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The Heist · D1

Grab the most cash — but two adjacent vaults trip the alarm.

Tap vaults to crack them. You can't take two side-by-side. Maximize the total.
Practice — no rating pressure. Get as close to the optimum as you can; each play teaches the pattern.
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About this puzzle

The Heist — practice the decision, scored against the optimum

What does the The Heist puzzle teach?

Maximize a sum with no two adjacent picks — the House Robber DP. 'Grab the biggest' and 'take every other' both lose.

Why do interviews ask about this?

The House Robber DP is a top interview warmup — maximize a sum with a no-two-adjacent constraint, and explain why greedy fails.

How is it scored?

The engine computes the provably-optimal answer for the exact instance you played (dynamic programming, shortest-path, or exhaustive search — never a heuristic) and scores your attempt as a percentage of it. No login needed to see your score.