NYT Daily Mini
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NYT Daily Mini
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.
- spotter
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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
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
Last edited by spotter on Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- boharr
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- spotter
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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.
- boharr
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Not me. Someone else in the WSJ discussion. He said the son did one in 14 seconds!
- FrankieHeck
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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!
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- BrianMac
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Here's my link: https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/leaderb ... beeeba4b36
I'm usually aiming for under 30
I'm usually aiming for under 30
- FrankieHeck
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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.
- boharr
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I should have learned to type, not hunt and peck. In that sentence alone, I had two typos. Now three,
- joequavis
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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).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.
Anyway, here's my link: https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/leaderb ... 2a1f003506
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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!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).
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and no sooner did I write this than she reclaims the leaderboard (mine, at least) with a vengeance. Gearing up for week 5 perhaps?joequavis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:14 pmI 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!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.
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You guys motivated me!! Used my computer and was feeling the pressure!joequavis wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:05 pmand no sooner did I write this than she reclaims the leaderboard (mine, at least) with a vengeance. Gearing up for week 5 perhaps?joequavis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:14 pmI 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!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.
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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
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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...
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Thank you! I beat my old record of 12 and was pretty stoked about it!
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8s????
I don't think I could beat that if I knew the answers to begin with! Nice BrianMac!
I don't think I could beat that if I knew the answers to begin with! Nice BrianMac!