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Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:34 am
by glewra
I've been thinking about the relative difficulty of the various SW puzzles. I ranked them based on the time it takes me to solve them now the puzzles have loosened up and i'm reasonably well practiced.

Ranked Easiest to Hardest; Nkryptor - KuKu - ISIS - ISIS 1B - Ramisis

What do other people think?

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:54 am
by evilkeen
I'd put the NKryptor and the Kuku the other way round I think.

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:55 am
by dinoklein
I wouldn't, still haven't opened mine!

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:40 pm
by bluesign2k
Kuku - ISIS - ISIS 1A/B - Ramisi5 - NKryptor - ISIS 1C

Nkryptor goes high up because I still haven't managed to open it using what I believe is the proper method.
1C is at the top because the inside hasn't seen the light of day since I had it "upgraded" :twisted:

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:13 pm
by dinoklein
Now I'm convinced I have a difficult kuku, if everybody else considers it to be very easy...or maybe I just don't get it... :oops:

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:44 pm
by evilkeen
dinoklein wrote:Now I'm convinced I have a difficult kuku, if everybody else considers it to be very easy...or maybe I just don't get it...

Well I think I'd put the Kuku higher if it were based on first-time opening, but glewra did say once they're loosened up!

bluesign2k wrote:Kuku - ISIS - ISIS 1A/B - Ramisi5 - NKryptor - ISIS 1C

Well I didn't think the proper NKryptor method was that hard. The main problem if I haven't done it lately is certain things going to certain places they shouldn't and necessitating the screwdriver approach.

Ramisi5 is certainly high on my list, as that still remains closed at the moment (although I'm thinking I may still have a dodgy one). The 1C has to be at the top though.

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:25 pm
by glewra
evilkeen wrote:The 1C has to be at the top though.


I thought the 1Cs were designed to be pretty much impossible to open!?

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:46 pm
by evilkeen
Exactly, that's why it's at the top of the list, i.e. hardest!

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:31 am
by steve
I think that the resetting procedures ought to be taken into account as well, so my list reads:

Opening, NKryptor - Kuku - Isis - 1B - 1A - Ramisis - 1C

Resetting, Kuku - NKryptor - Isis - 1B - Ramisis - 1C - 1A

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:00 am
by LouIsis
Based on my own initial opening times I would have to sort them this way:
Isis - Golden Pyramid - Kuku(hard) - NKryptor - Ramisis(disassemble) - 1C

If they all would have funtioned flawless from the start, it would probably have been:
Kuku - Pyramid - Isis - NKryptor - Ramisis - 1C

And for repeated opening 'as intended' once you know the trick:
Pyramid - NKryptor - Isis - Kuku - 1C - Ramisis

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:03 am
by Kheldar
LouIsis wrote:Based on my own initial opening times I would have to sort them this way:
Isis - Golden Pyramid - Kuku(hard) - NKryptor - Ramisis(disassemble) - 1C

If they all would have funtioned flawless from the start, it would probably have been:
Kuku - Pyramid - Isis - NKryptor - Ramisis - 1C

And for repeated opening 'as intended' once you know the trick:
Pyramid - NKryptor - Isis - Kuku - 1C - Ramisis


What is this "Pyramid" puzzle of which you speak? Or do you refer to a an Isis Pyramid riddle?

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:48 pm
by evilkeen
LouIsis wrote:If they all would have funtioned flawless from the start, it would probably have been:
Kuku - Pyramid - Isis - NKryptor - Ramisis - 1C

And for repeated opening 'as intended' once you know the trick:
Pyramid - NKryptor - Isis - Kuku - 1C - Ramisis

So why the 1C and the Ramisis the other way round for repeated opening? Have you opened the 1C??

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:40 pm
by LouIsis
Kheldar wrote:What is this "Pyramid" puzzle of which you speak? Or do you refer to a an Isis Pyramid riddle?
Yes, golden pyramid (with riddle) took 1 month and 2 days to open first time.
evilkeen wrote:So why the 1C and the Ramisis the other way round for repeated opening? Have you opened the 1C??
Yes, 1C took 8 months and 8 days to open first time.

Re: Puzzle Difficulty

PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:53 pm
by sidt4
We managed to open the kuku in a very short time, I have hard that there is a more differcult one out there, still looking for one, then I'll have a go at that .
My list, Kuku, Isis 1 and thats all I have at the moment.
Sid