Is it just me or are puzzles are significantly easier today?
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DEFINITELY still an issue. Only getting 5 pts for each puzzle and they're all simple tactics, even at 3200
You are rated 3200, not the puzzles.
The puzzles you did today were all 2160 rated and below.
That means you are rated at least 1000 points above the puzzle difficulty. Based on your rating, your target time for solving them is quite short. You didn't hit the target time in most of the puzzles you solved today.
That's why you are only getting 5 points.
That’s not true. If I get a 9s puzzle in 5s, I still get 5 points if the puzzle rating is significantly below my current rating. The points you get are predominantly driven by the difference between your ranking and the ranking of the problem.
Thus with the current (2 week long and counting) glitch in the puzzle algorithm which never increases the puzzle rating beyond c2100 and predominantly serves up low point puzzles, 5 point gains and 30 point losses are the norm. It also defeats the purpose of the puzzles which is to get progressively harder puzzles so one can improve, rather than hundreds of simple puzzles which simply improve your speed (which I posit is the point of puzzle rush, not the puzzles).
I submitted a bug report but haven’t heard anything.