Interesting Question

[RandomManJay]

Lol, thats an awesome philosophical question . I suppose in the context of the question the answer would be yes you have failed cause the only way you would succeed is if you fail.

[danzooo]

Does this mean:

-You set out with the intention of failing and didn't fail, you succeeded instead?
or
-You set out with the intention of failing and did?

If it's the second one then yes, you did fail, because you intended to fail and you did. fail.

[AlexOC]

Argh racking me brains man!!

I would say, there is no anwser!!

[Black_Apalachi]

It's not really a paradox I don't think. It's two separate things really; the first being the original task, and the second being the outcome of that task afterwards. Although the main thing that would answer the question is how you feel - and if you actually aimed to fail but succeeded, then I still think you would be unhappy and thus still feel like a failure (even more so, in an ironic sense).