Monday, 2/20/12

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14 comments:

  1. JoonFebruary 20, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    that's the fastest i've ever done any puzzle on paper.

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  2. Al SandersFebruary 20, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    Very impressive!

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  3. PlotFebruary 20, 2012 at 8:12 PM

    Likewise.

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  4. BruceFebruary 20, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    You guys are all animals!

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  5. Tuning SporkFebruary 20, 2012 at 9:12 PM

    And you still beat my fastest keyboard time by ten seconds. Jeez Louise. :-O

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  6. DanFebruary 21, 2012 at 2:10 AM

    That's excellent, guys. I'm pretty sure my fastest, both for new Newsday and old Monday NYT, is 1:43. Definitely have never hit 1:40 on paper. David Plotkin, fastest solver in recorded history?

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  7. Tuning SporkFebruary 21, 2012 at 5:05 AM

    Oops, I want to point out that my fastest keyboard solve of 2:48 (or was it 2:46?) was on a Newsday, not a New York Times.

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  8. JoonFebruary 21, 2012 at 11:17 AM

    dan, definitely print out that monday newsday. it's a burner.

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  9. DanFebruary 21, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    All right, you've shamed me into giving it a shot. But first I have to crack this MGWCC meta... :)

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  10. DanFebruary 21, 2012 at 12:50 PM

    Didn't get the meta, but I did break the record.

    Note that I solved the Mon/Tue Newsday puzzles last (instead of first, as is my usual practice), so I was *really* warmed up. Putting a photo on Facebook...

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  11. BruceFebruary 21, 2012 at 1:12 PM

    Dan,

    Do you usually save the day's NYT for last when you are "scorchingly" warmed up?

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  12. DanFebruary 21, 2012 at 1:41 PM

    Yes indeed... I generally like to solve in increasing order of difficulty, so I'll save Fireball and Post Puzzler for last on those days.

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  13. Howard BFebruary 27, 2012 at 9:20 AM

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  14. Howard BFebruary 27, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    I have never, ever, ever broken about 1:45 on paper, and that was when I was trying for speed on paper, which I no longer do.
    That was my absolute zero, speed-of-light scientifically possible physical limit with no mistakes or hesitation.

    To use proper grammar, youse peoples am scary :). Awesome.

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