Nov 2021
10:07pm, 10 Nov 2021
27,001 posts
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JulesR
The other day I got quite smug when crossing the 2500 puzzle rating mark. Then whilst checking out the puzzle leaderboard of another of my clubs, I came across this guy: chess.com His puzzle rating is 47,000 - down from a high of 50,000. His puzzle survival best is 189, his 5 minute best is 51 - that’s one correct every 3.5 seconds or so. I’m pretty sure he’s legit - one wrong puzzle the other day cost him -450 rating points, correct ones gain him +5. |
Nov 2021
10:59pm, 10 Nov 2021
22,102 posts
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Meglet
Blimey! Just pushed my puzzle rating over 1500 but now of course the puzzles have got harder and it’s dropped again. My max on survival is 22 but most days I get about 18 |
Nov 2021
11:09pm, 10 Nov 2021
1,825 posts
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rhb
I was close to 1400 for ages but not quite there. Then I got the 1400 and immediately failed all the next puzzles, ending up below 1300. Not sure why so bad. Back to low to mid 1300's now.
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Nov 2021
11:22pm, 10 Nov 2021
22,103 posts
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Meglet
That happens to me. Got from 1400 to 1500 fairly smoothly but usually once I’m over the next hurdle I fall right back. I think it’s because they make the puzzles harder. When you lose a few they get easier again.
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Nov 2021
11:22pm, 10 Nov 2021
22,104 posts
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Meglet
Highest 1544. Currently back at 1356.
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Nov 2021
11:41pm, 10 Nov 2021
1,826 posts
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rhb
When you lose a few they get easier again. And there was I thinking it meant I was getting cleverererer again 🤣 |
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Nov 2021
11:42pm, 10 Nov 2021
1,827 posts
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rhb
I might lose a lot more to have an easy week or two after.
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Nov 2021
11:56pm, 10 Nov 2021
22,105 posts
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Meglet
If you click on the circular symbol at the top right of the app you can see the difficulty of the ones you’ve done. And repeat them if you so fancy.
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Nov 2021
12:03am, 11 Nov 2021
27,002 posts
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JulesR
I never knew about that top right click - thanks Meg. I’ve found it’s quite easy to lose a lot of puzzle ranking in a short time by ploughing on after a few wrong answers. Suddenly that’s 50+ points gone in a few minutes, wiping out days of careful rating gains. |
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Nov 2021
1:10am, 11 Nov 2021
1,828 posts
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rhb
If you click on the circular symbol at the top right of the app you can see the difficulty of the ones you’ve done. And repeat them if you so fancy. This is useful, hadn't seen that previously. Ta. |
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