I just saw this comment when I opened the homepage. Curiosity got the best of me and I just had to check it out.

My god.

If you're suggesting that you eat half cooked pancake

Nobody told you that, but I won't give you anymore hints. Either you solve it or forfeit it.

If pancakes take two minutes for each side

No, it's:

one needs to fry a pancake one minute on each side.

And your problem is you're thinking one pancake = 2 minutes, it's either raw or cooked when there is another state.

why would you ever have empty space in the pan?

yeah that's what I'm saying. but if you have more time spent than the minimal, then that is what's going on. unless you're burning them that is.

a bit of humility might serve you well btw. you might not see how to do something, that doesn't mean it can't be done or that others are wrong. and when others are wrong, they probably don't deserve the language you apply.

You've got some empty areas left in your frying pan some of the time. Put them to use, save some time. There's clearly potential in that, and it might very well amount to an odd number of minutes that you save by making better use of your frying pan area and time.

Your logic is not correct, at least not for what the kata asks, that is, fast cooking. You can always skip, come back later or forfeit (under certain conditions) the kata if you don't know how to solve it.

someone needs to step up their pancake game

Hey How you solved with single for loop