Torch path Pro - SteelCopilot

3000 × 1500 plateToday's puzzle · 2026-10-29

Click an edge to cut it, click a hole to cut the hole. If the last cut ended at an end of this edge, the cut continues from there with no pierce; otherwise it starts at the end nearer your click, the way set by Start method below. Right-click or Undo takes back the last action.

Shared edge (uncut)
Free edge (uncut)
Cut
Bridge / edge start
Rapid move
Pierce

Start method

Cut every edge and hole before submitting

Total distance0.00 m

Reference 30.50 m

50%70%85%100%

Total time0:00

Reference 14:26

50%70%85%100%

Pierces 0Bridges 0Edge starts 0Cutting 0.00 mRapid 0.00 mCrossings 0Cut 0 / 59

Once a day, a route reaching 50% efficiency on either measure earns 10 fragments (one grant per day, score does not matter beyond that)

Rules

Shared edges are settled by the nesting: two touching parts part with one cut, saving length, but the clusters keep T-junctions that cannot be chained, so a broken chain means starting another cut.
If the last cut ended at an end of this edge, the cut continues with no lift and no pierce; otherwise the head lifts, travels over, lowers and pierces.
Machine: 12 kW fiber laser on 16 mm mild steel (oxygen), cutting at 1.8 m/min; rapids at 120 m/min with 1.5 G acceleration, so short hops never reach full speed; each head lift and lower takes 0.3 s and each pierce 1.5 s. Every hole is pierced separately.
Bridge cut: the beam stays on and cuts straight across the scrap between parts to the next spot, saving a lift and a pierce; but it moves at cutting speed, so distance is not saved and it only pays off across narrow gaps. The path may only run through scrap.
Plate-edge start: rapid to the plate edge, then cut in, no pierce; the run-in counts as cutting, an extra stretch of cut.
Holes are always pierced and the beam switches off after; a part drops once every side of it is cut, so cut its holes before that.
A rapid over a part that has already been cut out risks hitting it if it tips up, so the head lifts higher: 200 mm and 1 s for each part crossed.
Efficiency only compares what lies beyond the unavoidable part (the length and time of cutting every edge and hole once). The reference line is just a reference and can be beaten. The distance and time boards reward different trade-offs.
Once a day, a complete route reaching 50% efficiency on either measure earns 10 fragments (one grant per day, score does not matter beyond that).

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Yesterday's solution · 2026-10-28

Distance reference route 23.52 m

Yesterday's #1ZZO24.10 m0.59 m over the reference route

Step 47 / 47 · 23.52 m travelled · 11:00 elapsed

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