How Do These People Get Such a High Rating in Puzzles?

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Look at the puzzle leaderboards. I checked the top four people's stats, and it looks simply unbelievable. A few of them gained like thousands of points in one day. One lost 450 from one puzzle. I don't understand. 5th place and 6th place look quite legit I guess, but still, it's just hard to believe. Can someone please explain?

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you lose alot from one puzzle because your rating is provisional. They gain alot from many puzzles because they do hundreds a day

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Icy_Dragon wrote:

you lose alot from one puzzle because your rating is provisional. They gain alot from many puzzles because they do hundreds a day

I check once and the highest is over 60000. Must have solved A LOT OF PUZZLES

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Sup Snowy

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People use engines to solve puzzles.

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Icy_Dragon wrote:

you lose alot from one puzzle because your rating is provisional. They gain alot from many puzzles because they do hundreds a day

I suppose they just somehow had a lot of time.

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Sasuke263 wrote:

Sup Snowy

Hiya

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LoukasLusha wrote:

People use engines to solve puzzles.

That is what I am guessing they do.

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LoukasLusha wrote:

People use engines to solve puzzles.

Using an engine to solve the puzzles is the dumbest thing you can possibly do.  I know people use engines to help them win games and tournaments, but what is the reward for solving puzzles?  It serves no purpose to cheat.

 

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When people get to 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th place, they aren't any new puzzles, so it's just a case of memorisation. 

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Hey Look at the puzzle you posted in May 14 2024 . Why does Qd1 does not work ah? Because after Qd1 Rxd1 then Rxd1#

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LPHMCH wrote:

Hey Look at the puzzle you posted in May 14 2024 . Why does Qd1 does not work ah? Because after Qd1 Rxd1 then Rxd1#

What are you talking about? Who posted which puzzle where?

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At the top level in puzzles there is usually like at most 30 unique puzzles so people just memorize each of the solutions for each puzzle so they gain rating

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GabeMiami10 wrote:

also I talked to one of the top puzzles. nice guy. he said that at the higher levels the puzzles just repeat each other and it's memorization the only thing you need then is spare time

You must be kidding, I would never thought so! LoL

I'm dabbling around 3500 btw, I wonder when it gets to that Warp Speed? lol

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Why, if the puzzles repeat then theres not really a point anymore though.

At least once you can solve them all instantly.

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MariasWhiteKnight wrote:

Why, if the puzzles repeat then theres not really a point anymore though.

At least once you can solve them all instantly.

I wonder when it gets to repeat, 4000? 5000?

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Some players spend a significant amount of time solving puzzles, focusing solely on improving their tactical skills. They may solve hundreds of puzzles daily, leading to rapid rating increases.