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Week 3 Thermite Tape

event ended on july 12, 2025 at 14:00 UTC

THERMITE TAPE

by hallojasper

METRICS
Cost > Instructions (Finite Rate Restriction)
Cycles > Cost > Instructions

REAGENTS
Elemental Iron x2
Reactive Iron
Elemental Quintessence

PRODUCT
Thermite Tape

NOTES

  • Finite rate restriction means your solve must loop and continue to output at a constant rate to qualify for the cost metric.
  • This implies that you may not build the polymer backwards, as that results in an infinite rate.
  • Finite rate restriction does not apply to the cycles metric.

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    CREW

    Jakobsen Lady Wizard Barnum Sultan Count
    plan gunman pyrotechnics transport boatman client
    9% 15% 5% 12% 10% + request

    PREP WORK

    • "silent explosives" - are you sure this is possible?? Sultan
    • engine client supplied one
    • security intel - contact Vin
    • masks, aprons, caps
    • toolbox
    • large wrench
    • mascot costumes
    • vapour of levity not gonna work
    • bees
    • barge and tarp
    • sewer map

    BUYER

    Count requests a box with a specific symbol 🝎 on it. willing to pay top guilder(?!) for the thing on the condition that we never open it should we go through? this feels suspicious - M.J.

    everything else is ours.

    map by Octris Maps


    ROUTE

    • entry: 16:00 main gate
    • exit: 19:00 main gate
      MUST FINISH 1HR BEFORE THE CURFEW
    • Sultan escapes in barge, should stay in the contact point overnight

    download: Weeklies2025_ThermiteTape.puzzle (where do i put this?)

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