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@ 2018-06-02 2:06 AM (#24973 - in reply to #24959) (#24973) Top

TiiT



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TiiT posted @ 2018-06-02 2:06 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


It was tough and very challenging.
@ 2018-06-02 8:34 AM (#24974 - in reply to #24959) (#24974) Top

bob



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bob posted @ 2018-06-02 8:34 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Outside-Skyscraper Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


I really enjoy sudoku variants and especially liked the hybrid variants with combined rules. More frequently I jump into the variants rather than doing the plain vanilla sudoke. I wish I I were fast enough to attempt them all Nice solving paths when I was able to find them. Irregular Sudoke 2 (9 x 9) was a very slow slog for me. Took way too much time and I suspect I missed some trick . Overall very interesting and fun puzzles I will enjoy on my own time.
@ 2018-06-02 12:31 PM (#24975 - in reply to #24959) (#24975) Top

aashay



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aashay posted @ 2018-06-02 12:31 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


My worst performance in SM in a very long time. Struggled a lot with the variants, just couldn't proceed. A forgettable performace. The sudokus were of top notch quality though.
@ 2018-06-02 2:14 PM (#24976 - in reply to #24959) (#24976) Top

3strikerz



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3strikerz posted @ 2018-06-02 2:14 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little


Classic 3 and 5 is definitely not worth 5 and 3 respectively; they deserve more. Classic 6 is also probably worth less than 7. Probably shouldn't have wasted time trying to solve 4 with no avail.
@ 2018-06-02 4:23 PM (#24977 - in reply to #24959) (#24977) Top

TiiT



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TiiT posted @ 2018-06-02 4:23 PM

Hi
I also would like to point out that the sudoku booklet consists 9 pages, not 8, like it says on the competition page!

TiiT
@ 2018-06-02 6:00 PM (#24978 - in reply to #24959) (#24978) Top

Hemant Kr Malani



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Hemant Kr Malani posted @ 2018-06-02 6:00 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2018-06-02 11:08 PM (#24979 - in reply to #24959) (#24979) Top

Kumaresan R



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Kumaresan R posted @ 2018-06-02 11:08 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2018-06-02 11:13 PM (#24980 - in reply to #24959) (#24980) Top

Gyuszi13



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Gyuszi13 posted @ 2018-06-02 11:13 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Scattered Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2018-06-03 1:59 AM (#24981 - in reply to #24959) (#24981) Top

MrLiang




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MrLiang posted @ 2018-06-03 1:59 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2018-06-03 12:19 PM (#24982 - in reply to #24959) (#24982) Top

kishy72



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kishy72 posted @ 2018-06-03 12:19 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


Excellent test.Hybrids round was executed really well and I enjoyed this new round in SM.Just needed a few more seconds to submit the solution to the last classic that I had but satisfied with the overall show given the lazy start I had in Row Sum-ER.

My favourites are One Diagonal-Disjoint (13),Toroidal (10) and Outside Skyscraper (8) in that order.

Well done Ashish ! The grids were excellent design-wise as well as aesthetically and were tremendously fun to solve.
@ 2018-06-03 4:25 PM (#24984 - in reply to #24959) (#24984) Top

gaurav.kjain



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gaurav.kjain posted @ 2018-06-03 4:25 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


This is one of the round which is best in construction quality and layouts.
My score may not reflect the feedback, but I feel this round should be solvable within the time limit.
Ashish has done extremely nice job with his signature theme and creativity. Amazing....sudokus and I enjoyed solving each one of them.
@ 2018-06-03 7:26 PM (#24985 - in reply to #24959) (#24985) Top

pranavmanu



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pranavmanu posted @ 2018-06-03 7:26 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Classic Sudoku



A terrible round to cap off what has in my opinion, been the worst SM in history.

The target distribution of difficulty is nowhere close to being achieved.At every point,I faced a stumbling block,which is something i have never experienced before in an SM round,and which i dont expect to experience as well

Even a GP round seems to be more approachable than these tests,which is appalling.

Apart from all this,Disappointed with my own showing as well.

This is the first time ,I have wanted to stop solving and quit the test after just 45 mins. I had to force myself to regain focus and complete the test.

Really sorry to say,Ashish,but that was my experience.
@ 2018-06-04 5:26 AM (#24986 - in reply to #24959) (#24986) Top

swaroop2011




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swaroop2011 posted @ 2018-06-04 5:26 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


Wonderful Set of Puzzles. Well thought theme throughout the round. I can imagine the efforts put into designing every sudoku and entire round. Well done.
I didn't expect it will go so well for me. Although puzzles were hard, I do like Irregular sudoku.
At the same time, I believe that, fixing the theme restricts the difficuilty level for the puzzle sometimes, so that might be the case that it turned out to be so many hard puzzles.
Enjoyed a lot.
Thanks Ashish and LMI.
@ 2018-06-04 9:40 AM (#24987 - in reply to #24959) (#24987) Top

RameshLMI



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RameshLMI posted @ 2018-06-04 9:40 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2018-06-04 5:26 PM (#24990 - in reply to #24959) (#24990) Top

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shera90 posted @ 2018-06-04 5:26 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Scattered Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


It was a really nice round. In my opinion it was the best one this year. For me the best sudoku was the scattered 9x9 and for 6x6 it was toroidal.

