Kominers's Conundrums: Can You Escape This Column?


Note: we tabulate solvers by hand. Tabulation for this puzzle is still in progress; we will be filling in more names over the course of the week.

Puzzle Page: via Bloomberg and Twitter

Solution: via Bloomberg

First Solvers (in solving order):

  1. Zoz
  2. Lazar Ilic
  3. Zach Wissner-Gross
  4. Michael Thaler
  5. Michaela Wilson
  6. Sanandan Swaminathan
  7. Dylan Zabell
  8. Paul Baranay
  9. Ashna & Zarin Pathan
  10. Steven Zwanger
  11. Spaceman Spiff
  12. Christine
  13. Andrew Garber
  14. Noam D. Elkies
  15. Andrea Spalding
  16. CJ Quines
  17. Will Finigan
  18. Ross Berger
  19. Matthew Stein
  20. Bennett Amodio
  21. Sherlocked
  22. Maya Kaczorowski
  23. Nikki Miller
  24. Caz Buckland
  25. Brittany Baumli

Other Solvers (sorted by first name):

  • @samchester
  • Aidan Pesta
  • Alex Rovalino
  • Allie Cline
  • Amy Fraser 
  • Anna Fitzpatrick
  • Anna Marie
  • Ben Gorman
  • Bena Clemens
  • Cat Miller
  • Cathie Blanchard
  • Chris Garlington
  • Connor McDermott
  • Content Cop
  • Coral Kennedy
  • Daniel Rodriguez 
  • Daniel Solis
  • Davis L.
  • Dhanushka Jayagoda
  • Diana Mancuso
  • Dustin Reitzel
  • Ebehi Iyoha
  • Elin G.
  • Harri Cruickshank
  • Heather Reid
  • Jaidyn Wu
  • Jailyn
  • Jeff Croft
  • Jon T.
  • Kate Meadows
  • Kate
  • Katelyn Pate
  • Kyle Thurmond
  • Lewis Thompson
  • Lillian Straub
  • Maddie C.
  • Marc Sarmiento
  • Matthew Sarmiento
  • Nicole Dee
  • Nima Akbarpour
  • Paul Kominers
  • Pearly Q.
  • Phil Colvin
  • Prox
  • Rachel Vanderpump
  • Regina Reim
  • Ria W.
  • Ryan Chisholm
  • Sarah Toussaint
  • Sarah M. Pennington
  • Serena Antonetti
  • Silvia De Sousa
  • Sonia Balagopalan
  • Stefan Thomas
  • Steven M. Weisberg
  • Tamarra Holmes
  • Tatjana Vejnovic
  • Thomas Chu
  • TJ Smith