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Pool clearances
A clearance is a short pool puzzle: six numbered balls on the table, the white on the head spot, and no opponent. Pot all six in any order using as few shots as possible; a foul adds one and twenty is the limit.
We played every layout with the Expert computer and no aiming error. The number of shots it needed sorts the layouts into Easy, Medium and Hard.
Difficulty: Easy
- #313Expert: 5 shots
- #315Expert: 7 shots
- #320Expert: 6 shots
- #322Expert: 5 shots
- #328Expert: 7 shots
- #331Expert: 6 shots
- #334Expert: 7 shots
- #337Expert: 5 shots
- #338Expert: 6 shots
- #339Expert: 7 shots
- #340Expert: 7 shots
- #345Expert: 7 shots
- #346Expert: 7 shots
- #348Expert: 7 shots
- #349Expert: 5 shots
- #353Expert: 4 shots
- #356Expert: 6 shots
- #357Expert: 5 shots
- #364Expert: 7 shots
- #366Expert: 5 shots
Difficulty: Medium
- #314Expert: 9 shots
- #316Expert: 8 shots
- #318Expert: 10 shots
- #321Expert: 9 shots
- #323Expert: 9 shots
- #324Expert: 8 shots
- #326Expert: 8 shots
- #327Expert: 8 shots
- #330Expert: 9 shots
- #335Expert: 8 shots
- #342Expert: 7 shots
- #347Expert: 9 shots
- #351Expert: 8 shots
- #352Expert: 8 shots
- #355Expert: 9 shots
- #361Expert: 9 shots
- #362Expert: 8 shots
- #367Expert: 8 shots
- #368Expert: 8 shots
- #371Expert: 8 shots
Difficulty: Hard
- #312Expert: 13 shots
- #317Expert: unfinished
- #319Expert: 11 shots
- #325Expert: 11 shots
- #329Expert: 15 shots
- #332Expert: 10 shots
- #333Expert: 13 shots
- #336Expert: 17 shots
- #341Expert: 10 shots
- #343Expert: 16 shots
- #344Expert: 11 shots
- #350Expert: 9 shots
- #354Expert: 11 shots
- #358Expert: 10 shots
- #359Expert: 15 shots
- #360Expert: unfinished
- #363Expert: 12 shots
- #365Expert: 11 shots
- #369Expert: 16 shots
- #370Expert: 12 shots