The spitemaster wrote:
This is the hardest room I have ever made. The second challenge is slightly easier. Both are possible and belived only one solution.
There probably is only one solution to the two rooms (or maybe one method), but I wouldn't say that makes your hold
that difficult in particular in comparison to many others.
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×Using a bit of graph paper/squared paper, you can trace a feasible path for the mimic and Beethro and identify the required route.
I'd therefore say that 10.5 is a bit of an overrated rating, for the reasons that it isn't that ridiculously hard, and it is not the most interesting room I've ever seen. Perhaps (as a stand-alone hold) 6-7 would be more accurate.
Also, you can find at least one version of this type of room in the
I Ching Contest Hold, so it's not entirely original. Still, it is a good challenge (if deterministic) and an interesting concept nonetheless.
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