Monthly Computer Cube Competition 1: June 2009

[Mike Hughey]

I think maybe the point system is a little off. I came in last place in every event (other than DNFs), and often I was a factor of ten away from the next person, and I still came in second overall. A little ridiculous, I think. Maybe last place for an event shouldn't get points, no matter how many people compete. Or something - I mean, this is ridiculous!

If you have another competition this month, I hope to do better than last, so there's room for me to improve. I've gotten a lot better on most of them since this competition.

 

[qqwref]

You might have been many times slower than the first-place person, but still, the first-place person was the only person who managed to beat you. If nobody else put in the effort to solve the puzzle, you deserve to have a few extra points on them. It's like in an official competition: only one or two people may solve 4x4BLD or 5x5BLD, but no matter how slow they are they still receive prizes, because nobody else even completed the event.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Well, thanks for setting this whole thing up (and for having another competition this month). I'm slowly climbing the charts on some of the gelatinbrain puzzles - it's fun!