15 sliding puzzle - 13.23 avg5 (give me tips?)

[Owen]

DO NOT but the thinkfun puzzle. It is overpriced and doesn't work very well. I have a white a red plastic one that I lubed with CRC, and sanded the corners down on. Works like a charm. (It's about $1.99)

Seriously, thinkfun is the Rubik's brand of fifteen puzzles. Really common, really expensive, really bad.

[Odder]

I don't know about the thinkfun one, but I can definitely recommend the other pretty popular one, which is a plastic one that has white and red tiles (I think the numbers are gold or white or black...). I was just lucky to get a bunch of extremely good ones in Thailand

[d4m4s74]

could someone post a link?

[thackernerd]

I know you guys aren't going to believe this but I just got a 4.80 single.

[CUB3R01]

How do you read the scramble on qqtimer for the 15-puzzle? I think I am making it more complicated than it is...

[Mr.Toad]

R = Move tile to the right
L = Move tile to the left
U = Move tile up
D = Move tile down

Two different tiles can't be moved in the same direction in the same puzzle state, so you just move the only one that you can move.

[CUB3R01]

R = Move tile to the right
L = Move tile to the left
U = Move tile up
D = Move tile down

Two different tiles can't be moved in the same direction in the same puzzle state, so you just move the only one that you can move.

Thanks for clearing this up for me!

[thackernerd]

4.44! 16 moves.

[Mr.Toad]

Thanks for clearing this up for me!

You're welcome. Now I'm curious about how you were interpreting these scrambles.

[Mr.Toad]

I've written a JavaScript-based Fifteen puzzle which integrates a timer and supports different puzzle sizes. I created it for my personal use but it might come in handy to some of you:

http://albertoonsoftware.com/fifteenpuzzle/