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Around the Bend
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[edit] History
Around the Bend was submitted to the database on July 8th, 2008 by pacifist, making it the newest level of the current 20 level set. Other than U-Turn, it is the only official level to be added after the game's release.
[edit] Level statistics
Build areas 
| 1 |
|---|---|
Goal areas 
| 1 |
Static rectangles 
| 10 |
Static circles 
| 0 |
Dynamic rectangles 
| 0 |
Dynamic circles 
| 7 |
Goal rectangles 
| 0 |
Goal circles 
| 1 |
| Total | 20 |
[edit] Designs & badges
The following badges are the state of the art (Items/Ticks Author):
| Around the Bend |  Solved
|  Green
|  Brown
|  Water
|   Rodless
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solved
| → → | → → | → 1/1782 Mecanopsis 
| ↓ | ← Rickym. |
 Clean
| → 34/413 chris4a4  9/228 8-BiT! 
| → | → | 0/1484 (Many Users)! | ← |
 Champion
| → → | → → | → 2/2184 Mecanopsis
| ↓ | ← |
|
| → | → | → | 0/3417 talaena | ← |
 Boom
| ? | ? | 9/121 DMarden117 | 17/117 DMarden117 | ? |
|
| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Infinite
| 18/134 colly89 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
An arrow means that an entry in the direction pointed to also fulfils this entry. Ordered by number of items then by number of ticks. A "?" means a solution has not yet been found. An "X" means a solution is not possible. "" is an Infinite Boomerang which oscillates Champion / Boomerang for 20 cycles or more, if less than 20 then prefixed by "x2" etc. Lightning 
are not relevant to this level. Sweep , Pilot 
, Unconnected 
and Handsoff are additionally listed within a cell. Selected extra information is included by hovering over any trailing "!".
[edit] Other challenges
- Fastest solution: 28 ticks, 90/28 gushen
- Slowest solution that does eventually achieve victory: 13,047,659 ticks (just over 5 days) 21/13047659 mtdewd
- Fewest pieces: 0 pieces, 0/3417 talaena!
- Solve the remaining "?" entries or prove them impossible.
- Improve on the solutions already listed above, either in number of pieces or in number of ticks for the same number of pieces.
- Produce sweep and/or hands-off and/or pilot and/or unconnected solutions where there is no entry in the table above.
[edit] Fantastic contraptions
The following designs are "interesting":
- 118/1568 Hurkyl!
: Over the top
- 1/321 Kai Laddiman
: There is nothing intrinsically special about this design, however it is an elegant and genuine champion water rod design when compared to the "0 piece" 'water' designs.
[edit] Ex-SOTA
The following designs were, once upon a time, state of the art. They have since been improved.
[edit] Related links
- Level information
- List of designs for this level
- Higher, the previous free level.
- Up The Hump, the next free level.
