'Your Puzzle' Suggestion

[rogue_mother]

I can't speak for roberts, but I only do the timed game on puzzles that he has started. Otherwise I plod along in smaller puzzles until I have either gotten a rosette or reached Maven level, which can take quite a while. He likes the largest puzzles, so sometimes I just start my own just to have something more manageable. The smaller puzzles also are more challenging in terms of vocabulary and variety of letter selection. They can be real mind-stretchers!

[Steadyguy]

Even though it takes me longer, I like to aim high.
And to me it feels a little like a cheat to ensure that the people I compete against are ones that I have a greater chance of beating.
It's really not about attaining a level above anyone else so much as providing a challenge and knowing that others are capable of more makes me strive to improve.

As used to be the case in the Olympics, it is the taking part that counts!!!