Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 3 – results

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on Categories Other Crosswords
Jason wins both contests in another week of mixed fortunes. Two battle-hardened veterans take second and third in the mini-championship after avoiding the various errors – especially on the tricky SATORI and THEMED in 23668.  fgbp and Richard Grafen split them (and talbinho ties with Tony) in the RTC list after clocking some good individual times.

On to another week, though if others found Saturday’s as tough as I did, the gaps may be big again.

Mini-championship

Position Name Time for 6 puzzles Number of Errors
1 Jason J 1:04:46 0
2 Peter Biddlecombe 1:17:57 0
3 tony_sever 1:28:33 0
4 Richard Grafen 1:10:17 1
5 the_od 1:37:28 1
6 linxit 1:41:51 1
7 talbinho 1:20:18 2
8 dhogg 1:40:07 2
9 Sabine 1:53:00 3
10 foggyweb 4:38:52 3

RTC table

Position Name Points (maximum:66)
1 Jason J 53
2= Peter Biddlecombe 49
2= Richard Grafen 49
4 fgbp 41
5= tony_sever 40
5= talbinho 40
7 dhogg 34
8 Sabine 29
9 the_od 27
10 linxit 24
11 foggyweb 8

Fastest for each puzzle:
Saturday/Monday fgbp 9:44. 6:09, Tuesday/Wednesday Jason J 10:17 9:20, Thursday Richard Grafen 10:50, Friday dhogg 6:23

Star, Spoon – not awarded as no-one seemed to do really well or badly.

Raw scores:
Peter Biddlecombe, 00:10:30, 00:06:27, 00:11:23, 00:09:58, 00:32:00, 00:07:39, 0
fgbp, 00:09:44, 00:06:09, 00:15:30, X, 00:15:05, 00:12:52
the_od, 00:14:02, 00:14:31, 00:18:23, 00:18:20, 00:17:49, 00:14:23, 1, 23669/25A
talbinho, 00:12:46, 00:08:16, 00:19:14, 00:11:50, 00:17:18, 00:10:54, 2, 23668/5A 27A
Jason J, 00:09:50, 00:10:14, 00:10:17, 00:90:20, 00:16:10, 00:08:55
foggyweb, 00:42:12, 00:58:12, 00:36:50, 00:51:25, 00:41:30, 00:48:43, 3, 23666/5D 23668/5A 7D
dhogg, 00:20:07, 00:21:21,00:15:21,00:13:15,00:23:40, 00:06:23, 2, 23668/27A 23669/12A
linxit, 00:16:34, 00:10:57, 00:20:10, 00:19:53, 00:22:16, 00:12:01, 1, 23668/27ac
Sabine, 00:20:07, 00:08:49, 00:44:18, 00:16:05, 00:12:44, 00:10:57, 3, 23667/1D, 23668/5A 27A
tony_sever, 00:11:23, 00:06:11, 00:27:41, 00:21:37, 00:11:50, 00:09:51, 0, 01:28:33
Richard Grafen, 00:10:09, 00:08:42, 00:19:04, 00:12:31, 00:10:50, 00:09:01, 1, 22668/27A

2 comments on “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 3 – results”

  1. Phew! I’m glad I wasn’t the only person who found this Saturday’s puzzle tough.
  2. Me too, am still pondering over 4 dn – as clear as mud and had a massive headache for the rest of the day. Roll on next Saturday for the solution!

    Carole H (Fermo)

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