Hello guys,

I am in dire need of assistance.

My roller coaster design pages have been all scattered by my intern, and I need to submit the design to my boss shortly. The thing is, I'm outside of the office at this Bolliger & Mabillard convention, so I need you to take care of it for me.
Your efforts will be rewarded, don't worry.

First, you need to figure out in which order those track sections belong.
Lucky for you, my design rules were pretty simple, so you should be able to follow these steps:

  • First, take the track section with the biggest single drop.
  • Then, take the track section with the largest overall speed gain.
  • Now, take the track section with the tallest single ascenscion.
  • Afterwards, take the track section that has the longest flat section.
  • Repeat the above steps.

Once all the pieces will be in the proper order, I need you to input in the system the whole coaster, piece by piece. There are 5 pieces per section, each one measuring 6 feet of ground space.
The downhill pieces will be marked with an "i", while the flat or uphill pieces require a "o".

You might need to do some conversions before you can send the design to my boss.
I'm counting on you!


Here is what I will offer you for your time and effort:

You have until the end of the month. Thanks in advance, and good luck!


Definitions

Biggest single drop: One downward slope section that goes down the most
Largest overall speed gain: Section where beginning height minus end height is the largest
Tallest single ascension: One upward slope section that goes up the most
Longest flat section: Longest single piece without height change


Hints

Hint 1 - i and o can also be written 1 and 0
Hint 2 - You should get 8 x 5 subsections, each encoded as 1 or 0
Hint 3 - Put the whole sequence of 1s and 0s together as one big 40-character sequence before you convert back to text


I have made sure that everything is possible.
Expect a jigidi-separated coaster :)
Times it took me to solve each jigidi: 4 mins, 5 mins, 11 mins, 24 mins.

6 years ago*

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Reserved for eventual hints
Though you guys won't need any :)

6 years ago
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Bump but not solved yet

6 years ago
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Bump for solved!
I really liked the puzzle and the stuff afterwards :D!
That was my favorite puzzle so far!

6 years ago
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Bump for solved.
Never tried rollercoaster myself, but atleast I can fix its design for you and your boss! :D
Nice pictures in jigidis :)

6 years ago
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Thank you!

6 years ago
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Bump for solved.

6 years ago
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Still 10 hours before Gurgamoth ends!
The other giveaways end on March 31st at 11:59 PM EST.

6 years ago
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bump

6 years ago
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Bump! :O

6 years ago
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Bump for solved! :)

6 years ago
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I made a mistake somewhere, but no worries. I like this puzzle. Kudos for originality!

6 years ago
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bump!

6 years ago
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Bump

6 years ago
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Shameless self-bump!


I'm pretty excited, my job hunting is finally paying off, I'm starting to receive offers from really nice companies and I'm really happy about it :3.

6 years ago
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Does my luck look like good rollercoaster?

View attached image.
6 years ago
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It looks awesome!

View attached image.
6 years ago
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Bumpete

6 years ago
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Roller Coaster 1 is a really good value!

6 years ago
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I'm not paying that much for Umbrella at Information Kiosk 3!

6 years ago
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Thank you for the roller coaster ride!

6 years ago
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1 day left!

Hints added!

It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes if you follow the steps carefully.

6 years ago
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The hints stated the obvious for me.
I apparently can't get the right order or got some other mistake in there.
But have a bump anyway.
Maybe these hints help someone else. :D

6 years ago
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Bump for solved :)

6 years ago
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Another solved-bump

6 years ago
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That was different and fun -- thanks!

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