Fancy Hourglass
An octahedron with a paint job walks into a bar... (◕‿◕✿)
| Grid | Code Size | Leaderboard | Cycles | Leaderboard | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13x13x13 | 29 | #24 | 15.182 | #1597 | 2025-02-23 |
Solution
return abs(y)>=abs(x)+abs(z)and(abs(y)>5 and 16 or y<0 and 14 or 9)How it works
The shape is an octahedron (diamond) aligned to the Y axis: abs(y) >= abs(x) + abs(z). That’s the L1 norm condition that makes those nice pointy tips.
Three colors: darkbrown caps at the very top and bottom (abs(y) > 5, which only fires at the extent boundary), yellow for the upper half, and lightblue for the lower half. All packed into one chained and/or ternary.