Sometimes the record holder for an Opus Magnum category is the limit of an infinite family of solutions. This post looks at what that means, and how to reason about them. The post Approaching a Limit (Mathematically) appeared first on a blog by biggiemac42 .
RI optimization leads into the sailcloth valley, and maybe out the other side. We examine this strange world with Critellium and Tax Fraud. The post Combining Rate and Instructions to Create Beautiful Madness appeared first on a blog by biggiemac42 .
10 days ago, I learned about Beltmatic. It came out about a year ago, and describes itself as a casual factory game about mathematics. As a reputed addict of both factory games and mathematics, I got hooked! At least, for as long as it took to get all achievements. This blog post will describe some [ ] The post Building Number Factories in Beltmatic appeared first on a blog by biggiemac42 .
We did it. The Opus Magnum community has built a solution at minimum cycles to every campaign puzzle. The final cycle, Alcohol Separation 16, fell at the hands of rebix, with significant help from Grimmy, Jammuu, Villfuk, and support from many others on discord. Here s the gif! Backstory Opus Magnum has been out since October [ ] The post Conquering the Final Cycle appeared first on a blog by…
There I was, working on the computation puzzle for the 2025 tournament, when I see this show up. Few things would get Grimmy pinging me out of the blue, and nearly all of them are worth my immediate attention. It was one of those things. The Opus Magnum community had broken another cycle record. This [ ] The post Surrendering Optimally appeared first on a blog by biggiemac42 .
The 7th annual Opus Magnum tournament is going strong. As always, the tournament format has a single puzzle each week, designed in secret by the host and a team of playtesters. The puzzle goes public on the website each Friday, and is due just over a week later. At the deadline, players see how their [ ] The post Introducing MechA, the Opus Magnum Metric of Your Nightmares appeared first on a blog…
I have a thoughtful weekend to myself, in the middle of a crazy bit of life. My blog is now 3 years old. I ve changed so much in those 3 years, and the amount I feel inspired to write waxes and wanes along with the changes. Today, I want to write. As for what to [ ] The post Finding 94123 Solutions to a Math Problem appeared first on a blog by biggiemac42 .
This post will be about a few things. The NES Tetris world is buzzing with Dog s latest world record, and I ve seen some misinformation online about it already. I would like to make clear what was achieved so that it can be celebrated accordingly. I also want to recap the Jonas Neubauer cup, or at [ ] The post Celebrating New Achievements in NES Tetris appeared first on a blog by biggiemac42 .
It s been 4 days since Artem uploaded the Universal Solvent 38 cycle solution. Surely that was the exciting cycle record of the year, right? The first main campaign cycle record in 4 years. Well.. Villfuk got 23 cycles on Litharge Separation. This is, once again, a big deal. I will tell another story! Lead Separation [ ] The post Separating Litharge at Top Speed appeared first on a blog by…
It s an exciting day. The 21st of September is already celebrated by fans of Earth, Wind and Fire, including the inaugural Opus Magnum tournament s host RP0 who included a themed puzzle called Do you Remember . But now it will also live as an anniversary within the Opus Magnum community. Because today, September 21, 2024, approaching [ ] The post Reaching Long-Awaited Perfection on Opus Magnum s…