Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Programming Competition 2008

Mike Spivey

This year's programming competition asks for a program that solves a puzzle called Hexatile, as described in the problem specification.

• Competition announcement (PDF) including problem specification.
• Questions and answers about the specification.
• Results of the competition.

Sample inputs for the program:

1. 2-unit hexagon, 7 tiles: puzzle1.txt.
2. 4-unit triangle, 10 tiles: puzzle2.txt.
3. 5-unit triangle, 15 tiles: puzzle3.txt.
4. 3-unit hexagon, 19 tiles: puzzle4.txt.
5. 6-unit triangle, 21 tiles: puzzle5.txt.
6. 7-unit triangle, 28 tiles. puzzle6.txt.
7. 8-unit triangle, 36 tiles. puzzle7.txt.
8. 4-unit hexagon, 37 tiles. puzzle8.txt.