Curious…I got the 212, then the 210, and then decided to try something that would probably lose moves. Shockingly, it actually gained them, and I solved the puzzle. I think in retrospect I understand why, but the fact I was confused in the first place means the level exposed a weakness in my logic. Pretty nice one. :)
I enjoyed solving the level. Was a long time far away. Then I went from 2 off straight to winning without to understand what I did different between the two tries LOL
The simplicity of the whole thing cuts out most of what makes optimizing pipelines so painful, yet still poses a significant challenge to an interesting solution. Would recommend.