The record for this level changed three times. At the time that I published it, I could not find one meaningful shortcut. My thought was if there's no real shortcut, then anyone who does the most obvious path is going to win.
If you think about it abstractly, there should be no reason why Push it to the hole 4 should not be the same number of moves shorter than "" 3 as "" 2 is shorter than "" 1. That is why I was having trouble with "" 4....
Path found. That kind of shortcut is unfortunate. I saw the shortcut near the beginning of the level not the one at the end. I wonder which one YFKD saw..... In any case, good spotting, Neemo.
I meant that the outside three on the right were slightly closer to the entrance to the tunnel by pure distance, even though it takes an extra two moves to get them there.
It's a long note, you might have missed the last part.
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