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| Posted by dreamlvr1432 | 01/19/08 |
| Another good teaser! It was too much for me...I couldn't finish it. I'll give it another try later when my brain gets some rest. :D |
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| Posted by Yankeejimg | 01/26/08 |
| Absolutely, the most difficult logic grid puzzle I have ever done. It took me hours over several days. Well designed, fun to do, and so many interlocking clues. It is beyond me how someone crafts such a puzzle. Congratulations!! :roll: :roll: :wink: |
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| Posted by mom_rox | 03/07/08 |
| quick comment - I haven't looked at the solution, but the hint declares that each participant has a UNIQUE point total. If that is a requirement, then it should be noted in the problem description. (otherwise, one of my possible solutions was to see if 8,7,5,5 and 5 would work) |
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| Posted by mom_rox | 03/09/08 |
| cnmne, once again a fabulous puzzle!! (see my comment above concerning the unique point solutions) Once I figured out the finish combinations for each person, the rest of the puzzle fell into place. :D |
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| Posted by Gizzer | 03/21/08 |
| Another excellent logic teaser! To mom_rox: clue 10 indicates that someone finished in 4th place overall - a 3-way tie for 3rd wouldn't satisfy that requirement. |
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| Posted by mom_rox | 03/31/08 |
| Gizzer - thanks for clearing that up for me. :wink: |
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| Posted by Maj7 | 04/03/08 |
| Wow, that was way over my head. That's the best kind (though I'll never get it)! |
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| Posted by friesaregood | 07/16/08 |
| WOW! I couldn't finish that one, hehe. Thanks so much for explaining it in the answer how you figured that out. :D |
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| Posted by thompson1 | 09/01/08 |
| That was one of the best (if not THE best) logic grids I have ever done. Ever. Wonderful job! :D :D |
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| Posted by hippochips | 12/15/08 |
| I actually wrote a macro in VBA to solve this one. It was taking me too long by hand. |
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| Posted by javaguru | 12/25/08 |
| That was great! It took over an hour, but I finished it without the hint. 8)
I do think, though, that the puzzle should have explicitly stated that no two people had the same overall score. That isn't a given--the answer could have listed multiple people with the same overall score without violating any statements. I started solving it without the grid and it was only after seeing the grid that I realized that no ties for overall must be a constraint. By this time I knew there had to be an additional constraint on the possible finish combinations. Without this constraint the puzzle has multiple solutions. :-? |
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| Posted by javaguru | 12/25/08 |
| Guess I shoud have read the rest of the comments first regarding why there could be no ties for overall. :oops: |
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| Posted by caberet | 08/28/09 |
| Wow! What a fabulous puzzle. It took forever, but what fun! Congratulations on a fine teaser!! |
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| Posted by chriscat | 10/31/10 |
| I really enjoyed this puzzle. It came together well once I abandoned the grid and reasoned it out the same way the answer describes -- definitely took some thinking, though! (I did assume there were no ties, both because I'd already looked at the grid and because the puzzle clearly wouldn't have a unique solution otherwise.) I don't see that the grid serves much purpose in doing this puzzle. |
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| Posted by Mytana | 12/02/10 |
| The scoring system discussed in your answer does not appear to match the scoring system given in the teaser. |
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| Posted by dreamlvr1432 | 05/01/12 |
| I finally got it! Once I finally got the scoring down it was a snap, but man oh man was that scoring a big issue. Thx for making my brain kick into overdrive! :D |
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| Posted by Obilio | 02/15/13 |
| As someone else said, this is one of the BEST puzzles I've ever done, and that includes magazines! When I saw how little could be done initially with the grid, I used the hint, which really was a great hint without giving anything away. I'm not stupid, but narrowing down possibilities with math is (so far, anyway) rarely used on this site :) I LOVED it!! The clue stating that no individual winner took 1st place over all eliminated half the possibilities, and (in my deductions) only left 3 places for 1st place to be used: (points) 4,1,1; 4,1,0; and 4,0,0. With that and the clue stating someone only took one 2nd place, that could only leave 3,3,2; and 3,2,2 as the other point combinations. It didn't occur to me to add up the total possible points to begin with, but seeing the comments, it looks like I wasn't alone in that :) . However, the point totals 8 thru 4 in sequence made over all placement clear, and the grid helped with who came in what place individually. HUGE amount of fun to solve, thank you so much for your work!! |
