Fast and Simple

[flagitious]

Minimize score = number of pieces + seconds to reach goal (ticks/30).

Please do not post solutions to contest levels until after it has ended.

1. Rolling Away - 1092542 = 1.87 (0, 56) flagitious
2. Reach Up - 2058569 = 3.03 (2, 31) flagitious
3. Mind The Gap - 2059076 = 3.67 (2, 50) flagitious
4. Junkyard - 2060255 = 5.97 (4, 59) flagitious
5. The Wall - 5828652 = 4.73 (3, 52) flagitious, Skips
6. On a Roll - 2282433 = 3.60 (2, 48) SuperSheep
7. Full-up - 5834000 = 5.60 (2, 108) flagitious, FCFTW!!
8. Higher - 2137463 = 2.70 (2, 21) SuperSheep, mnielson
9. Around the Bend - 5830375 = 4.63 (3, 49) flagitious, BapfelOrange
10. Up The Hump - 5834680 = 8.00 (4, 120) flagitious, FCFTW!!
11. Mission to Mars - 2283729 = 3.13 (2, 34) flagitious, SuperSheep
12. Up The Stairs - 5828445 = 5.03 (3, 61) SuperSheep, Skips
13. Big Ball - 5833889 = 4.60 (3, 48) flagitious, FCFTW!!
14. Four Balls - 1301728 = 9.23 (3, 187) flagitious
15. Down Under - 2180199 = 6.17 (4, 65) SuperSheep
16. Awash - 119514 = 7.47 (3, 134) Maestro
17. Handling - 1172001 = 4.70 (2, 81) flagitious
18. Tube - 1267016 = 5.13 (3, 64) flagitious
19. Back and Forth - 1368516 = 14.40 (6, 252) unknown, flagitious
20. Unpossible - 192073 = 10.30 (6, 129) Kalma
21. U-Turn - 2068008 = 6.67 (4, 80) flagitious, gushen
22. Pit & Pendulum - 6679701 = 9.00 (2, 210) osiris2, flagitious
23. Chimichangas - 6390783 = 17.97 (2, 479) skitters
24. Ack and Forth - to solve
25. Tote 'em Pole - 6687008 = 8.60 (5, 108) flagitious
26. Canyon - to solve
27. Default - 6650813 = 4.10 (3, 33) minisimp
28. Brick Layer - to solve
29. Stuck - to solve
30. Crown Jewels - to solve
31. Projected - 6688244 = 11.43 (6, 163) flagitious
32. Be a Champ - to solve
33. Sunset - 6379235 = 6.90 (3, 117) chris4a4
34. Displacement - to solve
35. Gate Keeper - to solve
36. Fix Big Ben - 6692950 = 6.07 (3, 92) flagitious
37. Close the Door - 929712 = 8.60 (4, 138) Entity
38. Skyscraper - 6693813 = 10.43 (5, 163) Stygg, flagitious
39. On the Edge - to solve
40. Sisyphea - 6694710 = 11.83 (6, 175) flagitious
41. Under Over - 6441291 = 5.17 (3, 65) Magnum1000, skitters
42. More Balls - to solve

Other interesting designs

3. Mind The Gap - 1370735 = 3.97 (3, 29) SuperSheep
3. Mind The Gap - 2061453 = 3.90 (3, 27) flagitious
4. Junkyard - 1093186 = 6.10 (4, 63) flagitious
6. On a Roll - 2281775 = 3.90 (3, 27) SuperSheep
7. Full-up - 1369974 = 5.73 (3, 82) gushen, flagitious
7. Full-up - 1105370 = 6.30 (4, 69) flagitious
10. Up The Hump - 2067103 = 8.03 (4, 121) gushen
11. Mission to Mars - 4904 = 3.53 (1, 76) stutesman
11. Mission to Mars - 1230439 = 3.53 (3, 16) flagitious
11. Mission to Mars - 1115333 = 3.40 (2, 42) flagitious
12. Up The Stairs - 1231360 = 5.13 (3, 64) flagitious
13. Big Ball - 1114456 = 5.00 (3, 60) flagitious
15. Down Under - 1114648 = 6.70 (4, 81) flagitious
19. Back and Forth - 1130884 = 16.37 (11, 161) flagitious
19. Back and Forth - 1366747 = 15.37 (7, 251) SuperSheep
20. Unpossible - 1676683 = 10.50 (5, 165) Empirical
38. Skyscraper - 6586081 = 11.07 (8, 92) Magnum1000, skitters
38. Skyscraper - 6689540 = 11.20 (7, 126) flagitious
40. Sisyphea - 6694396 = 12.97 (9, 119) flagitious


