Are you a genius? #3 - Coin puzzle

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   georgie ~ 34 months ago

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   Thanks, CaMaverick and JV. I suck at these coin puzzles but I try, I really really try! And even if I run off and cheat by looking at the solution too soon, it doesn't mean I'm stupid. It just means I'm probably suffering from coin puzzle ADHD today. *L*
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   yesandno ~ 34 months ago

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   Four minutes thirty two seconds.
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   zareya ~ 34 months ago

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   hehe .. nice one .. a bit harder then the last one :P
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   sangjai ~ 34 months ago

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   2nd try, 14seconds
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      JV ~ 34 months ago

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      Wow that is very good! FYI Took me 1 min 25 secs
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   evreikipresvia ~ 34 months ago

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   less than 2 minutes
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   paul_r ~ 34 months ago

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   In the spirit of things, I paused the video after the set up instructions, got set up, listened to the rules, and then paused again and started the stopwatch.
   
   My result: 18.2 seconds ----> and I thought I would never use the stopwatch feature on my mobile, lol
   
   I am rather pleased with that result :)
   
   I will post the written solution that I came up with to this puzzle below this post, should anyone not be able to follow the solution video JV provided.
   
   I didnt find this puzzle as hard or challanging as the previous two. It seemed very.. ummm... linear, lol. I was very pleased to see it so soon however, and I hope that new ones will keep coming just as quickly.
   
   Once again thank you CaMaverick and JV.
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      paul_r ~ 34 months ago

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      Here is the written out solution that I came up with:
      
      As always (c1), (c2), (c3), (s1), (s2) and (s3) represent the coins and the " ___ " represents the empty square.
      
      Start:
      
      (c1) (c2) (c3) ___ (s1) (s2) (s3)
      
      Move coin (s1):
      
      (c1) (c2) (c3) (s1) ___ (s2) (s3)
      
      Move coin (c3):
      
      (c1) (c2) ___ (s1) (c3) (s2) (s3)
      
      Move coin (c2):
      
      (c1) ___ (c2) (s1) (c3) (s2) (s3)
      
      Move coin (s1):
      
      (c1) (s1) (c2) ___ (c3) (s2) (s3)
      
      Move coin (s2):
      
      (c1) (s1) (c2) (s2) (c3) ___ (s3)
      
      Move coin (s3):
      
      (c1) (s1) (c2) (s2) (c3) (s3) ___
      
      Move coin (c3):
      
      (c1) (s1) (c2) (s2) ___ (s3) (c3)
      
      Move coin (c2):
      
      (c1) (s1) ___ (s2) (c2) (s3) (c3)
      
      Move coin (c1):
      
      ___ (s1) (c1) (s2) (c2) (s3) (c3)
      
      Move coin (s1):
      
      (s1) ___ (c1) (s2) (c2) (s3) (c3)
      
      Move coin (s2):
      
      (s1) (s2) (c1) ___ (c2) (s3) (c3)
      
      Move coin (s3):
      
      (s1) (s2) (c1) (s3) (c2) ___ (c3)
      
      Move coin (c2):
      
      (s1) (s2) (c1) (s3) ___ (c2) (c3)
      
      Move coin (c1):
      
      (s1) (s2) ___ (s3) (c1) (c2) (c3)
      
      And finally move coin (s3):
      
      (s1) (s2) (s3) ___ (c1) (c2) (c3)
      
      Done!
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      JV ~ 34 months ago

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      Very good!
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   Michael ~ 34 months ago

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   I remember playing this one in the form of a peg puzzle when I was a kid. Nice to see it again. I don't know what my time would be, but even though I know the solution well I'm sure I wouldn't be able to move the coins as fast as sangjai.
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   JV ~ 34 months ago

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   Oops. I had the solution set to private. You should be able to view the solution now!
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   gogyo ~ 34 months ago

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   This one took 25 secs to complete or 1.66667 secs per move. Thanks again!
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    blackspade ~ 27 months ago

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    this only took me 20 secs to solve my first try
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    New Member ~ 25 months ago

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    i can solve it in under 10 sec. all you do is turn the paper around and the rules dont declare that against them so yeah thats how i would do it
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    c man ~ 21 months ago

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    20 sec first try
    
    
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    navykid97 ~ 21 months ago

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    9 seconds
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    laylaysaunders ~ 20 months ago

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    Hey you said dat wuz gonna b heka hard n stuff!!! Well, you didnt actually say it, but u did imply it!!! So........u implied dat da coins 3 wuz gonna b hard n i solved it n 30.13 secs. on my first try!!! SOOOOO.................u need to post sumthin harder cuz.........i like a challenge!!!
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    Jared Paul Barnard ~ 13 months ago

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    I just wanted to point out that it's entirely possible to solve this puzzle in 'no time'. If you understand how to solve it conceptually before you begin, there's no point in tooling around with coins. :) Essentially, as soon as you see the answer in your mind, the puzzle is solved.
    
    Cheers!
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    Jenn :) ~ 13 months ago

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    1 minute, 2 seconds :)
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17.  

    AdGuy

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    This is my two cents...
    
       
    Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)