diff --git a/24.rkt b/24.rkt
index b4f5e11..912fa74 100644
--- a/24.rkt
+++ b/24.rkt
@@ -4,16 +4,8 @@
 
 ;; solution for day 24
 
-;; constraint: x+y+z = 0
-;; this could be formalized with a contract but part2 is already slow enough tbh
-(struct hex [x y z] #:transparent)
-(define (hex+ a b)
-  (hex (+ (hex-x a) (hex-x b))
-       (+ (hex-y a) (hex-y b))
-       (+ (hex-z a) (hex-z b))))
-
-(define *dirs* (hash 'e (hex 1 -1 0) 'ne (hex 1 0 -1) 'nw (hex 0 1 -1)
-                     'w (hex -1 1 0) 'sw (hex -1 0 1) 'se (hex 0 -1 1)))
+(define *dirs* (hash 'e 1-1i 'ne 1 'nw +1i 'w -1+1i 'sw -1 'se -1i))
+(define *dirs-values* (hash-values *dirs*))
 
 (define (paths->tiles input)
   ;; white is #f
@@ -21,8 +13,8 @@
   (define tiles (make-hash))
   (for ([path (in-list input)])
     (define posn
-      (for/fold ([posn (hex 0 0 0)]) ([p (in-list path)])
-        (hex+ posn (hash-ref *dirs* p))))
+      (for/fold ([posn 0]) ([p (in-list path)])
+        (+ posn (hash-ref *dirs* p))))
     (hash-update! tiles posn not #f))
   tiles)
 
@@ -35,19 +27,14 @@
 (define (part2 input)
   (define tiles (paths->tiles input))
 
-  (define neighbors-cache (make-hash))
-
   (define (step tiles radius)
-    (define new-tiles (make-hash))
-    (for* ([x (in-range (- radius) (add1 radius))] [y (in-range (- radius) (add1 radius))]
-           [z (in-range (- radius) (add1 radius))] #:when (zero? (+ x y z)))
-      (define thispos (hex x y z))
+    (define new-tiles (hash-copy tiles))
+    (for* ([x (in-range (- radius) (add1 radius))] [y (in-range (- radius) (add1 radius))])
+      (define thispos (make-rectangular x y))
       (define thistile (hash-ref tiles thispos #f))
-      (define neighbors (hash-ref! neighbors-cache thispos
-                                   (thunk (for/list ([t (in-list (hash-values *dirs*))])
-                                            (hex+ thispos t)))))
       (define num-blacks
-        (for/sum ([neigh (in-list neighbors)] #:when (hash-ref tiles neigh #f)) 1))
+        (for/sum ([neigh (in-list *dirs-values*)] #:when (hash-ref tiles (+ thispos neigh) #f))
+          1))
       (hash-set! new-tiles thispos
                  (match* (thistile num-blacks)
                    [(#t (or 0 (not (or 1 2)))) #f]
@@ -56,13 +43,11 @@
                    [(#f _) #f])))
     new-tiles)
 
-  (define radius (apply max (map #{max (abs (hex-x %)) (abs (hex-y %)) (abs (hex-z %))}
+  (define radius (apply max (map #{max (abs (real-part %)) (abs (imag-part %))}
                                  (hash-keys tiles))))
-  (begin0
-    (count-black
-      (for/fold ([tiles tiles]) ([i (in-range 100)] [radius (in-range (add1 radius) +inf.0)])
-        (printf "\r\x1b[K~a/100..." i) (flush-output) (step tiles radius)))
-    (printf "\r\1b[Kdone\n")))
+  (count-black
+    (for/fold ([tiles tiles]) ([i (in-range 100)] [radius (in-range (add1 radius) +inf.0)])
+      (step tiles radius))))
 
 ;; parse input file
 (define (parse fname)