When two or more people with the same time in the ranking influence tenths of a second? You know the answer, Elisabeth?
Posted 14th Oct 2014 at 09:53
Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: EasyCompletion time: 1:45
Hello, Carlotes! I was there first,in the early hours of this morning, but assume you are now ahead as C comes before E:) What is more important is that Penelope is 12 secs faster than either of us, good for you Penelope!
The only ordering is "by time", so it's completely random beyond that. In practice the database will select the player who started the puzzle first, usually - but not always. I could change it to have a more deliberate ordering if you want, but what should that ordering be?
Thank you, Gareth. I think the counter of time it takes each user to solve a puzzle is accurate. In a race of 100 meters, for example, the counter records not only the second time, also the tenths or even hundredths of a second. I have no idea of how computers work, but I think that although the rating included only seconds, the rating could be adjusted to the exact time of each user. I think for the vast majority of users of this wonderful page is a trivial matter, unimportant. Elisabeth, unbeknownst to her, is my reference, my teacher, who taught me to enjoy puzzlemix, resolving without any aid, and I wonder if in this case ... the student has earned the master !!
Posted 14th Oct 2014 at 20:20 Last edited by gareth 15th Oct 2014 at 00:23
Sorry, the translator has done something weird with 8203 ...
[Edited by Gareth to say: I have now fixed the strange characters that appeared.]
Posted 14th Oct 2014 at 22:23
Elisabeth Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: EasyCompletion time: 1:45
Carlotes, thank you for your commendation!! I'm not bothered that you are listed first, I assumed it was alphabetical order; it would be too earnest if the timings were down to a tenth of a second in order to separate those who appear to have the same time. I, too, get great pleasure out of puzzlemix.com so let's just continue to have fun from day-to-day without too much serious cut throat competition:)
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Last edited by gareth 15th Oct 2014 at 00:23
[Edited by Gareth to say: I have now fixed the strange characters that appeared.]
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