I didnt expect to solve this much considering lack of practice for quite some time. first time i didn't get stuck in syscraper 9x9. Even though it was mixed with outside, it still is the variant i fear the most. The others were really amqzing too like row sum extra region 6x6 and the classic 5. I think it deserved few more points. And also for one diagonal - disjoint 9x9 should have been around 10 and for row sum-extra region it should have been 13

Lastly the placing of numbers being almost the same in all 9x9 variants was excellent.
@ 2018-06-04 8:02 PM (#24991 - in reply to #24959) (#24991) Top

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vopani posted @ 2018-06-04 8:02 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Toroidal Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


The best SM round of the year by far.
Wonderful puzzles Ashish! Thanks a lot.
@ 2018-06-05 3:22 AM (#24992 - in reply to #24959) (#24992) Top

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An LMI player posted @ 2018-06-05 3:22 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Irregular Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2018-06-05 4:47 AM (#24993 - in reply to #24959) (#24993) Top

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geronimo92 posted @ 2018-06-05 4:47 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Average
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku


@ 2018-06-05 12:14 PM (#24994 - in reply to #24959) (#24994) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2018-06-05 12:14 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Row Sum-Extra Region Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2018-06-05 7:04 PM (#24995 - in reply to #24959) (#24995) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2018-06-05 7:04 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many hard puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Fairly Nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Irregular Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth too much or too little


@ 2018-06-06 12:10 AM (#24996 - in reply to #24959) (#24996) Top

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tamz29 posted @ 2018-06-06 12:10 AM

Nice sudokus Ashish!
Although, I think that by preserving the theme, some puzzles turn out to be a tad too difficult.
The hybrids were very creative and made good use of the two rules.
In general, a nice test :)
@ 2018-06-06 2:14 AM (#24997 - in reply to #24959) (#24997) Top

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ViP posted @ 2018-06-06 2:14 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


I like hybrid variations although I am slow to solve it.
About Disjoint variation rules:
No digit can appear in the same position in different x boxes.
I always have known this variation as Sudoku DG (Disjoint Groups), and rule is described as: cells at same relative position in regions form another additional region. Essentially, is the same concept but perhaps I think is more understandable.
In this case, 6x6 sudoku have 6 regular regions, plus 6 disjoint and a diagonal, total 13 regions. And 9x9 have 9 regular regions, 9 disjoint and 1 diagonal , total 19 regions. So many restrictions !
I think that Ashish did a good work with this set of sudokus.
Thanks Ashish.
@ 2018-06-06 10:08 AM (#24999 - in reply to #24959) (#24999) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2018-06-06 10:08 AM

Congratulations to Tiit Vunk, Tantan Dai and Kota Morinishifor taking the top 3 places.

Among Indian participants, Congratulations to Rishi Puri, Rohan Rao and Kishore Kumar for taking the top 3 places.

Ondrej Motlicek (Czech Republic)was the first to start the test while Fernando Almazán (Spain) was the last person to start the test. The median score of the test was 41.

15 participants completed the set within the allotted time. Special mention for Sinchai Rungsangrattanakul (Thailand) and Wang Weifan (China) who got to 100 with just 3 and 9 seconds remaining respectively.

Thanks Ashish Kumar for the puzzles!

Participants may share feedback on the results page and rate the puzzles on the contest page.
@ 2018-06-06 10:22 AM (#25001 - in reply to #24959) (#25001) Top

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purifire posted @ 2018-06-06 10:22 AM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Too many medium difficult puzzles
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? One Diagonal-Disjoint Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


The best and fitting final round of SM this year. The theme was beautifully executed and as has been mentioned by others, might have impacted the difficulty levels at times. Beautifully done Ashish.
@ 2018-06-07 9:40 PM (#25007 - in reply to #24959) (#25007) Top

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ashaash11ash posted @ 2018-06-07 9:40 PM

Congratulations to Tiit Vunk, Tantan Dai and Kota Morinishi for taking the top 3 places.

Among Indian participants, Congratulations to Rishi Puri, Rohan Rao and Kishore Kumar for taking the top 3 places.

Thanks a lot to Rakesh for helping me out to make this set a successful one.
This was a hard set of SM but many of them noticed that it was due to the theme that i had kept all over the set. All the 9x9 variants had same placement of givens. some of the sudokus were more tougher than the one in the set and I had to tweak it many a times to make it unique and approachable. Irregulars weren't being unique due to the theme and tweaking that also did much of the effort.

Thanks to all who gave this contest and enjoyed the puzzles.
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