one goes up top in my book i liked that this one made me think!!!!!!!!!!
scihead Jul 05, 2005	Wow. That was a tough one. Good Job! I loved it.
czar Jul 07, 2005	This took a lot of work - great challenge! At some point I realized I goofed and had to start over.
dreaminggemini Jul 15, 2005	Wow, great job!
FamilyInFilm Jul 17, 2005	I'm definitely missing something here -- I just can't get past a certain point in this. Feel free to e-mail me with a clue or tip!
bobbyd Jul 19, 2005	One of the best logic grids I've seen!
jajajaja Jul 27, 2005	Ahhh to much water and it's think or swim and I think I'll swim I just can't get this but it's a good teaser.
mejoza Aug 04, 2005	Really, really tough. I got the breaststroke and the backstroke mixed up several times, making my grid null and void. Aagh, but I like it. I saved it to my favorites.
goatroper605 Aug 19, 2005	May I have a tylenol, please?
Rebeca Aug 19, 2005	Phew! That was easily the toughest logic grid puzzle I've ever tackled! At first it seemed I couldn't even get a foothold, and it took a lot of thinking and rethinking, but WOW, that's an awesome puzzle. Fabulous. Well done!
ellerphant Aug 30, 2005	best logic grid i have done!! make some more just like it. it stretched my brain and that feels good
orbrab Sep 19, 2005	I did it - but had to guess on the winner in breaststroke. Can you get all the answers from the clues???
orbrab Sep 29, 2005	I answer it myself. YES you can. I finally made it. Thank you cnmne - exellent
chicaespanola Oct 05, 2005	Really good! This one really took some thinking!
dragon-B Nov 10, 2005	two hours and I still mixed up carl and doug.that was fun
DaveC Nov 12, 2005	I thought that this one was really going to be hard, and it was pretty hard, but I god so far and things just fell into place. I guess that just shows that it was a really well written puzzle. Things that seem complicated become simple when you see what is really going on....either that or else I have gone completely insane from solving 90 logic grid puzzles in the last few days!!!!!
DaveC Nov 12, 2005	oops I meant to say that I GOT so far not god. sorry
TalkingOptimist Nov 30, 2005	Finally got it after resorting to trial and error! And I thought I was pretty good at these things!
harmonize9 Jan 01, 2006	i'm so proud of myself. this is one of the few grids that really needs logic to solve it. i loved this one.
elemandia Jan 09, 2006	I dont know how you solved this without guessing...
smartstuff8664 Jan 09, 2006	this one is by far the hardest logic grid i've ever done!now my eyes hurt from trying to figure this on out and staring at this screen
elemandia Jan 11, 2006	Several tries and a couple hours later I figured it out. This is one of the best puzzles of done here.
Splatt Jan 15, 2006	Wow, this teaser is amazing. After the first time through, I thought - how will I ever figure it out with these clues? But I just kept going through the clues over and over again. I finally figured it out in an hour (with a few frustration breaks). Toward the end, things fell into place very fast. I wish I could figure out how to write teasers this hard. Good job and thanks.
usaswim Apr 24, 2006	you are pure talent, man, THAT WAS UNBELIEVEBLE
rvmadrigal Apr 27, 2006	that took me forever!!! but it was really good! keep 'em coming!
thompson1 May 27, 2006	This was Great! Going to my favorites (and I don't have many of those!) By far the hardest I have done!
sundaisy227 Jun 15, 2006	SO HARD!!! I had to give up. Great job.
