Puzzle Score increase/decrease calculation


Thank you very much, this is quite insightful. A screenshot in there reveals that there is such a thing as an expected time for completion... So I guess my leftover question would be: Does the time you take impact your puzzle score? Also does partially solving a puzzle reduce the amount of points you loose? At the same time, does the magnitute of the mistake make a difference? Based on the post it seems like none of those have an influence... Also I'm confused why this forum doesn't preserve my formating... it must be hard to read my text, I'm sorry.

Hello!! Ok so my puzzle rating is falling . Now that not be a problem but the problem is when I take 1 hint on a 3 or 4 step puzzle and solve it but I am still not getting the rating points like i instead of a +5 get -16 likeee.... İt's not like a 1 step puzzle i take one hint and solve the rest but it takes away ratings sooo... Kindly fix this ....... İ would be thankful.