Related topics:
Simplest Challenge
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speed run

Note, if you beat someone by using nearly the same design, their name will remain but yours will be added too (so if there are multiple names listed it means first name came up with the idea and last perfected it).

[flagitious]

updated faster back and forth method: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1130884

[flagitious]

got uturn (was http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1090160) from 8 pieces down to 4, same number as simplest challenge but much faster

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1154004

[bradjudy]

Here's my 2 piece On a Roll that takes about 3 seconds - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1149909

Edit: Hmmm...I haven't timed them, but tonyk@inbox.ru's two piece looks like it might be a touch faster. http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1162208

[Sumaleth]

You shouldn't post someone's email address on the forum. Worth editing your post before any spambots get hold of it.

[bradjudy]

You shouldn't post someone's email address on the forum. Worth editing your post before any spambots get hold of it.

That is the person's username here. If the spambots want it, it's everywhere he/she posts.

[mrman226]

it uses more pices than it should, but it is fast. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1168848

[graham_]

On A Roll = I get it as 7.5 (2,5.5)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1169306

Simple and quick!

[flagitious]

handling improved, uses 2 pieces but still fast
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1172001

looks like tonyk's on a roll solution was best, although others were interesting too

[bradjudy]

For Full-Up, I nominate this one by Nitrous 383 http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=921018

Three pieces and relatively quick.

[flagitious]

Pretty simple catapult for tube, http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1155236

its 6 pieces, i tried a 3 piecer but couldnt quite get it, closest gets the ball about half way in the goal:
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1195463

[ghorsche]

I think this may just barely take it for Four Balls:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1198158

We're talking about 10ths of a second in any case.

edit: Oh, not even close, because flagitious's time is actually ~9.7 seconds rather than 13.5

[Argax]

Pretty simple catapult for tube, http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1155236

its 6 pieces, i tried a 3 piecer but couldnt quite get it, closest gets the ball about half way in the goal:
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1195463

Wow, this is art ! I love the leverage arrangement in there. You are using the shaft to swing, and I like how you get the circle to jam against by pinning it off center.)

Your design for "U-Term" is also great ... how long did it take you to fine-tune that one making the ball stay put on the swing ? :-)

[flagitious]

ghorsche, I get about 13 seconds for your design and 13.5 for mine. You must have a faster computer than me or something. A built in timer would really help this challenge, but in the meantime as long as comparisons in speed are done by same computer it shouldn't be huge issue.

Argax, thanks. The precision U-Turn probably took about an 30-60 minutes. It isn't too hard to get it in the goal with that method, using a binary like search to find the right placement, but it took alot more effort to get it in the goal before slowing down from hitting the ground. First I had been trying with a longer arm, but once switched to shorter one it was much easier.

[SulfaTueuR]

The wall remix more fast

[SulfaTueuR]

Ups, this is the link :

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9079

[flagitious]

That is a link to the design already posted

[flagitious]

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1227170

this type of catapult seems better for the wall, but usually its about the same as a clockwise one

[flagitious]

4 piece instead of 2 from the simplest challenge page, but much faster
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1114648

[SuperSheep]

Even Faster for Down Under...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1261225