diff --git a/6/6p1.py b/6/6p1.py
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+++ b/6/6p1.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+inputs = [
+            [0,2,7,0],
+            [0,5,10,0,11,14,13,4,11,8,8,7,1,4,12,11]
+         ]
+
+def solve(puzzle):
+    total = 0
+    idx = 0
+    states = []
+    banks = []
+    size = len(puzzle) - 1
+
+    banksstr = ''.join(map(str,puzzle))
+    states.append(banksstr)
+
+    while states.count(banksstr) == 1:
+        maxval = max(puzzle)
+        maxidx = puzzle.index(maxval)
+        puzzle[maxidx] = 0
+        while maxval > 0:
+            maxidx = maxidx + 1
+            if maxidx > size:
+                maxidx = 0
+
+            puzzle[maxidx] = puzzle[maxidx] + 1
+            maxval = maxval - 1
+        banksstr = ''.join(map(str,puzzle))
+        states.append(banksstr)
+        total = total + 1
+
+    return total
+
+
+for puzzle in inputs:
+    print(puzzle, solve(puzzle))
diff --git a/6/6p2.py b/6/6p2.py
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+++ b/6/6p2.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+inputs = [
+            [0,2,7,0],
+            [0,5,10,0,11,14,13,4,11,8,8,7,1,4,12,11]
+         ]
+
+def solve(puzzle):
+    idx = 0
+    states = []
+    banks = []
+    size = len(puzzle) - 1
+
+    banksstr = ''.join(map(str,puzzle))
+    states.append(banksstr)
+
+    while True:
+        maxval = max(puzzle)
+        maxidx = puzzle.index(maxval)
+        puzzle[maxidx] = 0
+
+        while maxval > 0:
+            maxidx = maxidx + 1
+            if maxidx > size:
+                maxidx = 0
+
+            puzzle[maxidx] = puzzle[maxidx] + 1
+            maxval = maxval - 1
+
+        banksstr = ''.join(map(str,puzzle))
+        if states.count(banksstr) == 1:
+            states.append(banksstr)
+            break
+        states.append(banksstr)
+
+    lastidx = len(states) - 1
+    lastval = states[lastidx]
+    firstidx = states.index(lastval)
+
+    return lastidx - firstidx
+
+
+for puzzle in inputs:
+    print(puzzle, solve(puzzle))