{"id":13329,"date":"2021-03-17T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2021-03-17T06:13:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:13:46","slug":"contest-update-linking-200-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/contest-update-linking-200-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest Update: Linking 200 Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have now added the solution to the <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/contest-puzzle-linking-200-cells-by-prasanna-seshadri\/>Linking 200 Cells<\/a> puzzle to the website (and if anyone was looking for &#8220;hints&#8221; as opposed to solutions, we will now be able to add those into the comments on the website). There were 33 correct submissions out of about 40 entries. The three randomly selected winners, who have each won an e-book from Prasanna Seshadri, are Yossi Fendel, Tom Luo, and Arthur Nebout. 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