Survey of Paint-by-Number Puzzle Solvers

Jan Wolter

Introduction

This page contains versions of the tables in the main page from which old versions of solvers have not been pruned.

Sample Results

puzzle size Unique
Solution?
Line
Solvable?
Blank
Lines?
pbnsolve
1.02
pbnsolve
1.03
pbnsolve
1.04
pbnsolve
1.05
Olšák Simpson Wilk Ishigaki Wareham Bosch
#1: Dancer 5 x 10 Yes Yes No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.04s 0.07s 0.01s
#6: Cat 20 x 20 Yes Yes No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.35s 0.18s 3.5s
#21: Skid 5 x 10 Yes Yes Yes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fail X X
#27: Bucks 27 x 23 Yes No Yes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fail X X
#16: Knot 34 x 34 Yes Yes No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 25.0s + Fail
#23: Edge 10 x 11 Yes No No 0.01s 0.01s 0 0 0 0 0 Fail Fail 0.24s
#2413: Smoke 20 x 20 Yes No No 0.01s 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6s + 12.2m
#529: Swing 45 x 45 Yes Yes No 0.01s 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.11s 5.7s - -
#65: Mum 34 x 40 Yes No No 0.12s 0.03s 0.02s 0.02s 0 0.05s 1.18s + - -
#1694: Tragic 45 x 50 Yes No No 0.81s 0.45s 0.34s 0.18s 0.09s 6.2s 2.6s - - -
#1611: Merka 55 x 60 Yes No No 0.11s 0.05s 0.04s 0.03s 0.01s 0.04s 20.7m - - -
#436: Petro 40 x 35 Yes No No 1.5s 0.44s 0.40s 0.38s 40.1s 0.54s + - - -
#3541: Signed 60 x 50 Yes No No 2.6s 0.39s 0.29s 0.16s 3.1s + + - - -
#4645: M&M 50 x 70 Yes No No 4.4s 0.52s 0.37s 0.38s 0.28s 0.12s - - - -
#2040: Hot 55 x 60 Yes No No 9.6s 8.0s 6.7s 4.6s + 7.5m - - - -
#2556: Flag 65 x 45 No No Yes + + + + 4.1s 0 - - X X
#2712: Lion 47 x 47 No No No + + + 6.7m + + - - - -

Full Results

1955 Black & White Puzzles
Solver 0 to
0.09 sec
0.10 to
0.49 sec
0.50 to
1.99 sec
2.00 to
9.99 sec
10.00 to
29.99 sec
30 sec to
2 min
2 min
or more
pbnsolve 1.03 1855 56 36 6 0 0 2
pbnsolve 1.04 1862 55 31 5 0 0 2
pbnsolve 1.05 1877 57 16 3 0 0 2
Simpson 1886 23 12 11 4 2 17
Olšák 1831 20 8 14 3 3 76
Wilk 1555 132 77 70 25 20 76

2711 Multicolor Puzzles
Solver 0 to
0.09 sec
0.10 to
0.49 sec
0.50 to
1.99 sec
2.00 to
9.99 sec
10.00 to
29.99 sec
30 sec to
2 min
2 min
or more
pbnsolve 1.04 2641 43 15 2 0 1 9
pbnsolve
1.05
2652 37 10 2 0 1 9
Olšák 2651 19 6 8 7 2 18