Wow, that was awesome. Excellent variety, and great solutions.
Love the "double-flipper" Mark_man came up with. It possibly deserved the win, but the "Indian Rope Trick" swing was a worthy adversary.
When I saw the portal catcher, I thought "AHA- another $16 to save". (I had the same as Arunion, except for the catcher)
Oh, wait, Votart already did that with the tweak.
I had been experimenting with that sort of cloth damper. Wish I'd been smart enough to spot it during the challenge.
So, I adopted his cheap "breaker" to finish the undershot option for fun. Getting rid of the "in the way" plate cleanly makes all the difference.
Scoring 1896, it was never a threat for the win, but I like it for being the only "going below" solution.