Re: GC6XDG5 CC Challenges: 9*100 Cache Relay

100 each of nine different cache types. One of these types must include the "Unknown" type

Here is the link to the checker http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC6XDG5/23621

The checker is limited to counting 5000 caches per type to avoid time-out

Please check if the checker works correct and confirm when you find it ok

Works great, but you can speed it up by making the per icon lower (how about 1000?). Also, please include labs and locationless

I have reduced it to 1000 per type.
Types Locationless (Reverse) Cache: 184 was already include

Lab.Cache I can not include because it is not allowed under the new guidelines
See http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=206#criteria
10. Source of Criteria - Not Acceptable
Trackable, Benchmarking, Waymarking logs, or specifying Lab Cache finds. (new 2016)

5000 is an awfully small limit as few, if any, cachers can accomplished this challenge in 5K caches unless thety specifically target the challenge. There must be a better way to write the script, for example, don't check traditionals, assume that everyone running the checker has over 100 trads

Sorry about the confusiom but you read my remark wrong

"The checker is limited to counting 5000 caches per type to avoid time-out "

The checker is not limited to 5000 finds but checks all your finds to a maximum of 5000 finds per type

For example your result:
Unknown Cache Types: 5000
Types Earthcache: 939
Types Event Cache: 435
Types Letterbox Hybrid: 1911
Types Locationless (Reverse) Cache: 184
Types Multi-cache: 1647
Types Traditional Cache: 5000
Types Virtual Cache: 1449
Types Webcam Cache: 112
Types Wherigo Cache: 539

You can see that on Unknown and Traditional Caches you found more than 5000 cache on each type

I removed my incorrect then.
Why not limit your to 100 per type if it is faster then?
Tested the checkers on Alamogul that is likely the worst case scenario
I testes runtime does not looks like it is dependent on numbers for finds per type when the number as as low as 5000 and 100. Most of the time is fetching the data from the database and they takes between 30 and 100 seconds
I also did a test comparing with min incorrect and gets runtime at approx 15 s so the test on the "Easy Tagging Generic Checker" has a runtime of >15s for 150 000 finds
The speed differens is also obvious on me with 6000 find with a runtime of 1.7 vs 0.2 seconds
I looks like the "Easy Tagging Generic Checker" checker can look at only ~10000 cacher per second with the used test



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 02:19PM by Target.. (view changes)

Here you have an almost correct checker
http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC6XDFX/23715
The only problem is that unknown is not a requirment. But i suspect that it is an irrelevant requirement
To have 9 types it is likely that the first 8 is needed:
"Traditional Cache",
"Multi-cache",
"Event Cache",
"Earthcache",
"Letterbox Hybrid",
"Virtual Cache",
"Wherigo Cache",
"Webcam Cache",

Then you one of the following

"Cache In Trash Out Event",
"Lost and Found Event Cache",
"Locationless (Reverse) Cache",
"Mega-Event Cache",
"GPS Adventures Exhibit",
"Project APE Cache",
"Groundspeak Block Party",
"Giga-Event Cache",
"Groundspeak HQ",
"Groundspeak Lost and Found Celebration"

There is only 20 global 100+ CITO and the same for the used webcam

I looked on all with 100+ webcam and non had less then 500 unknown caches. I would be surprise if someone will be stopped by the unknown requirement.

I will be surprised if more the 50 people that meet the requirement of this challenge when CITO and Webcam only have 20 people with >100 finds



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 03:18AM by Target.. (view changes)