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"Standard" maze
I'm afraid it must have the 4 centre cells. This is to allow maze
solvers to run in "fast" mode rather than maze-solving mode.
Don't forget that mice can and do overlap the walls. They mustn't
run in adjacent cells or contact could occur.
Regards,
Duncan
>The standard route for speed testing does not need to go all the way to the
>middle. It only needs to be a route that could have got to the middle if
it >continued. I would guess a section of maze 7x5 should be quite adequate
for
>a longish straight and some twisty bits.
>
>As there are no choices in the route L and R wall followers must follow the
>same route. If you do not think this is fair then you must build a pair of
>mirror image mazes for them. It seems unlikely to me that running the route
>in reverse will be equivalent to running the mirror image of the route.
>
>A standard route up to 7x7 would enable 4 mice to be run simultaneously in a
>standard size maze. This would mean races could be run. This would save
>time and make it more enjoyable for the audience.
>
>By the way, none of the sample mazes included in the e-mails so far have
>looked like mazes in my CompuServe account. Does anyone have any ideas how
>to deal with this?
>
>Nick