Stormcrafter Oct 31, 2006	Took me a while, but I got it - brilliant grid, thumbs up One of the few logic grids that I've enjoyed (even if it was time consuming)
(user deleted) Dec 25, 2006	Great Logic Grid - I finally had to use the 1,2,3's in the logic grid to work scenarios to break this one.
tsnipe28 Apr 10, 2007	Eric's finish in the backstroke was the same as Doug's in the butterfly. Is it just me or does your answer negate this one??
tsnipe28 Apr 10, 2007	nevermind ignore my stupid self... I read the wrong stroke
mom_rox Sep 08, 2007	Very tough puzzle. I was not able to complete this straight up. Like orbrab, I had to guess the breastroke winner. Then I had to guess Eric's finish in the backstroke, which led to guessing 5th place in the freestyle. Only one scenario conformed to the clues.
mom_rox Sep 08, 2007	oops - I meant to type breaststroke. Guess I had been looking at the logic grid too long. (spelled incorrectly on the logic grid, perhaps due to space requirements)
Rainsinger Sep 16, 2007	wow, I both love and hate these "Trial & Error" logic grids, As in testing which of 2 possibles is the winner of the breastroke, first. Then do the IF, THEN, Else - computer logic... sigh
Yankeejimg Oct 04, 2007	Amazing. I cannot imagine how anyone can design a puzzle like this. It is a fantastic job, and I congratulate you. Took me forever to complete. Keep them coming!
4demo Oct 31, 2007	Wow, I can tell why this is the hardest logic-grid teaser on site! Fun but a real nightmare!
Bayareacwgrl Nov 19, 2007	YEAH!!!!! I did it. I have been coming back to this one for way too long. I just had to stop and think one more time and I got it!!!! Excellent job. This goes down as one of my favorites!
auntiesis Jun 10, 2008	I really loved this one, it gave me a workout. Thank you. Fun, fun, fun !
chocaholic29 Nov 16, 2008	I finally got this on my fourth attempt over five days. I kept stuffing up and finally, finally I got it! This is a brilliant puzzle - so difficult yet so much fun.
javaguru Dec 19, 2008	Nice teaser! It took me almost half an hour to solve even using the logic grid--very tough.
(user deleted) Jan 07, 2009	The answer is wrong. because it said that Doug didn't place 3rd in any event and yet the answer said he did. So does anyone know the real answer?? I'm dying to know :-)
(user deleted) Jan 15, 2009	It doesn't say that Kendra - you must have misread it. cnmne, you da man! Great puzzle, bro. Keep 'em comin'!
chandler773 Jan 27, 2009	Best teaser ever!!! I started over 3 times and ended up with different answers each time (none of them correct), but I loved it nonetheless!
Provlear Feb 28, 2009	When a puzzle makes you resort to guessing because there aren't enough clues, that's lazy puzzlemaking. Also, i's either a cheap trick or a dumb choice to ahve two categories named "strokes". A simple way to blow a few minutes but there are far better logic puzzles out there.
cnmne Mar 01, 2009	There are enough clues to solve this teaser. There are also no tricks. However, there are no explicit pairings, such as 'Carl finished 3rd in the butterfly'. While this does require some thinking outside the box, the teaser can be solved ... logically.
braindeadmommia Apr 05, 2009	Wow! That was a challenger. Good exercise. Took about 1.5 hours. Had to make a couple of different grids to be able to think about the information gathered and then cross-check from one to the other. I had tried this one months back but didn't have the time to spend. I usually like them challenging but only have a short time to figure them out. Thanks!
bigpat Apr 28, 2009	Amazing puzzle. For those non-believers out there this puzzle IS solveable without guessing anything at all!!! It took me a couple hours and I had to start over 3-4 times due to getting breaststroke and backstroke mixed up, but I still got it.
trewq Aug 29, 2009	whoo hoo!!!! i finally got it i'm so proud just kidding. i had to print it out but is till got it! hard, but enjoyable
(user deleted) Sep 22, 2009	YOU GUYS ARE FKING GEEKS! GET A LIFE AND STOP DOING THESE MOTHERFKING PUZZLES. GO GET LAID PUTOS!!!:O
Dannysgirl Nov 15, 2009	Just because someone likes brain teasers doesnt make them a geek, just makes us someone that likes logic grids you moron and i have a great life and an awesome fiance....And even though I am still working on this teaser, it is a great one. Good work!!!
hellokitty Jun 27, 2010	Too Hard
danielculla Oct 30, 2012	guys whats your iq?