It's not just cubing any more
The last month, I've been getting into more puzzles than just Rubik's Cube.
**** Crosswords
I've been doing the New York Times crossworld puzzle daily for a couple years and just recently discovered the American Crossworld Puzzle Tournament (http://www.crosswordtournament.com/). I tried the online contest this year, and did reasonably well with 8355 points (good enough for 47th place online (out of the 200 or so people who did it online).
That score would have put me in the top half at the real tournament, 136th in Divsion C, and 32nd among rookies. Pretty good, especially considering I made some typing mistakes that cost me two correct solves aka 300+ more points (I had three all correct solves already).
I continue to do the daily NYTimes and have also started working through books of daily and Tough puzzles to try to get better.
**** Sudoku
After trying to resist Sudoku, I finally have started doing them. I have a book of 200 Sudoku published by GAMES Magazine that I'm working through (starting with easy) and now do the daily Sudoku in the paper. I'm still a beginner at this, but feel like I'm starting to pick it up.
**** Puzzle Competitions
I discovered the US Puzzle Championship (http://wpc.puzzles.com/) and have been tackling the 2006 competition (held back in June). These truly are challenging and interesting and there are many styles of puzzles I haven't seen before. There are also books collecting old competitions that one can get to gain more experience. I'll keep going and give the 2007 US Championships a try when they roll around.
There's also other puzzle competitions that are interesting - I found links to other puzzles and competitions on Ken Duisenberg's puzzle site (http://ken.duisenberg.com/potw/) and might give those a try, too.
**** Rubiks Cube
I'm still a cuber, but not practicing as much these days. There's only so much time. I need to get back into the Sunday Contest (http://www.nascarjon.us/sunday.htm) so I can see where I stand now.
**** Crosswords
I've been doing the New York Times crossworld puzzle daily for a couple years and just recently discovered the American Crossworld Puzzle Tournament (http://www.crosswordtournament.com/). I tried the online contest this year, and did reasonably well with 8355 points (good enough for 47th place online (out of the 200 or so people who did it online).
That score would have put me in the top half at the real tournament, 136th in Divsion C, and 32nd among rookies. Pretty good, especially considering I made some typing mistakes that cost me two correct solves aka 300+ more points (I had three all correct solves already).
I continue to do the daily NYTimes and have also started working through books of daily and Tough puzzles to try to get better.
**** Sudoku
After trying to resist Sudoku, I finally have started doing them. I have a book of 200 Sudoku published by GAMES Magazine that I'm working through (starting with easy) and now do the daily Sudoku in the paper. I'm still a beginner at this, but feel like I'm starting to pick it up.
**** Puzzle Competitions
I discovered the US Puzzle Championship (http://wpc.puzzles.com/) and have been tackling the 2006 competition (held back in June). These truly are challenging and interesting and there are many styles of puzzles I haven't seen before. There are also books collecting old competitions that one can get to gain more experience. I'll keep going and give the 2007 US Championships a try when they roll around.
There's also other puzzle competitions that are interesting - I found links to other puzzles and competitions on Ken Duisenberg's puzzle site (http://ken.duisenberg.com/potw/) and might give those a try, too.
**** Rubiks Cube
I'm still a cuber, but not practicing as much these days. There's only so much time. I need to get back into the Sunday Contest (http://www.nascarjon.us/sunday.htm) so I can see where I stand now.
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