Competitive Puzzle Games

[Silky]

I've recently been getting into competitive Tetris, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and Catherine. Thought I'd make a thread to talk about competitive puzzle games since they're adjacent to competitive speedcubing. Please include any other cool competitive puzzle games !

Puyo Puyo Tetris Video:

Catherine Full Body Video:

Nes Tetris Video:

 

[swburk]

PPT is a lot of fun. Tetris 99 is great too if you have a Switch.

 

[Silky]

PPT is a lot of fun. Tetris 99 is great too if you have a Switch.

I'm going to be picking one up pretty soon so I'll definitely check it out. PPT2 is coming out this December which is pretty exciting.

 

[CrispyCubing]

I've recently been getting into competitive Tetris, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and Catherine. Thought I'd make a thread to talk about competitive puzzle games since they're adjacent to competitive speedcubing. Please include any other cool competitive puzzle games !

I've started playing NES Tetris recently as well! What's your PB?

Also, I'm interested in speed sudoku but I don't really know where to start. I've been using a random sudoku app but I'm wondering if there is a central website. I found this but idk if most people use it. Is anyone here into speed sudoku?

 

[Username: Username:]

Dude, I'm recently very into competitive Tetris as well! I average around sub 2 minuteish in 40l, what's y'alls?
(rip I'm not using NES Tetris or PPT lol I'm using this website called tetr.io it's pretty nice.)

 

[swburk]

I've started playing NES Tetris recently as well! What's your PB?

Also, I'm interested in speed sudoku but I don't really know where to start. I've been using a random sudoku app but I'm wondering if there is a central website. I found this but idk if most people use it. Is anyone here into speed sudoku?

I love sudoku. If it weren't for cubing, I'd probably spend much more time working on sudoku. If you have an iPhone, I highly recommend Good Sudoku . It's the most polished sudoku app I've tried, and is really great for learning and getting faster. If you're interested in some more learning resources, feel free to PM me.

 

[Silky]

I've started playing NES Tetris recently as well! What's your PB?

Also, I'm interested in speed sudoku but I don't really know where to start. I've been using a random sudoku app but I'm wondering if there is a central website. I found this but idk if most people use it. Is anyone here into speed sudoku?

I think somewhere around 200k and yourself ? I've never heard about speedoku but it sounds really cool, definitely will check it out.

Dude, I'm recently very into competitive Tetris as well! I average around sub 2 minuteish in 40l, what's y'alls?
(rip I'm not using NES Tetris or PPT lol I'm using this website called tetr.io it's pretty nice.)

I'll check out tetr.io soon and update. If you want to get into nes tetris check this out. It's also a great site for other classic games.

 

[Username: Username:]

I think somewhere around 200k and yourself ? I've never heard about speedoku but it sounds really cool, definitely will check it out.


I'll check out tetr.io soon and update. If you want to get into nes tetris check this out. It's also a great site for other classic games.

Cool, I will sure try that out and I'll wait

 

[CrispyCubing]

I think somewhere around 200k and yourself ? I've never heard about speedoku but it sounds really cool, definitely will check it out.

Nice. I'm at 117k

Dude, I'm recently very into competitive Tetris as well! I average around sub 2 minuteish in 40l, what's y'alls?
(rip I'm not using NES Tetris or PPT lol I'm using this website called tetr.io it's pretty nice.)

Just played my first 5 games of tetr.io 40l, my PB is 2:49.

Edit: Just got 2:33

 

[xyzzy]

Dude, I'm recently very into competitive Tetris as well! I average around sub 2 minuteish in 40l, what's y'alls?
(rip I'm not using NES Tetris or PPT lol I'm using this website called tetr.io it's pretty nice.)

Just tried a few games on tetr.io to check what my average was (because I usually spam resets) and it looks like I average around 1:25 1:20.

(and also I just got a PB of 1:08 while checking lol)

 

[Silky]

Cool, I will sure try that out and I'll wait

First attempt was 3:49. I have to get used to it since its fairly different from nes tetris ( hard drops, T-spins, storage, next piece, etc. )

Nice. I'm at 117k

Nice ! It's a pretty brutal game compared to modern tetris ( at least with not having piece outlines and really fast piece lock in ). I usually average around 100k and would like to get 500k someday. Which level do you start on ?

Also update: I found another look looking 1v1 puzzle game called crystal crisis. Doesn't seem to have a competitive following but still..

Crystal Crisis Video:

 

[CrispyCubing]

Nice ! It's a pretty brutal game compared to modern tetris ( at least with not having piece outlines and really fast piece lock in ). I usually average around 100k and would like to get 500k someday. Which level do you start on ?

My 117k is a level 5 start but I am now starting on level 9 and shooting for 300k.

 

[Username: Username:]

My PPS and accuracy basically is trash compared to my tetr.io stats lol

 

[Silky]

My 117k is a level 5 start but I am now starting on level 9 and shooting for 300k.

Level 9 is a really good start statistically speaking.

My PPS and accuracy basically is trash compared to my tetr.io stats lol

What is your PPS and accuracy ( do you mean finesse % ? ). I seem to be averaging around 2:30 for 40L with 40%-50% finesse and ~.75 PPS.

 

[Username: Username:]

Level 9 is a really good start statistically speaking.


What is your PPS and accuracy ( do you mean finesse % ? ). I seem to be averaging around 2:30 for 40L with 40%-50% finesse and ~.75 PPS.

.36 PPS lol, and yeah, finesse, cause I can't do a hard drop in NES Tetris and maybe more factors.

 

[Silky]

@CrispyCubing do you want to race to 200k? I'm a bit out a practice so I may take a bit to get back up.

@Username: Username: do you want o race to 1:30 or maybe just play some versus ?

 

[CrispyCubing]

@CrispyCubing do you want to race to 200k? I'm a bit out a practice so I may take a bit to get back up.

Not even joking, I just got 311k 5 minutes ago, I’m still shaking... What about racing to 350k? idk how long that will take, or if I can get 300k again but...

 

[Silky]

Not even joking, I just got 311k 5 minutes ago, I’m still shaking... What about racing to 350k? idk how long that will take, or if I can get 300k again but...

Dang. Congrats. 350k sounds good. What are you playing it on btw?

 

[CrispyCubing]

Dang. Congrats. 350k sounds good. What are you playing it on btw?

Assuming you mean hardware: I have all OG hardware and I play on normal TV (not a CRT TV yet...)

 

[Silky]

Assuming you mean hardware: I have all OG hardware and I play on normal TV (not a CRT TV yet...)

Yeah. I play online emu with keyboard. Not sure if there is a significant difference. But thats rad. I might be picking up a switch soon and may get it on VC. However, there are a bunch more tetris games on switch so who knows.