19 votes

Wikipedia Speedruns

9 comments

  1. [3]
    HotPants
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    That was fun! "Airline codes" to "Euro" Time: 61.704 Seconds Number of links visited: 5 "State school" to "Kentucky" Time: 38.479 Seconds Number of links visited: 2 "Central European Time" to...

    That was fun!

    "Airline codes" to "Euro"
    Time: 61.704 Seconds
    Number of links visited: 5

    "State school" to "Kentucky"
    Time: 38.479 Seconds
    Number of links visited: 2

    "Central European Time" to "2016 Summer Olympics"
    Time: 43.851 Seconds
    Number of links visited: 8

    7 votes
    1. [2]
      tomf
      Link Parent
      holy shit. nice work!

      holy shit. nice work!

      3 votes
      1. HotPants
        Link Parent
        I had a hard time with my fourth speed run. For some reason, they don't always load the full wikipedia article. Im going to blame it on that :)

        I had a hard time with my fourth speed run.

        For some reason, they don't always load the full wikipedia article.

        Im going to blame it on that :)

        3 votes
  2. knocklessmonster
    Link
    I just did Digital rights management to Centers for Disease Control in 60.371 That was fun.

    I just did Digital rights management to Centers for Disease Control in 60.371

    That was fun.

    6 votes
  3. hydrachia
    Link
    After a few tries, I got a really easy one: (from the I'm feeling lucky button) "Saint Paul, Minnesota" to "Federal government of the United States" Time: 5.243 Seconds Number of links visited: 2...

    After a few tries, I got a really easy one: (from the I'm feeling lucky button)

    "Saint Paul, Minnesota" to "Federal government of the United States"
    Time: 5.243 Seconds
    Number of links visited: 2

    It's a fun game! It hides the "See Also" and "References" sections, which makes it a bit harder, but I guess it makes the game a bit more interesting.

    2 votes
  4. [3]
    MimicSquid
    Link
    I'm feeling lucky gave me a rough one: "Shot (ice hockey)" to "Billboard 200". I was able to do it in 186 seconds and 14 links, though I'm sure there's a faster route.

    I'm feeling lucky gave me a rough one: "Shot (ice hockey)" to "Billboard 200". I was able to do it in 186 seconds and 14 links, though I'm sure there's a faster route.

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      psi
      Link Parent
      path [ "Shot (ice hockey)", "Joe Sakic", "Ball Arena", "Arena", "Music", "Tribute act", "Elvis Presley", "Honorific nicknames in popular music", "Adele", "Billboard (magazine)", "Billboard 200" ]...

      "Shot (ice hockey)" to "Billboard 200"
      Time: 152.312 Seconds

      Number of links visited: 10

      path [ "Shot (ice hockey)", "Joe Sakic", "Ball Arena", "Arena", "Music", "Tribute act", "Elvis Presley", "Honorific nicknames in popular music", "Adele", "Billboard (magazine)", "Billboard 200" ]

      That one is tricky! I'm guessing my result is within 1 sigma of yours. I managed to get to Music pretty quickly ("zooming out", so to speak), but after that I struggled to find a path to Billboard 200 ("zooming in").

      2 votes
      1. MimicSquid
        Link Parent
        I took a really different path, going through the NHL to CBS, which has a music label arm, and from there to pop music and down to the Billboard 200. I did hit "Billboard (magazine)" on my way to...

        I took a really different path, going through the NHL to CBS, which has a music label arm, and from there to pop music and down to the Billboard 200. I did hit "Billboard (magazine)" on my way to the Billboard 200, but our paths were otherwise entirely different.

        2 votes
  5. mat
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    "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man" to "Monograph" Time: 35.066 Seconds Number of links visited: 5 path [ "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man", "Johns Hopkins School of Medicine", "Research...

    "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man" to "Monograph"

    Time: 35.066 Seconds

    Number of links visited: 5

    path [ "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man", "Johns Hopkins School of Medicine", "Research university", "Publish or perish", "Academic publishing", "Monograph" ]

    Pretty pleased with that!

    I gave up on one which ended at "100th meridian west" which I later looked up and almost nothing links to it. I could get to the 95th and 105th meridians but was just going round in circles trying to get any closer.

    2 votes