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Ruta
Patricia 42
Link 8
Pelison 25

Rudania
Prince Sidon 27
Mipha 30
Hunnie 33

Medoh
Revali + 37
Rwh + 8
Epona 7

Naboris
Kass 43
Kohga 40
Urbosa + 19

Ruta (25s)
Patricia 42/2/+
Link 8/2
Pelison 25/4

Rudania (28s)
Prince Sidon 27/6
Mipha 30/5
Hunnie 33/5

Medoh (14s)
Revali +/37/2/+
Rwh +/8/4
Epona 7/

Naboris (16s)
Kass 43/3/+
Kohga 40/5
Urbosa +/19/4/+
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Time for me to personally complete the maze (not using paint or anything, just tracing it with my finger) next to tribe name, just as a rough estimate of difficulty.
First + is if they won the first challenge. No times posted, so nothing else to go on. Then score shield surfing, rounded to nearest 1000, then total correct guesses in the password challenge, then just IF someone completed the ridiculously-hard math challenge.

...Fuck. The tribes are all over the map.

=Ruta's maze is good, and they have a ringer in Patricia, but Link is dragging them down and Pelison merely average.
=Rudania is well-rounded with the most challenging maze, but overall unexceptional.
=Medoh's maze was easy, but RWH and Epona are dragging Revali down.
=Naboris maze wasn't hard, but they have hands-down the most exceptional challenge presence. On second glance, their maze is a lot trickier than it looks, but I broke it by tracing it backwards. I don't think a lot of people default to solving it that way.

So - the question is whether I bet on teams with harder mazes and ringers, or simpler mazes and consistent teammates. I think the latter - these times are going to be a lot tighter than the math challenge, where there was a lot more give, and similar to the first puzzle challenge, where it was seconds separating people. A single person posting good times will not make up for lagging teammates.

Naboris is quickly in. They have it all around. The second choice is tougher. At first glance I think I can discard Medoh - Revali is a challenge beast, but the horses disappoint. Ruta would be a good pick, but Link has an alarmingly poor performance so far. Rudania failed the puzzle and math challenges, but they were damn near perfect on the passwords and all performed consistently on the shield surfing.

This is hard.

Daaaaamn. I *again* feel like I would have smoked the living players - except Mipha. Hot damn. Even tracing with my finger I took several minutes, all things accounted for. Getting it right in MS Paint and uploading...I'm pretty sure I'd have beaten most players handily, probably <10min.

Okay, let's look at those predictions:
>>Ruta's maze is good, and they have a ringer in Patricia, but Link is dragging them down and Pelison merely average.
>>>>Pretty spot on. I mean, oof, Link. If you aren't the easy elimination here, it's because you're being kept as a goat.
>>Rudania is well-rounded with the most challenging maze, but overall unexceptional.
>>>>The challenge of their maze was I think the winning factor. It was so damn squirrely and confusing, even with a solve of 28 seconds it would have taken me a couple of minutes to mark the exact path without mistakes. Complexity was key here. Their team was super well-rounded, no gaps or holes, and Mipha might be stream sniping or something. DEM HAX. She brought their average below the next-fastest time, and the team overall had the first, second, and fourth fastest. Well done.
>>Medoh's maze was easy, but RWH and Epona are dragging Revali down.
>>>>Revali continues to be a challenge beast. He needs to be eliminated. Horses had adequate times, but they nearly cost Revali immunity.
>>Naboris maze wasn't hard, but they have hands-down the most exceptional challenge presence. On second glance, their maze is a lot trickier than it looks, but I broke it by tracing it backwards. I don't think a lot of people default to solving it that way.
>>>>Naboris disappointed me. Kass did alright, Kohga adequate, but I expected more from Urbosa. There wasn't much separating Naboris from safety, and I'd bet that comes up in deliberations.

Stayin' alive. I'll do a dear diary soon. Hoping the merge challenge is on the horizon. I've survived these Resurrection Chamber challenges, but the odds get thinner the longer I have to tap dance.