FrogReaver
As long as i get to be the frog
As Kirk showed, K-M had a hidden optimal solution too: in that case cheat.
The problem with hidden optimal solutions is they appear obvious to the person who thinks of them and unrealistic/impossible/stupid/insane to everyone else who isn't privy to the secret details.
1. Cheating to get past a simulated test (as done in the Kobayushi Maru) isn't a real solution, even though it was an impressive feat that he was able to pull off.
2. I'm not claiming the solution was obvious or that he should have thought of it. In fact I think it was an absolutely terrible potential solution that only someone deadest on lawful stupid would have attempted. I just don't think that's the only solution the DM would have accepted either.