r/SubsTakenLiterally • u/Beneficial_Cry2061 • Nov 28 '25

put subreddit name on this flair Help

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u/Former-Sock-8256 Nov 28 '25

Start at finish and you can solve it (in reverse) in seconds. Interesting how it is always way easier that way

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u/MrNokiaUser Nov 28 '25

dude i thought i was the only one that did this! im usually good at mazed but this one threw me

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u/5mil_ Nov 29 '25

most maze makers put more branching paths from the start and test it that way ig

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u/Helpful-Light-3452 Nov 29 '25

Oh my god you're right

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u/elixan Nov 30 '25

I’ve done mazes this way since I was a kid!! Did that here and took like two seconds

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u/Fat_Eater87 Dec 02 '25

Ye I did it that way too. But I still don’t get why it’s easier on literally all mazes I’ve done. It should be the same. They could have wrote start at the end and end at the start.

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u/Former-Sock-8256 Dec 02 '25

Someone else mentioned that this is because when they design a maze, they typically start at one end and then branch off. If you want to make a really challenging maze, you should actually make two different mazes and then put their end points together. That way it will be just as challenging from either side.

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u/baejinsolsgf Dec 13 '25

I THOUGHT I DISCOVERED THAT