I saw this a year or so ago and did not get it at all. I finally gave up, concluding that I was far too dumb to live.
This time, I got it on the second roll. What’s the difference between now and last year? I have no idea.
Suse,
Why, you’ve had a year to think about it, obviously!
You only count “petals” on dice which have a center dot on them. Check every die that has a center dot, count the dots surrounding them (but not the center dot) the total number of “petals” in a roll which surround center dots (“the rose”) is your answer. It actually sounds more convoluted in the explanation than it is in the execution.
After three tries I was completely baffled. Then I read about smart people having more problems and just looked for the dumbest, most obvious solution possible and it worked.
I did the same as Diogenes. I read the rules half a dozen tries and thought, “WTF, mate?” Then, with still no clue as to what it was actually asking for, I answered with the only thing that even remotely fit in my brain. And it worked. I confirmed it on the next few rolls. And thought, “That’s really stupid.”
I think the real issue is that the instructions are confusing and vague.
I got tired of it and gave up before getting it. I suppose I’m a genius.
First try. Eh. Similar to the polar bear game, which is where “The polar bears always travel in pairs, and they always gather around the hole in the ice!”
C’mon guys, I got this first go before reading any of the other posts. It’s certainly not rocket science.
I must be really stupid…I guessed what “petals around the rose” meant as soon as I read the phrase. It took me about 2 additional seconds to realise how I could apply it to all five dice. Got it right first go.
Me too. I think it’s an aptitude for nonlinear thinking rather than a lack of aptitude for linear thinking.
I assumed that “rose” meant rows and got the answer wrong about 10 times in a row. Then I noticed that all the correct answers were even numbers which led me to the solution.
I got it on the first try so I am a dumb-ass. Now I have to learn how to feed myself.
Got it first time. It’s freakin’ obvious.
It must be designed to appeal to non-math people. BECAUSE THAT’S ME BABY.
Oh, I was thinking the exact opposite - it must appeal to the Math types. I didn’t get it at all till it was spelled out (like I was a moronic five-year-old), and I am most definitely NOT a Math-y type at all.
11 seconds after the page loaded. First crack at it.
I also got it the first time 
I must be the dumbest person on earth. I did it in 2 seconds after the page loaded, assuming what needed to be done from the title of the puzzle.
I didn’t even try. Read the directions, had no idea WTF it was talking about, and gave up. If I’d at least known that the point and challenge of the puzzle was to figure out what it was talking about, I might have at least tried. But I presumed that I was supposed to know already, and that getting the correct number was the real challenge.
I would NEVER have gotten this. Not in a year, not in a lifetime.
BTW:Even now that I’ve read the spoilers, I don’t think “petals around the rose” is an intuitive analogy for the dots on the dice. In fact, I think it sucks.
Yeah, ditto.