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Fast Times: The Man, The Robot, The Legend
"Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question." — Unattributed
LiveLoveLaugh
November 8, 2009, 12:52 pm
Ban are they referring to you?
bansaisequoia
April 16, 2010, 6:56 pm
Me and everyone else on this site. We all sometimes solve one before we've really had a chance to read it and fully comprehend it.
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"That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good." — Samuel Johnson
acrosticman
September 3, 2010, 1:36 am
11 seconds is over a hundred words per minute typing never mind solving, who are you kidding?
patsy86
October 15, 2011, 7:03 pm
No kidding, he's just that good. Also, you can't count wpm since letters autofill.
puffybob
October 16, 2011, 8:23 pm
He's a prodigy, not a cheater.
BuschMan
February 5, 2012, 4:40 pm
Don't hate the player, hate yourself.
montyb
April 6, 2013, 12:20 am
Yes, acrosticman, he is that good!
fishbum
May 14, 2013, 6:45 pm
I wonder if Bansai uses auto-fill. If he does he would have to think about which keystrokes to skip.
Barnabas
December 6, 2015, 5:19 am
acrosticman - he (Bansai) folds laundry with his other hand while he plays here!
abra
February 2, 2017, 12:34 pm
bansai is a legend, but there a lot of other good solvers, nanrich is incredibly fast and a 100%er. I'm in awe of a lot of people.
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"There are some remedies worse than the disease." — Publilius Syrus
utahnancy February 25, 2012, 2:38 pm
How can these be solved in 6 seconds?
Allen
September 28, 2013, 7:35 am
Don't know: Bansai solved it in 5.
sulliemae
February 19, 2015, 3:59 am
How does he type it so fast?
abra
March 10, 2016, 2:55 pm
Super power.
marnita
September 11, 2016, 7:10 am
If I can do it in 11 seconds, it does not surprise me that Bansai can do it in 5.
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"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." — Thomas Jefferson
abra
August 17, 2013, 1:34 am
Within 7 seconds of bansai! That's a red letter day for me.
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"What a man thinks of himself - that is what determines, or rather indicates, his fate." — Henry David Thoreau
abra
June 8, 2014, 11:04 am
Wow! Less than twice bonsai's score. Happy Dance.
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"Mathematics is the supreme judge; from its decisions there is no appeal." — Tobias Dantzig
joma1944
September 16, 2015, 7:33 am
The closest I can get to bansaisequoia's record is 31 seconds to his 10 seconds. I'll never get closer
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"The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders." — Anne Besant
badbob
July 23, 2018, 8:24 pm
WOO-HOO!!!!!!! first one here until bansai shows up
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"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. " — Oscar Wilde
oddcouple
December 6, 2019, 8:36 am
Well, bansai only beat me by 1406 seconds on this one.
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"A friend is what the heart needs all the time." — Henry Van Dyke
emoney
December 23, 2013, 5:18 pm
yep, robot.
SippyGurl
September 5, 2018, 1:25 am
your friend is a robot?
LLapp
July 9, 2019, 4:08 pm
emoney probably meant that the 8-sec. record (which by the way has stood 6 years!!) was conclusive proof that Mr. Sequoia is a robot, which of course we all know he is not.
Disturbed1
July 10, 2019, 2:29 pm
That's what he, I mean it, wants you to think LLapp. Clearly, bansai is a cyborg.
abra
October 14, 2019, 5:39 pm
RIP Bansai.
"Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question." — Unattributed
LiveLoveLaugh
November 8, 2009, 12:52 pm
Ban are they referring to you?
bansaisequoia
April 16, 2010, 6:56 pm
Me and everyone else on this site. We all sometimes solve one before we've really had a chance to read it and fully comprehend it.
**************
"That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good." — Samuel Johnson
acrosticman
September 3, 2010, 1:36 am
11 seconds is over a hundred words per minute typing never mind solving, who are you kidding?
patsy86
October 15, 2011, 7:03 pm
No kidding, he's just that good. Also, you can't count wpm since letters autofill.
puffybob
October 16, 2011, 8:23 pm
He's a prodigy, not a cheater.
BuschMan
February 5, 2012, 4:40 pm
Don't hate the player, hate yourself.
montyb
April 6, 2013, 12:20 am
Yes, acrosticman, he is that good!
fishbum
May 14, 2013, 6:45 pm
I wonder if Bansai uses auto-fill. If he does he would have to think about which keystrokes to skip.
Barnabas
December 6, 2015, 5:19 am
acrosticman - he (Bansai) folds laundry with his other hand while he plays here!
abra
February 2, 2017, 12:34 pm
bansai is a legend, but there a lot of other good solvers, nanrich is incredibly fast and a 100%er. I'm in awe of a lot of people.
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"There are some remedies worse than the disease." — Publilius Syrus
utahnancy February 25, 2012, 2:38 pm
How can these be solved in 6 seconds?
Allen
September 28, 2013, 7:35 am
Don't know: Bansai solved it in 5.
sulliemae
February 19, 2015, 3:59 am
How does he type it so fast?
abra
March 10, 2016, 2:55 pm
Super power.
marnita
September 11, 2016, 7:10 am
If I can do it in 11 seconds, it does not surprise me that Bansai can do it in 5.
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"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." — Thomas Jefferson
abra
August 17, 2013, 1:34 am
Within 7 seconds of bansai! That's a red letter day for me.
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"What a man thinks of himself - that is what determines, or rather indicates, his fate." — Henry David Thoreau
abra
June 8, 2014, 11:04 am
Wow! Less than twice bonsai's score. Happy Dance.
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"Mathematics is the supreme judge; from its decisions there is no appeal." — Tobias Dantzig
joma1944
September 16, 2015, 7:33 am
The closest I can get to bansaisequoia's record is 31 seconds to his 10 seconds. I'll never get closer
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"The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders." — Anne Besant
badbob
July 23, 2018, 8:24 pm
WOO-HOO!!!!!!! first one here until bansai shows up
**************
"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. " — Oscar Wilde
oddcouple
December 6, 2019, 8:36 am
Well, bansai only beat me by 1406 seconds on this one.
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"A friend is what the heart needs all the time." — Henry Van Dyke
emoney
December 23, 2013, 5:18 pm
yep, robot.
SippyGurl
September 5, 2018, 1:25 am
your friend is a robot?
LLapp
July 9, 2019, 4:08 pm
emoney probably meant that the 8-sec. record (which by the way has stood 6 years!!) was conclusive proof that Mr. Sequoia is a robot, which of course we all know he is not.
Disturbed1
July 10, 2019, 2:29 pm
That's what he, I mean it, wants you to think LLapp. Clearly, bansai is a cyborg.
abra
October 14, 2019, 5:39 pm
RIP Bansai.
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