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If you're here for my resume, click here. Otherwise, I invite you to play a word guessing game and read more about me below.

Quicksort

Sort the list in as few pivots as possible. The theme is 'countries I've visited as an adult.'

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Resolved0 / 28

≤ thirteen moves is amazing.

How to play Quicksort

  • Your goal is to sort the full list in as few moves as possible.
  • Quicksort functions by splitting lists into sublists: Each partition is unsorted, but each list is alphabetically earlier than subsequent lists.
  • When you make a guess, an existing partition will be split into two partitions: one consisting of words alphabetically prior to your guess and one consisting of words subsequent to it.
  • The strongest baseline strategy is to create partitions of an even number of words whenever you can.
  • Even better, if you can guess words directly from the theme, you can land exact pivots and save moves.
  • Any partition of three words is auto-completed, but it adds +1 extra move to your score.
  • Without exact word guesses, the best possible score is 13 moves. Good luck!
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