Both contestants forgot their CSS tricks and tricks for minimal code after not doing CSS battles for a long time.
Both contestants acknowledge they have forgotten the code-minimization tricks they used to know, contributing to the difficulty. ✦ AI generated
Scott · Syntax · 2026-07-24 · original ↗
starts at this moment · 11:26
It's been a while since we've done this. We forgot all the tricks. I forgot all the tricks.
verbatim transcript · starts at 11:26
11:11flying up on my computer. >> Well, that gives me better odds then. But I forgot how to write CSS for a second. So, >> I'm just saying now a major mistake. I got an 87%. I had no opportunity to optimize. 87.7%. I had no opportunity to optimize. Great. Uh, resolve quit unexpectedly. Okay. Why are you opening in the first place? [laughter] The the strategy was classic box shadow
11:34for me. Just doing box shadow on repeat. And the alignment overall was off, but I was counting on not getting to 100%. So, oh, I didn't delete any of this stuff either. Oh, >> it's been a while since we've done this. We forgot all the tricks. Like, >> I forgot all the tricks. >> Yeah, I'm I'm very happy with this. I got a 99.9%. [laughter] >> Um, but same approach. I basically did
11:57did box shadow with three elements. So, one element for the center square, one element for the circle. I just made a circle exactly above it and then box shadow repeated it. But if you look at my diff, I don't know if there's anything I could have done here because it is just like the the edges of the elements. >> I'm I'm guessing maybe it's because I did grid place content center for that