(10 years ago) I was 4 off and couldn't find them. In the end the level's title helped me, a bit. :D Wonderful level! 50 tries, for me.
EDIT 2023, 26th July: Here I go, turning it around, again. This time in 21st try.
Tricky thing, right from beginning till the very end. :))
(13 years ago) Not very sure why that saved 2 moves ... Very good level ! Found some 4 offs and 2 offs and in 99th try solved it ! :) This is my second level solved in master Universe.
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EDIT 2023, 29th June: it took me 96 tries and a loooot of undoing, to re-beat this contruction. I've remembered only that it had given me much trouble, way back, haven't born even a small piece of solution in mind (but did remember some combinations that I had tried). After getting this feeling that I've exhausted every possibility without success, I suddenly had another idea, today. And that one needed optimizing, which took me some more (not so many) tries. So happy to have solved it. It is really very tricky, this one. So many options, 2 offs, 4 offs (and more offs). It still surprizes me, that the existing 119 solution is faster than some of my 2 offs, here. But that's the nature of the game. :))
(10 years ago) Fantastic level ! Took me over 80 tries and even after I solved it, it ain't clear to me, WHY this is the fastest way to do it ! !! Excellent and very interesting. P. S. Was 4 off, for a loooong time.
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EDIT 2023, 13th May: same old story, only that this time it went faster. First I was kept 4 off, then somehow got to 2 off, was kept a bit there and then I found it. The saddest part is, that it is still not completely clear to me, why that was faster. :/
Did it really fast, only a bit more than a couple tries. As a result, I demoted it from professor to PhD. This puzzle is good, though I'm surprised to see it so high up.
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