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In the meantime, <https://everybody.codes/event/2026/quests|everybody.codes> delivers, a new yearly event just started and it's... challenging :slightly_smiling_face:

Yeah, pushed my solutions to <https://github.com/nkiesel/EverybodyCodes_2026|https://github.com/nkiesel/EverybodyCodes_2026> 

daaamn I was so proud of <https://github.com/jakubgwozdz/everybody-codes/blob/main/src/ec2026/quest3/Quest3.kt|my approach today> until I just read yours :slightly_smiling_face:

(indeed why search for the lowest solution like I did when one can simply go down and see if there is _any_ lower, and short-circuit then)

(ok, the best would be somehow in the middle - count down like you did, but not to 1L, only to lowest possible on each position, like I did) :slightly_smiling_face:

quest5 was pretty easy for me because I have a local `CharArea` class that I created for AoC in the past