The Clear Pyramid

[Gerda]

Hardest layout of week 39, Sept 22 - Sept 29, '06:

The Clear Pyramid by Shan*

Tiles: 546. Layers: 20. Date created: Jul 04,'06
Attempted: 6,276. Completed: 6. Success percentage: 0,1 %.

Shan* is a player of first hour and created a collection of 79 layouts during the months. All are very worth playing. This one is 10K. I hope you enjoy solving it. Good luck.



Tileset: boldlygo by Robinsuz

[judyk]

I was just shown these today by my Daughter, The Clear Pyramid was great, finished it in 30:14 minutes.
Took a lot of thinking.
Judy K

[Gerda]

Hi Judy,

Welcome to the forum. Congratulations for having beaten this layout. Great time. Well done. Another karma for that.
How many attempts did it take you?

[grannygoofus]

Took me 19 attempts but this one I managed to finish!! ;D My time was 31:25, good enough for #3 place right now, but think you all will best me for sure.

Biggest tip I have is to check all the open tiles all the way down and take your time playing this one.

Thanks Shan* for a wonderful layout and Gerda thanks for a great pick.

Good luck to anyone who tries it.

(Did we ever get some hints and tips for The Lost City?)

[colby]

wow this was a hard one.I finally beat it.My time was 40:26.I played in classic mode.Placed me in 4th place. 8 attempts.Alot of hidden tiles in this one.I had to keep back tracking.

[devlinlace]

Great Puzzle. I have always enjoyed Shan*'s layouts and I had almost picked this one for a hardest layout on the other forum. Granny's hints were right on, took me 13 attempts but I landed in the #2 spot with a time of 23:14. Great pick again Gerda and kudos to Shan*

[kslaton]

Well I finished but it took me FOREVER!!! It took me 38 attempts also. I usually do puzzles in speed mode, but after reading granny's tip to check all the open tiles, I realized that in speed mode it was not opening such tiles! So much of my attempts were in speed mode, which in my opinion will be much harder to accomplish a complete. After about 8 or 9 tries in classic mode, I finished with time of 51:19. I did alot of backtracking, but didn't have to shuffle until I had 76 tiles left!

[antz]

That was fun!! Did it on my FIRST TRY, in 44:27, shuffling at 184 tiles left....yes, this layout would be much more difficult in speed mode, as there as soooo many hidden tiles to help you out of a jamb.....by taking tiles off the sides to match ones in the middle of the long rows is how I got it done, with just a tiny bit of backtracking, and some dedicated searching for hidden tiles when all looked lost. Great fun, with almost limitless ways down this layout if you pick your moves right; makes me want to explore other layouts by this player! Thanks for the challenge!

[Gerda]

You did all fabulous, beating this one. I haven't accomplished it yet. lol.



For that I give you all a karma.