Puzzle Rating madness
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21 days ago
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I usually sit around 2900 for puzzles, but this last week I’ve seen -16 to -20 for a wrong answer, one of which was an 8 move puzzle which seems excessive as the next puzzle was 7 moves with a +5 for correct. I’ve never see such a huge swing before, certainly not more than -15.
21 days ago
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#3
kimerydo wrote:
I usually sit around 2900 for puzzles, but this last week I’ve seen -16 to -20 for a wrong answer, one of which was an 8 move puzzle which seems excessive as the next puzzle was 7 moves with a +5 for correct. I’ve never see such a huge swing before, certainly not more than -15.
Yep I had sat around 2900 as well, and now I'm struggling to keep above 2600 - I was 2800 last night and did some puzzles and they were all -27 at the craziest. Something is up. Extra Hard = +5 in a lot of cases too, which is bonkers.
20 days ago
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#4
I agree with both of you. I'm down around 2400, but getting 3 right is worth +15 for the day, and 2 wrong is -35. Not sure how gaps are so wide. Also, puzzles should be in ratings ranges around where you are instead of wild swings in skills.
1 day ago
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I just got a -33 for a puzzle for a wrong answer. Only once ever have I seen anything more than +15 for a correct one, at +22. I see anywhere from +5 to + 12 on average for correct, but -11 to -20 now on a wrong answer. I could solve 8 in a row and not recover the -33. That’s just ridiculous.
1 day ago
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#6
Yep!!! It's kind of crazy. I was able to get my rating to 1938 but I got a few wrong and dropped back to like 1500 😂. (But seriously I'm around 2860 now).
I think the fact that the "target times" are like 9 seconds for some tough ones (despite the ratings) mean you don't get all the points. Like guys, it takes me 9 seconds to figure out what color I am. Lol
I'm working on bringing my puzzle rating back up to 2900 - I went full tilt like a couple months ago and took a break. Now when I get one right it seems to be only +5 but a higher rated puzzle if I get wrong I'll lose like -15 or something.
It would seem to me unbalanced in the distribution.
Maybe I'm just crazy. I also found some puzzles that were marked wrong but it was the right answer (including under the analysis button) but that was SUPER rare.