Sure, you can even use a quantum supercomputer if you want; the point of this kata is that clever > brute force!

There is a clever solution, that I can use with only pen and paper, which will be faster than someone using a brute force solution using NumPy etc.

Hi @ChichoZeDo - thanks for your message! You did the hard work, and you learned in one single day some of the most important things about coding puzzles: 1) never give up and 2) think first, code second.

Congratulations, and good luck with Codewars and on your coding journey.

Hi @bejaminzwhite. Thank you verymuch for yout hint!, it works, I could find the right solution. I have so little coding experience, so I was much focused on loops, packages,functions etc, but having the diagram on a piece of paper came many other ideas. I now know that many solutions of coding problems are actually not hidden behind a complex code, just as you say, it is like solving problems in real world. Great hint, Thanks

Hi @ChichoZeDo - if you'd like a little hint: forget about coding/modules/packages/loops/etc. for now, and just think about how you could solve this problem in the real world - maybe if the board were printed on a piece of paper for example.

Thanks! Approved, and noted for the change in description.

There is a way to nest 2 loops to get it ro pass. There is a clue in the 40000 N test case set description.

maybe dont use loops at all - i tried to do it with one loop and it timed out

Why couldn't you?

can we use numpy?

i got it, thanks a lot. Now im tryna solve problem with time out :)

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Hi Akar-0, thank you for your advise. I have just little expirience in coding and so far I only found the solutions by using nested loops, but allof them are time out, could you share a hint?

ìtertools.product does fundamentally the same as a nested loop. This won't work.

Hi There!, I found a solution for this Kata using "product" from itertools package but it is also time out, please help!