diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dca273..1b8755c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Advent of Code 2018, my solutions, any language
 
  - day 1: elixir
  - day 2: elixir
- - day 3: python (with a crystal port)
+ - day 3: python
diff --git a/day3/day3_1.cr b/day3/day3_1.cr
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ebc84..0000000
--- a/day3/day3_1.cr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-lines = [] of String
-
-
-class Claim
-  def initialize(@cid : String, @p1 : UInt64, @p2 : UInt64,
-                 @width : UInt64, @height : UInt64)
-  end
-end
-
-cloth = [] of Array(Array(Claim))
-claims = [] of Claim
-
-# initialize cloth
-(0...1000).each do |i|
-  cloth_line = [] of Array(Claim)
-
-  (0...1000).each do |j|
-    # cloth_line << Claim.new("-1", 0, 0, 0, 0)
-    cloth_line << [] of Claim
-  end
-  
-  cloth << cloth_line
-end
-
-while true
-  line = gets '\n'
-
-  if line.nil?
-    break
-  end
-
-  lines << line.strip().gsub(" ", "")
-end
-
-
-lines.each do |line|
-  cid_p, claim_data = line.split('@')
-  p1p2, wh = claim_data.split(':')
-
-  p1, p2 = p1p2.split(',')
-  width, height = wh.split('x')
-  cid = cid_p.gsub("#", "")
-
-  claims << Claim.new(cid, p1.to_u64, p2.to_u64, width.to_u64, height.to_u64)
-end
-
-claims.each do |claim|
-  (claim.@p1...claim.@p1 + claim.@width).each do |x|
-    (claim.@p2...claim.@p2 + claim.@height).each do |y|
-      cloth[x][y] << claim
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-# check the cloth
-overlaps = 0
-
-(0...1000).each do |i|
-  (0...1000).each do |j|
-    claims = cloth[i][j]
-    if claims.size > 1
-      overlaps += 1
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-puts overlaps
diff --git a/day3/day3_1.py b/day3/day3_1.py
index df73b4b..be96f5c 100644
--- a/day3/day3_1.py
+++ b/day3/day3_1.py
@@ -32,15 +32,20 @@ def main():
         c = Claim(cid, int(p1), int(p2), int(w), int(h))
         claims.append(c)
 
+    pprint.pprint(claims)
     print('running claims')
 
     for claim in claims:
+        print(claim)
         for i in range(claim.p1, claim.p1 + claim.width):
             for j in range(claim.p2, claim.p2 + claim.height):
+                print('claiming', i, j, claim.cid)
+
                 if cloth[i][j] is None:
                     cloth[i][j] = []
 
                 cloth[i][j].append(claim)
+                print('result: ', cloth[i][j])
 
     overlap = 0
 
diff --git a/day3/day3_2.cr b/day3/day3_2.cr
deleted file mode 100644
index 91d0902..0000000
--- a/day3/day3_2.cr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-lines = [] of String
-
-
-class Claim
-  def initialize(@cid : String, @p1 : UInt64, @p2 : UInt64,
-                 @width : UInt64, @height : UInt64)
-  end
-end
-
-cloth = [] of Array(Array(Claim))
-claims = [] of Claim
-
-# initialize cloth
-(0...1000).each do |i|
-  cloth_line = [] of Array(Claim)
-
-  (0...1000).each do |j|
-    # cloth_line << Claim.new("-1", 0, 0, 0, 0)
-    cloth_line << [] of Claim
-  end
-  
-  cloth << cloth_line
-end
-
-while true
-  line = gets '\n'
-
-  if line.nil?
-    break
-  end
-
-  lines << line.strip().gsub(" ", "")
-end
-
-
-lines.each do |line|
-  cid_p, claim_data = line.split('@')
-  p1p2, wh = claim_data.split(':')
-
-  p1, p2 = p1p2.split(',')
-  width, height = wh.split('x')
-  cid = cid_p.gsub("#", "")
-
-  claims << Claim.new(cid, p1.to_u64, p2.to_u64, width.to_u64, height.to_u64)
-end
-
-claims.each do |claim|
-  (claim.@p1...claim.@p1 + claim.@width).each do |x|
-    (claim.@p2...claim.@p2 + claim.@height).each do |y|
-      cloth[x][y] << claim
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-# check the cloth
-overlaps = Set.new [] of Claim
-claims_set = claims.to_set
-
-(0...1000).each do |i|
-  (0...1000).each do |j|
-    claims = cloth[i][j]
-    if claims.size > 1
-      claims.each do |claim|
-        overlaps << claim
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-puts claims_set.size
-puts overlaps.size
-
-non_overlap = claims_set - overlaps
-puts non_overlap
-