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NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:22 pm
by spotter
I'm sure others in the forum do this mini (I've seen comments here and there referencing it). I want to have more people on my leaderboard! I don't have many on there currently. I was thinking that this group loves a good leaderboard so why not throw it out there. Maybe others want to grow theirs as well.
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:24 pm
by spotter
My link to add me is
https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/leaderb ... ab1a6c5631
Recent times - 0:42, 0:46, 0:24, 1:26, 0:23, 0:18, 0:58, 0:19
My record is 0:12
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:26 pm
by boharr
I'm almost always just over a minute.
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:30 pm
by spotter
boharr wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:26 pm
I'm almost always just over a minute.
Was it you who posted recently that you and your son do the puzzles together? I think that was what sparked the idea for me in the first place to reach out here.
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:31 pm
by boharr
Not me. Someone else in the WSJ discussion. He said the son did one in 14 seconds!
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:44 pm
by FrankieHeck
My best time is 8 seconds! Will not be replicated, and is not typical at all. I just added you, Spotter, but I had reached my max of 25 and had to remove a few people. Hope they weren't people from here!
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:09 pm
by spotter
Wow 8 is very very impressive! Thanks for making room for me haha!
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:27 pm
by BrianMac
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:29 pm
by FrankieHeck
I seem to be getting worse instead of better. And if I solve on my phone my times are terrible. I seem to make a typo in every word.
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:00 pm
by boharr
I should have learned to type, not hunt and peck. In that sentence alone, I had two typos. Now three,
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:14 pm
by joequavis
FrankieHeck wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:29 pm
I seem to be getting worse instead of better. And if I solve on my phone my times are terrible. I seem to make a typo in every word.
I can attest to Frankie's off week (or two). I normally never beat her, but have a couple times in the past few weeks! Nothing like a leaderboard to turn a fun activity into a competition with your virtual friends! But it's fun. Biggest problem for me (and would be for you too, Spotter) is that a lot of the folks that I follow are in the Eastern time zone, so I can see their times from when they did the puzzle that morning, but they usually don't check back in to see my time (Mountain time zone).
Anyway, here's my link:
https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/leaderb ... 2a1f003506
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:12 am
by spotter
joequavis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:14 pm
Biggest problem for me (and would be for you too, Spotter) is that a lot of the folks that I follow are in the Eastern time zone, so I can see their times from when they did the puzzle that morning, but they usually don't check back in to see my time (Mountain time zone).
I get too eager and usually do them at 7PM PT (10PM ET) the evening before. I also prefer to not see the other times before I solve. Thanks for adding me! My leaderboard has grown from 3 to 6 now! Twice the fun!
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:05 pm
by joequavis
joequavis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:14 pm
FrankieHeck wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:29 pm
I seem to be getting worse instead of better. And if I solve on my phone my times are terrible. I seem to make a typo in every word.
I can attest to Frankie's off week (or two). I normally never beat her, but have a couple times in the past few weeks! Nothing like a leaderboard to turn a fun activity into a competition with your virtual friends!
and no sooner did I write this than she reclaims the leaderboard (mine, at least) with a vengeance. Gearing up for week 5 perhaps?
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:59 pm
by FrankieHeck
joequavis wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:05 pm
joequavis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:14 pm
FrankieHeck wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:29 pm
I seem to be getting worse instead of better. And if I solve on my phone my times are terrible. I seem to make a typo in every word.
I can attest to Frankie's off week (or two). I normally never beat her, but have a couple times in the past few weeks! Nothing like a leaderboard to turn a fun activity into a competition with your virtual friends!
and no sooner did I write this than she reclaims the leaderboard (mine, at least) with a vengeance. Gearing up for week 5 perhaps?
You guys motivated me!! Used my computer and was feeling the pressure!
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:39 pm
by spotter
She's number one on my leaderboard too! I struggled mightily with that one!! Probably my worst ever performance with the pressure of my new friends on there. I'll do better tonight
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:07 pm
by FrankieHeck
spotter wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:39 pm
She's number one on my leaderboard too! I struggled mightily with that one!! Probably my worst ever performance with the pressure of my new friends on there. I'll do better tonight
Man, this pressure is intense! I'm not number one on my board. Peter Wentz is ahead of me. I think I stole his link from Twitter. Might have to boot him so I can move up in the ranks...
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:03 pm
by FrankieHeck
And now Spotter is at the top!
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:25 pm
by joequavis
11s today for Spotter! Nicely done
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:39 pm
by spotter
joequavis wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:25 pm
11s today for Spotter! Nicely done
Thank you! I beat my old record of 12 and was pretty stoked about it!
Re: NYT Daily Mini
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:29 pm
by joequavis
8s????
I don't think I could beat that if I knew the answers to begin with! Nice BrianMac!